NOW THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY I WAS PROMISED: ‘Artificial super astronauts’: How AI and robotics could help humanity settle Mars.

“Artificial astronauts” could fly as actual crew members on human missions to Mars, and elsewhere in space.

These rugged, space-rated artificial humans offer great advantages, advocates say. For example, they would not require the large amounts of consumables needed to support humans. They could also perform spacewalks without a life-support system.

While not everyone will agree on the predicted rate of development of robotics and artificial intelligence (AI), the idea is that progress will be fast, commensurate with timescales over which Mars campaigns are planned and implemented, unlike in the past.

You didn’t think Elon Musk was developing autonomous humanoid robots just to do the dishes and vacuum the stairs, did you?

ARTICLE 4, NOT 5, THANK GOODNESS: So Russia Attacked Poland Last Night… “With so many drones involved, what happened last night appears to be no accident. In fact, Trent Telenko posted about ‘reports that some of the drones over Poland had Polish cell phone SIM Cards,’ and that planning for the attack/incursion/whatever began in July.”

Related (From Ed): It’s an invasion of Poland, no big deal, right?

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HMM: The YF-23 Black Widow II Could ‘Rescue’ The Navy’s F/A-XX Fighter.

The Navy’s F/A-XX fighter competition seeking to develop a sixth-generation stealth jet is caught in a tug-of-war between Congress and the Department of Defense. The latter wants to put the program on ice, while the former wants to fund the program (at least on a life-support level).

Caught in the crossfire are sixth-generation fighter designs proposed by Boeing and Northrop Grumman. In August, the corporations tantalized military aviation observers by releasing concept art—undoubtedly hoping to boost F/A-XX politically.

One shouldn’t assume too much from such graphics, given the Pentagon’s historical tendency to obfuscate concept art of advanced aircraft—or even mislead with it.

Still, the art (see below) gives the impression Boeing’s F/A-XX concept is inspired by its F-47 design currently being developed into a production model for the US Air Force. Meanwhile, Grumman’s artwork features elements harkening back to its legendary YF-23 ‘Black Widow’ prototype stealth jet.

There are plenty of folks who will tell you the Air Force should have chosen it over Lockheed’s YF-22 (now the F-22 Raptor) back in 1991.

THAT’S DIFFERENT BECAUSE SHUT UP, INFIDEL:

Can’t make this up!

Irans President Masoud Pezeshkian condemned Israel’s strike in Doha that targeted a senior Hamas leaders.

Iran attacked Qatari soil just three months ago. pic.twitter.com/NFPewELx18

— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) September 10, 2025

WOKE ALABAMA: Two Alabama universities caught in undercover videos admitting to DEI despite law.

THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA IS NOT ONLY WORSE THAN YOU IMAGINE, IT IS WORSE THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE: Inmates Running the Asylum: WaPo Editor Calls Federal Troops ‘Alien Force.’

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SAY IT LOUD, SAY IT PROUD: ‘I am a Zionist’ says Columbia’s new dean of community and culture.

FIRST, THEY BACKED DOWN ON THE NEW LOGO. NOW THIS: Cracker Barrel drops restaurant remodels after fan outrage.

Cracker Barrel announced it is suspending its restaurant remodels after facing public outrage over changes fans said abandoned the chain’s core values.

“You’ve shared your voices in recent weeks not just on our logo, but also on our restaurants. We’re continuing to listen. Today, we’re suspending our remodels. If your restaurant hasn’t been remodeled, you don’t need to worry, it won’t be,” Cracker Barrel said in a statement posted to its website.

Cracker Barrel said only four of its 660 locations have been remodeled and pledged that the project will not continue. The remodels dropped the kitschy Americana décor the chain is known for in favor of a more minimalist, modern look. The company said it will continue to invest in restaurant quality, putting a bigger focus on “the kitchen and on your plate.”

So after wasting all that money and generating all that controversy, they’re doing what they should have done in the first place and going back to basics.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Entire Biden Presidency Was a Fiction From Which We’re Still Recovering. “It’s staggering to ponder the totality of President Joe Biden Lie, even for those of us who chronicled the entire thing. It began during the primaries, when the Dems’ flying monkeys in the mainstream media created a Joseph Robinette Biden who never existed. He’d always been one of the most divisive people in American politics, a real nasty piece of work. The MSM hacks turned him into a kindly grandpa who was going to read the electorate bedtime stories after he got Orange Man Bad out of the White House.”

DON SURBER: DEI JUDGES SUCK.

Related:

🚨 UPDATE: It’s now been exposed that the Court Clerk for the courthouse that released Iryna Zarutska’s murderer was a “DEI consultant” and “racial equity organizer,” and the superior judge was “DEI champion of the year.”

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— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) September 10, 2025

CHANGE IS COMING:

This image will define the new civil rights movement. We have a right to use public accommodations without being butchered in our seats. We have a right to safe communities where violent animals are rounded up and caged. This is not just a local crime. It’s a civil rights issue. pic.twitter.com/3VuADE6thr

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) September 9, 2025

Related: Why do people who push mass transit not support keeping it safe?

WHAT YOU MEAN “WE”? Joe Biden’s Economy Was So Much Worse Than We Thought.

A VERY PUBLIC EDUCATION: Civics teachers ‘don’t know what they can and can’t say.’

Teaching civics makes teachers nervous, concludes the Sandra Day O’Connor Institute in a new policy brief.

Many teachers “are insufficiently trained in both what to teach and how to teach it,” says the institute. They fear controversy and try to avoid complexity. “Most state standards are vague, and district policies rarely provide the clarity needed to manage contentious topics.”

Furthermore, there’s no consensus on the purpose of civics classes. Is the goal to create informed citizens or activists?

That depends on who’s in charge.

OF COURSE THEY ARE: The Media Is Outraged That You’re Outraged By The Murder Of An Innocent White Woman.

CRACKDOWN: FDA Commissioner Dr. Makary: Deceptive drug ads have ‘distorted the doctor-patient relationship.’ They’ve corrupted the media, too, by making them a wholly owned subsidiary of the pharmaceutical industry.

Related: Trump signs memorandum pressuring pharma companies to abide by ad laws.

MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN IS UP: Iryna Zarutska’s murder exposes the left’s utter incoherence on crime and urban policy.

ICYMI: OK, Who Did the Drone Strike on Greta’s Gaza Flotilla?

BUT NOW THE WALL’S COME TUMBLING DOWN: Ignored by media, enabled by Dems: how soft-on-crime policies unleashed murder of Ukrainian refugee.

THE ENEMY WITHIN: Meet the Firm Bankrolled by Left-Wing Donors Quietly Embedding Itself With Progressive Prosecutors: ‘We do this work without any billing or publicity,’ the Wren Collective told former Portland DA Mike Schmidt.

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URBAN DECAY:

Safety-Conscious Passengers Now Donning Full Suits Of Crusader Armor To Ride Public Transit https://t.co/7nT6peOsNT pic.twitter.com/QSpcOIJnnm

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) September 9, 2025

Pretty much the best response available.

HARDBALL: Missouri Republicans advance plan to draw Rep. Cleaver into Republican-leaning seat.

The House voted 89-63 Monday night to adopt Rep. Dirk Deaton’s legislation, which would link a portion of Cleaver’s Kansas City-based district to a number of largely rural counties. It would also place other parts of the state’s largest city into the districts of Reps. Mark Alford and Sam Graves, put all of St. Charles County into Rep. Bob Onder’s 3rd District and add part of Jefferson County and all of Washington, Gasconade and Crawford counties to Rep. Ann Wagner’s 2nd District.

It’s a big reversal from just three years ago, when the GOP supermajority soundly rejected a 7-1 map to replace the current six Republican districts and two Democratic ones. Republicans in 2022 worried that splitting Democratic voters among Cleaver, Alford and Graves would make all the seats competitive – especially in a bad election year for the GOP.

But Trump has been prodding GOP-leaning states like Texas, Missouri, Indiana and Florida to overhaul their districts this year. The president’s party often does poorly in midterm elections, and some Missouri Republicans made no secret that they want to go after Cleaver to prevent Democrats from retaking the House next year.

It’s nice to see the GOP play by rules the Democrats thought were just for them.

YES: The Daniel Penny Effect Is Destroying Blue Cities. “In times of crisis, it’s common to see Florida’s law enforcement officers reminding potential criminals that Floridians are armed and authorized to protect themselves, each other, and their property. In Blue cities, on the other hand, people who protect themselves or others can be certain that they will be prosecuted should they decide to help others. Criminals with long rap sheets get released back into the public with metronomic regularity, but if a man stands up to a thug to protect his fellow citizens, he can wind up in a long legal battle that could result in long prison sentences.”