HULK HOGAN predicts presidential election results.

I hope think he's right.

TIM WALZ SAYS he won't help his mother buy groceries.

According to Walz, the government, not him, should support her.

VERONIQUE DE RUGY: Can we reform Social Security fairly?

Her idea is one I can support even though it would hurt me personally -- progressive indexing of benefits.

A better idea is to privatize Social Security. It would take a while to complete the transition, but the benefits are clear and obvious.

WELL, THEY ARE A 'BAND OF IDIOTS': Harris campaign team 'exhausted' by being called 'band of idiots'.

Sometimes the truth hurts....

THE PRESS KEEP SAYING THE QUIET PART OUT LOUD about illegal immigration and deportations:

In one of the most surreal displays I've seen on CNN, panelist Catherine Rampell recently told Scott Jennings that if Trump deports illegal aliens, there will be no one to "pick your crops."

My word, talk about not hiding the ball. Apparently, illegal immigrants are the only people in the country who can pick crops, process meat, and take care of old people. Who knew? Never mind that there are already work programs in place that allow seasonal workers to come in and "pick the crops."

So what's Rampell really saying? She's saying that it's more important to have illegal quasi-slave labor to ensure her standard of living than for the nation's laws to be followed.

Yeah, right. Their standard of living is more important than the Constitution or our rights....

'REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM' only permits abortion.

I'm sure Progressives believe they can get all the votes they need to remain in power from 18 years in public education but that may be a bit too long to wait. Thus (illegal) immigrants....

IN A WORD, NO: Does the government have the freedom of speech? Nor does it have a right to interfere with free speech.

Freedom of speech is not the government's to grant ... or restrict.

SO? Men have rights too.

MY THOUGHTS? Reopen Alcatraz (or maybe Guantanamo so they can join the rest of the terrorists).

Read the comments.

NEWSMAX: New Hamas (and Hezbollah) leaders top Israel's 'hunting list'.

Advice for both: don't bother 'checking six' -- Israel won't be coming from there....

BEHIND THE BLACK: SpaceX sues the California Coastal Commission for preventing future rocket launches from Vandenberg AFB.

When he wins, I hope Musk demands actual and punitive damages as well as having the state pay his legal fees. The sooner the state of California goes bankrupt the better.

WELCOME TO CALIFORNIA'S FUTURE: Cuba's grid goes offline amid massive blackout after major power plant fails.

For the naifs among us, a 'thermoelectric power plant' is one in which the generators are spun by heat energy -- usually created by burning some kind of fossil fuel (wood, coal, diesel, natural gas, burnable waste, etc.).

THE DEMOCRATS’ GENDER GAP: “The signs of possible Trump strength among young men are obvious online."

ARE WE SURE IT WASN'T ON PURPOSE? Were Obama-Biden-Harris so astonishingly incompetent that they accidentally HELPED Israel?

FACES IN THINGS: Eerie discovery on Mars looks exactly like a human face.

It's not, but that isn't to say that it isn't a reminder that today may just be another phase in Walter Miller's A Canticle for Leibowitz.

I COULDN'T RESIST EITHER:

Found at Don Surber's Substack post.

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON ON ELECTION 2024: Those who lecture versus those tired of being lectured.

I'm one of those who are tired. Very, very tired. As are most of the people I know....

THE FINAL SIGN OF THE PROPHECY: Here's how you'll know when the race is really over.

FALLING LEAVES 2024 WEEK 5: Here is this weeks threesome.

We've had a few cold (almost freezing) nights, so finally there's some significant color change from last week and the leaves are finally falling.

The dogwoods on the south side, usually somewhat protected this early, are beginning to show their colors.

Finally a Saturday afternoon view from the loft.

Until next week, then.

RANDOM THOUGHT: Sleeping dogs don't lie as well as the Harris campaign.