Spencer Pratt might not win the LA mayoral election...

...but it sure won't be for want of his supporters' creative ads.

LA is worth saving. Vote Spencer Pratt. pic.twitter.com/GpQpnfsuJe

— Charles Curran (@charliebcurran) May 5, 2026

Democrats are proving that they're almost as capable as Republicans in blowing opportunities

Clarice Feldman: "The Party’s Over".

Haw! Check out Gavin Newsom's new initiative:

Of course, in arguing that the Democrats are in something of a death spiral, I may have overlooked the genius of California’s governor. You’ve heard of the Roman plan to keep the populace on your side -- give them bread and circuses. Gavin’s shrewd plan is to give them disposable diapers.

He plans to spend $20 million in taxpayer dollars to give 400 diapers to each of the 100,000 families with newborns. Math is always very hard for Democrats. The state will be paying 8-10 times more by giving out diapers instead of giving people cash to buy the diapers themselves.

There are a lot of good people in California who are just plain sick of this sort of thing. The problem is that the majority seem to be genuine masochists. In spite of everything, however, I can't get rid of the feeling that, even in California, things are going to be changing for the better eventually, and possibly even before I shuffle off this mortal coil.

Sunday funnies

 

Weird: Epstein Suicide Note Printed On Hillary Clinton's Personal Stationery

I don't know, Ali, you really think that will make a good recruitment video?

Opening my Monday morning emails. (Note: this one also reminds me of Keir Starmer the day after the recent Labour Party massacre in local elections).

The reveal.

Weeding out the frauds

Is it possible to mess up a wake-up call? Why, yes, yes it is.

I'm so glad English is my first language.

Analysis: true.

How to pick up chicks.

From Power Line's The Week in Pictures.

Some people really have a problem getting the message

The absurd Keir Starmer apparently is resisting pressure to resign, even though his party ran off the rails and crashed in the gorge, and he is probably the most reviled man in the UK: "Unions and Labour MPs Demand PM Starmer Resign Over Party’s Worst Election Defeats in History".

UK PM Starmer refuses to resign after crushing local elections loss, though the internal pressure has increased too much pic.twitter.com/ZjEUpn2133

— Finally Did it 💫 (@Finallydiditonx) May 9, 2026

Maybe when big-city voters figure out that elections are now a matter of life and death...

...they'll start making better choices: "Pritzker Lied Defending the SAFE-T Act, Now a Chicago Police Officer Is Dead".

Probably not (there, I beat you to it!)

How could I forget her?

In this post from earlier today, I reflected upon two premium plug-uglies in the House of Representatives - former congressman Henry Waxman and soon-to-be-former congressman Steve Cohen - wondering who would replace them as the most physiognomically challenged specimens in the House of Representatives. Friend and commenter Veeshir reminded me, however, that the truly most hideous one of them all is Rosa De Lauro, the congressional gargoyle from Connecticut. 

She is married, incidentally. I believe this may be an old photo of her husband.

Now, it may not be nice to make fun of people's looks, and God knows I'm no Cary Grant, but these folks are rabid, partisan leftists who want to destroy the America we know and love. So, all's fair in love and war.

Wow!

Does this opera and ballet theater in Russia remind you of anything? Say, the new library of a former half-black U.S. president?