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Although Halloween isn’t until next Sunday I declare today the start of Halloween week as the local Authorities have relegated Saturday, October 30th as Trick-or-Treat day. So time to turn your thoughts to the holiday that officially launches the Christmas season.You might want to consider what sort of treats you intend to hand out as trick-or-treaters have grown much pickier and judgmental over the years.Also note that while in days of yore disgruntled looters would be satisfied simply egging old Crabby Appleton’s house, the hijinks of the disaffected and disappointed have escalated in recent years.Disgruntled Portlandians express their displeasure last...

I went Christmas shopping yesterday, butt I didn’t buy anything. All the hubbub and pandemonium seemed to interfere with my circuits rendering me incapable of completing any transactions. Just as well, as everything I saw looked unsuitable for human consumption. I just couldn’t get into the spirit of the season so I stopped to have a cuppa Joe and watch the world go by. What I noticed going by, other than inordinately tight jeans on both men and women was a lot of people toting big red bags from the American Girl store. I don’t know if you’re familiar, butt American...

Things are clearly getting out of hand in Ottawa:Trucks, trucks, everywhere!The peaceful protests against government overreach is growing and spreading to other Canadian cities as well, that can’t be good. Eventually freedom loving Canadians will realize that there’s more of them than there are of their autocrat oppressors - that’s when things get really interesting. In order to avoid that eventuality the mayor of Ottawa declared a state of emergency over the trucker protest yesterday,hoping to force their dispersal. Strange, the mayor of Ottawa had no problem when BLM came to protest. But people who come with bouncy houses to...

Enlightenment: the moment the wave realizes it is the oceanEnlightenment: a blessing…and a curse“The fair breeze blew, The white foam flew, And the forrow followed free. We were the first to ever burst into the silent sea.” Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner**If you are one who prays you might pray for our Francine, who finds herself in a very dark place in need of strength and faith.Posted from: MOTUS A.D.

Doug Ross runs a Top 20 Tweets from BadBlue Tonight feature: last night this came in at #16. Not something you often see. Route of the Tour de France temporarily blocked by llamas in fog. Photo from TdF Race Radio. pic.twitter.com/RSC5abj6I0 — John O'Connell (@jdpoc) July 15, 2021It turns out the photo is actually from the Tour de France a few years ago but since it got retweeted it qualifies and I think it deserves a much higher ranking than 16, based solely on the responses it engendered. While many observed that “Llamas in the Fog” would make an exceptionally...

Today we have several things to celebrate: Jussie finally got justice: guilty of 5 out of 6 charges. The charge he was acquitted of was “being a good actor.”More good news: Legacy Media tells us everything else is fine.See?JOBLESS CLAIMS LOWEST IN HALF CENTURY...Biden delivering fastest recovery in history…CRAMER: Economy is 'a juggernaut' now... 'Strongest I've Ever Seen'...But wait - what’s this?Inflation At 40-Year High Shocks Americans, Spooks Washington...It’s almost as if we’re living in parallel universes or something.Victim? Perp? Juggernaut? I’m so confused.I’ll just wait for Peppermint Psaki to explain why this isn’t really inflation but rather some sort...

There could be a verdict in the Rittenhouse trial as early as today. Closing arguments (and antics, in the case of the prosecutor, see picture below) were made yesterday.Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger argued that Rittenhouse provoked the attack, thereby forfeiting his right to self-defense. Rittenhouse instigated the first shooting by pointing his weapon at people, and caused the subsequent encounters by creating an “active shooter” situation in which protesters felt an urgency to disarm him.While making that claim Binger demonstrated by picking up Kyle’s rifle and aiming it at the spectator section of the courtroom, with his finger on...

Autumn Equinox 2021 in the Northern Hemisphere arrives at 3:20 PM today.One day the summer storm is gathering,Golden Summer Evening – Barry Hiltonthe next thing you know the Autumn Equinox has arrivedAutumn Glows – Barry Hiltonand with it the passing of the dusty greens of late summer. At first they are replaced by autumn’s radiant display of hues. This season of ever shortening days and longer nights requires a sorting down, a retention of bare essentials. Thus all that finery is tossed to the wind, left to crinkle, brown, decay and nourish the barren earth. Their hosts tuck themselves down...

We sure went from “love, is love, regardless of your gender” to “gender doesn’t exist” pretty quickly. For those who think that the “slippery slope” argument is always fallacious, this could serve as a useful example of when it is not.It seems like only yesterday that we were still living in First-Term-Obama’s colonial-imperialist-patriarchal America. Then suddenly, but expectedly, The Won “evolved” completely and came out in support of same-sex marriage, chastising anyone who hadn’t manage to “circle back” quite as quickly as he had.Now look at us: just 8 years later and we have fully transformed!“Designating sex on birth certificates...

I’ve got a busy morning so I leave you with a few reading assignments. It struck me how many people are of-a-sudden beginning to view what’s happening in a broader perspective than petty politics. From Evelyn Markus’ piece that draws painfully accurate comparisons of 21st century America to the totalitarianism of Nazi Germany, to Simon Black’s article that traces the trajectory of a failed culture all the way back to the Romans, to Stacy McCain, who examines societal breakdown through one man’s lens – all focus on a civilization in retrograde.America Playing With Fire- Evelyn Markus notes the many similarities...

It was relatively warm yesterday so I took the opportunity to prune the Quickfire and Little Limelight hydrangeas scattered around the front of the house. They were all still wearing their tan winter mopheads from last season that needed to be snipped in anticipation of a new season’s growth.Against the backdrop of muffled kids’ voices playing basketball down the street the quietude allowed me to reflect on how perfect these hydrangea varieties are. They bloom early, provide numerous large flowers well into the fall. Starting out pure white they first turn a light blush growing into a deeper pink until...

And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the...

Democ­ra­cy is like that too, with corporate media providing the wolf’s fodderAn independent press that facilitates free and fair elections and shines a spotlight on corruption has long been considered the 4th estate, an essential leg of democracy. But America’s free-to-lie-and-suppress-the-truth-media makes a mockery of the term “independent press.” When the media has clearly and demonstrably abandoned truth in pursuit of an agenda they have advanced well beyond being Fake News and are deeply embedded in the 5th Column known as the Deep State. They serve to undermine our election as well as our duly elected President and his administration....

The news that President Trump and Melania both tested positive for COVID-19 will allow the loathsome Left to demonstrate their true colors. “Paint it Black Hand” 2014, Shepard Fairey, alias Obey Giant They only have one color in their box of Crayolas. Black is technically not a color but the absorption of all colors and the reflection of none I anticipate that, as usual, they will not disappoint. Don’t worry troops, our President will find a way to beat this and turn it to his advantage. And let’s face it, better to happen now than the week before the election....

Following the death of George Floyd we’ve had months of rioting, looting, thuggery and terrorism. In over a dozen cities around the country police chiefs have been fired, retired or resigned. Look at all these racist police chiefs; shocking! Abolish the racist pigs! And so the demands to defund police continue, only one problem: real “folks” are having none of it – not even Al Sharpton (“Latte Liberals” want to defund NYPD, “but people living on the ground need proper policing”). The only people going along with the shuck and jive of the BLM these days are the usual suspects:...

I’m going to leave you to Taco Tuesday on your own as we’re leaving for the dark side (Gretchen’s Miserable Michigan} tomorrow and what can I tell you? It’s a lot of work no matter how many times you do it. So feel free to start your day in the pre-dawn hours with Ms. P’s Breakfast Tacos. I suppose there are worse ideas, although none come to mind immediately. Improper social distancing down at the chicken food truck, without masks: looks pretty naughty. I don’t know what’s in a breakfast taco but I’m guessing maybe chicken precursors?  Perhaps with green...

Unlike his assumed hero, Colin Kaepernick, Olympic fencer Race Imoden has a pretty good lock on his career: he has a day job as a super man-child model. Race Imoden’s publicity photo for the Wilhelmina Agency Why do you care? You probably don’t but Race (who names their kid “Race” – weenie liberal parents, that’s who) is the Olympic fencer who took a knee on the podium last week after his team won gold at the Pan Am games. Then used the opportunity to tweet his feeble mind: Never mind that he signed a statement promising to refrain from demonstrations...

Enough with the politicizing at the funeralizing. It’s worse than 3 days of rain (which it’s going to do in these parts) on a holiday weekend. I know there’s more scheduled for today but I’m going to take a pass. Instead I’ll be celebrating a musicality Sunday, with a slight nod towards the neon gods that have and will be laid to rest this past week. My first selection, something I could use a bit more of: And the people bowed and prayed To the neon god they made And the sign flashed out its warning In the words that...

The FBI and CIA thumbed the eye of an armed nuclear state based on false intelligence.  Why?  The answer is now obvious: to cover up their own election year shenanigans they thought would remain forever hidden in the inevitable Hillary Clinton victory.It was the ultimate campaign dirty trick: a joint operation by the intelligence agencies and the media against a political candidate.  - How the FBI and CIA Restarted the Cold War to Protect Themselves Now, two years into the ginned-up investigation of Russiagate, there has been “not one smidgeon of corruption” to be found. In fact, not a...

I know there was a discussion on yesterday’s thread about the Fauxahontas dust up between President Trump, Senator Warren, the press and Sarah Sanders. But it’s the latest non-controversy #FakeNews that will not die so here goes.President Trump at a ceremony honoring the Native American veterans and the WWII Code Talkers in particular: “You were here long before any of us were here. Although we have a representative in Congress who they say was here a long time ago. They call her ‘Pocahontas,’” he said with a chuckle. Here’s Senator Warren’s response, in that seething-with-rage-between-clenched-teeth way that only angry progressive...