DEMOCRAT OPERATIVES WITH BYLINES, OF COURSE:  Recession? Media Spins To Help Team Biden.

Hey, I just want to point out:

OH PLEASE, CHINA OWNS HIM BODY AND SOUL:  Playing With Fire – Xi Versus Sleepy Joe.

BUT NOTE SHE HASN’T MANAGED TO STOP THEM TEACHING RAW RACISM:  Pushback: Teacher wins victory against Rhode Island school district that tried to blacklist her.

THEY LIE ABOUT EVERYTHING, INCLUDING “AND” AND “THE”:  Two stories about shameless lying liars: (1) a recession is “no recession”; (2) Arafat is seeking peace.

THEY’RE JUST STUPID LIARS:  The Wiki Minitrue.

FREUD WAS A FRAUD, BUT JUNG MIGHT HAVE BEEN POKING AT SOMETHING MOSTLY REAL:  What We’re Made Of.

AN INTERESTING BEGINNING TO AN INTERESTING-SOUNDING SERIES:  Nuclear What?

WHERE HAVE ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS GONE, LONG TIME PASSING?  Anti-Defamation League attacked for abandoning its principles.

Skinsuited each and every one, long time ago.

IF IT LANDS ON YOUR HOUSE, YOU CAN SUE CHINA:  Rocket headed for crash landing on Earth this weekend: ‘Cross your fingers’.

Of course China won’t pay. China is A$$hole!

And, oh, you expected a slave-state to have a care for human life? Dude, don’t Bogart the soma.

WOULDN’T YOU EXPECT A HOT AIR BALOONIST POLITICIAN TO BE A DEMOCRAT?   How hot air ballooning is helping this Republican win in NJ.

Heck, Obama and Clinton could have dispensed with the propane tank.

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: Hershey warns it won’t be able to meet demand for Halloween candy.

OPEN THREAD: Type away.

FIGHT THE POWER: After 5 incumbents jump ship, dozens file to run for school board in Wake County.

SPACE: Saltzman tapped to succeed Raymond as chief of the U.S. Space Force.

TWITTER BLOCKING EPOCH TIMES: No warning and no explanation offered other than the perfidious could be “potentially spammy or unsafe.”

AT LEAST NOW THEY KNOW HOW MANY HOLES IT’LL TAKE TO FILL THE ALBERT HALL: Scientists Are Perplexed by Mysterious Holes They Keep Finding on The Ocean Floor.

RIGHTLY SO: Dutch farmers in a rage over emissions cuts. “Hay bales in flames, manure dumped on highways, blockades at supermarket distribution centres and demonstrations on politicians’ doorsteps. Dutch farmers have been generating global headlines with protests described by Prime Minister Mark Rutte as ‘wilfully endangering others, damaging our infrastructure and threatening people who help with the clean-up’.”

Green politicians should be removed.

DEAL OF THE DAY: Sun Joe Brushless Induction Pressure Washer. #CommissionEarned

PUNCH BACK TWICE AS HARD, AS A FAMOUS MAN ONCE SAID: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Alito mocks foreign critics of abortion ruling.

I HOPE SO: Washington Post: Russian advances in Ukraine have stalled and the tide may be turning in Ukraine’s favor. I’d like a better source than WaPo, though.

GREENFLATION: An Inconvenient Truth: Woke ESG Policies Are Fueling Inflation Woes. The push for ESG — Environmental, Social, and Governance – policies in the private and public sectors is reducing investment, driving up costs and wasting precious time and money.

FINALLY, A PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION WITH A DEMOCRAT: Friendly Persuasion. Harry Stein, the witty conservative political writer and novelist, abandoned the Democratic party’s ideas and candidates long ago, but by remaining a registered Democrat in New York State, he gets to enjoy conversations with the party’s get-out-the-vote activists who call him at election time.

They’re always upbeat at first because, hey, we’re on the same team. “Hi, Harry, just calling to remind you to be sure to vote Tuesday for [insert Nancy Pelosi– or Charles Schumer–lite local pol].”

“Uh, sorry, but I don’t think I can.”

Instantly, there’s confusion on the other end, and with deep regret I explain myself: the candidate they’re pushing is simply not up to my hyper-progressive standards. It might be that he/she/they has not expressed him/her/themself with sufficient zeal in support of teaching critical race theory to kindergarteners. Or in support of trans athletes. Or of the green agenda. Or maybe I’m disturbed to have learned that the candidate eats meat. Or maybe I’ve heard that the candidate’s former spouse was in the military. Or—the one I’ve used most—the candidate is a man or straight and refused to step aside for a woman or gay in the primary.

Here’s the thing: the Democratic activist never objects. Because the vital element of the whole business is that my attack comes from the left, and I hold the moral high ground. The caller may halfheartedly go through the motions, but we both understand that no obligatory reading of talking points about guns, voter suppression, or even abortion can change the fact that I am the better person. If anything, it is the caller whose faith in the Democratic candidate has been shaken.

Read the whole thing.

FLORIDA MAN FRIDAY: Is That a Lambo on Your Roof or Are You Just Happy to See Me? “On this week’s Florida Man Friday I’ll show you how not to park your Italian luxury SUV, the coming war between aliens and dragons, and the stuff you aren’t allowed to do at Walmart anymore.”

It’s VIP only, so don’t forget that lovely VODKAPUNDIT promo code if you’ve been thinking of joining us.

I AGREE: “The Court should assimilate the ‘major questions’ doctrine of West Virginia v. EPA and its precedents—including Chevron and what came even before that—to an approach that asks whether Congress has made an actual delegation. Only this will serve the relevant separation-of-powers principle.”

SAN FRANCISCO: Couple Fighting Parking Ticket Because The Curb Was Painted While Car Was Parked.