2026-06-22

The 10,000 Year Money Lie

Vance Points to Progress After First Round of U.S.-Iran Talks

Tyrannosaurus Debt (click here)

From 30 years ago.  Please share this!!!

Alan Greenspan, economist and longtime head of the Federal Reserve, dies at 100

Keir Starmer resigns, as Andy Burnham confirms he will run to replace him as Labour leader and PM

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/ckger03mrl0t

Starmer is self-described as a socialist, but tried to focus on what was practically achievable.  This wasn't enough for the left wing Labour Party, so they pressured him to quit, putting in a different socialist.

The opposing Conservative party, also known as the Tories, is reportedly more left-wing than their American counterparts, but it seems that they aren't as popular.


2026-06-20

The Justices Are Finally Colorblind

The EEOC and other such guidelines require virtually all decision makers subject to discrimination law—employers, lenders, landlords, universities and others—to pursue racial balancing objectives. The mechanism is straightforward: Disparate impact constrains and often forbids the use of any criterion that has a statistically different effect on a particular race, making it virtually impossible to rely on background or credit checks, verbal or written aptitude tests or academic disciplinary records. Among other things, the EEOC’s guidance warns employers against basing decisions on criminal background checks due to “problems that may be more common among people of a certain race.”

As the OLC opinion concluded, this approach “structurally compels the very racial discrimination that the Constitution forbids” because it operates as a “racial thumb on the scales”


https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-justices-are-finally-colorblind-53c4296a

2026-06-14

Gene Shalit, ‘TODAY’ show movie critic, dies at 100

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/gene-shalit-today-show-movie-critic-dies-100-rcna103405

NEW: Trump promises IMMINENT PEACE DEAL with Iran

For first time, Americans are getting more of their electricity from solar than coal

Antares Nuclear Mark-0 Microreactor Achieves Criticality at Idaho National Lab

The initiative is intended to help jump-start the US nuclear sector, which largely stagnated after the 1970s due to shifting public opinion, political pressure, and increasingly stringent regulations that prioritized safety above all else. The result was an approval process so complex and costly that it was almost impossible to navigate without going bankrupt. Launched in 2025, the Reactor Pilot Program seeks to fast-track a new generation of reactors by using the DOE's independent safety authorization and oversight process at federal laboratory sites rather than the standard Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) commercial licensing pathway for early-stage technology validation.

Rules the Cast of Get Smart Had to Follow

Samsung SSDs Are Dying

2026-06-09

6.1 Magnitude earthquake near Cuba felt across southern Florida

https://weather.com/2026/06/09/news/61-magnitude-earthquake-near-cuba-felt-across-southern-florida

2026-06-01

A.I. wins

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: al

I googled this and it basically is true. There is an electric company for Lake Tahoe which is supplied by a wholesaler. The wholesaler is abandoning the electric company at the end of the contract. Good luck Lake Tahoe!



2026-05-20

The Key to Aging in Reverse

https://www.wfla.com/bloom-tampa-bay/the-key-to-aging-in-reverse/

The problem with this article is that it does not explain any of its terms, such as “hermetic,” nor does it support its claims with research.

It reads more like a checklist than a serious article.

I have heard these claims before, so they may have some merit. However, if it were really possible to reverse aging, it would be major news, and there would be substantial research to support it.

I've seen other articles on how to lengthen telomeres.  Longer telomeres could mean longer life.  Mostly it is about living a healthy lifestyle.  However, I plan to look into this more.