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?”

RIP SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR:  I do wish you’d understood just how much damage you were doing to higher education and to the aspirations of minority students when you decided Grutter v. Bollinger in 2003.

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.

HOLIDAY DEAL: Calphalon Premier Space-Saving Hard-Anodized Nonstick 5-Quart Saute Pan. #CommissionEarned

NOT ALL HEROES WEAR CAPES: I blocked schools from imposing vegetarian diets when I was health secretary, Barclay reveals.

FLORIDA MAN FRIDAY [VIP]: Who Put This Meth in My Underwear? “It’s your much-needed break from the serious news, and this week we have a semi-truck/pontoon hybrid, the Great Underwear Break-In of 2023, and video of a wild airplane escape in Louisiana.”

READER FAVORITE: BISSELL Little Green Multi-Purpose Portable Carpet and Upholstery Cleaner. #CommissionEarned

ALMOST EVERYBODY LOVES THE SHRIMP: Red Lobster says unlimited shrimp promotion was too popular and too cheap. “Red Lobster’s parent company, Thai Union Group, disclosed earlier this month that the seafood chain took an unexpectedly large loss in the third quarter of the year because its $20 shrimp promotion wasn’t very profitable and was more popular than the company anticipated.”

I’m no restaurant industry expert but I could have guessed that $20 unlimited shrimp was going to be A) very popular and B) a money-loser.

HMM: Meet ‘anthrobots,’ tiny bio-machines built from human tracheal cells. “The researchers behind the frog embryo ‘xenobots’ are now focusing on similar automatons made from human material—with unexpected results.”

Oh, good. In the movies, stuff like this always gets “unexpected results.”

HE’S RIGHT ABOUT THE LEFT FOR ONCE: Whoa, Chuck Schumer Admits That the Rise in Anti-Semitism Is Coming From The Political Left.

A SYNTHETIC INSURRECTION: As Many As 200 Undercover FBI Agents Involved on January 6.

DRINK WINE, EAT OLIVES AND PROSCIUTTO, SIT IN THE SUN, HAVE SEX: The Mediterranean diet isn’t just good for your health — it’s also great for your sex life.