OH. YEAH. SURE THING:  DNA from ‘non-human’ alien corpses is from ‘unknown species,’ analysts claim.

BUT I THOUGHT MODELS WERE INFALLIBLE!  Sunspot update: The Sun continues to prove that solar scientists understand nothing.

BUT DO WE REALLY WANT THE KIDS UNABLE TO RECORD THE TEACHERS?   Minnesota school brings sanity back to the classroom by banning smart phones.

SURE. PRICE CONTROLS HAVE WORKED… NEVER. BUT OKAY:  Oh, well that ought to do it.

AND IF THAT WERE ALL, THEY’D STILL HAVE LOST:  THIS is election interference.

Remember all this, and they still had to fraud in 2020, in front of G-d and everyone.

GUESS THEY WERE OKAY WITH THE ANTI-ISRAEL VIEWS SO LONG AS RATINGS WERE GOOD:  MSNBC cancels Mehdi Hasan’s weekend show amid poor ratings, anti-Israel views: sources.

MUCH LESS THAN WE SHOULD; ALSO THAT IT’S AWFULLY CONVENIENT:  What we know about China’s new pneumonia outbreak so far.

THERE WAS NEVER A TRUCE DEAL, MERELY A TEMPORARY CEASE-FIRE:  Israel-Hamas war live updates: Rocket barrage bombards Israeli cities, IDF strikes hundreds of targets in Gaza as truce deal collapses.

You can’t make a truce with anyone whose only goal is to kill all Jews.

OFFICIALLY – UNOFFICIALLY, THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER MATTER:  UMass Boston ditches ‘litmus test’ demand for new professors to back DEI.

HAH! THAT BUS IS LONG GONE, BOB:  Bob Iger throws ‘The Marvels’ under the bus.

CHASER:  Bob Iger Admits Disney “Made Too Many” Marvel Sequels – But Blames ‘The Marvels’ Poor Box Office Performance On A Lack Of “Supervision On The Set”.

BLACK LIVES MATTER, BLUE LIVES NOT SO MUCH:  Derek Chauvin was stabbed 22 times by federal inmate who says he attacked him on Black Friday as symbolic connection to BLM.

WERE I ON THE STREET IS SOME HOMELESS DUDE WHO I’D PREFER WATCHING MY SIX?  Los Angeles ‘serial killer’ suspected of slaying 3 homeless people in four-day spree: ‘Do not sleep alone tonight’.

STEVE HAYWARD: When & How Did Universities Become So Crazy Left? “So how did we come to this point of mass insanity on college campuses, whose manifestation right now of open anti-Semitism is one of the most obvious fruits of the further gallop to the left on campus?”

INTELLIGENCE FAILURES: Israel Knew About Hamas’ Attack Plan a Year in Advance But Didn’t Take It Seriously. “In retrospect, the whole thing comes down to a failure of imagination and also a too firm belief among senior leaders that Hamas was not interested in attacking. Apparently they were convinced by the fact that Hamas had negotiated for the right to cross the border to work jobs in Israel that they were no longer a threat. In fact, they may have been using this access to gather information for the attack.”

Flashback: Israel’s intelligence failure is a warning for America’s politicized agencies. “We know what the Israeli intelligence agencies weren’t doing, which is getting warning of the attack. So what were they doing? Well, one thing was organizing protests against Netanyahu, in opposition to his party’s platform of reform aimed at Israel’s Supreme Court. . . . So the Mossad, whose job is to protect Israel from external threats, was instead monkeying with domestic politics.”

Plus: “So what is the FBI and the rest of the intelligence/law-enforcement apparatus missing now? When we find out, it will be too late.”

FBI INFORMANTS ARE EVERYWHERE LATELY: Derek Chauvin was stabbed 22 times on Black Friday in tribute to Black Lives Matter, court documents allege, by an inmate who once served as an FBI informant.

OPEN THREAD: Everybody’s blogging for the weekend.

“WHEN PEOPLE BELIEVE THERE’S A CONSPIRACY TO SHUT THEM UP, DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THAT LOOKS LIKE A CONSPIRACY TO SHUT THEM UP.” I have a new profile in the weekend Wall Street Journal by Emily Bobrow.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: GAO report warns Artemis 3 landing may be delayed to 2027.

That’s okay, the SpaceX guys will be waiting with beer and snacks.

WELL, GOOD: Common Blood Pressure Drug Increases Lifespan, Slows Aging in Animals.

WHAT “DECOLONIZATION” LOOKS LIKE: Hamas Branded Children, Beat Jews With Electric Cables, and Kept Israeli Women in Cages.

#JOURNALISM:

We are on Day Five of journalistic insistence on canceling an elementary school student by any means necessary. https://t.co/Z3hvTe8UrT

— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) December 1, 2023

Kevin Blackistone is a professor of journalism and — of course — writes for the Washington Post.

He’s getting hammered in the replies. Plus:

How much money did Nicholas Sandmann get when they did this to him?@NickSandmannUS

— David Hamilton, School Board Trustee (@Hamilton4TX) December 1, 2023

HMM: Is the Blood Clot Risk From Birth Control Reversible? “The absolute risk of getting a blood clot while taking birth control pills is low, but it’s not zero. The risk can be higher depending on several factors, like the type of birth control pill you take as well as how long you’re taking it. A new study suggests that when you go off the pill, your risk of getting a blood clot might go down sooner than you’d think.”

Honestly, 2-4 weeks is about what I would have guessed off the top of my head.

I HAD SOME FRIENDS AT NASA WHO QUITE LIKED HER: NASA shuttle astronaut, scientist Mary Cleave remembered as ‘trailblazer.’

HEH. INDEED.

Child Grooming Content On X Reduced By 83% After Disney Pulls Ads https://t.co/I5LPB3eVfq pic.twitter.com/6Laa3G516z

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) December 1, 2023

HINT: THE BURNING IS A BAD SIGN. Your burning holiday sex questions — answered by sexologists.