COMEDIANS TO THE RESCUE: Comedians to the Rescue: Bill Burr’s New Movie Helps Hollywood Find Its Spine: “Old Dads” is hated by reviewers, loved by audiences.

MAYBE IT WAS A MISTAKE TO IMPORT MASS NUMBERS OF PEOPLE WHO HATE US: The Hatred on Our Doorsteps.

FLASHBACK: Our society’s ‘top brains’ have gone mad — and dysfunctional politics is the result.

BOB MCMANUS: Latest migrant poll should scare the hell out of Democrats.

A new poll says 84% of New Yorkers think the state’s migrant mess is a serious problem.

The remaining 16% are zombied-out addicts living in parks and subway tunnels.

Ha. Just kidding about the zombie part.

But, seriously, if you live in New York and don’t think the state’s ever-swelling army of border-hoppers is a serious problem, then you really — really — haven’t been paying attention.

So no surprise then that a poll Tuesday from the Siena College Research Institute finds not only that New Yorkers are uber-stressed over immigration — but that President Biden has but a single-digit lead over Donald Trump in a hypothetical general-election match-up next year.

Clearly, federal fecklessness has consequences.

Biden is up only nine points – 46% to 37% – in a head-to-head in 2024, an extraordinarily small number in cobalt-blue New York.

Or maybe, just maybe, New York isn’t quite so blue any longer — having been mugged by a crime-and-chaos tolerant Democratic political establishment.

Democrats are Trump’s secret weapon. Always have been, always will be.

OPEN THREAD: Tuesday’s groovy.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: China adds Belarus as partner for ILRS moon base.

MYSTERY ANCESTORS. Unknown Human Lineage Found Buried in The Neanderthal Genome.

I’M GLAD I NEVER TRUSTED THEM ENOUGH TO USE THEM: 23andMe notifies customers of data breach into its ‘DNA Relatives’ feature.

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: Biden Just Up and Left in the Middle of a Live White House Event.

I’VE NEVER HEARD ANYONE SAY THAT XANAX DIDN’T WORK FOR THEM: New Study Questions Effectiveness of Xanax.

FLASHBACK: We’re At War, But Let’s Talk About Sex.

HOARDING VIRTUAL OBJECTS NEXT? Virtual reality program may help people fight hoarding.

TEACH WOMEN NOT TO RAPE! (CONT’D): Calif. nanny accused of molesting infant and sharing disturbing images of victim to man over social media.

THE DOGS DON’T LIKE THE DOG FOOD: Mercedes is finding that customers aren’t as excited about new EVs as it is.

AIN’T NO PRIVILEGE like the Harvard Privilege.

EVEN A FLATWORM IS SMART ENOUGH TO TURN AWAY FROM PAIN: Democratic mayor flips on post-George Floyd police reforms as crime skyrockets in nation’s capital.

THE ONES COVERING THEIR FACES ARE SELDOM THE GOOD GUYS: How Campus Politicization Fed Today’s Hatred.

Universities are supposed to be places of truth-seeking and open debate. When they enforce dogmas instead, they do a disservice by intimidating students who disagree and by absolving those who agree from the responsibility to defend their views.

In January 2022, the dean of Princeton’s School of Public and International Affairs, Amaney Jamal, wrote in a memo to students that Kyle Rittenhouse’s acquittal set “a dangerous precedent” and that “we . . . know without a doubt” that “there are racial inequities in nearly every strand of the American fabric.” After the Supreme Court decided Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in June 2022, Princeton’s Gender and Sexuality Resource Center announced on its Instagram page that it “actively resists sexism, cissexism, heteronormativity and other intersecting forms of oppression” and that “abortion is an essential and fundamental right that needs to be protected.”

These opinions can be defended, but they weren’t. Princeton administrators instead classified the topics as outside the realm of debate. That discourages students from thinking critically about their own opinions and prejudices and stifles the free exchange of ideas, even on campuses that don’t directly punish speech.

That leaves students intellectually unprepared. If administrators stepped back and encouraged students to debate, students would subject their ideas to the rigor of the intellectual marketplace and be more apt to reject those that failed. Reasonable arguments can be made for or against a two-state solution—but not for mass murder.

Students sometimes seem to have an inkling that they’re defending the indefensible. When Princeton’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine held an outdoor vigil for “Occupied Palestine, Gaza and the West Bank,” it told attendees masks were mandatory. Friends of ours who tried to film the vigil were harassed into putting down their cameras. SJP sent an email to all Princeton students on campus with a statement that listed no individual signers and was linked to an anonymous Google account under the name “River Sea.”

Similarly at Brown, pro-Hamas protesters were told not to “wear identifiable clothing” and that photographs were strictly prohibited. At Arizona State, students were told to “bring signs, flags, water, and please wear a mask.” At Harvard Law School, a statement that held “the Israeli regime entirely responsible for all the unfolding violence” listed 31 student groups as signatories. But as soon as members’ identities were revealed, many groups revoked their support, in part because students feared for their employment prospects. Apparently the desire for lucrative jobs outweighs these activists’ commitment to the Palestinian cause.

I think the admissions departments should rethink their approach, and all entering students should be taught traditional American principles of civics and free speech. But can we trust universities to do this, and do it honestly?

No.

HMM: Study reveals how estrogen exerts its anti-diabetic effects.

ENERGY IMPLICATIONS OF WAR: Alarm on Energy: The Second October War should wake America up to crucial geopolitical realities.

The Middle East crisis suggests that the net-zero energy scheme is becoming a national security risk. In the seventies, domestic oil production was faltering, and the U.S. was becoming more reliant on oil from the Middle East. Today, a major threat to America’s energy security is the $4.5 billion-per-year NGO-corporate-industrial-climate complex, an interconnected group of activists who are raking in hundreds of millions of dollars from some of America’s richest people, including Michael Bloomberg, Laurene Powell Jobs, Jeff Bezos, and John Doerr.

The all-renewable agenda pushed by NGOs and the Biden Administration’s EPA threatens the reliability and resilience of our electric grid. Regulators and policymakers have repeatedly warned about the looming crisis. For instance, in May, members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission delivered stark warnings to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The agency’s acting chairman, Willie Phillips, told the senators, “We face unprecedented challenges to the reliability of our nation’s electric system.” FERC Commissioner Mark Christie echoed Phillips’ warning, saying the U.S. electric grid is “heading for a very catastrophic situation in terms of reliability.” Commissioner James Danly warned of a “looming reliability crisis in our electricity markets.” Danly continued, saying that policies and subsidies “designed to promote the deployment of non-dispatchable wind and solar assets” are causing reliability concerns because the subsidies are helping “drive fossil-fuel generators out of business.”

Given the uncertainties roiling global energy markets, what should the U.S. do now to ensure its energy security? First and foremost, the U.S. should embrace increased domestic energy production. The administration and Congress should immediately begin encouraging domestic mining and enrichment of uranium as well as domestic mining and refining of critical metals and minerals, including copper, graphite, rare earth elements, and high-strength magnets. They should also immediately begin refilling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Finally, they must recognize that the energy provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act make us, and our allies, more vulnerable to the impacts of the war in Gaza, which has already changed energy geopolitics.

Or as a smarter political figure than Joe Biden said, “drill, baby, drill!”

I TAKE COQ10: What Are the CoQ10 Benefits for Men? A Complete Guide to Supplementation.

I find the benefits of CoQ10 in terms of increased energy and stamina to be quite noticeable, and everyone in my family I’ve persuaded to try it has felt the same way. I’ve also gotten far fewer migraines since I started taking it.

I LIKE TO SIT IN THE SUN, SIPPING WINE AND NIBBLING OLIVES AND CHEESE: Mediterranean diet may prevent PTSD, study shows. And it’s hard to get PTSD from that!

EVEN THE TITLE CONFUSES ME: A backlash to the backlash to the conservative backlash against Taylor Swift.

But as for the notion that Taylor Swift fandom promotes fascism, I disagree. Like Elvis, she’s a source of protection.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, LEGAL EDUCATION EDITION: For-Profit Law Schools, Once Flourishing, Are Nearly Extinct.

YURI BEZMENOV: An open letter to all university trustees about the 3 courses of action they can take in response to campus insanity.

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: Michigan State apologizes for Adolf Hitler image on Spartan Stadium scoreboard.

Flashback: Don Surber: The Nazis Are Winning.