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84-year-old Nancy Pelosi stumbles over her words to declare that Donald Trump’s “brain is deteriorating” & that he is experiencing “cognitive degeneration.” 🤣 pic.twitter.com/ZuqXtVnArJ

— Tiffany Fong (@TiffanyFong_) November 3, 2024

OPEN THREAD: Ring out the weekend.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Chinese launch startup Cosmoleap secures funding for rocket featuring chopstick recovery system. “The company also plans a 126-meter-long rocket, capable of carrying 100 tons to the same orbit when expended, or 36 tons when reused. The first launch is targeted for around 2030.”

FEEL THE JOY:

It's the people that Make America Great 🇺🇸 Unity 2024 pic.twitter.com/26YxgpBbFA

— Nicole Shanahan (@NicoleShanahan) November 3, 2024

SUNDAY SMILES: Win It For Peanut and Fred.

FREUDIAN SLIP OF THE DAY:

“Kamala did what Kamala always does. She put her head down and went to work.” – Doug Emhoff

One of the greatest unintentional admissions of all time 🤣 pic.twitter.com/au7Smr1FaG

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) November 3, 2024

IN CASE YOU HAVEN’T THOUGHT ABOUT THE ROMAN EMPIRE TODAY: We Finally Know Why Ancient Roman Concrete Was Able to Last Thousands of Years.

TRUMP’S CLOSING AD:

Awesome ☺️🇺🇸
pic.twitter.com/GPasat8wEh

— Tammy Bruce (@HeyTammyBruce) November 2, 2024

RULE OF LAW: FCC Commissioner: Kamala’s SNL Appearance A ‘Blatant Effort To Evade’ Equal Time Rule: “Worth noting that SNL’s executive producer said last month he had no plans to invite either candidate, because of this very law.”

THE SCIENCE WAS SETTLED: UCLA Chemists Shatter 100-Year-Old Chemistry Rule – Textbooks Need a Rewrite.

IT ALL COMES DOWN TO TURNOUT: Young Men Could Boost Trump to Victory—if They Show Up. “Young men vote at far lower rates than many other demographic groups. They are more likely than older generations and their female peers to be disconnected from politics, and they are increasingly disillusioned with the country’s institutions, according to researchers and election analysts.”

Well, not without reason. Plus:

In interviews with dozens of young men around the country in recent months, some said they don’t see a place for themselves in today’s Democratic Party. Others said they are drawn to Trump’s politically incorrect approach. Many said they were focused foremost on their finances—with several arguing that Trump would do more to benefit their stock portfolios. Others said they appreciated the former president’s pledge to crack down on illegal immigration.

Luke Meihack, 25, a high school physical education teacher in the Milwaukee suburbs, said he didn’t used to be a Trump supporter, but changed his mind during Joe Biden’s presidency, and said many men his age are moving in the same direction.

“It’s mostly guys. Guys are more big into Trump,” he said. “He’s a guy that speaks in a way that demands respect, and that appeals to a lot of guys.”

Not all of his peers are planning to vote, he said. “I’m still in a group chat with a bunch of my guys from high school. There’s maybe like eight or nine of them, and like two or three of them have said they’re not voting,” he said. “Some of them say, ‘I don’t care either way.’ ”

Meihack, who listened to Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance’s interview with Rogan while driving to the Trump rally on Friday, said he follows political news through social-media platforms including X and podcasts aired by the Daily Wire, a media company co-founded by the political commentator Ben Shapiro.

Anecdotally, I hear a lot of stories of women who used to be anti-Trump saying they’re voting for him this time. We’ll see if that amounts to anything.

HUMANS WEREN’T BUILT FOR THIS: Prolonged sitting can sabotage health, even if you’re young and exercise. “Young adults tend to think they are impervious to the impacts of aging. They figure, ‘My metabolism is great, I don’t have to worry until I’m in my 50s or 60s.'”

HEH:

Three reasons to go vote:
Harambe
Fred
Peanut pic.twitter.com/0OuiBQzTSM

— Jim Arkham (@JimArkham) November 3, 2024

It does seem like everything went south starting when they shot Harambe. . . .

ANALYSIS: TRUE. You Still Have Time to Vote and the Results Will Surely Affect Your Gun Rights.

READER FAVORITE: Queen Size Mattresses,10 Inch Memory Foam Hybrid. #CommissionEarned

HINT: THIS CANDIDATE GREW UP IN A MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILY: Who’s the Fascist?  The presidential candidates’ records contradict the media narrative. My latest in City Journal.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Blue Origin hauls massive New Glenn 1st stage to launch site with hot fire up next.

FASTER, PLEASE: Not too big, not too small: Why modern humans are the ideal size for speed.

FULL MINNESOTA JACKET:

No, this is not a video from a war-torn country in the Middle East.

This is the aftermath of the Minneapolis Riots after Governor Tim Walz allowed it to burn four consecutive nights.

Kamala Harris bailed out the violent rioters.

This is their legacy.

Vote accordingly. pic.twitter.com/UzlRYo1yKs

— Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) November 2, 2024

Related: In Case of a Trump Win — Democrat Governors Are Preparing for Violence.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: India plans lunar sample mission for 2028.

ROGER KIMBALL: State of Play, November 3, 2024.

Historians have often noted the tendency of generals to embark on a new war with assumptions more pertinent to the last one. This is what the enemy did last time; ergo, he’ll do something similar this time. That worked for us last time; ergo we should do it again. Fighting the last war is always a dangerous temptation.

The conduct of political warfare is not unlike the conduct of the wars that deploy armies rather than candidates, navies rather than the media, aircraft rather than pollsters. There is always the temptation to think that the assumptions and tactics of the last war are relevant to the current campaign.

This is especially the case, I believe, in the 2024 presidential race. The principals are the same: Donald Trump vs. what Vivek Ramaswamy has dubbed “the System.” The Dems changed out their primary avatar in July, shoehorning in Kamala Harris, where Joe Biden had been standing.  But that maneuver, though profoundly anti-democratic, was merely a cosmetic expedient.  The public face of the campaign was changed.  The organizing soul remained the same.

In essence, the Dems are waging the same campaign now that they waged in 2016, in 2020, and beyond.  Counting once again on their huge advantages in money (almost 3 to 1) and near total control of the media, they believe—or at least have acted as if they believe—that they can play the same game this time and win. They have not yet noticed—or at least have not yet effectively recalibrated their campaign to account for the fact—that many things “on the ground” have changed radically.

The Dems are fighting the last war.  Trump is not.

Well, we’ll find out on Tuesday. (Or maybe some time later in the week. Hopefully.)

HMM: Study advises seniors to delay elective surgeries after heart attack.

DECK CHAIRS REARRANGED: Oakland Residents Prepare to Oust Mayor as City Spirals Out of Control.

Sheng Thao insisted she knows the fear her fellow Oaklanders experience in the troubled Bay Area city where crime remains stubbornly high and a consistent concern.

“I’ve had my car broken into, and I too felt angry. I’ve had my house broken into while my son was home, and I too felt scared,” the embattled mayor said.

Speaking in the Oakland City Council chamber in mid October for her state of the city address, the 39-year-old mayor said the safety of Oakland residents is “the first thing I think of when I wake up in the morning. And it’s the only thing on my mind when I fall asleep at night.”

“I want to say very clearly that community safety remains and is my top priority,” she said.

Thao is now advocating for increasing the number of police officers on the streets, investing in crime-fighting technology, and creating a more responsive 911 system.

“It’s time,” she said, “to get serious about cleaning up our streets.”

True enough. But time may be quickly