SPACE: Mysterious space junk is hurtling towards Earth (and scientists are super excited). Sure, now. But when the Space Plague starts to turn us all into zombies. . . .

HILLARY CLINTON (OR A REASONABLE ONION-OGRAPHIC SIMULATION): I AM FUN:

Did I mention that I enjoy free time? Free time is when I generally have the fun I have mentioned above, and when I am the most fun myself. This is not to say I am not fun at other times, because I can be fun in any context as long as it is not inappropriate to do so. But I have found that free time is among the best times for fun. Do you agree? Perhaps this is yet another way in which you and I are similar.

You have seen how fun I can be, and that I do not take myself too seriously. Because of this, I am relatable.

I have completed my argument, but I would like to reiterate the fact that I take pleasure in having fun and being fun, just like the majority of Americans. Americans such as yourself. Now that I have presented adequate evidence for the existence of my fun, accessible nature, there will be no need to revisit this subject going forward. Thank you.

I am fun.

Well, I’m sold.

CAPITALISM’S STILL KICKING KARL MARX’S BUTT: You have to pay six bucks to visit Marx’s grave.

FROM LARRY CORREIA’S LATEST: “A wise man once told me that the place where they make law is the place where they’re least likely to obey it.”

TO BE FAIR, THEY’RE ALSO FAILING AT TEACHING MATH, THE CONSTITUTION, READING, ETC. Many Schools Failing on Type 1 Diabetes Care.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Wondering How Your Christian Family Should Handle Halloween?

WELL, THIS CERTAINLY REFUTES HIS THESIS: Cornell University Kicks Jesse Watters Off Campus for Asking About Liberal Bias.

A CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY OF POLITICAL HARASSMENT AND INTIMIDATION: John Doe Goes to Washington: Wisconsin’s illegal probe went after national conservative figures. “We doubt these national political figures knew their names were on the search list. But then vast numbers of documents were seized from dozens of individuals and organizations that have never been charged with a crime. Many caught in this dragnet are still unaware that their emails and personal data are held by state law enforcement. If Republican office-holders had tried something like this, liberals would be shouting about a vast domestic spying operation. . . . Milwaukee prosecutors and liberal activists at the GAB abused their authority for partisan purposes. The courts need to hold them accountable.”

I HOPE THE SCIENTISTS HAVE BEEN VETTED FOR NON-OFFENSIVE SHIRTS: New Horizons changes course for next deep-space rendezvous.

SARAH WESTWOOD: Benghazi hearing resurrects YouTube controversy.

“She never answered a fundamental question, and the fundamental question is this: knowing that this was a purposeful terrorist attack on the night it occurred, why did you go the next morning and address the American people and talk about a videotape that didn’t represent the values of America?” Fiorina said of Clinton. “And why did you continue to do that over the bodies of the fallen and for many weeks thereafter?”

Because she could. And because she knew that the press would cover for her, which it did, and is still doing.

ONE LESSON FROM JEB’S CANDIDACY: The Right Bush Ran In 2000. “Critics of former president George W. Bush used to say the ‘wrong Bush’ got elected. By that they meant that his wonkier brother Jeb Bush would have made a better president. Watching the last few months of the race, we wonder if perhaps the right Bush ran after all.” As this piece illustrates, Jeb hasn’t just run a poor campaign — which someone who might make a good President could do — he’s displayed personal weaknesses.

RICHARD EPSTEIN: Is ObamaCare Sustainable?

I DUNNO, I’M PRETTY SURE THE FIX IS IN HERE: Liz Peek: How the FBI Could Derail Hillary Clinton’s Presidential Run.

TAXPROF ROUNDUP: The IRS Scandal, Day 901.

MUTUAL ASSURED DESTRUCTION? Why Did Biden Really Opt Out of 2016 Race?

NO, BECAUSE IF IT WERE, OBAMA WOULD BE ARMING IT: ESPN’s Kornheiser Asks if Tea Party Like ‘ISIS,’ Trying to Set Up ‘Caliphate.’ ESPN is becoming increasingly indistinguishable from Democratic Underground.

THE SCIENCE IS SETTLED: Preschool Helps Kids. Sometimes. Briefly.

Everyone loves early-childhood education. It provides free day care, which helps working parents, who vote. Boosters say that it can also reduce inequality, help disadvantaged kids get ahead, and … who knows, probably cure shingles. What’s not to like?

I’m not against early-childhood education. If we had strong evidence that early-childhood education made a big difference in the lives of needy kids, I’d be for it. Even hard-bitten libertarians can acknowledge that children are a special case.

But I’d like better evidence. A lot of the advocacy ends up being based on small studies that showed big results, while larger and better-designed studies are more equivocal. In fact, two recent studies — one from Quebec, and one from Tennessee — suggest that the long-term results might actually be slightly negative.

The goal is a corps of unionized Democrat-voting daycare workers. Whether it helps kids is immaterial.

ANDREW KLAVAN: HILLARY LIES GREAT!

The left cheered Hillary’s testimony as one of her best campaign appearances and “presidential,” not because she told the truth, not because her lies were plausible, but because her lies were well-delivered. Her performance was the sort of thing an ordinary stupid voter might fall for. So like…  hooray.

Tapscott is right that lying is our biggest political and media problem — but only commentators on the right think it’s a problem at all. To those on the left, it’s a feature not a bug. The leftwing media are living in a post-modern world where words mean nothing, truth is relative and owning the winning narrative is all.

And it could well be enough to drag her over the finish line. Read the whole thing.

STAGE FIVE — ACCEPTANCE: Vanity Fair comes to grips with how “Donald Trump Really Could Be Elected President.”

IN MY CASE, IT’S NOT ALL THAT HIDDEN: The Hidden Personal Cost Of Your Computer Ecosystem.

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MY USA TODAY COLUMN: No, Judge Judy Is Not A Supreme Court Justice.

ANNALS OF OBSOLESCENCE: Terry Teachout writes that some technologies merely make our lives easier. Others are far more transformative — and not everyone can adapt:

This distinction isn’t as widely understood as it should be. Most new technologies make our lives easier without changing them other than superficially. The compact disc, for example, was a convenience, not a revolution. Unlike the iPod, it didn’t alter our relationship to the world of music. The answering machine, by contrast, really did transform the way in which we used the telephone by making it possible to screen incoming calls. As soon as that possibility became a reality, the place of the telephone in daily life underwent a profound change, and never changed back.

Not everyone is open to such change. Sooner or later each generation comes to a great technological divide, a chasm that most of its aging members are unable or unwilling to cross. For my mother, who was born mere weeks before the Great Depression, that chasm was the invention of the personal computer. She owned an answering machine—I bought it for her—but she never screened her calls, nor did she learn how to use a computer. When the PC became a routine part of American life, she was officially old. The world had passed her by.

Related: Hillary Had No State Department Computer. Was She Ever Really Sec. of State?

ANALYSIS: TRUE. German Intelligence Agencies: Migrants Will Bring Anti-Semitism.