Wednesday, June 4
Robert Reich
Friends,
Trump’s personal money-making schemes haven’t elicited the outrage that would once have generated huge political blowback, televised hearings, official investigations, and damage control.
Does the dearth (if not death) of outrage illustrate how far Trump has moved the norms of acceptable presidential behavior?
Or is outrage still there, but the American public has no means of calling him out because Trump has dismantled the system of accountability?
I’d appreciate your view about this, along with your sense of the most significant way Trump has dismantled the system of accountability.
Here’s my list of his dismantling:
At A Glance
How Scottsdale, Arizona, became the fastest-growing millionaire hub.
These 10 pennies could be worth a small fortune one day.
Ranking the states with the highest earners.
How a Japanese woman is reviving the cuisine of "the island of longevity."
What psychics can teach us about treating auditory hallucinations.
Meet a national park's five newest sled puppies. (w/livestream)
Why being "Type C" is one of the latest parenting trends.
Ultramarathoner breastfeeds while running—and wins.
Clickbait: Enjoy some photos of #owlsintowels.
In The NEWS
Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Novak Djokovic reaches French Open quarterfinals for a record-breaking 19th time (More) | ... and American Coco Gauff reaches French Open quarters for fifth consecutive year (More)
> Comedian Marc Maron's pioneering podcast "WTF" to end this fall after 16 years and nearly 2,000 episodes (More)
> Harvey Weinstein won't testify at his retrial on rape and sexual assault charges as closing arguments begin today (More) | John Brenkus, longtime host of Emmy-winning show "Sport Science," dies at age 54 after battle with depression (More)
Science & Technology
> Brain implant startup Paradromics completes its first human demonstration, inserting and removing the device into an epileptic patient; company is viewed as a potential competitor to Neuralink (More) | Neuralink raises $650M, investment round includes Founders Fund and Sequoia Capital (More)
> New simulation suggests the Milky Way has only a 50% chance of eventually colliding with the Andromeda Galaxy in roughly 10 billion years, potentially prevented by the pull of the Large Magellanic Cloud (More)
> Undergraduate student discovers fungus that produces compounds with effects similar to synthetic LSD (More) | LSD explained (1440 Topics)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +0.4%, Dow +0.1%, Nasdaq +0.7%); steel stocks, including Cleveland-Cliffs (+23%) and Steel Dynamics (+10%), rally after President Donald Trump announces doubling of tariffs on steel imports (More)
> Google to spend $500M over next decade to overhaul its compliance systems to settle shareholder antitrust lawsuit (More) | French drugmaker Sanofi to buy US-based Blueprint Medicines for up to $9.5B to boost position in rare immunology diseases (More)
> Office demolitions and conversions this year exceed new construction for first time in 25 years, per new data (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> Russia and Ukraine meet for hourlong peace talks in Istanbul, agree to exchange more prisoners of war and return the bodies of 12,000 dead soldiers; no progress reached in proposed ceasefire (More)
> Italy's Mount Etna (Europe's tallest volcano) erupts, with the pyroclastic flow—made up of ash, rock, and gas—likely caused by the collapse of material from the side of a southeast crater (More, w/video)
> Populist-nationalist Karol Nawrocki wins Poland's presidential election, narrowly defeating pro-EU Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski; will take office Aug. 6 (More)
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
Success
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This is an elusive term because it means different things to different people; however, success is typically measured by:
- WEALTH
- POWER
- POSITION
For others, success is measured by:
- one's level of faith
- one's longevity
- one's family
- one's friends
- one's health
- one's giving back
If you subscribe to the latter form of measurement then the former form of measurement is somewhat, if not altogether MEANINGLESS.
I consider myself to be successful because I worked for 45+ years and pretty much did exactly what I wanted even though I never made a large annual salary.
My friends you could count on one hand but they were all loyal and lifelong
My accomplishments focused around making sure others had a good chance at being successful too.
At 77 years of age and before 2025 ends, I will be 78, I consider myself having led a successful life and have ended up with enough savings to pay my bills and very little else.
I am happy and have contentment and joy for the most part; joy comes and goes but I am motivated by having gratitude with the life I have been given.
For me, wealth, power, position are overrated concepts.
Earth's Core Holds a Vast Reservoir of Gold, And It's Leaking Toward The Surface
New evidence suggests molten heavy metals such as gold are leaking out of Earth's core.
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Earth's core is rich with gold, and it's leaking out through the mantle and into the crust, new research has found.
A new study of isotopes found in the volcanic rock that oozed out from deep under the lithosphere has revealed precious metals in Earth's crust, including gold, initially leaked out of the core before beginning the long, long journey up to the surface, borne on convecting magma.
"When the first results came in, we realized that we had literally struck gold!" says geochemist Nils Messling of Göttingen University in Germany. "Our data confirmed that material from the core, including gold and other precious metals, is leaking into the Earth's mantle above."
Although we can access gold in Earth's crust, the amount there is an estimated minuscule fraction of the total quantity that our planet possesses. Like a dragon, Earth is hoarding most of its gold: research suggests more than 99 percent is in its metallic core – enough to cover all of Earth's land in gold 50 centimeters (20 inches) thick.
Tuesday, June 3
Advice from Jeremiah
Americans are very, very good at both LYING and CHEATING.
Our parents started lying to us at an early age about Santa Clause, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, and why they were yelling at each other.
Our parents cheated on their taxes, took mementos from historic sites, ignore the speed limits, and tried to bribe our teachers for better grades.
When our national academic scores were down, instead of teachers teaching us how to learn, they taught us the test.
Students memorize for the grade instead of wanting to retain knowledge.
Wealthy parents make donations so the college will accept their average child.
Wealthy college graduates bring war chests of money to owners of businesses to circumvent paying their dues.
Athletes take performance enhancing drugs to give them an edge over the competition.
Politicians lie about what they are going to do once they get into office.
Owners of companies, CEOs, Plant Managers lie to employees about the future of the company or layoffs.
Married couples lie to each other and their children about having affairs.
Children lie to their parents about drinking alcohol, smoking, and taking drugs.
My advice is to stop doing this if you can...
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