Stealth Submarine

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he Navy Has Big Plans for a New Stealth Submarine.  Designated as the SSN(X), the service’s next-gen attack submarine is expected to blow competitors out of the water once introduced. The upcoming program is a critical component of the Navy’s submarine force and will help the U.S. retain naval superiority in the forthcoming decades.

While the U.S. Air Force’s Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program has gained media attention recently, the Navy’s future Virginia-class submarine replacement needs its place in the analysis 'sun' as well.

Designated as the SSN(X), the service’s next-gen attack submarine is expected to blow competitors out of the water once introduced. The upcoming program is considered a critical component of the Navy’s submarine force and will help the U.S. retain naval superiority in the upcoming decades.

As China and Russia simultaneously work to develop their respective sixth-generation platforms, the race to produce the SSN(X) is on.      READ MORE...

No More EVs

 

Sunday Misc

 

Wealthy Americans

I read somewhere recently that the Average American needs FOUR MILLION DOLLARS in the bank to make sure they are financially protected against all potential negative situations.

The only people that I know that have the capability to achieving that goal, besides the entrepreneurs, bankers, brokers, and CEOs are:

• College Sports Coaches
• Professional Sports Coaches
• Professional Athletes
• Musicians and Singers
• Hollywood Actors and Actresses

 80% of the individuals in the USA earn, on average, less than $75,000/year and 80% of the families (both spouses working) earn collectively less than $120,000/year.

Oftentimes, 75% of their income is spent each month on the BASICS and if they have children that percentage increases.

It is damn near impossible for the typical American family to save any money at all.

In fact, individual credit card debt is the highest it has ever been...

What does that tell you???

What do you think is going to happen to individual and family incomes WHEN Humanoid Robots REPLACE:

• 10% of the jobs?
• 25% of the jobs?
• 50% of the jobs?
• 80% of the jobs

If you think this will not happen until 5-10 years from now, you are mistaken.

Elon Musk and several other companies, including China have plans to start mass producing humanoid robots in 2024...

These robots will start hitting the market in 2025.

That gives you 12 months to start planning.

ONE THING IS FOR SURE, MOST PRICES WILL NOT DECREASE...  GASOLINE IS DECREASING BECAUSE WE ARE NO LONGER IMPORTING OIL...  BUT THE OTHER FOOD PRICES ARE GOING TO REMAIN HIGH...

PLUS THE HOUTIE REBELS ARE FORCING CONTAINER SHIPS TO GO AROUND AFRICA TO DELIVER THEIR CARGO...  THAT WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL PRICE INCREASE...

IF YOU KEPT UP WITH THE NEWS YOU WOULD KNOW THIS...

 

Following Mom

 

In The NEWS

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apan became the fifth nation to reach the moon after its robotic spacecraft, named the Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon, or SLIM, made a soft lunar landing at 10:20 am ET Friday. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency joins the US, the Soviet Union, China, and India as the countries to have landed a spacecraft on the lunar surface.



Russian oil depot hit in Ukrainian drone attack.
Four oil tanks with a total capacity of 1.6 million gallons caught fire after munitions from a Ukrainian drone struck the depot in the Russian city of Klintsy, located about 40 miles from Ukraine's border. Russian forces had brought down two other drones over other parts of the region. The Russia-Ukraine war hits two years Feb. 24.



S&P 500 closes at an all-time high Friday.
The S&P 500 rose 1.2% to 4839.81, surpassing both a previous intraday record and closing high from January 2022. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.1% and the Nasdaq Composite rose 1.7%. Optimism around artificial intelligence has helped drive gains in technology stocks, including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Nvidia, and AMD.



Sports Illustrated to lay off most of its staff.
Arena Group, which bought the publishing rights to the 70-year-old sports publication from Authentic Brands Group, said Friday it would be laying off staff that work on the Sports Illustrated brand because it had failed to make a $3.75M licensing payment to ABG. It is unclear if ABG will allow the Arena Group to renegotiate its licensing deal.



Alec Baldwin charged again with involuntary manslaughter.
A grand jury in New Mexico indicted the actor Friday on one charge of involuntary manslaughter for the 2021 shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins while on the set of the film "Rust." An involuntary manslaughter conviction in New Mexico carries a sentence of up to 18 months in prison.



March for Life demonstration returns to the US Capitol.
Tens of thousands of people attended the annual March for Life in Washington, DC, Friday. The event is the country's largest pro-life demonstration and is the second one since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, returning the issue of abortion to state legislatures.



North Korea claims to test underwater nuclear drone.
North Korean state media said the test of the nuclear-capable underwater weapons system was in response to this week's joint military drills between the US, Japan, and South Korea. The new test of the drone, dubbed "Haeil," or tsunami, was conducted off in the country's eastern waters.



Home sales in 2023 drop to lowest level in 28 years.
Sales of previously owned homes in 2023 dropped 19% year-over-year to 4.09 million, the lowest full-year level since 1995, according to new data from the National Association of Realtors. The median price of a home sold in 2023 was $389,800 (a record high), while the median price of a home sold in December was $382,600, a year-over-year increase of 4.4%.



Shawn Barber, world champion pole vaulter, dies at 29.
Barber died this week from medical complications after being ill for some time. He finished 10th while competing for Canada at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and won three NCAA Division I pole vault championships while at the University of Akron.

SOURCE:  1440 NEWS

Lots of Snow

 

In The NEWS

NFL postseason continues this weekend with the divisional round; see full preview and schedule for all four matchups (More) | Country star Reba McEntire tapped to perform the national anthem at the Super Bowl (More)

Atlanta's Spelman College receives $100M donation, the largest-ever single donation to a historically Black college or university (More)


"Oppenheimer" leads all film nominees for the 2024 British Academy Film Awards, or BAFTA Awards (More) | See full list of nominations (More)


Apple confirms it will drop blood oxygen sensing technology from flagship Apple Watch models to avoid import ban following IP battle loss (More) | See previous write-up (More)


Researchers recreate the life travels of a woolly mammoth that lived roughly 14,000 years ago by analyzing the composition of its tusk; study suggests hunter-gathers established settlements along known mammoth routes (More)


Engineers demonstrate a robot that grows like a vine in response to light and pressure, may have applications in disaster response and rescue missions (More)


US stock markets close up (S&P 500 +0.9%, Dow +0.5%, Nasdaq +1.4%), shaking off three-day slump as technology shares drive rebound; shares of world's largest chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. rise nearly 10% (More)


US weekly jobless claims drop to 187,000; figure from last week is lowest since September 2022 (More) | US average 30-year fixed mortgage rate drops to 6.6% per Freddie Mac’s weekly reading, lowest level since May 2023 (More)

Macy's to cut 2,350 jobs, or about 3.5% of workforce, amid slowing sales (More) | Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei establishes new smart car unit (More)


Georgia judge to hold Feb. 15 hearing on claims Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is engaged in an improper relationship with a top prosecutor in the election interference case against former President Donald Trump (More)


At least nine people killed after Pakistani airstrikes in Iran targeting a militant separatist group pushing for independence in Pakistan's Balochistan region (More) | Follows Iranian strikes in Pakistan Tuesday targeting Jaish Al-Adl, a militant Islamist group operating near the two countries' border (More)


Congress passes short-term extension ahead of Saturday's federal funding deadline, sends bill to White House for signature; legislation punts deadlines on the two-tiered package to March 1 and March 8 (More)

SOURCE:  1440 News

Somewhat Political

 

Fear of TRUMP

 The Democrats and their Liberal Media conspirators are AFRAID OF DONALD TRUMP, so much so that not only do they HATE HIM, but they will do anything they can to STOP HIM even it if means violating their own integrity and ethics.

MSNBC failed to broadcast Trump's victory speech in IOWA because he LIES...

OMG and WTF...  how many politicians that you know TELL THE TRUTH.  Most all politicians LIE, or MISLEAD or WITHHOLD THE TRUTH.

Now, all of sudden, MSNBC want to censor becaue of lies...

NINETY ONE FELONY CHARGES have been leveled against Donald Trump in the hopes that it will change people's opinion about voting for him in 2024.

HOWEVER, the stupid Dems and Liberal Media did not count on the felony charges PISSING PEOPLE OFF because of the DOUBLE STANDARDS of our judicial system.

I didn't want to vote for Donald Trump in 2024 but if he is the GOP nominee then by golly damn that is exactly what I am going to do because of the DEMS and the LIBERAL MEDIA.

What is going on in the US of A is exactly what I would have expected to have happened in CUBA, RUSSIA, CHINA, IRAN, and NORTH KOREA just to name a few places that are either communist countries or dictatorship.

The United States of America is not supposed to be like them...  WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE BETTER.

Elephants

 

Searching for the Universe's Missing Pieces

Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider are probing new particles beyond the Standard Model of Particle Physics, aiming to unravel its limitations and foster advancements in technology.

It seemed like the Standard Model of Particle Physics was complete with the discovery of the Higgs boson particle in 2012. The Standard Model is physicists’ current best explanation of the major building blocks of the universe and three out of four of the major forces. 

But there are still a number of mysteries that the Standard Model simply can’t explain. These include dark matter and dark energy. Physicists supported by the Department of Energy (DOE) are trying to figure out if there are particles and forces beyond those in the Standard Model, and if so, what they are.   READ MORE...

The Yardbirds

 

Bob Ross Painting

 

Hertz Selling 2,000 EVs Replacing Them with Gas Cars

Hertz is selling off a third of its electric vehicle fleet, which is predominantly made up of Teslas, and will buy gas cars with some of the money it makes from the sales. The company cited lower demand for EVs and higher-than-expected repair costs as reasons for the decision.

The sell-off began last month and will continue through 2024. As some electric vehicle-focused blogs have noted, they’re being sold at steep discounts. The company said in a Thursday morning filing that it is recognizing “approximately $245 million of incremental net depreciation expense related to the sale,” which is a dry way of saying it’s taking a bath on the decision. Hertz told shareholders that it believes it will be able to make up that loss in the coming years.      READ MORE...

Somewhat Political

 

Do We Want Trump as President in 2024?

 Let's just suppose that Donald Trump is found non-guilty on all his felony charges and/or the Supreme Court overturns any and all convictions he receives...

NOW...  is Donald Trump really the person we want/need as our next President?

I ask this question because of several concerns:

1. He can only serve one more term
2. He will have a lame duck presidency because of #1
3. He may be vindictive to those who tried to prosecute him
4. He will continue to divide the country because of the hatred people have for him
5. He will have no reason to think long term

Many people believe and perceive that Donald Trump will:

1. End the war on fossil fuels
2. End illegal immigration and remove those illegals that are already here
3. Stand up to Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea
4. Improve our economy as he did before
5. Rebuild our military

While all of this MIGHT HAPPEN, there is also a possibility that it MIGHT NOT HAPPEN, and if it doesn't the USA will fall deeper into CHAOS.  However, the only way to know that for sure, if to re-elect Donald Trump and hope that we don't regret that decision.

ALTHOUGH, there is another solution.  We could BYPASS Trump and elected one of the nominees that has a possibility of being in the WH for EIGHT YEARS...  During those eight years there are all kinds of things that could be accomplished providing the House and Senate support the new president.  If they don't, nothing will get any better.

The American people do not need Trump to lower corporate taxes like he did before - anybody can put that action into place...  all they have to do is do what Trump did and the rest will take care of itself.

As far as standing up to our enemies...  well, our enemies feared Trump because he was unpredictable.  And, that quality is not a long lasting one.  What our enemies understand is FORCE.  

For instance, if you slap me in the face, I will slap you in the face harder.  It takes a bully to beat a bully.  Being nice to a bully gives the bully the impression that you are weak.

While the legal troubles that Trump has are TOTALLY POLITICAL and it is horrible that there are two tiers of justice in the USA, what we need to think about is not so much REVENGE or what we need to do TODAY but what do we need to do for our FUTURE...

Then decided which presidential candidate is the best person to get us there.

Skateboard Turtle

 

First Prehistoric Person

Using a new technique that makes it easier to precisely measure the number of chromosomes in ancient DNA, researchers have identified the earliest known cases of two genetic disorders.

Ancient DNA can provide us with useful insights into our ancestors, but unfortunately, samples can degrade or become contaminated over time, making it more difficult to analyze. One of the problem areas is in detecting differences in the number of chromosomes, such as extra or missing copies – this is known as aneuploidy.

To combat this, the research team developed a new computational method to detect more variation when counting the number of chromosomes, particularly the X and Y (also known as the sex chromosomes) in a human genome. Most human cells have 23 pairs of chromosomes, including the sex chromosomes. Females usually have two Xs (XX), whilst males have an X and a Y (XY).     READ MORE...

Making McD's Fries

 

Yemen Speaks Out

 

Gene Krupa - King of Swing

For a young John Bonham, in thrall to The Benny Goodman Story, an influential 1956 biopic in which jazz drum legend Gene Krupa starred, the king of swing was "a god". Fellow drum legend Buddy Rich said simply, "This is my man. This is the President." And this is his story...

Carnegie Hall, New York City, 16 January 1938. An eager audience is keyed up with excitement, awaiting the first jazz concert at this prestigious classical music venue.

The Benny Goodman Band launch into their opening number, ‘Don’t Be That Way’. The drummer pushes the beat with urgent press rolls, but the band are edgy, afraid of cutting loose.

Then comes a split-second drum break, a dazzling blitzkrieg of cymbal and snare drum violence, hotly pursued by a battering offbeat. The audience immediately goes wild. Even the musicians yell encouragement. Gene Krupa has broken the ice and worked his percussive magic. Swing is here!   READ MORE...

Somewhat Political

 

Help Me to Understand This

 Most of the felony charges, perhaps all, against Donald Trump are BOGUS from the standpoint that if it were any other American, none of these charges would have been brought...

Joe Biden has allowed 12 million illegal immigrants to come into this country even though his administration CLAIMS the border is closed...  WTF?

Joe Biden is PUSHING EVs even though there are not enough charging stations to support them and even though only the financially well off and wealthy can afford them...

Joe Biden is supporting Israel's right to self-defense and independence but does not support TAIWANS right to be free of CHINA...

Joe Biden is supporting CHINA's ownership of American lands even though some of those lands are close to our military bases...

Joe Biden, his administration, and liberal Democrats have WEAPONIZED the DOJ and FBI to go after those who oppose them...

Joe Biden wholeheartedly supports WOKISM and CRT Training in our public schools that teaches all whites are racists and white supremacists...

Joe Biden and his fellow liberal Democrats want to SUPPRESS and/or CENSOR the conservative voice and anyone who opposes their points of view...

Joe Biden's corruption began when he was a Senator and visited China and was responsible for getting China into the WTO...

WHY DO WE WANT OR NEED SOMEONE LIKE THIS AS OUR PRESIDENT???

Fat Cat

 

A Dark Primordial Galaxy

Hydrogen gas in the primordial galaxy J0613+52 with red indicating regions turning away from Earth and blue showing regions turning toward us (Image credit: STScI POSS-II with additional illustration by NSF/GBO/P.Vosteen.)



Astronomers have accidentally discovered a dark galaxy filled with primordial gas untouched that appears to have no visible stars.


The researchers behind the discovery say this galaxy, designated J0613+52, could be "the faintest galaxy found to date." Interestingly, scientists using the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) discovered the "dark" galaxy through a complete error.

"The GBT was accidentally pointed to the wrong coordinates and found this object. It's a galaxy made only out of gas — it has no visible stars," Green Bank Observatory senior scientist Karen O'Neil said in a statement. "Stars could be there. We just can't see them."  READ MORE..

New January 6 Footage

 

Off the Grid

 

IOWA

 

Robots Do Housework

As someone who quite enjoys the Zen of tidying up, I was only too happy to grab a dustpan and brush and sweep up some beans spilled on a tabletop while visiting the Toyota Research Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts last year. The chore was more challenging than usual because I had to do it using a teleoperated pair of robotic arms with two-fingered pincers for hands.


As I sat before the table, using a pair of controllers like bike handles with extra buttons and levers, I could feel the sensation of grabbing solid items, and also sense their heft as I lifted them, but it still took some getting used to.


After several minutes tidying, I continued my tour of the lab and forgot about my brief stint as a teacher of robots. A few days later, Toyota sent me a video of the robot I’d operated sweeping up a similar mess on its own, using what it had learned from my demonstrations combined with a few more demos and several more hours of practice sweeping inside a simulated world.  READ MORE...