RANDOM THOUGHTS on election day:

Vote as if Democrats hate you. They do.

Democrat tolerance is limited to the obedient.

Now go vote.

IF YOU'RE A MILLENNIAL, please don't vote. You're too stupid to be taken seriously.

YOU THINK liberals are miserable and paranoid now? Just wait.

AUTUMN LEAVES INSTALLMENT VIII:

Here's the usual deck view. What a change a week makes! We've had high winds this week, so the dead leaves are gone - and the ones still on the trees have dramatically changed colors.

Even around the fire pit the leaves have been blown from the trees. What few are left are those desperate hangers-on that will probably still be there next spring.

The house view has something new this week: a 53-ft pine tree trunk. The tree broke in two a couple of months back, but caught in other trees and was leaning, supported by the other trees. It finally came down two days ago, crossing over our pond path in two places. The remaining stump is a good 8 feet high, and I'd estimate another 10-20 feet of debris from the top scattered about.

The dock view is one of the best I've taken this year. Because it's low and surrounded by hills on three sides, it wasn't as affected by the winds. Still, the color changes are significant.

Finally, the pond view from the back side. It's a bit washed out because the sun is so low in the sky.

Here are last week's photos for comparison.

GUN CONTROL DONE RIGHT: South Carolina mother-of-3 shoots home invader.

BOB CORKER DEFENDS CARAVAN MIGRANTS: What would you do if you lived in countries like theirs?

Umm ... try to fix them, maybe?

POWERLINE'S WEEK IN PICTURES: pre-election edition. My favorite:

Choose wisely. Close seconds were my daily trek to school, the cat organizer, and the Democrats' post-election candy bar. Go and see them all.

VOTE BLUE if you want to see more nekkid women feminists.

BEWARE OF GEEKS BEARING GIFTS: The calculating philanthropy of Silicon Valley.

It's long, but read it all. My take: Silicon Valley philanthropy is about saving the world, not people, so if killing off a few million of the impoverished is what it takes to save the world, so be it. It's the old 'you have to break a few eggs to make an omlet' argument.

ENVIRONMENTALISTS: Save the world; dump your pets.

Frankly, I think environmentalists contribute more to global warming climate change than pets do.

TOM STEYER, CALL YOUR OFFICE: Caravan organizer admits failure in bid for Mexican buses to United States border.

Heh.

YOU'RE LOSING, AREN'T YOU? Bernie Sanders calls Trump 'most racist, sexist, homophobic, bigoted president in history'.

Pathetic.

SEEN ON A CHURCH MESSAGE BOARD:

Heaven isn't a trick.
Hell isn't a treat.
Happy Halloween.

Wise words.

NO, SHE'S NOT CRAZY. You are.

A DEMOCRATIC PARTY HALLOWEEN.The original Michael Ramirez cartoon is here.

WHEN ADOLESCENTS GIVE UP POT, their cognition quickly improves. When Democrats give up pot, they become Republicans.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN:

And keep America great.

GEORGIA’S DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR calls for banning AR-15s.

Georgia's Democrat candidate for Governor is gonna lose ... bigly.

QUIT THINKING, JUST DO IT! Streisand 'thinking' about moving to Canada – again – if Democrats don’t prevail.

BLEXIT: African-Americans declaring independence from liberalism, the welfare state and the Democratic Party.

Heh. And overdue.