In The NEWS

Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> 2024 MLS Cup Playoffs Round One wraps this weekend; see preview for all the decisive Game 3 matchups (More) | ... and National Women's Soccer League quarterfinals kick off tonight (More)

> Warner Bros. Discovery streamer Max adds 7.2 million subscribers in Q3, bringing their worldwide total to 110.5 million (More) | "Moana 2" set to bring in at least $125M in Thanksgiving Day opening weekend, which would be an all-time debut record for the holiday weekend (More)

> New "Star Wars" film trilogy in the works from Lucasfilm and Disney; live-action films will be written and produced by "X-Men" writer and producer Simon Kinberg (More) | Three charged in connection with the Oct. 16 death of One Direction's Liam Payne (More)


Science & Technology
> Tech giant Palantir to partner with AI startup Anthropic, bringing Claude chatbot to US military, intelligence agencies (More)

> Brain study reveals unique activity in people with schizophrenia when introduced to contradictory information; signals could act as a diagnostic tool (More)

> Caterpillar fungus may help slow tumor development, researchers show; molecule cordycepin, used in Chinese medicine for centuries, disrupts cell signals that promote cancer growth (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 +0.7%, Dow -0.0%, Nasdaq +1.5%); S&P 500, Nasdaq close at records in postelection rally (More) | AppLovin shares close up 46% after the online gaming and advertising company reports better-than-expected earnings and revenue (More)

> Airbnb shares fall close to 5% in after-hours trading after company narrowly beats revenue estimates, underperforms analyst expectations (More) | Pinterest shares drop nearly 13% in after-hours trading after weak Q4 sales forecast (More)

> Japanese automaker Nissan to cut 9,000 jobs worldwide—roughly 6% of around 133,000 total jobs—and halve CEO pay after reporting drops in quarterly operating profit and sales (More) | Caroline Ellison, former CEO of cryptocurrency hedge fund Alameda Research, begins two-year prison sentence (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Control of US House still to be determined, with 25 races uncalled; tally as of this writing is 211-199 in favor of Republicans (More) | David McCormick (R) beats incumbent Sen. Bob Casey (D) in Pennsylvania, giving Republicans 53 Senate seats (More) | Susie Wiles to become White House's first female chief of staff (More)

> More than 10,000 people forced to evacuate after fire near Los Angeles burns for second day; Mountain Fire has burned over 20,400 acres and is 0% contained as of this writing (More) | See updates (More)

> Canada orders TikTok's offices to shut down in the country over security risks; ban doesn't affect in-country access to the video-sharing app (More)

SOURCE:  1440 NEWS

The American People

 

In 2016, the American people were innocent and naive and did not know what or who to believe, but intuitively knew that there were only a handful of people who really cared about them.

In 2020, the American people had their lives turned upside by the COVID-19 virus and did not know who to believe but were falsely convinced that Donald and his presidency were to blame.

In 2024, the American people were literally backed into the corner by illegal immigrants, a weak economy, high prices, crime and violence, illegal drugs and a government that did not want to do anything about what was going on except blame it all on Donald Trump.

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE GREW UP QUICKLY...  and could see for themselves that the current government was and had been lying to them for years.  They also saw that MOST ALL POLITICIANS only cared about their own re-election rather than doing what was right for their constituents.

The American People also saw that the government had weaponized the legal system and was using it against their political opponent, a tactic used by the governments of Russia and China.  They were amazed and frightened that it was happening in the land of FREEDOMS.

Ignorance among young people (those in college) had grown exponentially and now these gay protestors supporting HAMAS had no idea that HAMAS would have cut their heads off had they known they were gay.  It was hard to believe that our children could be SO STUPID.

America was being controlled by the POWERFUL and the WEALTHY and those people had forgotten that they only represent 20% of the overall population.

A majority of Americans (80% actually) ARE NOT POWERFUL or WEALTHY...

The majority WILL ALWAYS RULE and WILL ALWAYS WIN EVENTUALLY...

It is just a numbers game.

You can fool all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time...

The powerful and wealthy are only that way because the EIGHTY PERCENT made it possible for them to be that way.

Somewhat Political

 

Major Leap Towards TIME TRAVEL

An international research team has reignited interest by proposing that tachyons are indeed possible within the framework of Einstein’s special theory of relativity. (CREDIT: Pobytov/Getty Images)

The concept of the tachyon, a theoretical particle that travels faster than light, has fascinated physicists and sparked decades of theoretical exploration. Originally conceived as a solution to certain quantum and relativity puzzles, tachyons remain hypothetical.


Yet, a new study by an international research team has reignited interest by proposing that tachyons are indeed possible within the framework of Einstein’s special theory of relativity—a finding that could significantly reshape our understanding of causality, time, and even the structure of reality.

The Origins of the Tachyon
Physicist Gerald Feinberg introduced the idea of tachyons in 1962 as particles that could potentially travel faster than light, always maintaining speeds beyond that limit. This groundbreaking suggestion was rooted in his study of imaginary mass, a concept involving the square root of a negative number.      READ MORE...

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MAGA

 

Greatest Comeback Ever

 

Control

 

SpaceX

 

Allowed

 

In The NEWS

Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Viewership of primetime coverage for presidential election across major networks and cable news channels falls to 42.3 million viewers, down 26% from 2020; lowest percentage of households follow TV coverage since 1960 (More)

> Ruby slippers from "The Wizard of Oz" up for auction nearly 20 years after being stolen from Minnesota museum; the Judy Garland-worn slippers are expected to fetch more than $1M at auction (More)

> Netflix confirms 2025 release for fifth and final season of "Stranger Things" (More) | Argentine police are investigating three people as part of probe into One Direction's Liam Payne's Oct. 16 death (More)


Science & Technology
> Ride-hailing platform Lyft to partner with trio of self-driving car startups to bring autonomous rides to Atlanta by next year (More)

> Astronomers link fast radio bursts—high-energy spikes in radio waves lasting a few seconds or less—to massive star-forming galaxies; likely sources include magnetars, dead stars believed to emit universe's strongest magnetic fields (More)

> Vampire bat metabolism, unique among mammals, mirrors that of blood-sucking insects, new study finds; the animal has evolved to subsist on diets composed almost entirely of blood (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +2.5%, Dow +3.6%, Nasdaq +3.0%) following election; Dow notches record close in best day since 2022 (More) | Bitcoin hits all-time high, surpassing $75K (More) | Federal Reserve expected to cut interest rates today for the second time this year (More)

> Tesla shares close up 15% at record high on expectations CEO Elon Musk and EV company will benefit from Trump presidency (More) | Toyota reports first drop in quarterly profit in two years following certification scandal and recalls (More)

> Super Micro shares continue to fall, closing down 18% after issuing weaker-than-expected unaudited financial results amid accusations of accounting irregularities (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Justice Department works to wind down two federal criminal cases against President-elect Donald Trump—related to Jan. 6 and classified documents storage—in alignment with longstanding policy not to prosecute a sitting president (More)

> German Chancellor Olaf Scholz calls vote of confidence in his government for January 2025, potentially ushering in early elections; announcement comes after Scholz dismissed his finance minister over disagreements on economic reforms, endangering ruling centrist coalition (More)

> Moldovan President Maia Sandu wins reelection against pro-Russian candidate in second round of voting, with eligible voter turnout at 54% (More)

SOURCE:  1440 NEWS

The Election Results

 

I pride myself with the fact that I am not a Democrat nor am I a Republican, so I am NEVER PRESSURED to vote along party lines, which I believe in inherently WRONG.

The vote that I cast is none of your business, but I am glad that Trump won.  If you think that this statement means that I voted for him, that is your right.

I am glad Trump won for the following reasons:

• I want the DAMN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS out of this country
• I want the USA to be energy independent and dominate again
• I want govt deregulation so that our economy can grow, and inflation can decrease
• I want a strong military and a strong global posture
• I want Russia/China to be put in their place
• I want the green energy movement to evolve more slowly
• I want WOKISM, CRT, BLM to end
• I want a fair and balance news media presence that does not include censorship
• I want lower taxes for 80% of Americans and higher taxes for 20% of Americans
• I want a small federal government

Will I get all of these?

Probably not...  but I will get several of them...

I am 77 years old, retired after 45+ years working, a Vietnam Era Veteran, fairly well educated, and fairly well traveled.  I want to hear all sides of the news (good, bad, and indifferent) so that I can make up my own mind.  There is a 50/50 chance that my decisions will be right/wrong...  but they are MY DECISIONS.

During my three quarters of a century life, I have come to realize that politicians, in general, care more about re-election that they do about what is best for this country.  Until that philosophy changes, Americans will continue to experience the elections of 2016, 2020, and 2024.

Obviously, I am hopeful that others will eventually agree with me.

Somewhat Political

 

Secret Mayan City Revealed

Tulane University researchers used laser-guided imaging to uncover vast unexplored Maya settlements in Campeche, Mexico, revealing more than 6,500 pre-Hispanic structures, including a previously unknown large city with stone pyramids.

The ability to examine large regions from the comfort of a laboratory thanks to Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) technology has revolutionized the way archaic researchers study ancient civilizations in recent years.

The research project, led by doctoral student Luke Auld-Thomas alongside his advisor, Professor Marcello A. Canuto, both affiliated with Tulane’s Middle American Research Institute (MARI), used Lidar technology to study an area of 130 square kilometers in Campeche.     READ MORE...

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PLEASE DO THIS IMMEDIATELY

 

Our Federally Elected Officials

 

We have on the Federal Level, a House of Representatives and a Senate.  The House of Representatives has 435 members (based on population of the states) and the Senate has 100 members (based up 2 members per state)

51 is a majority in the Senate

218 is a majority in the House

FIFTY PERCENT of the House and Senate (Congress) are millionaires as compared to 1% of the US population being millionaires.

As of 2023, the average annual salary for Americans is $59, 428.

QUESTION:  How can millionaires decide what is best for Americans?

Members of Congress:  Receive $174,000 annually...

Do you BELIEVE that a wealthy member of Congress can accurately decide what is best for an average American when these average American lives paycheck to paycheck and the congress person DOES NOT???

FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, our Founding Fathers created a Constitution that created a Congress where it was INTENTIONALLY DESIGNED that the WEALTHY would make ALL DECISIONS for the AVERAGE AMERICAN which at the time was uneducated and POOR.

The average American has gained much since then in both education and wealth but still lags FAR BEHIND those who are making decisions on how our lives should be LIVED.

WE DECIDE HOW OUR LIVES SHOULD BE LIVED...  NOT CONGRESS...

He's Still President... isn't he???

The Progressive Movement

 

In 1967, I was TWENTY YEARS OLD, in college, and had hair down to my shoulders.  Instead of wearing Church clothes to class, I wore blue jeans, t-shirts, leather jacket (when cold), tennis shoes or flip flops.

Other students saw me as PROGRESSIVE and did not want to associate with me.  I was ahead of my time and my generation changed the culture of a younger generation that had its roots in the end of WWII.

This progressive movement, over the next 60 years has become the foundation or the cornerstone of the Democratic Party...  as a result, we have seen:

• illegal immigration increase
• illegal drugs increase
• crime and violence increase
• criminals not prosecuted
• woke policies being created
• crt being taught in school
• trans males playing female sports
• anti-Jewish protests on college campuses

As a result of the 2024 Presidential Election, we are seeing across the USA, the REJECTION of the progressive movement.

This rejection is being seen in the states of NEW YORK and CALIFORNIA and to a lesser degree in other states.

The Progressive Faction of the Democratic Party is LOSING its control OVER THE PEOPLE.  While Americans are rejecting the PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS, the Democratic Party LEADERS are REFUSING to see that the CORE of their party has changed.

This is why the Democrats lost the 2024 election and this is why they will continue to LOSE ELECTIONS until they see the need TO CHANGE THEIR BELIEFS...

PROGRESSIVE POLITICS NO LONGER WORKS...

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