Tuesday, October 15
In The NEWS
Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> New York Liberty defeats Minnesota Lynx 80-66 to even up WNBA Finals series 1-1 (More) | Kenya's Ruth Chepngetich becomes first woman to run marathon in under 2 hours and 10 minutes, winning 2024 Chicago Marathon (More)
> Kanye West accused of drugging and sexually assaulting ex-assistant as part of a wrongful termination lawsuit (More)
> Army and Navy both ranked in college football AP Top 25 poll for first time since 1960 (More) | MLB League Championship Series is underway; see preview of National and American League matchups (More)
Science & Technology
> Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences to be awarded this morning at 5:45 am ET; see selection here (More) | See previous write-up on Friday's Peace Prize, awarded to anti-nuclear weapon advocates (More)
> Scientists observe "real-time" evolution in generations of marine snails over three decades; organisms were introduced to a handful of Swedish islands in 1992 following a devastating algae bloom (More) | What is convergent evolution? (More)
> DNA analysis of hair found in teeth of the Tsavo man-eating lions reveals prey included giraffe, human, oryx, waterbuck, wildebeest, and zebra; the two lions infamously killed at least 35 construction workers in Kenya in the late 1800s (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close higher Friday (S&P 500 +0.6%, Dow +1.0%, Nasdaq +0.3%) amid third-quarter earnings season (More)
> Boeing lays off 17,000 employees—10% of its workforce—amid ongoing production workers' strike; company will also delay development of 777X aircraft, halt production on future 767 orders (More)
> Jeep and Chrysler parent company, Stellantis, announces CEO will retire in early 2026 at the end of his contract amid broader management shake-up; announcement comes amid stagnating US sales, with shares down around 40% this year (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> President Joe Biden announces $612M in federal assistance to regions affected by Hurricanes Milton and Helene; funding—via six Department of Energy projects—includes efforts to build electric grid resilience (More)
> Sudan's army conducts airstrikes on a market in southern Khartoum, killing at least 23 people and wounding over 40 others (More) | See previous write-up (More)
> Lithuania's center-left Social Democrats lead in yesterday's parliamentary elections, will attempt to form coalition (More, free w/email)
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
Witchcraft and Faith
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The Bell Witch
This is a well-documented American ghost story about a family in Robertson County, Tennessee who were haunted by an invisible, shapeshifting entity from 1817 to 1821. The Bell Witch was said to be able to speak, affect the environment, and move with superhuman speed. The Bell Witch Cave and the Bell Family Farm are located near Adams, Tennessee, and are considered to be one of the most haunted places in the United States.
Now...
do you believe in witches or witchcraft?
Witchcraft is the practice of using magic or supernatural powers to harm others, or to communicate with demons or evil spirits. It can also refer to a religion or tradition that involves these practices.I find it interesting that witchcraft can be seen as a religion... because when one thinks of religion one thinks of Christianity or Islam or Buddhism. And what is interesting about Christianity is that there are six main groups:
The Church of the East
Oriental Orthodoxy
Eastern Orthodoxy
Roman Catholicism
Protestantism
Restoration
Oriental Orthodoxy
Eastern Orthodoxy
Roman Catholicism
Protestantism
Restoration
But we don't stop there.
Protestantism is broken down into the following groups
In short there are TWENTY-FOUR (24) different variations of Protestant Christianity.
I was raised a United Methodist which is different from a regular Methodist but not counted in the above list... and, when I moved from NC to TN, I came into contact with the BAPTISTS and SOUTHERN BAPTISTS (also not in the list above) and their main doctrine is if you are not a Baptist then you are practicing FALSE CHRISTIANITY...
Southern Baptists do not believe in WITCHCRAFT or WITCHES and have ordered their congregations not to watch HARRY POTTER, at least the church I attended did.
HOWEVER...
witchcraft is part of our heritage and was quite a big deal in SALEM.
But my question is this:
HOW OPEN ARE YOUR BELIEFS???
Our Universe's Beginning
One of the biggest and also the toughest questions in modern astronomy is the origins of the universe. How did it come into existence? How did it evolve into what we know today? Though there’s still a lot that scientists don’t know, they do have a general idea of how energy, matter, stars, and galaxies were formed.
In the first half of the 20th century, physicists and astronomers fiercely debated the idea that there was no true “beginning” to the universe — that it had always existed. While this assumption hasn’t been definitively disproven, it has since become more of a fringe theory.
Instead, science presents a completely different picture of the universe’s birth and early evolution, and we’re eager to explore it with you. READ MORE...
Monday, October 14
The Day is Upon Us
The title of this posting is a phrase spoken in the Lord of the Rings and in a commercial by some motel chain. It is a phrase that I am sure was used often back when we had KIGHTS OF THE RHELM... and everyone lived in a KEEP.
However, it is doubtful that William Shakespeare used that phrase in any of his plays.
At sunrise the day begins (the presence of light) and at sunset the day ends (the absence of light). Light therefore denotes the day.... when it starts and when it ends.
So, if the day is upon us, then one can rightfully assume that it is past sunrise but before sunset... also implied is that the appearance of the day is closer to sunrise than to sunset.
What if the "DAY" is symbolic for something else... something bigger... like LIFE ITSELF?
OUR LIFE IS UPON US...
We currently live, for the most part, but NOT ON AVERAGE, to between 80 and 100 years old. Some live more than 100 but not that much more and some die early because of accidents or health... all of which is inside the hand of cards we have been dealt.
One could ask, is our life random or has it been planned?
There was a 50/50 chance of being:
- male/female
- tall/short
- smart/stupid
- talented/no talent
- pretty/ugly
so forth and so on...
Our life is upon us means what to us?
Hard to say because it is going to mean something different at 8 years old, 13 years old, 18 years old, 21 years old, 25 years old, 40 years old... etc.
Could we say that CARPE DIEM is similar or the same as OUR LIFE IS UPON US or THE DAY IS UPON US?
Each individual must answer these questions by themselves, but it is obvious that the phrase have been internalized differently by:
- Michael Jordan
- Bill Clinton
- Oprah Winfrey
- Mickey Mantel
- Denzel Washington
- Sam Walton
- Elon Musk
HOWEVER...
obviously, my examples pertain to those who have been financially very successful... but there are only 20% (AT MOST) of the general population that are going to be successful. What about the others?
What does THE DAY IS UPON US mean to YOU?
How do YOU define SUCCESS?
I would think based upon what I see around me that OUR SOCIETY here in the USA defines success from a FINANCIAL perspective.
Any person that has HALF A BRAIN soon learns that NO MANY OF US will ever be financially successful without some form of TALENT or SKILL that others do not really possess.
THAT REALIZATION for many of us is also DEPRESSING... to say the least... as well as frustrating...
Is your day upon you? Is your life upon you?
Our Electoral College
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How did we get the Electoral College?
The Founding Fathers established the Electoral College in the Constitution, in part, as a compromise between the election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens. However, the term “electoral college” does not appear in the Constitution. Article II of the Constitution and the 12th Amendment refer to “electors,” but not to the “electoral college.”
Since the Electoral College process is part of the original design of the U.S. Constitution it would be necessary to pass a Constitutional amendment to change this system.
So...
when the general public votes for a Presidential candidate, the electoral college vote for that President is the only VOTE THAT COUNTS...
Why did our Founding Fathers do this?
Nobody is 100% sure why but there is a good bet that our Founding Fathers did not trust the general public.
WHY?
Quite possibly because the general public was uneducated and could be easily influenced by corrupt politicians.
It is entirely possible for a President to be elected by the ELECTORAL COLLEGE that DID NOT WIN the Popular Vote from the general public.
The Democrats want to eliminate the ELECTORAL COLLEGE because they believe that they can control the general public vote.
Most Americans do not know about and if they did know about the electoral college, do not understand how it works, and yet, the classes they should have taken in high school, would have explained all this to them.
Either, the general public did not pay attention in high school, or they were selective with their learning. If this is the case, then it would appear that our Founding Fathers had a pretty good insight into the lack of knowledge by the general public.
A Spacecraft that Twists Space
The concept of faster-than-light travel has existed and is common in the realm of science fiction for decades now. However, the idea of wrap drives interstellar journeys has captured the imagination of many, especially in the series called Star Trek. Which of these ideas and concepts were more than just fiction and imagination? It seems like the new development of science theory is slowly becoming a subject of interest.
Twisting space to travel faster than light is the idea behind the warp drive
Science fiction is often associated with warp drives, which have the potential to accelerate spacecraft faster than the speed of light. The prospect of twisting or bending space-time to enable faster-than-light travel without violating the fundamental principles of physics lies at the heart of the warp drive concept. A warp drive would presumably compress space in front of the vehicle and expand it behind, producing a kind of bubble.
This bubble would enable the ship to travel great distances swiftly rather than speeding it to the speed of light. The space surrounding the spacecraft would move, enabling it to travel farther than the speed of light, rather than the spacecraft itself moving through space at an impossibly rapid rate. Miguel Alcubierre, a physicist laid this foundation in 1994 and spoke about the mathematical model for a warp drive. READ MORE...
Sunday, October 13
Believe and Serve
I was raised by my parents who took me to Sunday School and Church every Sunday (including inclement weather conditions) except when we were on vacation, until I graduated from high school and left home for college.
Needless to say, I heard all the religious stories, parables, and lessons multiple times throughout the years I was forced to attend.
When in college, there was a requirement that we take SIX HOURS of Religion courses in order to graduate and sometime between the ages of 50-60, I read the Bible, cover to cover (slowly) and took notes that were later saved to a CD.
I am not a religious scholar, but I am familiar with religion and its teachings.
My research into THEORETICAL PHYSICS, COSMOTOLOGY, ANCIENT ALIENS, COMPARATIVE RELIGIONS, GLOBAL MYTHOLOGIES, and QUANTUM MECHANICS have led me to believe that I should not believe everything written in the Bible.
In fact, while I question religion, I do believe in a creator, oddly enough. My creator might be this God/Jesus talked about in the Bible and while a virgin birth is possible, the birth was that of NOT A HUMAN BEING, but an EXTRATERRESTRIAL, who later, it was claimed, spoke the following words:
MY KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD...
In all the hours sitting through sermons in Church, all ministers, pastors, and priests always led the congregation to believe that this statement MEANT HEAVEN.
My thinking is that it meant the UNIVERSE, or perhaps another:
- planet
- galaxy
- dimension
When God appeared as a BURNING BUSH or a THUNDERSTORM CLOUD in the Bible, no one ever considered the possibility of a multi-dimensional entity entering a three-dimensional world and what that might look like.
While THE MATRIX was a well-produced film and the writer developed a very clever concept, I am not convinced that we are currently living in a matrix. However, we are living in a WORLD, inside a SOLAR SYSTEM, inside a GALAXY, inside a UNIVERSE that we really DO NOT UNDERSTAND. Nor can be adequately explain its origins or its creation.
It is this understanding that leads me to believe that there is a CREATOR or some sort.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with the TEN COMMANDMENTS. They are ten items that we all should live by if we are to co-exist here on earth. That will never be in dispute. Following them will always be disputed.
We are told to believe and serve because we were given life and will be given eternal life if we continue to believe and serve. However, in order to believe and serve, we must GIVE UP OUR FREE WILL...
What kind of tradeoff is that?
After death, we are only a SPIRIT... an ESSENCE if you will... like a PUFF OF SMOKE.
What kind of eternal life will a spirit have?
Was the body of Jesus WHOLE and SOLID once he resurrected?
In The NEWS
Hurricane Milton death toll rises to 16, with 2 million still without power.
President Joe Biden is expected to travel to Florida tomorrow to visit areas affected by Hurricane Milton. Federal personnel on the ground have so far assisted with over 4,000 rescues and delivered roughly 2.8 million meals to people. Towns in northeast Florida remain under a coastal flood advisory, while schools in 19 districts across the state reopened Friday.
Over 70,000 new RNA viruses discovered thanks to AI model.
Researchers found 70,500 previously unknown RNA viruses using an AI model that combines machine learning with protein structure prediction to identify viral sequences in genomic data. The breakthrough not only reveals an array of unique viruses, including some found in extreme environments, but also sheds light on AI's potential in exploring the "dark matter" of the RNA virus universe. The findings could also aid in understanding disease origins and microbial evolution. See an overview of RNA here.
One person dead, 23 rescued after elevator mishap at Colorado mine.
The group of people was trapped 1,000 feet underground for about six hours after an elevator malfunctioned at the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek, about 50 miles west of Colorado Springs. The 1890s gold mine has been inactive since 1961 and has since been a tourist attraction. Four were injured, while the person who died was a tour guide. Read about the history of the gold mine here.
Canada to fully cover costs of contraception and diabetes drugs.
Under legislation passed by Canada's parliament, the government will cover the costs of contraception and diabetes medications for citizens without drug plan coverage and out-of-pocket expenses for those with coverage. The initiative is part of a broader plan to develop a publicly funded national pharmacare program. Roughly 9 million Canadian women and 3.7 million Canadians living with diabetes are estimated to receive help.
Comet last seen in Stone Age to make closest flyby to Earth today.
The Oort Cloud comet was discovered last year and is believed to orbit the sun roughly every 80,000 years. It is set to make a close approach to Earth today, flying by about 44 million miles away. The comet is about 2 miles wide; its trail of dust and gases is expected to be visible to the naked eye, according to NASA. Learn more about comets here.
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
All EYES on Trump
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Ever since 2016 when the unexpected happened and Trump was elected by the Electoral College to become our President, the DEMOCRATS have gone BALLISTIC...
During the FOUR YEARs of his administration, the Democrats did everything in their power to get him REMOVED FROM OFFICE.
During the next four years of the Biden administration, the Democrats have tried everything in their power to have him convicted as a felon and thrown into PRISON.
WHY?
- Is Trump a TRAITOR to the USA
- Is Trump in the pockets of China and Russia
- Is Trump going to END DEMOCRACY
- Is Trump just a POLITICAL LIAR
- Is Trump too wealthy to be President
- Is Trump going to destroy the middle class
- Is Trump going to destroy our economy
- Is Trump going to become a DICTATOR
- Is Trump just another Hitler
If Donald Trump wanted to do any of these things mentioned above, don't you think he would have tried to do it during his first term in office, not his second?
None of these things happened during his first term in office, so why do the DEMOCRATS think these things will happen during his second term in office?
I understand that Trump is a conservative Republican but is that enough justification to FEAR THIS MAN?
SO...
my opinion is that something else is going on that interferes with the Democrat's plans. These new plans are so intense that they have to hide their true intentions by destroying Trump. They just don't want to STOP TRUMP; the Democrats want to DESTROY TRUMP like HAMAS wants to DESTROY THE JEWS.
When you have this kind of intensity in your thoughts, behaviors, words, and actions then there is something else that is going on that is more than likely more SINISTER.
Increasing Longevity
A study found that phytoene, a carotenoid, extends the lifespan of Caenorhabditis elegans and reduces Alzheimer’s-related plaque effects. Researchers are exploring its broader potential in disease prevention.
Researchers from the Color and Food Quality group at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Seville, in partnership with Dr. Marina Ezcurra’s team at the University of Kent (UK), have demonstrated that the carotenoid phytoene extends the lifespan of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.
Additionally, it delays the onset of paralysis linked to amyloid plaque formation in an Alzheimer’s disease model. Specifically, increases in longevity of between 10 and 18.6% and decreases in the proteotoxic effect of plaques of between 30 and 40% were observed.
The studies, which form part of Ángeles Morón Ortiz’s doctoral thesis, tested pure phytoene and extracts rich in this carotenoid obtained from microalgae. READ MORE...
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