SCIENCE: Review: No evidence of nut allergens spreading via air ventilation on planes.

SHOCKING: Transgender coach, rehired due to ‘transphobia’ concerns, resigns after porn video surfaces.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: ‘PIECE OF S***’: Gettysburg College admissions counselor unleashes unhinged rant against Trump supporters.

BYRON YORK: What Bill Clinton’s Laken Riley gaffe says about Harris and the border.

COLLUSION: Socialist Operatives Fueled the Rise of Independent Nebraska Senate Candidate Dan Osborn, Financial Disclosures Show.

DON SURBER: Two interviews. Two candidates. One winner.

THE ENEMY WITHIN: The US Sanctioned an Anti-Israel Group for Backing Terrorists. Months Ago, Its Leaders Were Hobnobbing With Columbia University Students.

TRUST THE GOVERNMENT: FBI Juked the Crime Stats, Quietly Revises.

WEIRD HOW THEY ALL USE THE SAME WORD ON A REGULAR BASIS:

“Testy” is this week’s “sharp as a tack” https://t.co/DoQgTOxKRN

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 17, 2024

Related: “Kamala evaded questions by dumping a family-style sized word salad on Baier’s head and running out the clock. The Kamala handlers describe that as testy. . .”

But it’s not actually a favorable description: “But the current meaning is: ‘Prone to be irritated by small checks and annoyances; impatient of being thwarted; resentful of contradiction or opposition; irascible, short-tempered, peevish, tetchy, ‘crusty.'”

PEOPLE WOULD KNOW THIS IF WE HAD AN EDUCATION SYSTEM INSTEAD OF AN INDOCTRINATION SYSTEM:

What would be dumb is the smaller states agreeing to a union where the urban masses would rule over them. So they didn’t. https://t.co/qDp5EODzHV

— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) October 15, 2024

CONTRAST WITH KAMALA ON FOX LAST NIGHT: More, Please: ‘Bussin’ With the Boys’ Answers Serious WaPo Inquiry Re Their Trump Interview. “The clips I’ve seen have been absolutely hilarious, especially one with how Trump comes up with his nicknames. The former president was loose as a goose, comfortable as all get out talking sports, smack, and obviously enjoying (as Kcruella and I have always called it) the ‘scummy male bonding.’ You could tell everyone was truly having a great time.”

WaPo: “Why did you laugh?” The WaPo got all the respect it deserved in response.

And I hope to see the scolds of the media treated this way routinely.

EUGENE VOLOKH ON SpaceX’s First Amendment Claim Against California Coastal Commission. “The California Coastal Commission recently decided to block SpaceX’s increase in annual launches at Vandenberg Space Force Base from 36 to 50. SpaceX has just sued, claiming the decision was preempted by federal authority, violated state law, and also violated the First Amendment. I can’t speak to the preemption arguments and the statutory arguments, but I wanted to pass along some thoughts about the First Amendment question. SpaceX is arguing that the Commission’s 6-4 decision was influenced by the Commissioners’ disapproval of Elon Musk’s politics and speech.”

That’s not a hard argument to make, since the Commissioners basically said that.

IT’S GETTING A BIT LATE: Roger Simon: Who Will the Dems Replace Kamala With? She’s done! “Apparently Kamala Harris’ handlers were gesturing wildly to Bret Baier to cut things short during his interview of the vice president Wednesday evening. Good idea—this was a fiasco beyond comprehension. Well, not completely beyond comprehension because we’ve already seen the Biden v. Trump debate.”

HAHA:

To my Democratic friends: maybe you should consider swapping Kamala Harris for Joe Biden.

— JD Vance (@JDVance) October 16, 2024

OPEN THREAD: Hump Day.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: How countries can increase their participation in the global space economy.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: China launches second batch of 18 satellites for Thousand Sails megaconstellation.

IT’S A PARODY, BUT IS IT?

@keithjames_1969

♬ original sound – keithjames_1969

CAPTAIN QUEEG FOR PRESIDENT: Harris Ducks ‘Responsibility’ (and Fact Checks) in Fiery Fox News Interview.

PROFESSOR CARRINGTON, CALL YOUR OFFICE: NASA Confirms Solar Maximum: Brace for Massive Flares and Epic Geomagnetic Storms.

CAN’T THINK, CAN’T TALK:

IT’S OVER!

Kamala starts SHAKING and SCREAMING when asked the most basic interview question

Total DISASTER for Team Kamala.

pic.twitter.com/Uxs3eGMqA5

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) October 16, 2024

That was the worst presidential performance in an interview in my lifetime.

Perhaps in history

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) October 16, 2024

BAIER: You said Iran was the biggest threat to America… But you relaxed and failed to enforce sanctions on Iran.

KAMALA: "Lets go back to Donald Trump." pic.twitter.com/ZkWk96Bhxf

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) October 16, 2024

Kamala Harris is the opposite of unflappable. She is self imploding & getting visibly angry because for the first time in 4 years she is facing a few tough questions.

Compare this disaster to how @JDVance obliterates the leftwing media on a daily basis with a smile on his face.

— Andrew Surabian (@Surabees) October 16, 2024

Joe Biden coup leaders watching Kamala implode live on Fox pic.twitter.com/w1LHHNMs2L

— Danny De Urbina (@dannydeurbina) October 16, 2024

UPDATE: Ann Althouse: “It was horrible to attempt to watch. I got about halfway through. I’ve been waiting for Harris to do a tough, challenging interview, and it was painful to watch the deflection and evasion. The main defense seemed to be to make Bret Baier look bad because he interrupted. Terrible.”

FASTER, PLEASE: Nanoparticles Therapy Could Wipe Out Plaque Build-Up in Arteries.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: China unveils its plans to turn its feats in space exploration into scientific advances.

DO WE EVER: To Fight Future Wars, the U.S. Needs More Capacity—and Seriousness.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Don’t Buy A Gas Mask…Unless You Read This First.