AP News: Do you believe in angels? About 7 in 10 U.S. adults do, a new AP-NORC poll shows
Monday, July 31, 2023
Anomalies
I've made this a gift article, anyone can access it at the Washington Post website. Just hit the link.
Antarctic sea ice is at a historically low level for this time of year, according to federal data. Sea surface temperatures across the north Atlantic have been “off the charts,” Europe’s Copernicus Climate Change Service reported, noting that the figures set records for this time of year “by a very large margin.”
Real
And other substances stir deeper fears and greater attention: Opioids are driving an overdose crisis killing more than 100,000 people each year in the United States.
War
The number of kamikaze drones flown into Russia between May and July was double the total for all of 2022.
Braces
Washington Post: Atlanta braces for possible indictments in 2020 election investigation By Holly Bailey
“The work is accomplished,” Willis (D) told Atlanta’s WXIA-TV Saturday. “We’ve been working for two-and-a-half years. We’re ready to go.”
Heat
Even in Michigan, on the nation’s northern border, construction crews are working shortened days because of heat.
Steps
Good News Network: People With Heart Failure Can Step Their Way to Significantly Better Health: New Study By Good News Network
"Our research showed increased step counts were significantly associated with improvements in health status..."
Freckles
In part, that’s because attitudes — toward bodies, toward skin, toward certain so-called “flaws” — have changed.
Smith
For several momentous years in The Hague, he (Jack Smith) oversaw investigations of foreign government officials and militia members who stood accused of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.
The Market On Monday
Good Morning. At 7:05 a.m. ET DOW futures are +46, S&P futures are +3.75, and NASDAQ futures are -2. The market is poised to open mixed.
Friday, July 28, 2023
Weekend!
Have an excellent weekend and see you bright and early Monday morning. This last week we got the additional three charges which are very severe and damning. I hope it gets to trial. Maybe this coming week we will learn about indictment three. It's coming.
Quest
For the month, I moved through my days focused on connecting to old friends, by email, phone and texting apps. I had rarely talked to or seen many of them over the past three years.
That first week I set up breakfast with Steven, one of those old friends I’d first met through other friends some 30 years ago.
Cool
Over time these types of measures are going to become more and more relevant, important, and used.
Those features, which include courtyards, heavy shutters, reflective painting and white-stone facades, can keep homes cool naturally and reduce the need for air-conditioning.
Three
Washington Post: 3 things we learned from new charges against Trump in documents case Analysis By Aaron Blake
The superseding indictment drives home how much this trial will be about the alleged coverup.
'Diamant'
When I put out my CD 'Silver' initially I left this track off, thinking it would go into the pile of tracks that I have not released. My wife told me to include it and because of that, I did. Turns out it's one of my most frequently streamed tracks. It's an ambient track, and the pace of the phrases imitates slow breathing, which always has a calming effect.
Have An Excellent Friday
"'The Star' from the tarot cards created by Surrealist painter Leonora Carrington 1917 - 2011. The Star brings hope, renewed power, and strength to carry on with life."
Stupid
Washington Post: Opinion - New indictment proves Trump never learned the first lesson of Watergate By Ruth Marcus
...the former president is a common criminal — and an uncommonly stupid one.
Everyone knows, as the Watergate scandal drove home: The coverup is always worse than the crime. Everyone, that is, but Trump.
Economy
Voters said Democrats focused too much on “cultural and social issues” and not enough on pocketbook issues.
Three New Charges
...attempting to “alter, destroy, mutilate, or conceal evidence”; inducing someone else to do so; and a new count under the Espionage Act related to a classified national security document that he showed to visitors at his golf club in Bedminster, N.J.
Heat
Other parts of the New York City metropolitan region — including Long Island, southern Connecticut, the lower Hudson Valley and northwestern New Jersey — remained under a Weather Service heat advisory through Saturday evening.
The Market On Friday
Good morning. At 7:00 a.m. ET DOW futures are +56, S&P futures are +18.5, and NASDAQ futures are +131.25. The market is poised to open significantly higher.
Thursday, July 27, 2023
Meet
On Thursday, the prosecutors were said to have listened courteously — without signaling their intentions beyond what they had conveyed in an earlier letter to the former president — as Mr. Trump’s lawyers made their arguments.
Carlos De Oliveira
Washington Post: Second Trump aide charged in classified documents case By Devlin Barrett and Perry Stein
Carlos De Oliveira is the second Trump aide to be charged in the documents case.
War
NY Times: Russia-Ukraine War - Ukraine Pushes South, but Faces Obstacles in Counteroffensive
Ukraine aims to drive a wedge through Russian-occupied territory in the south.
Toxic
Washington Post: The GOP’s lengthy impeachment and censure lists Analysis By Aaron Blake
...President Biden’s two-plus years in office has invoked impeachment so often that it has cited at least five different justifications for mounting an effort against him, while threatening separate impeachments against a quarter of his Cabinet.
Bank
Axos Bank, formerly known as Bank of Internet USA, had grown from one of the first digital banks into a profitable, publicly traded company in part by specializing in loans to borrowers other banks had shied away from...
SCOTUS
Justice Neil M. Gorsuch had made $650,000 for a book of essays and personal reflections on the role of judges, while Justice Amy Coney Barrett received a $2 million advance for her forthcoming book about keeping personal feelings out of judicial rulings.
Italy
NY Times: What’s Happening in Italy Is Scary, and It’s Spreading By David Broder
Ms. Meloni’s administration has spent its first months accusing minorities of undermining the triad of God, nation and family, with dire practical consequences for migrants, nongovernmental organizations and same-sex parents.
The Market On Thursday
Good morning. At 7:00 a.m. ET DOW futures are +29, S&P futures are +26.25, and NASDAQ futures are +192.75. The market is poised to open significantly higher.
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
'Interstellar'
trailer - IMO really a brilliant movie from 9 to 10 years ago. Just watched it again on Amazon. It's epic.
Ever
The average Sea Surface Temperature (SST) for the Mediterranean was 28.4C (83.1F) on Monday, the European Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) confirmed. The previous record was set on 23 August, 2003 at 28.25C (82.85F).
War
NY Times: Russia-Ukraine War - U.S. Says Main Thrust of Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Has Begun
‘This is the big test’: U.S. officials describe a new Ukrainian effort to sever Russia’s hold on the south.
Survive
1. When things are going well, it’s hard to spot overspending. An extra $20 or $30 here and there doesn’t get noticed. But closing off that money drain can become your savings grace if your paychecks stop.
War
NY Times: Russia-Ukraine War - Russia Says Ukraine Has Launched Major Attack in South
A Russian official says Ukrainian forces equipped with Western weapons are on the attack.
Clear
Washington Post: Opinion - If Trump is indicted for Jan. 6, it will be clear why By Ruth Marcus
...Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said, “there is no question that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of that day.”
Falls
But now that message may no longer be as powerful. Inflation has eased to 3 percent on an annual basis, down from 9 percent last year, and workers’ earnings are beginning to outpace rising costs.
Limits
...reports of harsh treatment of migrants by Texas officers and injuries to people encountering the razor wire, have soured some of that support.
Political
NY Times: How to Know When a Prosecution Is Political By Jesse Wegman
Third, is the Justice Department following its internal procedures and guidelines for walling off political interference?
The Market On Wednesday
Good morning. At 7:00 a.m. ET DOW futures are -68, S&P futures are -7, and NASDAQ futures are -41.25. The market is poised to open moderately higher.
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
If
Washington Post: 5 things to watch for if Trump is indicted again Analysis By Aaron Blake
4. How do Republicans react?
The answer to this would seem predictable: They’ll criticize the charges as being symptomatic of a two-tiered justice system — without engaging on the merits of Trump’s alleged conduct. That’s certainly been the case with Trump’s hush-money indictment in Manhattan and his federal classified-documents indictment in Florida.
Young
Washington Post: Opinion - Striking new data about young voters should alarm Trump and the GOP By Greg Sargent
Young voters have shifted in a markedly progressive direction on multiple issues that are deeply important to them: Climate change, gun violence, economic inequality and LGBTQ+ rights.
Real
Washington Post: Opinion - A Republican nightmare seems about to become real By Jennifer Rubin
This is what results when a party, its pundit class and millions of followers cut themselves off from reality, fall into a world of paranoid conspiracies and refuse to simply acknowledge they were very, very wrong to side with him (Trump).
Putin
Washington Post: Putin appeared paralyzed and unable to act in first hours of rebellion By Catherine Belton, Shane Harris and Greg Miller
“Then when it began to happen, there was paralysis on all levels … There was absolute dismay and confusion. For a long time, they did not know how to react.”
Peter Stager
He went on to say: “Every single one of those Capitol law enforcement officers, death is the remedy. That is the only remedy they get.”
Israel
At home, it left one half of society wondering whether their country — under the control of Mr. Netanyahu’s alliance of religious conservatives and ultranationalists — would now slide slowly into a religious autocracy.
The Market On Tuesday
Good morning. At 6:55 a.m. ET DOW futures are +8, S&P futures are +4, and NASDAQ futures are +40.75. The market is poised to open modestly higher.
Monday, July 24, 2023
Dive
Dr. Desch added that several of his colleagues were now refusing to engage with Dr. Loeb’s work in peer review, the process by which scholars evaluate one another’s research to ensure that only high-quality studies are published.
Persistent
Randy Mitchell, 70, is tired of all the controversy surrounding Trump — he thinks the former president’s legal troubles are a farce — but he concedes that he will vote for him again if he’s the 2024 GOP nominee.
War
Washington Post: Ukraine live briefing: Drone strikes skyscraper in Moscow; another night of attacks in Odessa By Kelly Kasulis Cho and Annabelle Timsit
Though Ukraine denied responsibility for the drone attack in May, the event struck a chord among Russians, who for the first time witnessed wartime hostilities trickling into residential parts of the city.
Once
So abortion was what mattered to evangelicals when it came to the presidency, above pretty much anything else?
Escape
NY Times: There’s No Escaping Trump By Gail Collins and Bret Stephens
Criminal-justice wise, I think it’s very important to assure the country that nobody, including a president, can just get away with urging an angry crowd to attack the Capitol.
The Market On Monday
Good morning. At 7:05 a.m. ET DOW futures are +40, S&P futures are +8.25, and NASDAQ futures are +34.5. The market is poised to open moderately higher.
'If We Ever Broke Up'
Mae Stephens
I've got a lot to say about this song but I'll try to keep it short. I love this song for many reasons and I am impressed beyond usual by this new young artist who is all of 19. Musically it's in the style of many from her generation but there's a little bit more to it. You can hear it in the chorus, the hook of the song, "If we ever broke up....". It is contagious. You only need to hear it once to get it. Also I very much like the video. It's rooted in racial integration and this makes me happy. Also, there is in my opinion very little posing going on. This is about the music, it's not about someone seeking attention which we see so often.
I've got a lot to say about this song but I'll try to keep it short. I love this song for many reasons and I am impressed beyond usual by this new young artist who is all of 19. Musically it's in the style of many from her generation but there's a little bit more to it. You can hear it in the chorus, the hook of the song, "If we ever broke up....". It is contagious. You only need to hear it once to get it. Also I very much like the video. It's rooted in racial integration and this makes me happy. Also, there is in my opinion very little posing going on. This is about the music, it's not about someone seeking attention which we see so often.
Friday, July 21, 2023
Weekend!
Have an excellent weekend and see you bright and early Monday morning. Odds are probably reasonably strong that Trump will be indicted again in this upcoming week.
Comment
I'm a fan of 'Reels' on Facebook. It's short clips one after another, young people, models, comedians with one liners, basketball stars, musicians. But there's one series in particular that I've watched. It's by ayoung man, a former inmate, and he interviews former prison inmates discussing life in prison. At this point I skip over it, had enough of it actually.
But one thing discussed in this series on prison life, is how many criminals experienced a tremendous rush, a sense of grandeur, excitement, when they committed crimes. They enjoyed committing crimes.
This is pure speculation and I have no theories to back this up, but I suspect the former 45th president is enjoying the emotional rush of the many crimes he is being accused of. It's that simple. He likes it, he's reveling in it.
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