IT'S HARD to be dumber than a fence post, but progressives are up to it. Here's a brief history of Hitler vs. Trump that perhaps they can understand.

Godwin's Law is their last resort.

TURNABOUT IS FAIR PLAY: VOX co-founder Matt Yglesias gets doxxed after defending harassment of Tucker Carlson.

He'll whine, of course, but progressives are constitutionally incapable of learning from experience.

IT'S VETERAN'S DAY and Michael Ramirez says "Thank You."

So do I.

AUTUMN LEAVES INSTALLMENT IX

Timing is everything. These pictures were taken earlier today while it was bright and sunny; it's now very cloudy with rain on the way. Here's the view from our deck:

More leaves have fallen and the colors are mostly gone. Compared to last week, the pond is now completely visible from the deck.

The leaves from last week are gone - winter has begun.

Our house is now almost completely visible now that the few remaining leaves are gone. So is the fallen pine tree from last week's photo. We pulled nearly 30 feet of the trunk up to the road where it'll eventually be cut up for firewood; the remaining 20 feet or so have been used as a retaining wall to prevent the pond path from eroding.

The dock view isn't nearly as good as last week; the colors are gone and so are the remaining few leaves.

The pond view is washed out, as usual when taking pictures almost directly toward the sun. The angle is a bit different from last week. The bench has been moved by our neighbors, so it's no longer a good reference point. Even so, the leaves are almost all gone; our house and the stairs to the pond are clearly visible, and finally the ridge we live on is visible through the trees.

Last week's pictures are here, and I suspect next week's pictures will be the last for this season.

THOUGHTS FROM THE AMMO LINE: Tell it like it is, Ammo Grrrll.

Of all the crap that Obama delivered from on high unto us bitter clingers, perhaps the most ludicrous was his constant pronouncement that whatever we wanted – Voter I.D., secure borders, lower taxes, race-blind admissions – was “not who we are.” To which I always wanted to scream, “How would YOU know who WE are? You spent all your formative years either eating Curried Dog in a madrassa in Indonesia, or smokin’ dope in private school on an island paradise. Your experience as an ‘American’ carries exactly the same weight as Lizzie Warren’s experience as a Cherokee. Like Sgt. Schultz, you know nothing! You can’t even throw a baseball!”

We've tried European-style socialism for eight years and found it wanting. Now it's time to return to American-style capitalism.

CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION: Does diversity really unite us?

POWERLINE: The elections aren't over yet.

POWERLINE'S WEEK IN PICTURES is excellent - and long - this week. My favorite:

Go see the rest - and don't miss Nacho moving to Louisana....

ENTITLED HIPSTER finds himself disenfranchised by his own arrogance and stupidity.

[T]his is the kind of ass who shouldn’t be allowed to vote. They have no sense of civic responsibility or respect for the law. They want what they want when they want it and get all pissy when that doesn’t happen. I’m sure he’ll get a better perspective on the importance of following directions once he has that nice PhD in military history and is working at Starbucks.

Agreed.

TECHNOLOGY: speeding up Darwinian evolution.

NEW AND USED POLITICIANS for sale.

This is a result of a boredom-induced Google search earlier today. I haven't tried it because I'm unwilling to give up my privacy but for those of you willing to give up a few cookies, it might prove interesting.

“YOU GOTTA LIKE A DISTRICT where voters prefer a dead brothel owner to a Democrat.”

HEH: CNN's Jim Acosta has press pass suspended by White House.

Well deserved.

JOY BEHAR IS AN IDIOT. Here's proof.

HOYT ON HEINLEIN ON HOYT: Vote No on Democrats.

I write SF/F and even my mind can’t imagine the new depths of crazy they’ll plumb next.

I've been a science fiction fan for well over 60 years and even in my extensive reading I can't remember reading anything at this level of crazy....

VOTE FOR YOUR LOCAL REPUBLICAN KNUCKLEHEAD. Even if you’d like someone better. You go to war with the underwear you got on.

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.