IT’S ABOUT TIME: Archaeologists discover an ancient Neanderthal lineage that remained isolated for over 50,000 years.

MICROBIOME NEWS: Study reveals how antibiotics contribute to inflammatory bowel disease risk.

DO TELL. The future of Boeing’s crewed spaceflight program is muddy after Starliner’s return.

SOON, SKINNINESS WILL BE PLEBEIAN AGAIN: GLP-1 hybrid drug being tested as weight-loss aid. “People who took the drug amycretin lost up to 13% of their body weight over three months, according to early clinical trial results presented at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes annual meeting in Madrid.”

“FACT CHECK:” OOF! Seattle Times’ Trump Fact-Check Gets a Community Notes Nuking (Using Their Own Previous Story).

Have you noticed that they didn’t bring out the “fact checkers” until the facts started getting out?

BILL BARR: Mob Rule and Moral Bankruptcy at Columbia. “Antisemitism isn’t borne of ignorance at my alma mater. Antisemitism is taught there.”

Plus:

One instructor kicked off a class in the Master of Public Health program with a discussion of the Jewish “capitalists” who “laundered” their “dirty money” and “blood money” through donations to the university. Others silenced Jewish students in class discussions of the Holocaust and Israel. Still others moved class sessions and office hours to Columbia’s “Gaza Solidarity Encampment,” where Jewish students were routinely threatened and physically attacked.
For their part, campus demonstrators made no attempt to conceal their hatred of Jews. In fact, they made a public spectacle of it. A video cited by the report shows demonstrators stealing an Israeli flag from a Jewish student and assaulting him as he tried to stop them from setting it on fire. It shows demonstrators repeatedly shouting “Go back to Poland” at Jewish students as they walked across campus. One leader of the encampment proudly boasted, “Be grateful that I’m not just going out and murdering Zionists. . . I feel very comfortable calling for those people to die.” Still, the same university that offers hours of training on “microaggressions” refused to acknowledge decidedly macro-aggressive attacks on Jews.

While all this was happening, administrators either minimized or denied the problem. One member of the Office of Diversity told a student that if the antisemitic incidents she observed made her feel unsafe, she should leave campus. Another administrator told individual students that they were the “only student” who had complained about antisemitism before referring each for mental health counseling.

The gaslighting is astonishing.

Not anymore, it isn’t. But it needs to be made expensive enough that it won’t keep happening.

OUR HATE-FILLED HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM: New ‘Hate Map’ exposes left-wing hostility, antisemitism on college campuses.

ALLOWING PEOPLE WHO HATE OUR CIVILIZATION TO EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN MAY HAVE BEEN A MISTAKE: Why 30% of Gen Z sympathize with Osama bin Laden.

MOVE IT, FEDS. FAA defends Starship licensing delays.

VIDEO: SpaceX Polaris Dawn astronauts perform historic 1st private spacewalk in orbit.

TO BE HONEST, IT DIDN’T HAVE TO DESCEND ALL THAT FAR: BlueAnon: Liberalism’s tragic descent into paranoia and conspiracy theories.

#JOURNALISM: David Muir, Unveiled: ABC News anchor reveals true self during Trump-Harris debate, torches carefully crafted reputation as unbiased newsman.

POLICE: NYPD Cop Wins Lawsuit over Police ‘Courtesy Cards.’ “This concept may be unfamiliar to some readers who don’t have relatives or close friends serving on the police force but it happens all over the United States. Police Unions, including those representing the officers in the NYP, issue what are known as ‘courtesy cards’ to officers. They are emblazoned with a police officer’s badge and display the name of the union that issued them. The officers can then distribute them to friends, family members, or even people they are seeking favors from. If the recipient gets pulled over or detained for a relatively minor infraction, they can present the card to the officer who nabbed them and typically be let off with a ‘warning’ rather than receiving a ticket or a fine. One NYPD officer found this practice to carry the stench of corruption and refused to honor the cards. He was then the subject of significant backlash and wound up suing the city. This week, he prevailed in his lawsuit and was awarded a $175,000 settlement for his trouble.”

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: The U.S. military is running war exercises in Bavaria to simulate fighting Russians in Ukraine … so that’s cool.

#JOURNALISM:

"I'm disgusted. I'm ashamed of those moderators at ABC News. They did exactly what their bosses wanted…It was 3 against 1. It's very easy to look like you know what you're doing when both moderators are entirely on your side."

– @MegynKelly

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— The Megyn Kelly Show (@MegynKellyShow) September 11, 2024

OPEN THREAD: Here we go again.

AND IT’S GOTTEN WORSE: What September 11, 2001 Taught Us: There Are No Adults in the Room. “The Axis of Evil in American politics is now complete: Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, and Kamala Harris are all on the same side. They will compromise on any of their supposed ideological differences and bury old blood-stained hatchets — remember when the Left called Cheney a war profiteer and blood-crazed jingoist? — in pursuit of a higher goal. That goal is keeping power in the hands of tiny, privileged elites who despise most lesser Americans. . . . You could see the coalition taking shape years ago, when all the Best People gathered for John McCain’s funeral in Washington, D.C., and then-President Donald Trump was pointedly disinvited. Our elites air-kissed and traded alligator tears around McCain’s flag-draped casket. In a touching moment of bipartisan polyamory, George W. Bush and Michelle Obama flirted like 13-year-olds while Barack looked on with a smile. What unites these power elites beside a haughty contempt for the public they claim to serve? One key qualification that is too little discussed, even among MAGA types: amoral, blasé, dilettantish incompetence, unencumbered by moral principles or basic human empathy.”

THE NEW SPACE RACE: NASA’s $50,000 Reward: Help Map the Moon’s Mysterious South Pole and Win Big.

WE’VE KNOWN THAT FOR A WHILE: Weight Loss Involves More Than Calories In, Calories Out. Here’s How.

WELL, GOOD: Russia’s Soyuz rocket launch to ISS called flawless for NASA veteran’s first space trip in decade.

NOT GOOD: Alarm Bells Ring As Chemicals in Personal Care Products Linked to Early Puberty in Girls.

GOOD: Apple to release AirPods with built-in hearing aids. “Designed as an over-the-counter hearing aid feature for those with mild to moderate hearing loss, users take hearing tests on iPhones or iPads running iOS 18, and then their AirPods make ‘personalized dynamic adjustments’ to allow them to hear sounds that are boosted to prescribed levels in real time.”

EVERYDAY CARRY: What’s in your gun? “Some scoff at carrying a .380 when you could be carrying a 9mm (or a .40, or a .45, or a 10mm). But modern .380 personal defense ammunition has been much improved over the last decade so carrying 10 (or 12) plus one rounds of good .380 JHP is a valid self-defense option.”

SO FAR. The 2025 Bentley Flying Spur Is the Most Powerful Bentley Sedan Ever.

NOW TALK ABOUT THE REST OF AMERICA: Streamlining energy regulations on Native American reservations could help alleviate poverty.