OPEN THREAD: Ring out the weekend.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: China to return damaged spacecraft to Earth after sending up replacement for stuck astronauts. A return date has not yet been announced.

THAT’S CRAZY TALK: If Young People Want More Affordability, They Should Get Jobs.

Friends I know, investors who aren’t particular Trumpy, are very bullish on the 2026 economy. If so, the jobs may appear. But, of course, there are the countertrends of AI and downsizing, though set against the loss of illegal-immigrant labor.

COFFEE: IS THERE ANYTHING IT CAN’T DO? This Daily Coffee Habit May Help Slow the Aging Process.

WHY WAS HE USING A FALSE GRIP ON A BENCH PRESS? Dad dies after dropping barbell on chest in freak accident at the gym.

Also, it looks like he was lifting 315lbs, which is too much to bench without a spotter unless you’re Ronnie Coleman.

UPDATE: Link was bad before. Fixed now. Sorry!

UM: Ford Recalls Almost 109,000 Escape SUVs After Ignoring an Issue for Four Years.

CHANGE: Course Correction: The DOJ Has Come a Long Way Since President Tapioca Left Office.

WHY WERE THEY CAUGHT SO LATE? Hard to Read: Lesbian Couple Facing 1st Degree Murder Charge After Foster Son Found Dying in Horrific State – Their Nickname for Him Was Evil.

I WAS WONDERING THIS VERY SAME THING:

Why are they telling the truth now? That’s the obvious question. https://t.co/hG8LFCI4GS

— Cernovich (@Cernovich) December 7, 2025

21ST CENTURY MEDICINE: American Cancer Society touts self-swab HPV tests.

REMEMBER WHEN DEMOCRATS THOUGHT D.O.G.E. WAS A RISK TO PRIVACY? Massive data breach at Dartmouth College exposes Social Security numbers, financial info of 40,000+. Well, I’m not sure they actually thought that. But they said it.

WAR ON OBESITY: GLP-1 implant may help overweight pets.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Loyola Maryland English dept. says literature built on ‘white supremacy,’ may rename program.

SEGREGATION NOW, SEGREGATION TOMORROW, SEGREGATION FOREVER: Auburn University admissions officer facing allegations of race-based hiring resigns.

THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION SHOULD HAVE BOOSTED THE COUP THAT NEARLY REMOVED HUGO CHAVEZ: Dealing With Maduro Is No Distraction. It’s a Necessity.

CHANGE: The Giant Awakes: The Worldwide Left Is Losing Its Grip. “Our future, as (legal) voters catch on to the disaster that is our drift into collectivism, is now no longer a longish line of five -year plans dictated and mismanaged by the leftist elite. Invariably those wet dreams were shown by experience to be almost universally destabilizing, to the point where I have often wondered in my writings if that destabilization was the only goal. The voters, who for the last 100 years or so have been far more conservative than anything either American party has coughed up, recognized the real problem long before those party establishments did.”

WELL, GOOD: Senate To Confirm 97 More Trump Nominees After Democrat Blockade Fails.

A DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY: Watch oldest Pearl Harbor survivor reflect on attack.

“ELECTED.”

The European Union is not the "good guy" in this fight.

The side that supports censorship and arresting people who publicly disagree with their elected leaders … historically those are the bad guys.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz attacks anyone who insults him online. pic.twitter.com/GRqgL9Q0jy

— Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) December 6, 2025

Oh you do? How many votes did Van de Leyen win?

— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) December 6, 2025

GOOD AND HARD: Mamdani Announces Plan to Give Homeless Free Rein Over NYC – His Base Is Already Turning on Him. You were warned, folks.

OPEN THREAD: Saturday night’s alright for blogging.

FROM ERIC S. RAYMOND, A POLITE WARNING:

You'll love the plan if deporting immigrants doesn't fix things. It's "shoot all the communists".

Mind you, I'm not warranting that I think either plan will actually work. I think the assumptions behind both plans are somewhat oversimplified. I'm just saying but before you…

— Eric S. Raymond (@esrtweet) December 5, 2025

IT WAS A SUICIDE: 2025: The Year Late-Night TV Collapsed. Except for Greg Gutfeld.

Related (From Ed): The movies had an awfully suicidal year as well:

TEACH WOMEN NOT TO RAPE (CONT’D): Former ‘teacher of the month’ accused of having sex with teen in backseat of her Jeep. “The made her first appearance in court in June after being charged with four felony counts of having unlawful sexual relations with a student, and her arraignment is scheduled for Dec. 19.”

ZOOM: First Look: Behold, the All-New Toyota GR GT V-8 Hybrid-Powered Supercar! “The silhouette is something out of the concept garage in the Sony PlayStation Gran Turismo 7 video game But what you’re looking at is neither a racing sim, nor a concept car. The GR GT is a full production vehicle, built by Toyota’s Gazoo Racing (GR) performance brand.”