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NASA's InfraRed Delivery

NASA’s TBIRD (TeraByte InfraRed Delivery) demonstration and its host spacecraft — the PTD-3 (Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator-3) — have completed their technology demonstration. 

The TBIRD payload spent the past two years breaking world records for the fastest satellite downlink from space using laser communications.

NASA’s PTD series leverages a common commercial spacecraft to provide a robust platform for effective testing of technologies with minimal redesign in between launches. 

After launch in May 2022 on the SpaceX Transporter 5 mission, the PTD-3 spacecraft entered low-Earth orbit and shortly after TBIRD began sending laser communications signals to an optical ground station in Table Mountain, California.     READ MORE...

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Conflict in the Middle East

 

It would appear that IRAN has decided to belly up and challenge Israel to a duel.

Iran had decided to show its proxies (Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis, and Syria) that it no longer hide behind closed doors.

TAKING SIDES

With Iran and its proxies will stand:

• Russia
• China
• North Korea

With Israel, will stand:

• USA
• UK (?)

Note:  Israel is not a member of NATO but is considered one of its allies.

Another interesting development about Israel and its incursion into Lebanon is the fact that the USA WAS NOT INFORMED OF ITS PLANS...

That is to say that Israel has mad the decision, right or wrong, that the USA can no longer be trusted to support Israel in its actions...

AND YET,

US warships in the Mediterranean Sea helped destroy the missiles that Iran recently sent into Israel.  So, there is some type of agreement, perhaps under the table, of US support.

ANYWAY,

If there is an undeclared war or a declared war between Iran and Israel, the USA will more than likely support Israel.

This is especially true, if Russia and China lend a helping hand to Iran.

CAVEAT

Iran and North Korea are damn close to having a nuclear weapon and when they do, Israel will be the first place that a bomb like that will be deployed...

If and when that happens, the world will have taken a GIANT STEP TOWARDS WWIII.

Make no mistake, a WWIII will be one to remember especially with all the ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS already in the USA...  maybe of which are ISLAMIC TERRORISTS...

For The Good of the WHOLE

This is going to be the toughest question that our government will have to answer for its citizens.

Do we protect an individual's right to work and therefore have inflation forever and be seen as ineffective, inefficient, and unproductive...

<OR>

Do we do expedite automation and robots with AI and bring the USA to a competitive position with the res of the world...

Currently, there is a longshoreman strike on the east coast for HIGHER WAGES and to STOP AUTOMATION which includes robots.

Manpower is LESS PRODUCTIVE than automation and therefore will increase prices and allow inflation to continue which will slow down our economic growth.

I understand what these longshoremen are going through with all these high prices but if they want higher wages, then other worker's groups (unions) will demand more money as well.

This is not good for the USA...

What these people do not realize is that higher wages create higher prices, and you are right back where you started.  

UNIONS cause companies not to be able to layoff but a certain number of workers, so these companies have no choice but to raise prices to the consumer.

While it may not be totally understood by the general public, it will become the role of government to make sure what is BEST FOR THE WHOLE takes precedent.

Actions are PROOF

 

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In The NEWS

Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> MLB regular season wraps with postseason kicking off tomorrow; see playoff bracket (More) | Chicago White Sox set modern record for most losses in a season with 121 (More)

> YouTube blocks content by Adele, Green Day, Bob Dylan, and more amid legal dispute with a performing rights organization (More)

> Kris Kristofferson, Grammy- and Golden Globe-winning country music legend and actor, dies at age 88 (More) | Drake Hogestyn, longtime "Days of Our Lives" star, dies at age 70 (More) | John Ashton, actor best known for "Beverly Hills Cop" franchise, dies at age 76 (More)


Science & Technology
> California passes law expanding its consumer privacy laws to give users of brain-computer interface devices ownership over their neurological data (More) | California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) vetoes AI safety bill, siding with tech execs (More)

> Geologists discover new subduction zone—an area where one tectonic plate slides underneath another—in the Eastern Pacific (More)

> SpaceX launches mission that will eventually return pair of astronauts stranded on the International Space Station following malfunction of their Boeing vehicle; return trip slated for February (More) | See previous write-up (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close mixed Friday (S&P 500 -0.1%, Dow +0.3%, Nasdaq -0.4%), with the Dow closing at a record high; key inflation data from August gives traders hope for additional interest cuts this year (More)

> Government-facilitated talks between Boeing and union workers collapse, with no dates scheduled for further discussions; total US gross domestic product estimated to have dropped by $1B since walkout of 33,000 production workers began this month (More)

> WeightWatchers CEO Sima Sistani departs amid 90% drop in share value over the past year; Sistani had spearheaded $106M acquisition of telehealth company prescribing weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Austria's nationalist-populist Freedom Party leads in yesterday's parliamentary elections with nearly 30% of the vote, the first win of its kind since WWII; remaining parties are in negotiations to form a coalition without it (More)

> Nepal flooding and landslides leave at least 148 people dead, with capital of Kathmandu hardest hit (More)

> The US says its airstrikes in Syria this month killed 37 al-Qaeda- and ISIS-affiliated militants, including two senior operatives (More)

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OCTOBER FIRST, 2024

 

We have made the transition into another month, this time, we are putting the month of September behind us.

September was a particularly boring month with nothing special to remind us of it, at least, not me and my family.

October plunges us into Fall marked by decreasing temperatures, leaves turning colors and falling, Halloween, and the decorating (carving) of pumpkins.

I've always had good memories of October but maybe because this is my birthday month.  However, with that aside, I really like the weather that is typically associated with October, and fondly remember unpacking all my flannel shirts.

Of course, many others see October as being well into College and Professional football and all the tailgating that is going to be done all across the USA.  The rest of the world does not quite understand the mania that is associated with football.

Growing up in Alexandria, VA which is located 4 miles south of Washington, DC, my family was focused on the WASHINGTON REDSKINS every time they played.  My family always enjoyed watching the Redskins whether they won or lost but I never attended one of their games.

I was highly disappointed when they changed their name.

The downside for me with Fall/OCTOBER is the raking of leaves.

Our house had lots of trees in the front yard, so we had lots of leaves to rake.  I would rake them, and my dad would burn them in a drainage gulley that separated our yard from the road.  It was an all-afternoon affair and was accomplished over a period of 2-3 Saturdays, since we never did yard work on Sundays.

My mother would always make a big pot of GOULASH while we were raking to be eaten for dinner.

Somewhat Political

 

Technology Trends for 2025

Unbelievable as it seems, we’re rapidly approaching 2025. This means it’s time for me to once again pick the trends that I believe will be most important over the coming year.


The biggest trends go beyond mere buzzwords. They identify the direction of travel of the most transformative technologies, set to drive significant change in the way we live and work, as well as how we understand and interact with the world around us.


These are the “big picture” ideas that I believe every individual and business that wants to be ahead of the curve should have on their radar. Each of them presents significant opportunities but also creates risks and ethical challenges that can’t be ignored.


So, we’ll start with my high-level overview of the most important trends, which I’ll then dive more deeply into and explore at a more granular level as we count off the months, weeks and days to the new year!     READ MORE...

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I Support the JEWS

Personally, I hope ISRAEL kicks the dog crap out of HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH, HOUTHIES, and IRAN in the hopes of sending them a message not to mess with the JEWS.

And I don't really care what anyone thinks about me or my message at this point in time as I am fed up with the Democrats, the liberals, and the socialists who got this country into this predicament in the first place.

I can just imagine what MUSLIMS think of all the rights we give the gays and trans in this country, and it is funny in a way how many of these weirdos support the Palestinians.  It just goes to show you how stupid they really are.

The Jews have a FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT to destroy those who want to destroy them.  SURVIVAL is what keeps this world of ours moving from one decade to the next and from one century to the next.

What the world does not really understand yet about the JEWS is that they don't care what the rest of the world thinks of them.  All they care about is their own survival...  which makes perfectly good sense to me.

HAMAS started this war, back by IRAN who was allowed to support HAMAS because BIDEN gave IRAN their frozen money back.  Talk about being stupid.

Now the conservatives have to clean up the mess that the Dems started in order for ISRAEL to do what it needs to do to survive.

I hope Israel gets to finish what the other side started, letting IRAN know that the JEWS ain't like cowardly American Democrats.

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