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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games Day 1 to feature most-ever women's finals on a single day, including women's track and field 100-meter and triathlon (More) | View full schedule (More)

> NBA announces changes to 2026 NBA All-Star Game featuring two teams of US players and one team of international players (More) | Paul Skenes wins MLB Cy Young Award for best pitcher; Most Valuable Player announced tonight (More)

> Actor James Van Der Beek, 48, to auction "Dawson's Creek" memorabilia to help pay for his Stage 3 colorectal cancer treatments (More) | Singer Adele to make acting debut in movie by fashion mogul and filmmaker Tom Ford (More)


Science & Technology
> Intense solar storms foil second launch attempt of Blue Origin rocket carrying twin Mars orbiters for NASA; first attempt Sunday called off due to Earth weather (More)

> Neuroscientists change neural connections in brains of mice with Down syndrome; breakthrough could yield new treatments for neurodevelopmental disorders (More)

> Researchers discover Epstein-Barr virus can infect white blood cells and trigger lupus; finding could lead to better treatments for autoimmune disease (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 +0.1%, Dow +0.7%, Nasdaq -0.3%); Dow closes at record high for second consecutive day (More) | October jobs and inflation reports unlikely to be released due to shutdown, White House says (More)

> Anthropic to spend $50B on US AI infrastructure, beginning with custom data centers in Texas and New York (More)

> Kim Kardashian's shapewear brand Skims valued at $5B after securing $225M in funding round led by Goldman Sachs (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Colombian military kills at least 19 people in rebel group accused of trafficking drugs; airstrikes come amid US military's ongoing campaign against narcotrafficking boats in the Caribbean (More)

> Ukrainian investigators raid home of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's former business partner, other top aides as part of $100M corruption investigation (More)

> Italian public prosecutor opens investigation into allegations Italian citizens paid large amounts to travel to Bosnia-Herzegovina and shoot at civilians (More)

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My Stupid Idea

Once in a while, I wonder if the madness in America will cease to exist...  that is to say, will the liberals in the Democratic Party stop being liberal.

What a horrendously STUPID idea, I yell at myself!!!

My thoughts want to remind me that all this misery they are causing is because of TRUMP, but any sane person knows that TRUMP is simply the scapegoat of their ANGER.

Why are the Democrats angry?

Because they cannot stand that the wealthy are wealthy and refuse to share all their wealth with others.

Ironically, it is the wealthy Democrats that are financing their anger.

The United States has the greatest economy in the world, and it is because of CAPITALISM...

Capitalism does create the ONE PERCENT or the very wealthy.

BUT...

if you look at SOCIALISM and COMMUNISM, they have super wealthy people as well which is a result of certain aspects of their economy.

Socialism takes money away from the wealthy and redistributes to everyone else, resulting in everyone being lower middle class to middle class...

CONSEQUENTLY,

no new businesses are started unless the government decides they want to start one, taking money away from the people in order to do that since there are no private companies to tax.

If that happened to the USA, in less than five to ten years, America would drop from being the best country in the world to being the third or fourth best country in the world, behind China, Russia, and quite possible the United Kingdom.

DO YOU WANT TO GIVE THE DEMOCRATS THAT POWER AND SEE IF I AM WRONG???

Somewhat Political

 

Scientists discover the nutrient that supercharges cellular energy

Leucine, an essential amino acid found in foods like meat and legumes, has been discovered to directly enhance mitochondrial energy production by preventing the breakdown of key mitochondrial proteins. Credit: Shutterstock

Mitochondria are tiny structures inside cells that generate the energy required for the body to move, grow, and maintain health. Because energy needs change continuously, mitochondria must constantly fine-tune their activity to keep up. This adaptability depends in part on the nutrients available to the cell. Yet until recently, scientists did not fully understand how nutrients influence this process of energy adjustment.


A research group led by Professor Dr. Thorsten Hoppe at the University of Cologne's Institute for Genetics and the CECAD Cluster of Excellence on Aging Research has now identified a new biological pathway showing how the amino acid leucine strengthens mitochondrial performance.

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Simon & Garfunkel - America / Homeward Bound - 11/6/1993 - Shoreline Amp...

In Lieu of...

 

VINCE

 

Lara Trump

 

Safe Sleep

 

Amber May Show

 

Russell Brand

 

Shannon Joy Show

 

Glory

 

Sarah Westall

 

Dinesh D'Souza

 

Diamond & Silk

 

Wooden Walkway

 

Alex Jones Show

 

The White House

 

TimcastIRL

 

Wanting to CARE

 

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Trump and Epstein at Mar-a-Lago in 2000. 

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Jeffrey Epstein said Trump “knew about the girls” in an email. The late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein suggested in emails released publicly by House Democrats yesterday that he believed President Trump was aware of his misbehavior. In an email from 2011, Epstein said one victim had “spent hours at my house with” Trump—though Republicans later identified that victim as Virginia Giuffre, who has said Trump was not involved in wrongdoing. In another from 2019, he said that Trump “knew about the girls as he asked ghislaine to stop,” seemingly referencing Ghislaine Maxwell’s recruitment of girls from Mar-a-Lago. Later in the day, Republicans released 23,000 pages of documents related to Epstein. And there could be more information made public: House Speaker Mike Johnson said there would be a vote next week on forcing the DOJ to release all its files, after he swore in a new Democratic rep who provided the final signature necessary to force such a vote.

Waymo hops on the freeway. Yesterday, Waymo became the first robotaxi provider to offer rides on US highways, making it more competitive with traditional taxis—at least for customers who don’t enjoy chatting with their driver. Customers who want to see a self-driving car vroom faster can now opt in for ride routes that include freeways in San Francisco, Phoenix, and Los Angeles, the company said. This could reduce ride times by as much as 50%, per Waymo. It plans to roll the feature out to other areas in the future.

Toyota opens US battery plant. The Japanese automaker declared its $14 billion North Carolina battery-making facility open yesterday, pledging an additional $10 billion investment in US manufacturing over the next five years as it hits the gas on its strategy to sell hybrid cars. While competitors shifted their focus to full EVs, Toyota bet on hybrids, a move that has proven lucrative as hybrid use ticks up and EV interest wanes. The new factory is Toyota’s 11th US manufacturing facility, but its first battery production site outside Japan. The plant will let it step up hybrid production, supplying hybrids and EVs with batteries while saving on shipping and tariff costs.—AR

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The Big Think

The next great leap in evolution may lie beyond Earth

Brookings Brief

What will COP30 mean for climate action?

 

I’ll be making this Black Lentil Soup all winter!

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In The NEWS

Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> MLB reaches agreement with sportsbooks to cap bets on individual pitches at $200; news follows indictments of pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz (More) | Cristiano Ronaldo confirms 2026 World Cup will be his final tournament with Portugal (More)

> Sally Kirkland, Oscar-nominated actress best known for "Anna," dies at age 84 (More) | Four-time NBA All-Star Michael Ray Richardson, banned from league for drug use, dies at age 70 (More) | Jimmy Kimmel's bandleader Cleto Escobedo III dies at age 59 (More)

> "KPop Demon Hunters" ruled ineligible for British Academy Film Awards, or BAFTA Awards (More) | Pope Leo to host special Vatican audience Saturday with artists from across the film and TV industry (More)


Science & Technology
> Meta's chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun, to depart company and launch his own AI startup; LeCun won the 2018 Turing Award, leaves amid Meta's push toward superintelligence (More) | What is superintelligence? (1440 Topics, w/video)

> Doctors demonstrate first remote, robot-assisted thrombectomy; a specialist in Scotland successfully removed a brain clot from a cadaver in Florida using a remotely guided robot (More)

> Use of GLP-1 weight loss drugs cuts risk of death in colon cancer patients by more than half over five years; drug may help reduce inflammation and other mechanisms that promote tumor growth (More) | The best resources we've found on semaglutides (1440 Topics)

Business & Markets
> US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 +0.2%, Dow +1.2%, Nasdaq -0.3%); Dow closes at record high as CoreWeave (-16.3%) pulls down Nasdaq (More)

> SoftBank sells entire stake in Nvidia for $5.83B and part of its stake in T-Mobile for $9.17B; sales of shares reportedly will be used to help fund the Japanese firm's expected $30B investment in OpenAI (More)

> Sonder to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy after Marriott International terminates licensing agreement with the short-term rentals and boutique hotel operator (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> US Navy's largest and most advanced aircraft carrier—the USS Gerald R. Ford—arrives in Caribbean amid tensions with Venezuela (More)

> Kansas county agrees to pay more than $3M over 2023 law enforcement raid on small-town weekly newspaper (More) | See previous write-up (More)

> At least 12 people killed, 27 wounded in Pakistan after suicide bombing attack outside a district court in Islamabad (More) | At least 20 dead in Turkish military plane crash in Georgia after taking off from Azerbaijan (More)

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Our Failing Democracy

What I dislike most about the Democrats is their HYPOCRISY and the fact that they pretend that they don't understand they are that way...

They (the Democrats) can use the DOJ to attack Trump, but Trump cannot use the DOJ to attack those who attacked him...

What is good for the goose is good for the gander.

What goes around comes back around.

The Democrats will block Trump every step of the way during the pre-election days and during the four years of his presidency...BUT, 

when the Democrats have the Presidency and control the Congress, the Republicans better not do the SAME THING otherwise they will be labelled TRAITERS to Democracy.

The Democrats are no longer the Democrats of Kennedy...  They are Socialists Democrats who want to DESTROY DEMOCRACY and replace it with SOCIALISM that they will call the NEW DEMOCRACY.

Socialism is Socialism and Socialism and Democracy CANNOT EXIST TOGETHER...  You can have one or the other, but not both.

I fear that the DEMOCRATS when they regain power, will make WashDC and Puerto Rico states and will increase the size of the Supreme Court, and will use redistricting so that the REPUBLICANS never gain control again...

This type of government will never be called a DEMOCRACY, and the USA will never again be called the LAND OF THE FREE.

 

Somewhat Political

 

The Ultimate Cosmic Law and the Mysteries of Light Speed Limit

What if I told you that the speed of light is not just a number, but a cosmic rule that governs everything in our universe? Often represented by the symbol "c", it measures approximately 299,792 kilometers per second (186,282 miles per second) in a vacuum. This extraordinary constant influences the tiniest particles to the grandest galaxies. But how did we arrive at this understanding, and why can nothing exceed this speed limit? Join me as we explore the fascinating journey of light speed, its implications, and the ongoing mysteries it presents.

The Historical Journey of Light Speed
The quest to understand how fast light travels has intrigued humankind for centuries. Ancient Greek philosophers like Empedocles and Plato speculated on the nature of light, but serious scientific investigation only began in the 17th century.

Danish astronomer Ole Rømer made a groundbreaking discovery in 1676 while observing Jupiter's moon Io. He noticed that the time between Io's eclipses varied with Earth’s distance from Jupiter, leading him to estimate that light takes about 22 minutes to cross a distance equal to the diameter of Earth's orbit. Though his figure of about 220,000 kilometers per second was not exact, it confirmed that light has a finite speed.

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