ELON MUSK: Space-X rocket launches might resume next month.

Amazing: frozen oxygen caused the explosion that destroyed the Falcon 9 launch vehicle.

POWERLINE'S WEEK IN PICTURES: The Trumpening. My favorite (but just one of many):

Oh, hell. Here's another:

Now go and see the rest.

AUTUMN LEAVES, 12 November 2016:

Jeez, I knew I had missed a week, but didn't realize I had missed two weeks. That's what a presidential election will do, I guess. Here are this weeks photos.

From the lower driveway, looking east:

Now from the driveway, looking back toward the street:

From east of the upper driveway, looking back to the west:

Across the street, toward our 'back 40':

And finally, the pond from our new deck:

For comparison, here are the photos from two weeks ago. Colors are mostly gone, and many of the leaves have fallen. There are a few left to come down, and the greenery that is left will remain through the winter -- only about half the trees are deciduous. The pond will get a little more visible over the next few weeks, but our land is mostly prepared for winter.

TWEET OF THE DAY: Democrats, you have only yourselves to blame.

Found at this Instapundit post.

HEH: EVEN DEMOCRATS are getting tired of Team Hillary's scapegoating.

LISTENING TO THE CLINTON NEWS NETWORK CNN A WHILE AGO, they're all a-twitter about how a President Trump can 'ethically' separate himself from his company. I'd almost have some sympathy, except for two words: Clinton Foundation.

TECHNOLOGY: Printable electronics that self heal before your eyes.

#SAFETY PIN: "I'm in need of a diaper change."

Mock them....

THEIR CANCELLATION RATE MUST BE THROUGH THE ROOF: New York Times publisher vows to 'rededicate' paper to reporting honestly.

UPDATE: More -- and be sure to read the reader response.

WELL, IF YOU WANT GOVERNMENT BY MORON: Chelsea Clinton reportedly being groomed for congressional run.

NATIONAL REVIEW: Republicans who care about the future of the party should ask answer these questions:

1. Does Donald Trump represent a long-term, ongoing shift in what the Republican party stands for?

It should; whether it will or not is still an open question. I'm hopeful, but not sanguine.

2. What are the two to three things those of us who are [never Trump] Republicans need to understand after this election?

You don't represent us.

3. What is the relationship between the rise of Trump and something like Brexit?

We want our countries back. 'Globalization' is not the answer.

4. What has this year taught us about voters on the right that needs to inform any rebuilding?

We don't need -- or want -- you smug elitist bureaucrats telling us how to live our lives. Go get real jobs.

5. What has this year taught us about Republican politicians and institutions that needs to inform such rebuilding?

There is a vast stretch of real America between the east and west coasts.

And here is what we want:

Try visiting there more often; you might come to understand.

6. What do we need to learn and act on from the Trump experience?

The Republican party works for its voters; not conversely.

7. Assuming a significant Trump loss, what needs to be said and done first and most quickly?

Heh. Revisit your assumptions.

8. Is the Republican party still the best vehicle through which to advance a conservative agenda?

Yes, but you 'never-Trump' Republicans need to quit sulking and join the real world.

9. Is the two-party system the key to stability it’s been — or is it in fact part of the reason our democratic system is in chaos?

Yes, if we can return to a true two-party system from the 'establishment party' system we currently have.

10. What do we make of two sets of facts — the first being that the Republican party is made up of thousands and thousands of elected officials, most all of whom are conservative [and almost none of whom is running or will run as a disciple of Donald Trump;] and the fact that Mr. Trump is the nominee President-elect?

The part of your question I bracketed above tells you all you need to know about your so-called 'facts'.

11. Does the restoration of the Republican party require total reconciliation — or is there a faction that needs to be driven out?

Yes, the bureaucratic, smug, self-important, self-appointed elitists need to be driven out to spend a few years in that part of America that exists between the east and west coasts.

12. What is it that the center-right party in America needs to stand for?

Let's try freedom.

I've answered; now it's time for you to listen.

ACE OF SPADES: Why Trump won.

PHOTO SURFACES of the infamous November 2012 riots after Romney lost.

Question: When did parents stop spanking their brats when they misbehaved? Perhaps it's time to reinstate corporal punishment...

THE LEFT’S HYPOCRISY on accepting election results.

TRUMP WINS, Blue America tears itself apart.

I'm inclined to agree with Don Surber on this. If you in Blue America want to shit in your own nest, feel free. Just plan on cleaning it up yourself. If you want to shit in my America, make sure your dental insurance premiums are paid up.

CUE THE WORLD'S SMALLEST VIOLIN: Harry Reid is not taking Trump's election well. My sympathy meter hasn't budged from zero.

HEH: Democrats on the Titanic.

DON SURBER'S quote of the day. I think the real quote is in the comments: "Elections have consequences."

THESE PEOPLE are nuts clinically insane. Government didn't close the mental institutions, they just brought them in-house.

AMMO GRRRLL: "Own it, you morons!"