OPEN THREAD: Ring out the weekend.

NOT MUCH CHOICE, REALLY: Starliner astronauts adjust to long-term ISS stay.

WELL, OKAY THEN:

Son of alleged would-be assassin says his dad hates Trump like 'all reasonable people' but he's never owned a gun and wouldn't do anything bats*** crazy https://t.co/o7Fx8fwvdw pic.twitter.com/tHbi1TcfER

— Daily Mail US (@DailyMail) September 16, 2024

Democrats and the media fomented that hatred, even while inveighing against “hate speech,” “misinformation,” and “stochastic terrorism.”

HMM: Gigantic Wave in Pacific Ocean Was The Most Extreme ‘Rogue Wave’ on Record. “For centuries, rogue waves were considered nothing but nautical folklore. It wasn’t until 1995 that myth became fact. On the first day of the new year, a nearly 26-meter-high wave (85 feet) suddenly struck an oil-drilling platform roughly 160 kilometers (100 miles) off the coast of Norway.”

Actually, they were always fact. It was just that scientists didn’t acknowledge that fact.

HMM: ABC Must Be Feeling the Heat: Martha Radditz Obliterates MA Gov.

SCIENCE, UNSETTLED: Decade-Long Study Challenges Traditional Views of Evolution. “These findings challenge the traditional belief that measuring genetic diversity (the range of different traits in a population) and genetic divergence (the differences between populations) can easily show how natural selection is consistently operating. Instead, natural selection seems to operate with greater subtlety and complexity than previously thought.”

THE BUBBLE THAT POPS THE BUBBLE. “Mainstream discourse has become psychotic. Here, go read a definition of psychosis. Applicable? We need to stand with brave leaders like Dick Cheney and vote for Kamala Harris, so we can have stability and order! Look at the world. Look at the actual, the things that exist in physical reality. What is the condition of the country under the Never Trumpian stable influence of mainstream governance?”

INTERESTING: Is Gutfeld a Secret Weapon? More Dems Watch His Show v Other Late Night Hosts.

ANSWERING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Why Does Alcohol Make Me Bloated?

IS ANYONE SURPRISED AT THIS?

🚨TRUMP CAMPAIGN: "President Trump is safe following gunshots in his vicinity. No further details at this time." pic.twitter.com/YAPhCtLfzv

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) September 15, 2024

Related:

So much lefty hate, encouraged and rewarded by “mainstream” media.

UPDATE: Trump taken to safety after Secret Service opens fire on man with possible gun at his Palm Beach golf club. “The man was later arrested by local police on I-95. It comes almost exactly two months after Thomas Matthew Crooks shot Trump at a rally in Butler, Pa. on July 13 — wounding him in the ear.”

ANOTHER UPDATE:

I suppose at this point we don’t know that this guy was trying to shoot Trump, but the fact that the Secret Service shot at him is highly suggestive. That the Secret Service missed him, as it apparently did, is . . . kinda par for the course with the Secret Service these days.

YET ANOTHER UPDATE:

NEWS

CNN confirms that an AK-47 was recovered.

It’s unclear if it was a semi-automatic AK or an automatic AK. https://t.co/3VEirlzVTy

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) September 15, 2024

Plus:

The automatic assumption that the AK-47 incident at Trump’s golf course is related to internal political violence is based on no evidence.

I don’t know who is behind it or which group may be responsible, but he is the former President, and non-U.S. groups or organizations,…

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) September 15, 2024

(Bumped).

MORE: Trump was between holes 5 and 6 on golf course, suspect farther ahead, sources say. ” Former President Donald Trump was moving between holes five and six at his South Florida golf course when the security incident happened Sunday, a source briefed on the matter told CNN. The suspect, who the Secret Service engaged with, was a number of holes ahead of the former president, according to two law enforcement sources. The Secret Service fired at the suspect as a protective measure, that source said.”

RIGGED:

BREAKING: ABC News Whistleblower Affidavit alleging that Kamala Harris was given an unfair advantage in her debate with Donald Trump has been released

H/T @DocNetyoutube pic.twitter.com/wleWeXSKWG

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) September 15, 2024

IS IT REALLY? The Tradwife Trend is a Risky Throwback.

Related: “The modern style of parenting is not just exhausting for adults; it is also… not supported by evidence from our evolutionary past.”

QUESTIONS: Ozempic, Wegovy, Rybelsus: Are we losing sight of overall health? Here’s what the science says.

SEND THE HAITIANS TO ASPEN THIS WINTER, AND MARTHA’S VINEYARD NEXT SUMMER:

I credit @JDVance and @realDonaldTrump for raising alarm bells about the impact of the administration’s misguided immigration policies on Springfield Ohio.

The MSM has only belittled and discounted the community’s concerns because of their negative impact on the @KamalaHarris… https://t.co/yu9hl6l6R7

— Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) September 15, 2024

IT SHOULDN’T BE LEGAL ANYWAY: Election Officials Warn About Potential Mail-In Voting Problems.

WELL, BYE: Sweden to pay immigrants up to US$34,000 to go back to home country: The Scandinavian nation seen for decades as a ‘humanitarian superpower’ is struggling to integrate many of its newcomers.

WELL, GOOD: Pfizer: Potential cachexia cancer drug shows life-saving promise.

IT’S LIKE HE DOESN’T EXIST. MAYBE WE DON’T ACTUALLY NEED A PRESIDENT? Biden Gaffes On “Black Jobs” As Democrats Ignore His Existence.

WHO KNEW IT WAS SO EASY? UMich ‘dismantling oppression’ program takes just 12 hours.

STANDING UP AGAINST SEXISM AND BIGOTRY: UConn ‘first-year women’ program faces federal complaint.

LOL: Northwestern University bans fat jokes: You’d think Northwestern administrators would focus on weightier issues,’ said one commentator.

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: Homeless Encampment Starts Massive Fire – Destroys Apartment Building, Flames Spread.

GOOD: Jewish group expresses support for man who shot anti-Israel attacker in ‘self-defense.’ People who defend themselves against lefty thugs should be supported, and prosecutors who go after people who defend themselves against lefty thugs should be held accountable.

LIKE CRITICS’ VS. AUDIENCE REVIEWS ON ROTTEN TOMATOES: First the pundits reacted to the debate. Then the people weighed in.

SPACE: Crew Dragon splashes down to conclude Polaris Dawn mission. “A Falcon 9 launched the Crew Dragon spacecraft into an elliptical orbit Sept. 10, initially placing it into an orbit of about 190 by 1,200 kilometers. Dragon raised its orbit later in the first day of the mission, reaching an apogee of 1,408.1 kilometers, according to SpaceX. That marked the highest altitude on a crewed Earth orbital mission and the highest altitude by any crewed mission since the Apollo 17 mission to the moon in 1972. . . . The highlight of the mission was the first commercial spacewalk, which took place on Sept. 12. All four crewmembers wore SpaceX-designed extravehicular activity (EVA) suits as the cabin was depressurized. Isaacman and Gillis briefly exited the hatch in the nose of the Dragon spacecraft in a “standup” spacewalk, testing the performance of the suits.”