OPEN THREAD: Monday, Monday.

SPACE: Army Building Up New Space Operations Branch.

I DON’T THINK THAT “DISUNION” IS AN ALTERNATIVE for the United States. As with Britain and Ireland since the days of Spain, we can’t allow a country where our enemies could have a base next door. A seceded California — even without Oregon and Washington State — would immediately become a Chinese satrapy — I mean, more than it already is. We can’t allow that on our continent. Canada and Mexico we can dominate. A peer nation we could not.

MY LATEST NEW YORK POST COLUMN: Elissa Slotkin’s threats to prosecute conservatives move America closer to civil war.

SCIENCE: A New Injection Makes Fat Cells Self-Destruct, And Might Prevent GLP-1 Weight Regain.

SCIENCE: Scientists Discover a Surprising New Effect of a Popular Blood Pressure Drug.

FLASHBACK: Media manipulates economic gloom — and it’s all about the midterms.

SO PLAUSIBLE: Deregulation Can Make Medications Cheaper.

NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW! Lawsplainer: California Officials Will Be Federally Prosecuted If They Ignore Evidence Of Ineligible Aliens Voting In Federal Elections.

JEEP RELIABILITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN BAD; WHY DON’T THEY FIX IT? Jeep Reliability Is Worse Than Average, but 3 Models Stand Out.

STILL TRUE: Leftists’ masks are coming all the way off — revealing the ugly truth.

LOL:

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— Zalmi U (@ZalmiU) October 19, 2026

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Silencer 101: Here’s What to Know Before You Buy Your First Can.

LOVE IS LOVE: The remarkable bond between a man and a deer: In his new book ‘Penelope,’ author Paul Bochner recounts ‘one of the greatest loves I have ever known.’

JODY FELL OFF OF HIS TRACTOR, COULDN’T BELIEVE WHAT HE’D SEEN. Minnesota resident finds a jagged metal object with a burnt underbelly in a cornfield. Then deputies call it ‘presumably a space object.’

SALT ISN’T ALWAYS BAD: 5 surprising signs your body may actually need more sodium, according to dietitians.

HMM: One Blood Type Seems to Carry a Higher Risk of Type 2 Diabetes.

THIS PREDICTION SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT:

This is the funniest announcement I've seen in weeks:

"The European Union is working toward fast-track antitrust approval for a satellite joint venture between Leonardo SpA, Airbus SE, and Thales SA, which is positioned as Europe's response to SpaceX"

We know pretty much how… https://t.co/1uW8fUfv9i

— Eric S. Raymond (@esrtweet) October 19, 2026

The funny thing is, I don’t think Elon would much mind if Europe were actually able to produce a company as formidable as SpaceX. His goal is settling the Solar System; SpaceX is a means to this goal, not an end.

I REMEMBER WHEN HIGHER EDUCATION WAS TOUTED AS REDUCING IGNORANT TRIBALISM: Cornell faculty members indifferent to actual evidence in Jane Doe ‘rape’ case.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Census study: AI-exposed college grads face 13% earnings drop.

DAVID HARSANYI: Why The Law Must Apply to Ilhan Omar.

AS CIVIL WAR THREATENS: Migration Skeptics to France: We Told You So.

DON SURBER: How Trump got Hasan’s execution accepted. “What President Trump did was think past the sale. He made everyone agree to executing the bastard by turning the argument into whether we should televise it. Dilbert creator Scott Adams noticed in 2015 how Trump frames issues.”

HEY, IT’S A THOUGHT:

Once we liberate Iran we can produce an expeditionary force made up of Iranians who hate Muslims. https://t.co/yBYLm2Kg1e

— @instapundit (@instapundit) October 19, 2026

ANDY KESSLER: Have Some Manners, People: We’re too deep in the era of ‘me, me, me’ to care about common decency and courtesy. “I’m not pining for a return to the Victorian era, but politeness and decency should include respect, common interest and nailing a spike into today’s rampant narcissism. Many of my incoming emails are as courteous as a mule kick to the head. I’m used to it, but please don’t dictate a response to this column on your next flight.”

Well, it’s hard to be polite in this environment:

I was flying to New York and while boarding the woman in front of me was struggling to get her bag into the overhead bin. I asked if she needed some help and she said no. About an hour into the flight a flight attendant pulled me aside and asked what I had said to her. Turns out… https://t.co/8EHL8QTKfF

— Nocturnal Nick (@foxluvsbunny) October 18, 2026