FACT-CHECKING THE “FACT-CHECKERS,” AGAIN: NRA says Clinton said something she said. Politifact says NRA claim ‘mostly false.’

Fiske argues that Clinton “focused her comments on voluntary buyback programs similar to those some U.S. communities have instituted for guns and the federal ‘cash-for-clunkers’ program.”

That’s demonstrably false. Clinton clearly said “the Australian example is worth considering.”

And that “Australian example” was an example of gun confiscation. It was not a voluntary program. Historian Varad Mehta wrote about the Australian program last year for the Federalist, breaking down exactly what it entailed.

“Australia outlawed semi-automatic rifles, certain categories of shotgun, and implemented strict licensing and registration requirements,” Mehta wrote. “The cornerstone of its new gun-control scheme, however, was a massive gun buyback program. The Australian government purchased 650,000 to one million guns with funds raised via a special tax.”

That buyback program was mandatory, Mehta wrote. One cannot claim to consider the Australian example and its effectiveness in removing guns without acknowledging that the reason it worked was that it was mandatory.

A Clinton spokesman told Politifact that the Democratic candidate “does not support national mandatory gun buyback programs, including those modeled after Australia’s program” and that she was only discussing voluntary buyback programs.

But the candidate absolutely discussed Australia’s program — which was a mandatory buyback program — and said it was “worth considering,” just as the NRA claimed.

Think of the “Fact Checkers” as Democratic Party narrative-control officers with bylines and you won’t go far wrong.

USING DRONES TO deliver blood to hospitals.

I’LL HAVE WHAT THE TRILLIONAIRE AT THE END OF THE BAR IS HAVING: The Bourbon So Exclusive That Even Billionaires Can’t Buy It.

IT’S SAD THAT THIS IS NEWSWORTHY: State Appeals Court Says Not Just Any Nonexistent Law Can Be Used To Initiate Traffic Stops.

HILLARY’S SWORN DEPOSITION REVEALS MORE PUBLIC LIES: She can’t accuse Putin of altering these statements — they’re testimony in the case pursued by Judicial Watch. Quote: “Hillary Clinton admitted under oath this week that she doesn’t recall asking anyone for permission to use a secret server and email account during her time in the State Department, contradicting previous public pronouncements that she had received approval.” Well, honesty’s been this election’s core issue since 1808. (bumped)

PASSING A VERY OLD SNIFF TEST: Distilling olibanic acids, the scent-producing molecules of frankincense. Chemists discovered that “…previously unknown molecules explained frankincense’s distinctive smell…” For what it’s worth, 5,000 years is a common estimate for the number of years human beings have used frankincense (“the sacred resin”). 6,000 years is another.

SHOCKINGLY, HIS LEGAL ANALYSIS IS INCORRRECT: ‘Remember, it’s illegal to possess’ WikiLeaks Clinton emails, but ‘it’s different for the media,’ says CNN’s Chris Cuomo.

KURDISH FIGHTERS REPORT FROM MOSUL: Via Voice of America. This report compiles wire service stories, Iraqi press releases and VOA reporting.

VERY LARGE JEWELRY: Miners in Myanmar (Burma) have uncovered a piece of jade weighing 175 tons. The picture is worth the click.

AHEAD OF HIS TIME? An Interesting Piece on GMU Economist Robin Hanson. “Hanson is an economist with a background in physics and engineering; a Silicon Valley veteran determined to promote his theories in an academy he finds deeply flawed; a doggedly rational thinker prone to intentionally provocative ideas that test the limits of what typically passes as scholarship. Those ideas have been mocked, memed, and marveled at — often all at once.”

KAMIKAZE KABUKI: O’Keefe Video Sting Exposes ‘Bird-Dogging’ — Democrats’ Effort to Incite Violence at Trump Rallies.

And Foval emphasizes that the goal of “bird-dogging” is to create a sense of “anarchy” around Trump: ”The bird-dogging. The aggressive bird-dogging. What I call it is ‘conflict engagement.’ … Conflict engagement in the lines at Trump rallies? We’re starting anarchy. And he needs to understand that we’re starting anarchy.”

As Insta-reader Rob Crawford noted a few years ago, “The modern anarchists are just the far-left’s muscle. Look at when and where they show up, who they march with and for, and how carefully the press ignores them and their acts.”

According to the DNC-MSM, fascism is forever descending upon the American right, but it always seems to land rather far left of the target, to paraphrase Tom Wolfe.

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, IT’S OLD NEWS ANYWAY, LET’S MOVE ON.

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— Jikary Jack (@JikaryJack) October 17, 2016

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: The Case for Trump.

Trump’s defeat would translate into continued political subversion of once disinterested federal agencies, from the FBI and Justice Department to the IRS and the EPA. It would ensure a liberal Supreme Court for the next 20 years — or more. Republicans would be lucky to hold the Senate. Obama’s unconstitutional executive overreach would be the model for Hillary’s second wave of pen-and-phone executive orders. If, in Obama fashion, the debt doubled again in eight years, we would be in hock $40 trillion after paying for Hillary’s even more grandiose entitlements of free college tuition, student-loan debt relief, and open borders. She has already talked of upping income and estate taxes on those far less wealthy than the Clintons and of putting coal miners out of work (“We are going to put a whole lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business”) while promising more Solyndra-like ventures in failed crony capitalism.

The normalization of a politicized federal bureaucracy would be the most lasting — and damaging — legacy of nearly two decades of Obama-Clinton administration.

A NOBEL PRIZE FOR legal scholars?

DON’T YOU LOVE FARCE? Target halts clown-mask sales amid creepy-clown hysteria.

THE FUTURE OF URBAN PARKING: fully automated garages. “Right now in the U.S., 22 garages already are using automated systems to store and retrieve vehicles, and it’s starting to scale up.”

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SHOT: Hillary Told Goldman Sachs Fracking Was A ‘Gift’ In Paid Speeches.

CHASER: Clinton Doubles Down Against Fracking in Debate.

HANGOVER: Clinton says she has ‘both a public and a private position’ on Wall Street.

Which Hillary are we supposed to believe?

THE MOON HAS many more craters than we thought.

JUSTICE? Retired general charged with false statements in leak probe.

Retired Marine Gen. James Cartwright has been charged with making false statements during a federal investigation into a leak of classified information, the Justice Department announced Monday.

Cartwright falsely told investigators that he was not the source of classified information contained in a book by New York Times journalist David Sanger, according to charging documents unsealed by prosecutors.

Neither the book nor the classified subject is identified in court papers. But Sanger has written about a covert cyberattack on Iran’s nuclear facilities and the use of a computer virus called Stuxnet to temporarily disable centrifuges that the Iranians were using to enrich uranium.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maryland announced the case on Monday.

What kind of unreasonable prosecutor would bring such a charge?

HOW ADVANCED WOULD ALIENS NEED TO BE to contact Earth? It depends.

2016, MAN: University of Nevada Cancels Sausage Party Screening Because a Douche ‘Raped’ a Juice Box.

WEIRD HOW PEOPLE WHOSE SPEECH HURTS HILLARY KEEP GETTING SILENCED: Wikileaks: Assange’s Internet Link Severed By State Actor.

AND THE YEAR ISN’T OVER YET: 1,000 more people shot in Chicago compared with same time last year.

RISE OF THE MACHINES: Amazon only needs a minute of human labor to ship your next package.