Thursday, July 4
In The NEWS
Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> US men's national soccer team fails to advance out of group stage at Copa América after 1-0 loss to Uruguay (More) | UEFA European Championship quarterfinals set; see latest bracket (More)
> "Beetlejuice" sequel to premiere at 81st Venice Film Festival (Aug. 28); Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder will return, with Jenna Ortega joining the cast for the long-awaited sequel (More)
> Marketa Vondrousova becomes first women's Wimbledon defending champ to lose in the first round since 1994 (More) | Sixteen former college basketball players sue NCAA over use of their likeness for March Madness promos (More)
Science & Technology
> Moderna wins $176M contract to develop an mRNA vaccine for humans to protect against the bird flu (More) | How mRNA vaccines work (More) | Current bird flu outbreak status (More)
> Astrophysicists simulate how cosmic gas disks form and feed supermassive black holes; study provides insight into how galaxies formed in the early universe (More) | Black holes 101 (More, w/video)
> Mosquito study finds the insect's drive for blood is heightened or suppressed by a pair of hormones; may lead to new methods to fight mosquito-borne disease (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +0.6%, Dow +0.4%, Nasdaq +0.8%) as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says US is on "disinflationary" path (More) | Tesla shares close up 10% after Q2 electric vehicle deliveries slowed year-over-year but beat analyst expectations (More)
> US job openings rise in May to 8.1 million while layoffs also increase, indicating slowing but resilient labor market (More)
> The Federal Trade Commission blocks Tempur Sealy's proposed $4B acquisition of Mattress Firm (More) | Six Flags and Cedar Fair merge in estimated $8B deal to become North America's largest amusement park operator (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> At least 116 people killed—mostly women and children—after crowd surge in northern India's state of Uttar Pradesh during Hindu religious event and amid high temperatures; officials are investigating the cause of the crowd surge (More)
> Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D, TX-37) becomes first Democratic lawmaker to call on President Joe Biden to withdraw from presidential race (More) | Former President Donald Trump's hush money sentencing delayed to Sept. 18 (More) | Rudy Giuliani, former New York mayor and ex-attorney for former President Donald Trump, disbarred in New York over 2020 election statements (More)
> US Supreme Court rejects challenge to Illinois law banning certain high-power semi-automatic rifles and high-capacity magazines (More)
SOURCE: 1440 News
July 4, 1776 - July 4, 2024 (248 Years)
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Had we not won the war against Great Britain all of our leaders, especially the Continental Congress members would have been thrown into prison in London and more than likely hung from the neck until dead. They would have all be charged with TREASON.
Our new country started as a result of us breaking laws and committing treason... think about that...
What this goes to show you, the reader, is that you can break the law and do all sorts of other things including committing treason as long as in the end, your actions result in you being correct, justified, or legally innocent.
History shows that what we did in 1776 ultimately proved beneficial for the entire world, look at WWI and WWII for some of that proof. We have also spent billions over the years to help other countries who are or were in desperate need of help. We have also been the primary reason why COMMUNISM has not taken over the world.
In 1860, our Civil War almost destroyed our fledging country but again we survived. There is no telling what might have happened to us if we had a Northern and Southern USA. One might believe that over the years, our nation would have come back together, but since that did not happen, no one knows for sure.
The Declaration of Independence lead to a war with Great Britain, and to the creation of the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights which are the first ten amendments to that constitution. It is our Bill of Rights that separates us from the rest of the world and makes us incredibly unique. It is that uniqueness that is envied and hated by the rest of the world.
NO OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD HAS THE FREEDOMS THAT CITIZENS OF THE USA HAVE...
So, understand how special these 4th of July celebrations really is and make sure that your children understand that as well.
Pillars of Creation
In 1995, the Hubble Space Telescope released images of the Pillars of Creation — stunning effervescent clouds of interstellar dust and gas, the place where stars are born.
Now, combining data from Hubble and the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA has released a gorgeous 3D visualization of the cosmic structures in both visible and infrared light.
"By flying past and amongst the pillars, viewers experience their three-dimensional structure and see how they look different in the Hubble visible-light view versus the Webb infrared-light view," principal visualization scientist Frank Summers said in a statement.
"The contrast helps them understand why we have more than one space telescope to observe different aspects of the same object," he continue
The Pillars of Creation, which lie about 5,700 light-years from Earth, are composed of cool molecular hydrogen and dust. Due to strong winds and radiation from young nearby hot stars, the pillars are starting to get stripped of their contents. Long, finger-like structures can be seen emerging from the top of the pillars, which are larger than our own solar system.
Inside these structures, hydrogen and dust is gravitationally collapsing into new, infant stars. These new stars will add to the continued dispersion of materials within the pillars. The tallest of the pillars spans 3 light-years from top to bottom — three-quarters of the distance between the sun and our closest star. READ MORE...
Wednesday, July 3
Military Preparedness
So, if China, Russia, and India formed a coalition against the USA, there would be about 11 million military troops against 2 million USA troops...
Hardly seems fair, does it?
DJI, also known as Da Jiang Innovations, has become the world's largest drone maker, having achieved global dominance in less than 20 years. The company now supplies 70% of the world's consumer drones and nearly 80% of U.S. consumer drones. Mar 14, 2024 SOURCE: VOA News
DJI is located in China...
So, why am I talking about this?
Two reasons:
First - many experts believe that we are very close to the beginnings of a third world war because of Ukraine/ Russia, Israel/Hamas, and the real prospect that China might invade Taiwan.
Second - it has become increasing apparent that Drones will take a prominent position in the next global conflict since they have been used so successfully in smaller conflicts.
My Concern: the present administration does very little to address the military possibilities that have been recently growing in our global community. Instead, they have tried to end the use of gasoline, redirect resources towards climate control, and spend more money than they needed to on social welfare programs rather than giving citizens the tools to help themselves.
Consequently, our enemies (China, Russia, Iran, India, North Korea and others) are building up their militaries, ignoring climate control, and spending the least amount of money they can on social welfare programs. Why? To ultimately defeat the USA both militarily and economically.
Without causing any undue alarms, we need to get our act together and position this country so that it can properly defend itself and strengthen itself economically. As the economy grows so too will its citizens.
Yes, the wealthy will get wealthier but that is going to happen regardless of what we do. Increase taxes on the wealthy... STUPID IDEA... the wealthy have their money HIDDEN from taxes... were you just born yesterday?
In The NEWS
Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> The 137th Wimbledon Championships began yesterday from the All England Club in London; see full preview for both women's and men's tournaments (More)
> Ismail Kadare, world-renowned Albanian novelist and poet who was nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature 15 times, dies at 88 (More)
> Majority owners of the Boston Celtics plan to put the defending NBA champions up for sale; the franchise is valued at a reported $4.7B (More)
Science & Technology
> YouTube introduces new policy allowing users to request the takedown of AI-generated content simulating their face or voice (More)
> Fossil discovery suggests different species of grape plants proliferated following the extinction of the dinosaurs; findings include a 60-million-year-old species, the oldest ever found in the Western Hemisphere (More)
> Engineers develop nanorobots capable of killing cancer cells in mouse studies; approach uses a "kill switch" that activates only in the presence of a solid tumor (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +0.3%, Dow +0.1%, Nasdaq +0.8%) to kick off a holiday-shortened trading week (More)
> European regulators charge Meta with violating new antitrust laws by forcing Facebook and Instagram users to pay to avoid seeing ads on the platforms (More)
> Investor Keith Gill, known as "Roaring Kitty," discloses 6.6% stake in Chewy; pet retailer's shares rise in premarket trading before closing down nearly 7% (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> Israeli military orders evacuations in part of Gaza's southern city of Khan Younis ahead of possible renewed ground operation in the enclave's second-largest city (More) | Israel releases head of al-Shifa hospital after seven-month detention (More)
> Hurricane Beryl makes landfall on Caribbean island of Carriacou in Grenada as Category 4 storm with a maximum of 150 mph winds; the storm is expected to reach Jamaica tomorrow (More) | See our previous write-up (More)
> House Judiciary Committee sues Attorney General Merrick Garland over refusal to hand over recordings of President Joe Biden's classified documents interview (More) | Ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon begins four-month prison sentence for 2022 contempt of Congress conviction (More)
SOURCE: 1440 News
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