Tuesday, April 30
Clean Fusion Energy
A stellarator may sound like something cooked up in the laboratory of a supervillain, but a breakthrough with this device may help bring us clean fusion energy at an affordable price.
As detailed by Interesting Engineering, a team at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) developed the first stellarator with permanent magnets rather than electromagnets.
In other words, scientists created a device that generates a fusion reaction — the process that powers the sun and other stars — with refrigerator magnets.
"Using permanent magnets is a completely new way to design stellarators," graduate student Tony Qian explained to the online platform. "This technique allows us to test new plasma confinement ideas quickly and build new devices easily." READ MORE...
In The NEWS
Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> The 2024 NFL Draft wrapped over the weekend; see draft grades for all 32 teams (More) | See complete list of all 257 picks (More)
> Harvey Weinstein hospitalized following his 2020 rape conviction being overturned by appeals court last week (More) | Taylor Swift scores her 14th Billboard No. 1 album with "The Tortured Poets Department," tying Jay-Z for most ever for a solo act (More)
> Two-time WNBA MVP Candace Parker announces retirement (More) | NBA postseason continues; see latest bracket (More)
Science & Technology
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> Newly unveiled humanoid robot powered by generative AI learns new tasks in less than one day; previous generation from startup Sanctuary took two weeks (More, w/video) | Apple resumes talks with OpenAI to incorporate ChatGPT into its next mobile operating system (More)
> One in five samples of retail milk analyzed revealed traces of bird flu, likely from current outbreak among dairy cows; officials say products are safe to consume, no recalls issued (More) | See outbreak stats (More
> Researchers find link between Laron syndrome, which causes a rare form of dwarfism, and cardiovascular benefits; findings challenge conventional theory of the condition, point to potential treatments for other diseases (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close higher Friday (S&P 500 +1.0%, Dow +0.4%, Nasdaq +2.0%); gains driven in part by Alphabet and Microsoft earnings, and Alphabet's announcement of first-ever dividend as well as $70B stock buyback (More)
> Paramount board to reportedly fire CEO Bob Bakish; announcement expected as Paramount works toward merger with Skydance Media in coming weeks, including expected appointment of Skydance CEO David Ellison to lead Paramount (More)
> The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation closes Pennsylvania-based Republic First Bank Friday, the first lender to fail this year following Citizens Bank in November 2023; an estimated four to five regional banks close each year in strong economy (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> Hamas delegation to visit Egypt today; Israel's latest proposal reportedly offers cease-fire in exchange for the release of hostages (More) | World Central Kitchen to restart operations in Gaza weeks after Israel's deadly April 1 strike (More)
> Iraq's parliament passes law imposing a 10- to 15-year prison sentence for same-sex relations and one- to three-year sentence for gender-transition surgery (More) | More than 60 countries have laws criminalizing homosexuality (More)
> US health officials document the first known cases of HIV transmission via cosmetic needles; case occurred at an unlicensed medical spa in New Mexico (More)
SOURCE: 1440 News
The Great America
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The USA has been involved in 12 major wars, has had 46 Presidents, numerous Congresses and Supreme Court justices and has survived a CIVIL WAR.
After WWII, the USA pretty much rebuilt and refinanced all the major countries in the world. Until recently, the USA has had the best K-12 education in the world and has more patents and copyrights than any other country in the world.
Even though, China is rapidly growing its military, the MIGHT of the USA is superior to any other country in the world, including its nuclear power. The USA has more natural resources than any other country in the world and FINALLY, the USA has MORE FREEDOMS than any other country in the world.
Case in Point: Is it possible to go to any country in the world, other than the USA and stand in the street with a group of people chanting:
DEATH TO AMERICA
Could you do this in Iran? Russia? China? Lebanon? Syria? North Korea? and, not be immediately arrested and thrown in jail without a trial?
Obviously, the answer is NO...
Only in American can you do this shit and get away with it and this happens here because of our FREEDOMS.
Do you think we are bothered by 1,000 people chanting DEATH TO AMERICA? or by 5,000? or by 10,000? or by 100,000?
What do you think those people chanting DEATH TO AMERICA are going to replace America with? Will they replace it with China? Russia? Iran? be Hamas? Hezbollah?
Many Americans are saying if you hate America so much, why don't you leave and go back to where you came from?
Do you think your chanting on College Campuses is going to change American's Points of View?
You need to understand something... college students are idealistic, naive, emotionally and mentally inexperienced with the way that society works... not to mention what it is like to be a combat soldier in war.
By the time the college students are THIRTY, they will look back and wonder why they acted so STUPIDLY. BUT, it is good that they acted stupidly in the Great America because no other country would have allowed them to do that!!!
The Universe & Dark Matter
Physicists have long theorized that our universe may not be limited to what we can see. By observing gravitational forces on other galaxies, they've hypothesized the existence of "dark matter," which would be invisible to conventional forms of observation.
Pran Nath, the Matthews Distinguished University Professor of physics at Northeastern University, says that "95% of the universe is dark, is invisible to the eye."
"However, we know that the dark universe is there by [its] gravitational pull on stars," he says. Other than its gravity, dark matter has never seemed to have much effect on the visible universe. READ MORE...
Monday, April 29
Advanced Humanoid Robot AMECA
The National Robotarium has bought Ameca, often called “the world’s most advanced” humanoid robot. This acquisition by the UK’s company for Robotics and artificial intelligence, based at Heriot-Watt University and in collaboration with The University of Edinburgh.
This will mark the predominant moment of a successful accomplishment towards attaining aimed goals that consider the need to engage the public with Humanoid Robot Ameca pioneering robotics accessibility and public trust
The establishment of Ameca at the Nation’s Robotarium is a major part of a comprehensive action plan that is designed to simplify the complications of robotics and AI technology areas. The human-like robot will be equipped with cutting edge technologies to let him interact with his friends in a very realistic and natural way. READ MORE...
Living Life
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- Drinking alcohol
- Sleeping
- Going somewhere
- committing a crime
- having sex
- killing others
- studying
- earning a living
- Dying
- Meditating
And more than likely, involved in hundreds of things not listed above. So, what is my point here?
What I am trying to come to terms with is the MEANING and/or PURPOSE of LIFE...
If we simply look at what others are doing as a basis from which we will draw our conclusions, those conclusions could be filled with holes. Especially since, people do what they have to do or think they must do, not really what they want to do.
THEREFORE, I can say that PURPOSE and MEANING is not the result of what you think you should be doing...
Now... to door is open to the meaning and/or purpose of life from a not what you think you should be doing perspective...
With this door open, we can look at the following,
The Purpose/Meaning of life is to seek:
- Religion Faith & Understanding
- Wealth/Power/Influence
- Self -Edification
- Just Living
- Helping Others
- Enlightenment (whatever that means?)
Most of the people (on average) I think would say to JUST LIVE which includes a little bit of religion, wealth, self-edification, helping others, and enlightenment.
Life is about all of these, not just one. It cannot just be about one because life is not that simple, it's complex with a variety of interactions. Sometimes, these interactions are so subtle that we hardly, if at all, realize we are being influenced.
Supersonic Chinese Submarines
A new laser-based propulsion technique developed by researchers at the Harbin Engineering University in China could help the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) build silent yet superfast submarines in the future.
The technology could also power underwater missiles and torpedoes, a South China Morning Post (SCMP) report said.
The concept of underwater laser propulsion isn’t new. Japanese researchers first considered it more than twenty years ago. In principle, the technology works fairly simply. READ MORE...
Sunday, April 28
In The NEWS
Federal Student Aid head to step down in June amid FAFSA fallout.
Richard Cordray will leave the Education Department office that oversees the Free Application for Federal Student Aid program, the largest provider of student financial aid in the US. The announcement comes amid delays—partly due to glitches and errors—in the rollout of a revamped FAFSA process.
US regulators launch new probe of Tesla after 2 million cars recalled.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is reviewing a December recall on Tesla's autopilot feature, focusing on whether the electric vehicle company adequately remedied the issue. The probe comes after at least 20 crashes have occurred involving cars that received Tesla's autopilot software update.
King Charles to resume public duties next week after cancer diagnosis.
The 75-year-old king was diagnosed with an unspecified form of cancer in February (see previous write-up) and has made limited appearances since then. Buckingham Palace said Friday King Charles' medical team was pleased with his progress so far under current treatments.
White House Correspondents' Association Dinner to be held tonight.
The dinner is one of Washington, DC's biggest events, with White House officials, lawmakers, celebrities, and journalists in attendance. SNL's Colin Jost is set to host. The 41-year-old joined "Saturday Night Live" as a writer in 2005 and has cohosted the late-night show's "Weekend Update" segment since 2014.
Key US inflation measure rises in March.
The core personal consumption expenditures price index, which measures costs consumers pay across a wide swath of items, excluding food and energy, rose 2.8% year-over-year and 0.3% month-over-month in March. The latest data match the figures in February. The index is the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge.
SOURCE: 1440 News
Just An Opinion
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When I was a teenager back in the 1960s, these two parties fought like cats and dogs but at the end of the day or the end of the week or by the end of the month, they agreed on a path forward that was in the best interest of the American public.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS NO LONGER TRUE...
The only time that these two parties can agree on anything is when they are backed into a corner and have to do something like pass the budget so that employees and retirees can get paid.
Each political party is so focused on their own agenda that they fail to see the American People and fail or intentionally fail to notice what might be in their best interest...
Case in Point: Illegal Immigration, Inflation, Death to the gasoline industry.
None of those above three issues belong to the Republican party - the are all Democratic Party philosophies.
My parents were Democrat but only because they felt sorry for the poor people in the country. Not those who did not want to work, but those who for some reason could not work due to one thing or another.
My parents knew that it was the responsibility of those who had stuff to take care of those who did not have stuff... and, up to a point, I agree with them... BUT we have inflation not because we want to take care of the poor people but because the Democrats simply want to spend money.
Case in Point: Paying off student loans, Paying people to stay home from work, Increasing the the minimum wage, Increasing the National Debt.
On the surface, what the Democrats are proposing looks reasonable and somewhat justified, but it is not just today that we should be looking at, it is also tomorrow. It is not the wealthy's responsibility to take care of the poor - they can do so but it must be voluntary. No one likes to be forced to do anything.
AI Jet Dogfighting
A ground crew preps the X-62 Variable In-flight Simulator Aircraft (VISTA) at Edwards Air Force Base to fly on Nov. 30, 2023 (Michael Marrow/Breaking Defense)
WASHINGTON — High in the skies above the desert sands of Edwards Air Force Base in September 2023, a team composed of members of the Air Force, DARPA and industry had an AI-controlled F-16 and a human-controlled one maneuver against each other in dogfights — a feat the team is claiming to be a “world first.”
In the span of a couple weeks, a series of trials witnessed a manned F-16 face off against a bespoke Fighting Falcon known as the Variable In-flight Simulator Aircraft, or VISTA. A human pilot sat in the VISTA’s cockpit for safety reasons, but an AI agent did the flying, with results officials described as impressive — though they declined to provide specific detail, like the win/loss ratio of the AI pilot, due to “national security” reasons.
The AI agents employed by the team “performed well in general,” meaning that “our ongoing research is a clear signal that we’re moving in the right direction,” Air Force Test Pilot School Commandant Col. James Valpiani said in a briefing with reporters today. READ MORE...
In the span of a couple weeks, a series of trials witnessed a manned F-16 face off against a bespoke Fighting Falcon known as the Variable In-flight Simulator Aircraft, or VISTA. A human pilot sat in the VISTA’s cockpit for safety reasons, but an AI agent did the flying, with results officials described as impressive — though they declined to provide specific detail, like the win/loss ratio of the AI pilot, due to “national security” reasons.
The AI agents employed by the team “performed well in general,” meaning that “our ongoing research is a clear signal that we’re moving in the right direction,” Air Force Test Pilot School Commandant Col. James Valpiani said in a briefing with reporters today. READ MORE...
Saturday, April 27
Material Moving Faster Than Light
New research suggests that the universe is filled with particles capable of traveling faster than light, LiveScience reports — and that this scenario holds up as a potentially "viable alternative" to our current cosmological model.
The idea is a little far-fetched, sure, but it's worth hearing out. These hypothetical particles, known as tachyons, aren't likely to be real — but they're not some hokey bit of sci-fi, either. The potential for their existence is something physicists have been giving serious thought for decades, raising fundamental questions about the nature of causality.
As detailed in a yet-to-be-peer-reviewed study, the researchers posit that tachyons are what make up dark matter, an unobservable — and despite being widely considered to exist by scientists, technically hypothetical — substance that is thought to account for around 85 percent of all matter in the universe. READ MORE...
Retirement
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There are also many Americans who work 40-50 years and when it comes time to retire, they say no to retirement and continue to work until they are forced out or until they die.
There are also those Americans who worked for 40-50 years and when it comes time to retire, they cannot retire either because they did not save for retirement or the company for which they worked had no retirement plan.
Then there are those Americans who are very wealthy and don't need the money who continue to work just to see how much money they can generate over a lifetime.
My wife and I retired in 2015; she was 62 and I was 67. I got full social security benefits, and her monthly allocation was reduced because she retired early. During my last place of employment, I had set aside money to pay for her health insurance for three years until she was old enough for Medicare. I did this so we could retire together.
Neither my wife nor I had a company pension plan and had to rely on social security and savings to pay our monthly bills. Fortunately, we had saved enough over our marriage to compensate for not having a pension plan.
We were lucky... although, many people do not believe in luck. So, maybe we were just fortunate to have the insight to start saving money when we did.
It also helped that we had NO DEBT and had to plans to buy anything that we could no pay off by the end of the month.
Our lifestyle was simple and had been simple for several years, so we had very little to give up when we actually retired. In other words, we sacrificed nothing to retire like some people have to do. In fact, we did not change our lifestyle at all.
IF YOU ARE WANTING TO RETIRE, IT IS NEVER TOO EARLY TO START PLANNING FOR THAT EVENTUALITY...
China Scan Norfolk US Naval Base
In a display of its growing space prowess and surveillance capabilities, radar images of a US Navy base taken by a Chinese satellite are circulating online. Appearing first on China’s domestic social media platform Weibo, defense analysts later identified the spacecraft as the Taijing-4 03 “flat-plate radar imaging satellite” and identified the naval facility as the Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia.
The radar image showed three aircraft carriers, what appeared to be two Arleigh Burke-class warships. Four other vessels in the image, however, cannot be identified.
The Norfolk base, on the east coast of the US, is one of the premier naval bases responsible for projecting power and operations in the Atlantic Ocean and is home to the Military Sealift Command and the submarines of the Atlantic Fleet. It is also the world’s largest shore-based naval establishment, supporting 75 ships and 134 aircraft alongside 14 piers and 11 aircraft hangars. READ MORE...
Friday, April 26
New Subatomic Particle Detected
The BESIII collaboration have reported the observation of an anomalous line shape around ppbar mass threshold in the J/ψ→γ3(Ï€+Ï€-) decay, which indicates the existence of a ppbar bound state. The paper was published online in Physical Review Letters.
The proximity in mass to 2mp is suggestive of nucleon-antinucleon bound states, an idea that has a long history. Before the birth of Quark Model, a nucleon-antinucleon bound state was already proposed by Prof. E. Fermi and Prof. C. N. Yang.
There is an accumulation of evidence for anomalous behavior in the proton-antiproton system near the ppbar mass threshold, e.g., J/ψ→γppabr , J/ψ→γπ+Ï€-η' and the proton's effective form factor determined from e+e-→ppbar, exhibiting a narrow peak or a very steep falloff around the ppbar mass threshold, which inspired many speculations and renewed the interests on the nucleon-antinucleon bound state. READ MORE...
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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Heisman Trust returns trophy to 2005 Heisman winner Reggie Bush; Bush forfeited the trophy in 2010 due to Bush receiving improper benefits while playing for Southern Cal (More)
> Tupac Shakur's estate threatens Drake with lawsuit over the use of the late rapper's AI-generated vocals without permission in "Taylor Made" diss track (More)
> Spanish soccer league LaLiga in talks to host league matches in the US beginning with 2025-26 season (More)
Science & Technology
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> Brief and reversible suppression of key gene in fruit flies gives rise to cancer tumors; breakthrough challenges longstanding belief cancer can only be initiated by permanent genetic mutations (More)
> Bioluminescent animals evolved as early as 540 million years ago, study suggests; trait emerged at the same time as some animals developed eyes (More) | Cambrian explosion 101 (More)
> NASA confirms it reestablished contact with Voyager 1, months after communications problems arose (More) | The craft launched in 1977 and is now 15 billion miles from Earth; see map here (More)
Business & Markets
> Markets close mixed (Dow -0.1%, S&P 500 0.0%, Nasdaq +0.1%) as earnings reports continue to roll in (More) | Shares of Meta drop 16% on weak revenue guidance, despite beating first quarter estimates (More)
> Consulting giant McKinsey reportedly under federal criminal investigation for its role in opioid-related work for pharmaceutical firms (More) | Russia seizes $440M from JPMorgan Chase, which it says had been frozen following the invasion of Ukraine (More)
> AI coding startup Cognition secures $175M investment from Founders Fund, brings valuation to $2B (More) | IBM to acquire cloud infrastructure company HashiCorp for $6.4B (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> Arizona House passes repeal of near-total abortion ban by 32-28 vote, sending bill to the state Senate; law was first passed in 1864 (More) | Supreme Court hears arguments over whether a federal law allowing emergency room doctors to perform abortions in certain cases supersedes state restrictions on the procedure (More)
> Supreme Court to consider today whether former President Donald Trump can claim immunity in election interference case (More) | Former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, 17 others indicted in Arizona "fake electors" plan (More) | Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (D, NJ-10) dies at age 65 from reported cardiac arrest (More)
> Pro-Palestinian protesters clash with police at the University of Texas and University of Southern California as campus demonstrations spread across the US (More) | House Speaker Mike Johnson (R, LA-4) appears at Columbia University protest, calls on White House to bring in National Guard (More)
SOURCE: 1440 News
A Loan is Still DEBT
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There is a new company out there that has been airing a lot of advertising on the television...
NEW DAY USA is the company to which I refer.
They want to sell LOANS to veterans and their spouses based upon the equity in the house that they own.
One of those people on these commercials is a retired Navy Admiral who claims to know the VETERAN MENTALITY...
I was in the US NAVY for 6 years and let me tell you that NAVAL OFFICERS have no clue as to the Veteran Mentality when it comes to enlisted personnel.
Officers do not fraternize with the enlisted man and the only way you can know the veteran mentality from an enlisted point of view is to fraternize with them.
Officers may know officers but even that is questionable because LOWER RANKING officers do not fraternize with HIGHER RANKING officers. It is just not done.
You simply DO NOT BUDDY AROUND with those that you supervise for fear of playing favorites.
This commercial is just a clever way of tricking people into getting loans with this new company. And I don't know about you but if you get a loan from anywhere, IT IS STILL CONSIDERED DEBT that has to be paid off. If you use your house as collateral, then you risk losing your house if you don't pay back the loan.
The commercial says they are giving a little hand up and not a handout.
Debt is debt regardless of what you call it.
AI Detects Hidden Details in Painting
Artificial intelligence (AI) can be trained to see details in images that escape the human eye. Now an AI neural network has identified something unusual about a face in a Raphael painting: It wasn't actually painted by Raphael.
The face in question belongs to St Joseph, seen in the top left of the painting known as the Madonna della Rosa (or Madonna of the Rose).
Scholars have in fact long debated whether or not the painting is a Raphael original. While it requires diverse evidence to conclude an artwork's provenance, a newer method of analysis based on an AI algorithm has sided with those who think at least some of the strokes were at the hand of another artist.
Researchers from the UK and US developed a custom analysis algorithm based on the works that we know are the result of the Italian master's brushwork. READ MORE...
Thursday, April 25
Increasing Efficiency of Solar Panels
Lehigh University researchers have created a revolutionary solar cell material with up to 190% external quantum efficiency, pushing beyond conventional efficiency limits and showing great promise for enhancing future solar energy systems. Further development is required for practical application, supported by a U.S. Department of Energy grant.
It shows great potential for advancing the development of highly efficient next-generation solar cells, which are vital for meeting global energy demands.
A team from Lehigh University has created a material that could significantly enhance the efficiency of solar panels.
A prototype using the material as the active layer in a solar cell exhibits an average photovoltaic absorption of 80%, a high generation rate of photoexcited carriers, and an external quantum efficiency (EQE) up to an unprecedented 190%—a measure that far exceeds the theoretical Shockley-Queisser efficiency limit for silicon-based materials and pushes the field of quantum materials for photovoltaics to new heights. READ MORE...
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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
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> Taylor Swift's "Tortured Poets Department" sells 700,000 vinyl records, breaking the record for most vinyl sales in a week after just three days (More)
> WNBA No. 1 draft pick Caitlin Clark to sign eight-year, $28M contract with Nike, which includes a signature shoe and is the highest-ever sponsorship deal for a women's basketball player (More)
> Grammy-winning artist Megan Thee Stallion accused in lawsuit of sexual harassment by her former cameraman (More) | Multiple crewmembers injured during accident on set of Amazon MGM Studio's upcoming film "The Pickup" (More)
Science & Technology
> Microsoft releases Phi-3, framed as a "small" language model with almost 4 billion parameters; says it performs as well as OpenAI's GPT-3.5 in answering complex questions (More) | Meta adds multimodal AI to its Ray-Ban smart glasses, allowing users to query AI based on items in the field of vision (More)
> Scientists create artificial cells that change shape and respond to their surroundings like living cells; breakthrough has applications in regenerative medicine, drug delivery, and more (More)
> Underground Antarctic experiment reportedly detects seven potential neutrino events; the particles are the most abundant in the universe but weigh nothing and rarely interact with matter (More) | More on the "ghost" particle (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +1.2%, Dow +0.7%, Nasdaq +1.6%) as investors sift through strong batch of earnings reports (More) | Tesla reports 9% drop in Q1 revenue, the biggest year-over-year decline since 2012; announces new models ahead of timeline, with shares rising over 13% in after-hours trading (More)
> The Federal Trade Commission votes 3-2 in approving final rule banning most employers from using noncompete clauses nationwide, effective in 120 days; FTC estimates about 30 million workers are currently prevented from joining competitors (More)
> Modern-day convenience store Foxtrot abruptly closes all 33 stores across Chicago, Austin, Dallas, and Washington, DC; comes five months after its merger with Chicago boutique grocer Dom's Kitchen and Market (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> Campus pro-Palestinian protests continue at a number of universities across the country; some call for the resignation of Columbia University President Minouche Shafik following student arrests (More) | See updates on the war (More)
> UK lawmakers pass bill allowing officials to send certain migrants seeking asylum to Rwanda; officials say the policy is meant to deter the smugglers trafficking migrants to the country (More)
> Argentina President Javier Milei announces country's first quarterly budget surplus in 16 years; the Libertarian Milei was elected in November on a platform of cutting spending and slowing runaway inflation, which had reached 100% year-over-year (More)
SOURCE: 1440 News
An American Tragedy
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If you are not aware that Donald Trump has 91 felony charges against him, then you are so apathetic that there is absolutely no reason to reach out to you at all...
However, I do not think that is the case for a majority of Americans...
Obviously, it is Democratic District Attorneys that have brought these charges against Donald Trump and it is obvious that Democratic Judges are presiding over these court cases.
It is highly UNLIKELY that Republicans are involved in any of this perversion of justice... that incidentally, this country will regret down the road.
FOR MONTHS, we have heard how pleased Democrats are with these charges against Trump because, as they claim, no one is above the law.
I have even heard people laugh ON AIR because Trump is in so much trouble and will soon be paying out tons of money. They anticipate that he will go bankrupt and go to jail for his crimes.
HOWEVER... it appears that each time the Democrats attack Trump, his numbers relative to the November 2024 election GO UP...
Now Democrats are bitching that Trump is getting too much publicity over these trials which if that is the case, they brought on themselves.
AND THEREIN LIES THE TRAGEDY... the Dems got what they wanted and soon realized it was not what they really wanted at all.
The other side is getting the last laugh....
Flying Motorcycle
Believe it or not, this unbelievable flying motorcycle could hit the skies by the end of the decade.
Formerly known as the Jetpack Aviation Speeder, this jet bike is moving ahead in development with a new name — the Razor.
Even the name of the flying vehicle is something straight out of a sci-fi movie.
The flying motorcycle uses eight tiny but powerful jet engines to cruise at 60 mph for about 30 minutes.
It can also carry up to 600 pounds of cargo.
The bike itself weighs 300 pounds, giving it a size-to-payload ratio that sets it apart from other flying vehicles.
Many others have also tried to build their own flying vehicle, like this flying motorcycle that transforms into a hoverbike. TO READ MORE, CLICK HERE...
Wednesday, April 24
The Great Pyramid's Latitude
Spend long enough on the Internet and you will likely be met with a post informing you that the speed of light is 299,792,458 meters per second, and the latitude of the Great Pyramid of Giza is 29.9792458°N, before inviting you to assess whether this is a coincidence or not.
But is it true, and if so, is it a coincidence?
The answer to the first question is yes. Light travels at 299,792,458 meters per second in a vacuum, the absolute speed limit of the universe. The latitude of the Great Pyramid of Giza is indeed 29.9792458 N – but so are a whole bunch of other places at the same latitude. READ MORE...
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> Cher, Jimmy Buffett, and Mary J. Blige headline 2024 class of 16 inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (More)
> First round of NBA playoffs continue; see latest bracket (More) | … and NHL Stanley Cup playoffs also underway (More)
> Film Academy announces several changes to the 2025 Oscars, including changes to rules affecting best picture, animated feature, and original score categories (More)
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> Meta to release its mixed reality operating system to third-party developers for use by other companies; Microsoft, Lenovo, and others expected to produce competing headsets using Meta's Horizon OS (More)
> Memory study in worms reveals short-term information can be retained longer if the creatures are cooled below room temperature or given lithium; findings shed light on the neuroscience of forming and discarding memories (More)
> CRISPR gene editing demonstrated in kissing bugs, a step toward combating the spread of Chagas disease; the potentially fatal illness affects roughly 8 million people, largely in rural Latin America (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +0.9%, Dow +0.7%, Nasdaq +1.1%) as shares rebound and investors look ahead to major corporate earnings results this week (More)
> Supermarket chains Kroger and Albertsons to sell 166 more locations as they seek regulatory approval of their $25B merger; the Federal Trade Commission sued to block Kroger's acquisition of Albertsons earlier this year (More) | The FTC sues to block Tapestry Inc.'s $8.5B purchase of Capri Holdings, owner of brands such as Versace and Michael Kors (More)
> Goldman Sachs to sell automated investing business Marcus Invest, will transfer Marcus Invest clients and their assets to independent investment-advisory firm Betterment (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> Opening arguments begin in former President Donald Trump's criminal trial in Manhattan over allegedly falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments to a former adult film star; first witness is called to the stand (More) | See key takeaways (More)
> US Supreme Court agrees to hear case over whether the Biden administration can regulate "ghost guns," privately made firearms without serial numbers; regulations are in effect as litigation plays out, with high court to take up case in the fall (More)
> Record-breaking flooding in China's most populous province, Guangdong, prompts evacuations of more than 110,000 residents; at least four people have died and 10 are missing (More) | See photos (More)
SOURCE: 1440 News
America Changes
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I am also amazed at people, especially those who are retired, that take out loans where the payback period extends beyond their life expectancy. In other words, they have no intention of paying that loan back.
I worked with a gentleman who was earning his PhD online and the student loans that were mounting up, he boasted that he would not live long enough to pay them back. That did not seem to bother him at all.
We are creating a group of citizens that are so self-serving that they have no idea their philosophy of life is destroying this country. And if they were aware of what they were doing, would still not care.
America has changed and is continuing to change and it is the changing culture and society that will turn the USA into a country that is the least respected country in the world.
For those of you who memorized your way through high school and college, the USA is HATED by most countries in the world, especially the Arab nations, along with Russia, China, India, and South America. We have not yet pushed our lifestyle on the Africans, so they are still willing to fight each other for territory instead of the USA.
Have you heard of BRICS?
A group of nations that have joined together in an effort to DESTROY the American dollar by not using the American dollar to trade goods and services like they have done in the past.
Members of the Islamic Faith (Arabs) have migrated throughout Europe, Great Britain, Scandanavia, Canada, and the USA with the sole purpose of growing their numbers in these countries to influence their governments and decisions made.
Obviously, the ethnic group with the largest population will likely be the ones that get elected to public office.
In the USA for instance, whites are 60% of the population but Hispanics, Asians, and Muslim are growing in numbers every year. The black population in the USA is hardly growing at all...
What does that tell you about CRT and WOKE and BLM.... etc.? It will eventually die out as other ethnic populations grow... These growing ethnic groups will also change the USA...
If you are not planning 20-30 years into the future, you learned NOTHING IN COLLEGE.
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