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Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica as a Category 5. The historic storm barreled into Jamaica on Wednesday morning with wind speeds of 185 mph, making it the most powerful hurricane ever to hit the country. It flooded roads and bridges and led to widespread internet outages, among other damage to infrastructure. Officials said that many Jamaicans ignored evacuation orders, with less than half of the country’s 800 shelters occupied as of yesterday, the New York Times reported. Because of power outages and other issues caused by the storm, it may be difficult to immediately know the extent of the damage and loss of life. A UN agency described it as “the storm of the century.” It fell to a Category 3 storm before restrengthening to a Category 4 as it approached Cuba. The country planned to evacuate 500,000 people to safety as it prepared for an overnight landfall.

Gaza ceasefire breaks down as Netanyahu orders strikes on Hamas. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the military to conduct “powerful strikes” against Hamas in Gaza yesterday after an official accused Hamas of attacking Israeli soldiers. Hamas responded to the strikes by saying it would delay returning the body of a hostage. The Associated Press also reported that tank fire and explosions could be heard in various parts of Gaza. The developments put the US-brokered ceasefire in doubt a little more than two weeks since it began. The slow return of hostages’ bodies has prevented the ceasefire from moving on to addressing issues like Gaza’s future governance, the AP reported.

Apple joined the $4 trillion club. For a brief moment yesterday, Apple was not valued at a measly $3.99t, but rather an illustrious $4t. The tech giant crossed $4 trillion in market capitalization (before retreating a tad) thanks to better-than-expected iPhone 17 sales in the US and China. Apple becomes the third public company to reach the $4t mark, following Nvidia and Microsoft. Apple’s stock had lagged behind many of its Magnificent Seven peers this year as the company was relatively slow to push into AI, but it’s jumped by 25% over the past three months amid optimism around the new iPhone lineup.—AE

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Trump Just Announced His Police State
In yesterday’s address to U.S. troops






Friends,

He’s now saying it out loud — blurring the line between his so-called “war” on alleged foreign drug smugglers and his war on the “enemy within” the United States. Both now involve the deployment of the U.S. military. Neither requires proof of wrongdoing.

That was his message yesterday when Trump told American troops in Japan that he would send “more than the National Guard” into cities to enforce his crackdowns on crime and immigration:


“We have cities that are troubled, we can’t have cities that are troubled. And we’re sending in our National Guard, and if we need more than the National Guard, we’ll send more than the National Guard, because we’re going to have safe cities … . We’re not going to have people killed in our cities. And whether people like that or not, that’s what we’re doing.”

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At A Glance

Poll shows how Americans plan to spend Halloween.

... and why Halloween is getting less chocolatey.

... plus, immerse yourself in all things Halloween.

Why the US government is dropping billions of flies from the sky.

Newly discovered Dr. Seuss manuscript to be published.

The US' brief experiment with permanent daylight saving time.

Nordic countries don't have a word for "please."

Porta-potty may explain blue dogs in Chernobyl.

In partnership: Scientists say this might be the key to lasting weight loss.*

Clickbait: Lessons from a toilet camera.

Historybook: Sir Walter Raleigh is executed (1618); "Joy of Painting" host Bob Ross born (1942); Actress Winona Ryder born (1971); Actress Gabrielle Union born (1972); Astronaut John Glenn becomes the oldest NASA astronaut in space at age 77 (1998).

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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> LA Dodgers gain edge in World Series after beating Toronto Blue Jays in 18-inning Game 3, which ties for longest World Series game in MLB history by innings; Game 4 tonight at 8 pm ET (More) | Lululemon and NFL launch apparel collection for all 32 league teams (More)

> Sean "Diddy" Combs scheduled for release from federal prison May 8, 2028, though eligible for earlier release for good conduct (More)

> Producer Taylor Sheridan, known for "Yellowstone" and "Landman," to join NBCUniversal after Paramount deal ends in 2028 (More)


Science & Technology
> US chipmaker Qualcomm to enter AI semiconductor market, creating new competition for Nvidia and AMD; Qualcomm shares rise 11% on the news (More)

> Engineers replicate irregular patterns on animals by controlling how differently sized cells move through tissue; simulations could inform synthetic material design and targeted drug delivery (More)

> Researchers calculate human eye's resolution limit, at which further screen display improvements offer no noticeable benefits (More) | Free calculator helps consumers determine optimal TV specs (More)


Business & Markets
> Amazon reportedly set to announce largest corporate layoffs in company history, potentially impacting as many as 30,000 people, starting today; roughly 27,000 workers have been laid off since 2022 (More)

> US stock markets close up (S&P 500 +1.2%, Dow +0.7%, Nasdaq +1.9%), with all three indexes notching record highs over potential US-China trade truce (More)

> iRobot shares fall nearly 34% after the Roomba maker warns search for buyer has stalled after negotiations fell apart with last bidder (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Indiana and Virginia convene special legislative sessions to consider mid-decade redistricting efforts after Texas, Missouri, North Carolina, and California each take steps to redraw maps (More)

> Argentina's dollar bonds surge after President Javier Milei's conservative party secures over 40% of the vote in midterm elections Sunday; President Donald Trump credits his earlier pledge to support Argentina's currency if Milei's party won (More)

> President Donald Trump reveals he underwent an MRI following his annual physical exam in April (More)

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Winners/Losers

 

Everyone wants to WIN...

Technically, there can only be one winner, however depending upon who is involved there may be more.

In a ping pong game, there is only one winner, outside of those who have placed a gambling bet.

In an athletic competition, it is the winning team that includes those who played in the game and those on the team but who did not play.

In a political competition, there is one winner but whoever belongs to that party can also claim victory.

HOWEVER...

what amazes me is that when a political party wins, even if it wins by 51%, that party claims victory for 100% of the voters.

THIS IS A LIE...  or, at the very least, MISLEADING.

49% of the population LOST - they are the LOSERS.

WHY?

Because...

when the other side wins, they put their policies into place which the other side DOES NOT WANT.

For Example...

• Biden allowed illegal immigrants into the USA
• Biden raised taxes on ALL Americans
• Biden forced DEI practices on ALL Americans
• Biden DID NOT grow the economy
• Biden's policies created inflation/unemployment

I am not saying that Biden was either right or wrong...  This is what Biden caused!!!

Assuming he won by 51% or more of the vote, the rest of the US Citizens were forced to live with the consequences of his election.

Winning and Losing is NEVER JUST THAT SIMPLE...

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James Webb telescope finds that galaxies in the early universe were much more chaotic than we thought

When the James Webb Space Telescope examined young galaxies with its Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam), it uncovered the messy early stages 

of formation in these distant objects. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, B. Robertson (UC Santa Cruz), B. Johnson (CfA), S. Tacchella 

(Cambridge), P. Cargile (CfA))

Like cosmic toddlers, galaxies in the young universe were messy and had difficulty settling down, a new study shows.

Using the powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists peered at more than 250 galaxies in the early universe. The research team charted the movement of gas long ago, when the universe was growing up — between 800 million and 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang. (The cosmos is roughly 13.8 billion years old.)

Their findings, published Tuesday (Oct. 21) in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, show that galaxies were restless in their youth.     

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Wonderings 25

 Matter can be broken down into two categories:

• Mixtures
• Homogeneous
• Heterogeneous
• Pure Substances
• Compounds
• Elements
• Molecules
• Atoms
• Sub Atomic Particles
• Electron
• Proton
• Quarks
• Leptons
• Bosons
• Neutron
• Quarks
• Leptons
• Bosons
• STRINGS

STRINGS

Some physicists believe that Quarks, Leptons, and Bosons are not subatomic particles but are strings...  vibrating filaments of pure energy.  Because they move in a chaotic random pattern, their movements cannot be fixed, so theoretically they can be in two different locations at the same time.

It is also believed by some of these physicists that because of strings, we have more than just three dimensions (excluding time) and because of these extra dimensions there is also the possibility that we have multiple universes.

None of these theories and/or speculations have been proven.

Clearly...

the question is, if string theory is true, why do we have strings?

What is their purpose?

If their movements cannot be predicted, then what is the point of having them around except to insure that our concept of physics as fluid.

In other words, no fixed LAWS OF PHYSICS like:

MATTER CAN NEITHER BE CREATED NOR DESTROYED BUT IT CAN BE CHANGED FROM ONE FORM TO ANOTHER...

QUESTION:  If this law is true, at least so far, how was our universe created, if matter to make our universe cannot be created?

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Hurricane Melissa approaches Jamaica as a dangerous storm. The hurricane strengthened into a Category 5 storm yesterday, picking up strength as it traveled over unusually warm waters in the Caribbean Sea. It’s expected to make landfall in Jamaica this morning and to bring destructive flooding, storm surge, and winds. People were ordered to evacuate coastal areas yesterday in preparation for the slow-moving storm, which is likely to cause severe damage to the nation’s infrastructure. It’s expected to be the most powerful storm to hit Jamaica since it began keeping records in 1851, and the island’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness said, “I have been on my knees in prayer.”

Amazon plans mass corporate layoffs. The e-commerce giant will cut up to 30,000 corporate jobs across departments, Reuters reported yesterday. That would make the terminations, set to start today, the largest corporate layoff in the company’s history, per CNBC, trumping the 27,000 it let go in 2022. Amazon employs 1.5+ million people overall, but only about 350,000 on the corporate side. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has been looking to cut costs and simplify the company’s corporate organization, and he also predicted that AI would likely lead to a reduction in its corporate headcount.

NBA reviewing its policies after gambling arrests. The league told its teams yesterday that it had commenced a review of how it reports player injuries to the public, as well as prop bets and how it might use AI and other tools to identify gamblers with insider information. The review follows the arrest of Miami guard Terry Rozier and Portland coach Chauncey Billups, who were accused of participating in illegal gambling schemes. The league called it “an opportune time to carefully reassess how sports betting should be regulated and how sports leagues can best protect themselves, their players, and their fans.”—AR

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Is Elon Worth It?
Is he a net positive for humanity or a net negative?






Friends,

Tesla’s profit fell 37 percent in the third quarter. Yet Elon Musk is demanding a pay package of $1 trillion.

A trillion dollars is hard to envision. It’s a thousand billion. It’s a million million. It’s almost the entire GDP of Indonesia, a country of 284 million people. It’s the annual output of North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, Arkansas, Mississippi, and West Virginia put together. It’s close to Tesla’s entire current market value.

Elon is demanding $1 trillion even as the legal battle continues over his 2018 pay package, then valued at a relatively paltry $56 billion. (He’s now seeking a package that’s roughly 18 times the size of that contested plan.)

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At A Glance

How the average US worker has changed over 250 years.

The income needed to be in your state's top 5%.

Why some people are physically allergic to other humans. (w/video)

Scientists are puzzled by these green, glowing bats.

... and psychologists explore why horror stories soothe anxiety.

What's the difference between ghosts and demons?

Yes, hangovers really do get worse as we age.

... and no, there will not be raves at Rome's Colosseum.

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Clickbait: Dole finally created a piña colada pineapple.

Historybook: "Gulliver’s Travels" is first published (1726); Polio vaccine developer Jonas Salk born (1914); Bill Gates born (1955); Julia Roberts born (1967); Actor Matthew Perry dies (2023).

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