SPACE: NASA’s Lucy spacecraft swoops past first of 10 asteroids on long journey to Jupiter.

SHOCKER: We Found a Dem Congresswoman’s Old Blog and It Has Some Troubling Content. “In addition to radical (and repeated) liars such as Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and her fellow Squad members, freshman Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) is apparently another member of Congress who has equivocated, rather than condemned, terrorists now waging a bloody war against Israel.”

TRUE:

But what it really means as per Red Cross is it prohibits attacks against military objectives which are “expected to cause incidental loss of … civilian objects … which would be excessive in relation to the concrete and direct military advantage anticipated”.

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) November 1, 2023

At this point, pretty much all talk of “proportionality” and human rights is just lawfare for the bad guys. It didn’t have to be that way, but too many “experts” are just shills.

WELL GOOD: Commercial Aircraft Engine Dominance Gives the USA Military Air Domination.

READER BOOK PLUG: Four Lessons From My Three Sons: How You Can Raise A Resilient Kid.

TRUE: Evangelicals Need to Stop Shaming Men: They need to stop delivering hectoring “Man up!” lectures that simply drive men away.

No one is moved by a lecture on manhood from David French. Plus: “It’s one of the most well known facts in social science that women initiate the vast majority of divorces – around 70% or so depending on the source you look at. It’s a fact I have never heard an evangelical pastor mention. In fact, as one feminist scholar found in her academic research, in evangelical sermons ‘women are framed primarily as receivers of divorce rather than initiators.’ And, while there have been improvements, divorce court and child custody practices still favor women. . . . It’s also worth asking what Blake – and by extension the rest of the evangelical leadership class – are doing to reduce these risks, help men manage them, or to create an environment in which men have a better chance of marital success. The answer is basically nothing. . . . They could tell men, “Get married and we’ve got your back.” But they don’t. Instead, should some man actually get married and any troubles arise, they will almost certainly blame him for it.”

POWERLINE PODCAST: America Confronts Multi-Front Proxy Wars Steve Hayward and I discuss the current hellscape.

IT SHOULDN’T: Will Your Next (or First) EV Come From China?

DON’T GET MAD, GET EVEN: Demonetized, Angry, and Ready to Tell Big Brother to Get Stuffed.

FIREARMS: What Does “Clean” Really Mean? “Outside of politicians, the biggest enemies of a gun are rust, oxidation and corrosion.”

READER FAVORITE: 10000mAh Crank Radio, Emergency Radio.

MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT [VIP]: Did the Navy Finally Find a Mission for Its ‘Little Crappy Ships?’ “Pity the Navy’s LCS surface combatants — derided everywhere as “Little Crappy Ships” — but do not pity the Navy for commissioning vessels that are unreliable, overpriced, and under-armed. On the other hand, maybe give the Navy a single cheer for almost-kinda-sorta-maybe finding a mission they can perform.”

GOOD: Scalp-cooling technology can help some chemo patients keep their hair.

THEY KEEP TELLING ME THE ECONOMY IS DOING GREAT BUT I KEEP READING STORIES LIKE THIS ONE: Target seeing customers pulling back even on groceries – CEO tells CNBC. “Target (TGT.N) is seeing shoppers trim spending even on groceries as household budgets are stretched due to higher prices and borrowing costs, the U.S. big-box retailer’s CEO Brian Cornell said in an interview aired on CNBC on Thursday.”

NOW OUT FROM CHRISTOPHER TUBBS: Kingfisher.

THIS JUST IN: The Daily Caller is reporting that NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ top fundraiser was raided by the FBI.

“An FBI agent from the public corruption squad questioned Brianna Suggs, who was Adams’s campaign consultant and who currently works with the mayor to advance his agenda, during the raid on her home but did not take her into custody, according to the NYT.”

What I want to know is did the feds give her the Roger Stone treatment and have CNN on hand? No?

Color me surprised. Not.

HOW’S THAT SPACE PROGRAM COMING ALONG? What astronomers learned from a near-Earth asteroid they never saw coming: No one spotted space rock 2023 NT1 until two days after it missed us.

WELL, YOU CAN ASK…: CDC Says Infant Mortality Rate Increased in 2022. Will We Be Allowed To Ask Why?

FASTER, PLEASE: ‘Injectable tissue prosthesis’ offers new approach for regenerating damaged muscle/nerve.

TIME FOR MAYORKAS TO GO? It is, according to Senators Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) and Mitt Romney (R-Utah), and probably many others who just haven’t said so, yet. Johnson tells The Epoch Times Mayorkas’ refusal to respond to his questions during a hearing earlier this week is reason enough to impeach him and, short of that, for him to resign.

WASHINGTON SHOULD TRY THIS: Suze Orman Suggests Setting a Holiday Spending Plan To Prevent ‘Emotional and Rash Overspending.’

BY TAKING THE GAG LITERALLY, UNFORTUNATELY: The Biden Regime Is Now Setting Policy By Old Norm Macdonald Tweets.

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: In 2022, U.S. infant mortality up 3% in biggest increase in 20 years, CDC says.

PUNCH BACK TWICE AS HARD: Law Firms Warn Universities About Antisemitism on Campus: Two dozen major Wall Street firms sent a letter to top law schools to crack down on discrimination and harassment amid an escalation in incidents targeting Jewish students.

With universities across the United States grappling with a rise in antisemitism since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, elite law firms are putting schools on notice. In a letter to some of the nation’s top law schools obtained by DealBook, about two dozen major Wall Street firms warned that what happens on campus could have corporate consequences.

“We look to you to ensure your students who hope to join our firms after graduation are prepared to be an active part of workplace communities that have zero tolerance policies for any form of discrimination or harassment, much less the kind that has been taking place on some law school campuses,” the firms wrote.

Among the firms that signed the letter are:

Cravath, Swaine & Moore

Debevoise & Plimpton

Kirkland & Ellis

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Skadden

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Another signatory, Davis Polk & Wardwell, last month rescinded job offers over letters blaming Israel for the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.

The letter follows a series of recent antisemitic episodes at universities. Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York sought this week to reassure Jewish students at Cornell after online posts threatening violence against them. Students at other schools have said they feel increasingly unsafe amid rallies and other acts that, in some instances, have become violent.

Make them pay.

BUY A GUN: 23andMe user data targeting Ashkenazi Jews leaked online. Then instead of a threat, it becomes an opportunity to kill terrorists from the comfort of your own home, without expensive and bothersome travel.