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Outside some of the trees, the maples and the birches have already shed their leaves.\u00a0 The oaks are turning red and the very last of the flowers are still bravely displaying their gaudy colors, bright yellow and purple right to the last, but Autumn is in the air.\u00a0 The smell of the fallen leaves and the other signs of decay are unmistakable.\u00a0 But I\u2019m past my summer mourning period and I have embraced the short cool days and long chilly nights.\u00a0 Halloween is a week from this Sunday and Camera Girl has festooned our door with fake cobwebs and skulls and all kinds of macabre paraphernalia.\u00a0 Princess Sack of Potatoes is engrossed with all the Halloween themed library books that are being read to her.\u00a0 Several grandchild birthday parties are in the offing and of course the big gatherings are right around the corner.\u00a0 My outside chores are way behind schedule but that\u2019s sort of my norm.\u00a0 Right now, the home front is a happy place.<\/p>\n

Looking at the news today is a continuation of what has been going on.\u00a0 Biden\u2019s poll numbers are something like 40\/50 so definitely underwater and probably a bit worse than that in reality.\u00a0 Probably more like 35\/55.\u00a0 But those numbers aren\u2019t very important at the moment.\u00a0 The big surprise for me is Manchin and Sinema holding out against the Reconciliation Bill.\u00a0 I figured once they were given the requisite payoff they would fold.\u00a0 I\u2019ll have to keep an eye on that.<\/p>\n

And all the other things going on in politics, the Virginia governor\u2019s race, Biden yammering about the Senate disposing of the filibuster, Garland threatening parents for objecting to racist ideology being taught to children, Florida legislating against the vaccine mandates in the workforce, teachers and firemen and cops suing cities over the mandates, inflation and empty store shelves, you name it, all this stuff gives hints that the country is coalescing around the idea that the Democrats are making things worse in any number of ways.<\/p>\n

The thing I find hopeful is that what is being demonstrated is not only outrageously extreme policies but more importantly, bungling incompetence.\u00a0 Milley, Austin, Buttigieg, that fat guy in the wig and dress, Blinken, Harris are basically a clown car full of failures.\u00a0 And leading up to the \u201cBig Guy,\u201d Dementia Joe himself.\u00a0 If the empty shelves crush the Christmas season, I could see the 2022 mid-terms being a referendum on Biden.\u00a0 That could give us some breathing room from the Dems instituting most of their agenda permanently.<\/p>\n

But being honest I have to admit that this is just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.\u00a0 We still haven\u2019t seen anyone stopping any of the leftist agenda.\u00a0 It just rolls on poisoning the minds of our children and rendering us pariahs in our own country.\u00a0 What would warrant me taking notice is some conservative state legislation either getting confirmed by the Supreme Court or being rejected by the Supreme Court and the state telling the federal government that they reject the decision and will implement it despite the rejection.\u00a0 In fact, I would prefer the latter.\u00a0 That would be a real Crossing of the Rubicon.\u00a0 That would be authoritative proof that men with convictions and courage still exist in this country.<\/p>\n

Okay, dream over.\u00a0 The news is more of the same but life goes on here at the Compound.\u00a0 We\u2019re living our lives the best we can here behind the Iron Curtain and watching which way the wind blows.\u00a0 Have a wonderful weekend.<\/p>\n

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