UNEXPECTEDLY: Five freed from Gitmo in exchange for Bowe Bergdahl join insurgents in Qatar, Taliban says.

Flashback: “We will not transfer any detainee from Gitmo unless the threat that the detainee may pose to the United States or U.S. persons or interests will be sufficiently mitigated,” a “senior U.S. administration official” promised NBC News in 2014.

AS CHESTERTON SAID, FALLACIES DO NOT CEASE TO BE FALLACIES JUST BECAUSE THEY BECOME FASHIONS: Conservative woman writes thread shredding each and every Leftist talking point and it’s spectacular.

BOSTON MOB BOSS JAMES ‘WHITEY’ BULGER KILLED IN PRISON.

THE SCIENCE WAS SETTLED: Confused by Nutrition Research? Sloppy Science May Be to Blame. It’s becoming clear that a lot of people who claimed to speak with the authority of science didn’t.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: 10 Freaky Underrated B Horror Films to Watch This Halloween.

There are some fine, obscure picks on this list, but for low-budget thrills nothing beats Re-Animator.

JUST THINK OF THE MEDIA AS DEMOCRATIC OPERATIVES WITH BYLINES, AND IT ALL MAKES SENSE: Why did nobody mention that Robert “Beto” O’Rourke’s wife is a billionaire heiress?

As Jim Treacher has said:

Update: Leftists Lose Their Minds, Bash The New York Times After Beto O’Rourke Exposé.

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RESULTS: Harry Reid in 1993: It’s insane to reward illegal immigrants by giving their children birthright citizenship. “If you subsidize something, you’ll get more of it. We’ve chosen to subsidize illegal immigration with citizenship. Reid once cared, until his interest in retaining his Senate seat convinced him not to.”

I DID NOT SEE THAT COMING: Woman who had sex with 20 ghosts is now engaged to a spirit.

THE SCIENCE WAS SETTLED: He Promised to Restore Damaged Hearts. Harvard Says His Lab Fabricated Research.

DAVID STEINBERG: Address Records Show Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) Still Lived With Her First Husband Throughout Her Second Marriage.

YOU’RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BLOG: How Public Schools Indoctrinate Kids Without Almost Anyone Noticing.

FAKE NEWS ALERT: Correcting the ADL’s False Anti-Semitism Statistic. All reporters would have to do to see that the way the ADL has portrayed its study doesn’t match what the study itself says would to actually read the study, instead of just the press release. But they can’t be bothered to do that. Anti-Semitism, while low overall in the U.S., unites the left and right nutty fringes, from Farrakhan to Richard Spencer. A politically neutral, non-partisan watchdog is needed. The ADL under Abe Foxman, while far from perfect, was at least adequate in that role. Under Greenblatt, it’s become an arm of the Democratic Party.

MICHAEL WALSH ON TRUMP, THE 14TH AMENDMENT, THE CARAVAN, AND THE CONSTITUTION.

PATRICK POOLE: Suspicious Deaths of Saudi Sisters Seeking Asylum in U.S. Under Investigation. “Their bodies were discovered fully clothed and duct-taped together at the feet and waist last Wednesday on the banks of the Hudson River.”

IT DOES LOOK GOOD: The McLaren Speedtail Is Like Nothing You’ve Seen Before.

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NOT ONLY IS FLORIDA STRANGER THAN WE IMAGINE, IT IS STRANGER THAN WE CAN IMAGINE: ‘MAGA Bomber’ Worked at West Palm Nightclub Where Stormy Daniels Stripped in Anti-Trump Tour.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Ready to Get Off Facebook? Reason Reviews 5 Alternative Social Networks.

Minds and Vero both look pretty good. I like MeWe’s privacy features, but it needs more focus on what kind of social network it wants to be.

IRA STOLL: Pittsburgh Jewish Community Welcomes President Trump.

I PREDICT THERE WILL BE NO #BELIEVEALLWOMEN SPIN ON THIS ONE: Is this scoop on Robert Mueller the ‘scandalous story’ we were promised?

HMM: Mounting Evidence Links Sleep Disturbance To Alzheimer’s Disease.

SELF-DEFENSE: Dad at McDonald’s with kids shoots and kills masked gunman who opened fire.

Birmingham Police responded to the McDonald’s at around 10:45 p.m. Sunday after receiving reports that multiple people had been shot. When an employee opened the door to let a father and his two sons out of the restaurant, a masked man entered. The man then began shooting. Investigators say it is not clear whether he intended to rob the McDonald’s or was targeting someone inside.

The father then opened fire on the gunman, fatally wounding him. The unidentified dad and one of his kids, a minor, were also struck, but do not have life-threatening injuries.

The investigation is still ongoing, but based on the preliminary information, the father won’t face any charges, the station reports.

I hope management at that McDonald’s passes around the hat for their local hero.

THE NEW CIVILITY: Tom Steyer Runs Facebook Ad Comparing President Trump To Saddam Hussein.