SUPPORT in Russia for its invasion of Ukraine is reportedly falling (Wikipedia).

Support in Russia for the invasion of Ukraine is “falling significantly” according to United Press International.

The British Ministry of Defense issued a statement on Sunday citing an internal Russian poll showing 55 percent of those polled favored peace talks with Ukraine, with 25 percent expressing support for what the government called a “special military operation.”

That’s a stark decline from an April 2022 poll in which backing for the war had 80 percent support of Russians.

After some early successes, the invaders have suffered heavy casualties and been forced back with the help of American and other supporting nations’ high-tech weaponry.

Iran abolishes morality police?

UPRISING in Tehran, capital of Iran (Wikipedia).

The Iranian Attorney General said that the government had abolished its morality police. While not officially confirmed, according to The New York Times, it would be  a victory for protestors who demonstrated angrily for months after the death of a women while in custody for violation of Iran’s strict dress regulations for women.

Also in the news … Former president Donald Trump drew criticism from both major political parties on Sunday after he called for “termination” of parts of the Constitution because of his unsupported claims of “massive” voter fraud in the 2020 election 

Sports: Ohio State moves into fourth

The final Associated Press College Football Top 25 released Sunday showed Ohio State moving into fourth place, landing it in the four-team College Football Playoff.

The Buckeyes (11-1) displaced the USC Trojans (11-2), which lost 47-24 to Utah in the Pac-12 Championship Game.

Now, the top four is Georgia (13-0) in first, Michigan (13-0) in second and TCU (12-1) in third. USC fell to eighth, and UCLA (9-3) is 18th.

Georgia will play Ohio State on New Year’s Eve in the Peach Bowl, and Michigan will play TCU in the Fiesta Bowl. The final game will be played at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on Monday, Jan. 9.

CHARGERS LOSE: The Las Vegas Raiders defeated the Los Angeles Chargers 27-20 on Sunday, dropping the Bolts’ record to 6-6. Justin Herbert passed for 335 yards and one score for the Chargers.

RAMS LOSE: With a 27-23 loss to the Seattle Seahawks, the Los Angeles Rams fell to 3-9. John Wolford passed for 178 yards for LAR, but was intercepted twice. Cam Akers rushed for two scores.

Weather: Some sun, some clouds, some rain

A wide variety of weather is predicted for the West Orange County area. The forecast for Monday and Tuesday is for partly cloudy skies with a daytime high of 63 and overnight lows of 49 and 47. The chance of rain on Tuesday is 24 percent.

Wednesday and Thursday should be sunny with daytime highs of 66 and 63 and overnight lows of 42. By Friday, mostly sunny conditions should be in place with a high of 64.

Rainy conditions could return by Tuesday, Dec. 12, however.