LIES, DAMN LIES AND STATISTICS:  About that Puerto Rican hurricane death toll . . .

IS IT STRAIGHT JACKET O’CLOCK YET?  Sociology professor shoots himself to ‘protest Trump’.

IT’S ALL THE INTERNATIONALISTS HAVE:  Angela Merkel smears ordinary people as xenophobes and Nazis.

YEP.  THAT’S ABOUT THE SIZE OF IT:  ‘The System’s Not Working’ Is Liberal Speak For ‘We’re Not Getting What We Want’.

I’M NOT A LAWYER, BUT THIS SEEMS TO CLEARLY FALL UNDER THE AID AND COMFORT TO THE ENEMY (THEY NEVER UNDECLARED WAR ON US) PART OF TREASON.  OF COURSE, THAT’S ASSUMING JEAN KERRY IS AN AMERICAN AT ANY LEVEL BUT THE MERELY FORMAL:  John Kerry Admits He’s Secretly Working With Iran To Salvage Iran Deal.  I can just imagine this “No, please, Iran, take out money so you can build more nukes.”  What is wrong with him?

HEY, GOOGLE, YOU’RE NOT THE BOSS OF US:   Google Laments All The Dummies That Didn’t Follow Their Instructions.

DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS: “On the 20th anniversary of the club’s relationship with the City of Glen Rose [TX], the City has declared Oct. 9 to be Glen Rose Garden Club Day, to coincide with the club’s open house.”

This is a shameless Driscoll family self-promotion for my wife, who is the current president of the garden club. Please do what you can to meltdown the servers of the Glen Rose Reporter.

THE DEMOCRATS “HOLD MY BEAR AND WATCH THIS” COMPETITION TO SEE WHO’S CRAZIEST:  Dianne Feinstein Sends Letter To FBI Accusing Brett Kavanaugh Of Nothing.

GET WOKE, GO BROKE (CONT’D): Evergreen State sees ‘catastrophic’ drop in enrollment after social justice meltdown.

NEW YORK’S OTHER NEW SOCIALIST “IT GIRL” HEADED TOWARDS STATE SENATE: Democratic socialist Julia Salazar beats incumbent in N.Y. senate primary. “There is no Republican candidate in the general election.”

ANDREW CUOMO CRUISES TO VICTORY OVER CYNTHIA NIXON IN BITTER DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY.

I blame the cinnamon raisin bagel with lox, red onions, capers, tomatoes, and cream cheese she ordered at Zabar’s on Monday, her equivalent of John Kerry’s “Can I get me a hunting license here” Hail Mary play in late October of 2004.

GAS PRESSURE PROBLEMS CAUSE MULTIPLE FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS IN MASSACHUSETTS.

Know how to turn off your gas, and have the necessary shutoff tool handy. I have this one, which also has a water shutoff tool. You should know where and how to do that, too.

THINK OF IT AS EVOLUTION IN ACTION: Man plans to ride out Hurricane Florence on his boat: While millions are being told to evacuate, one North Carolina man plans to stay on his boat, docked at a marina, when Hurricane Florence hits.

OPEN THREAD: Speak the truth, or at least say something amusing.

IT’S SCIENCE; YOU DON’T WANT TO BE A SCIENCE DENIER, DO YOU? Staring at boobs is just one of six easy ways men can live longer.

Clay Travis may have just unlocked the secret to immortality.

ANNE APPLEBAUM IS UNHAPPY AS SHE SEES THE U.S. BECOMING MORE POLARIZED LIKE EUROPE. All I can say is if you don’t want Hitler, don’t be Weimar. If you want people to be part of a Grand Europe, make sure that Grand Europe isn’t transparently incompetent, corrupt, and self-destructive.

UPDATE ON FEINSTEIN’S MYSTERY LETTER: FBI DOESN’T PLAN TO INVESTIGATE KAVANAUGH, WILL REFER MATTER TO WHITE HOUSE.

Regarding Feinstein’s last minute stunt, as I said when the story broke last month of her driver being a Chinese spy, Laurence Harvey, call your office.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0WZwSx7UdU

HOW MANY LEFTIES DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB? That’s not funny! Actually this fellow on the Australian Broadcasting System *does* have a sense of humor…and a lot of common sense:

“Don’t get me wrong, I love left-wing values and hope that one day they’ll win out across the globe. It’s just that on that day, I don’t want any left-wing people alive to see that happen. Why? Because we’re f*cking useless.”

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Not All Deep Friendships Are ‘Gay.’ Everybody used to know this, but everything is sexualized now, even as our society becomes in many ways more prudish.

AT AMAZON, fall savings in Home and Garden.

Plus, deals on Office Supplies.

DOJ INVITES 24 STATE AGS TO DISCUSS ANTI-TRUST, CONSUMER PROTECTION CASES AGAINST FACEBOOK, GOOGLE.

As Glenn noted on Monday, “There’s growing momentum for some sort of big tech trustbusting.”

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Public university dumps professor because she was expert witness for rape defendant: Other professors forced into Title IX training after asking for ‘leniency.’

TEXAS ACTIVISTS OUT WORKING FOR TED CRUZ. THEIR INSPIRATION? BETO YARD SIGNS.

DEVELOPING: At least 50 fires reported in Lawrence, Andover and North Andover Massachusetts due to gas line emergency.

Tom Leyden of Boston’s Fox affiliate tweets, “Chairman of the Board of Selectmen in North Andover has requested the complete evacuation of the entire town. This is not a test or a drill! Over-pressured gas lines.”

WELL, THAT’S BECAUSE THEY’RE NASTY, HORRIBLE PEOPLE WHO ONLY CARE ABOUT POWER: The Democrats Are Doing a Very Bad Thing to Brett Kavanaugh.

UPDATE: A big roundup from Nina Bookout at Victory Girls. Love their cover image.