HUNTER BIDEN, beset by legal woes, flees to ... South Africa?

His wife was born in South Africa, so ... does South Africa allow extradition back to the United States?

2025 SPRING LEAVES, WEEK 2: These pictures were taken Saturday morning before the predicted mega-storm that was supposed to destroy our house and wash the remains down to the Gulf of Mexico America. It didn't happen so the reality is that the neighborhood is actually prettier than is implied in the photos. Here are the first two -- my usual pond and barn/fire pit views:

In both, the changes are not yet evident in the photos. The grass is a bit greener, and there is evidence that the trees are beginning to bud out. The real evidence that spring has 'sprung' is the flowers.

The forsythias are typically early bloomers, and the green leaves are now evident. The tulip magnolia is essentially in full flower, but it was colder Saturday morning and the flowers hadn't fully opened. The leaves haven't shown yet

The flowers have popped out all over are beginning to bloom, especially along the road. The roses, though, are just beginning to wake up; by next week I hope to see flowers.

Finally, the trees along our road are showing signs of waking up, but no leaves yet.

VILE: This is how Mediaite chose to frame the successful launch of SpaceX Crew-10 on its mission to rescue stranded NASA astronauts.

These people (and I use that word loosely) are deranged lunatics.

Linked from Red State and they agree with me.

ASK ME IF I CARE: Sen. John Fetterman [D-PA] tells AOC exactly what he thinks of her on fight over the Continuing Resolution.

WELL, WELL: Starvation is caused by an insufficiency of billionaires.

Democrat narrative blown....

TRUMP APPROVAL bouncing back bigly.

I'm still watching, and so far I'm seeing the same thing.

ARE ELITE UNIVERSITIES DOOMED? "I think the elite universities will be a tough nut to crack. And they have enough money to hold out for a very long time."

They may have money, but without students, how influential can they be?

HOW MANY Kamala 'Miss Me Yet' t-shirts have been sold?

WELL, YES. Are the Democrats destroying themselves?

Let's not interfere.

ANOTHER WIN: Senior Islamic State leader's miserable life terminated.

I love winning.

I'M NOT AWARE OF ANYONE TRYING TO STOP HER: The View's Sunny Hostin clains she is 'stuck' in 'racist' America and she wants to leave.

CHUCK SCHUMER [D-NY] CALLS REPUBLICANS 'BASTARDS,' but deep down he knows he got played on the continuing resolution.

And the progressive majority in the Democrat party are furious....

POWERLINE'S Week in Pictures is online. Here's my favorite, which comports well with Trump as the bull in the china shop from earlier this year:

It's not quite as good without Steven Hayward at the helm, but still ... go see the rest.

THE LEFT'S UNHINGED WAR ON TESLA has me wanting to buy one.

It's a VIP post (registration required) but I just wanted to note that I'm now looking more favorably at EVs than I have in the past.

TRUMP IS DEWORMING WASHINGTON. Make the parasites work for a living for a change.

WHERE ARE SHERYL CROW AND 'ELVIRA' to condemn violence against Tesla dealerships?

MEDICAL SCHOOL MISSION STATEMENTS defy the end of DEI.

WE CAN HOPE. Is the DOJ'S Pardon Attorney dismissal sign of an investigation into Biden's last-minute pardons?

TERRORISM ON THE LEFT: Liberals want to make it as costly as possible to oppose government hegemony.

Read it all.

WHO'S ON FIRST?

Abbott and Costello's "Who's on First?" was rarely performed the same way twice, and this version from The Naughty Nineties (1945) is considered their finest recorded rendition.

Enjoy the whole video.