WHAT HAPPENED while the mainstream media was out chasing squirrels.

THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS for anti-gun freaks grieving over the death of their narrative.

SURPRISED? Screaming helplessly at the sky fails to remove President Trump from office.

Now they can go back to their safe spaces, crayons, Play-Do, and fluffy toy animals....

POWERLINE'S Week in Pictures is especially good this week. Here's my favorite:

Now you know why unicorns are extinct.

Go see the rest - and be sure to vote on your choice for America's first female President.

USA TODAY confirms why media and gun tutorials are a toxic mix.

IT'LL BE A LONG HARD SLOG: Undoing the dis-education of millennials.

It's not 'education'; it's indoctrination.

AUTUMN LEAVES, November 12:

Well, it looks like leaf-fall is complete. I'll keep going for another week or two, but what's left today is mostly evergreens, emply branches, and lots of future mulch. Here's the deck view this week:

It's cool and overcast today, so rather drab, and the winds and rain over the last week have pretty well cleared the trees of leaves. Now the driveway view:

It's much the same as last week, only more drab. The driveway was completely covered in leaves until I blew them off yesterday.

The pond view is slightly different from last week, taken higher up the hill because the stairs are pretty slippery with wet leaves.

There has been little change in color, and the leaves are much thicker on the ground than last week. Next week should be about the same, hopefully sunnier, though.

HEH: Are liberals making a case for mandatory church attendance?

I agree that it would probably be more effective than gun control.

RANDOM THOUGHT: America is still a 2-party political system. It's just that the parties are now Socialist (formerly Democrat) and Democrat (formerly Republican). There is no longer a conservative political party.

I'M OLD ENOUGH to remember when journalism thought Veteran's Day was important enough to cover. Today I tried to tune into the wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, which always occurs at 11:11 am on Nov. 11 every year.

This year I could find only Fox News and CSPAN (both cable channels) covering the event, from wreath-laying ceremony through Vice President Pence's speech afterward. Only CSPAN had continuous coverage. CNN, CBS, ABC, NBC, MSNBC? Absent.

To reuse President Trump's most pithy comment: sad.

A VETERANS DAY PHOTO PORTFOLIO. Here's my favorite:

Now go see the rest.

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY BAND honors the millitary on Veterans Day:

DON SURBER: Trump's trip vs. Obama's trip to China. The last two sentences say it all.

AMMO GRRRLL: Diversity vs. 'diversity'.

SHARYL ATTKISSON on why no one trusts the media:

IT WOULD BE BUSINESS AS USUAL: What if Government steals liberty and fails to deliver safety?

THOUGHT PROVOKING: Why haven't you left school? Very long, but relevant for those not seeking a STEM (science/technology/engineering/mathematics) education.

Secondary schools and colleges/universities should take note -- their curricula are alienating them from those who pay the bills.

D[I]MOCRATS: Never letting a massacre go to waste.

‘NOW DO ISLAM.’ Sally Kohn swings and misses with this list-swipe at gun owners.

HEH: "Only California could legalize pot and still make black markets more attractive than ever."

Trust Jerry Brown and his Democrat allies to shoot the Golden Goose....