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  1. jayem

    Joyeux annivesaire, Celine!

    Celine Dion turns 58 today. Despite her neurologic disease, she was the star of the Paris Olympics last July by giving a spectacular performance of Hymne 'a l'amour. In case anyone hasn't already heard it (which would be astounding) here it is:
  2. jayem

    The King's 90th birthday

    If Elvis --the King of Rock & Roll--was alive today he'd be celebrating is 90th birthday. In his honor, here are 3 of my favorites: His prettiest song: From his Las Vegas days:
  3. jayem

    Longevity Escape Velocity

    Longevity Escape Velocity is a term that refers to the time when aging will be delayed--and possibly halted--by advances in bioengineering. Specifically, the errors of DNA transcription and translation which cause aging will be counteracted. Death might become a choice one makes after living...
  4. jayem

    A late Happy Birthday

    Scott Joplin, the Ragtime King, and one of the all-time great American composers, was born Nov. 24, 1868. So this post is a day late. Here are a few of my favorites. In fact, the first is titled, "The Favorite." And BTW, his rags should always be played slowly. "Solace-A Mexican Serenade"...
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    Veterans Day

    When the newspaper wasn’t delivered this morning, I remembered that today is Veterans Day. We should all take a moment to appreciate, and thank all of our active duty and former military personnel for their sacrifices on our behalf. However—a day to honor servicemen and women was grafted onto...
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    El Dia de los Muertos

    Just to get a break from election madness-- In Mexico and other Latin American countries, Nov. 1 and 2 are observed as El Dia de los Muertos—the Day of the Dead. Nov. 1 is for children who've died. Nov. 2 is for adults. I'd never heard of this custom until my wife and I were attending a...
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    Possible life on Mars?

    Reported on the LIVESCIENCE website: A peculiar leopard-spotted rock, found beside an ancient, dried-out river in Mars' Jezzero crater, contains some tantalizing clues of ancient life, NASA said. NASA's Perseverance rover may have discovered evidence of past life on Mars after spotting a...
  8. jayem

    Trump’s Speeches, Increasingly Angry and Rambling, Reignite the Question of Age

    An NYT article from this morning: Former President Donald J. Trump vividly recounted how the audience at his climactic debate with Vice President Kamala Harris was on his side. Except that there was no audience. The debate was held in an empty hall. No one "went crazy" as Mr. Trump put it...
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    Earth's new 'mini-moon' will orbit our planet for the next 2 months

    Earth is set to gain another moon by the end of the month — a small asteroid that will be snared by our planet's gravity until the end of the year, scientists say. The mini-moon, an asteroid called 2024 PT5, was spotted by the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) on Aug. 7. The...
  10. jayem

    Why do we need the Electoral College?

    It's an obsolete, archaic relic of 18th century thinking. I suspect the US is the only democratic country in the world where a candidate getting more total votes can still lose the election. We are now living in the 21st century. The EC is absolute idiocy.
  11. jayem

    270toWin

    The 270toWin web site has an interesting map showing each state's EVs. Each state is color-coded as safe, likely, or leaning to either Kamala, or Donald. Blue for Kamala. Red for Donald. As of now, the site gives Kamala 226 EVs, to Donald's 219. Very close. The toss-up states are Nevada...
  12. jayem

    Per. JD Vance: Trump will veto a federal law prohibiting abortions

    Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance says Donald Trump would not support a national abortion ban if elected president and would veto such legislation if it landed on his desk. "I can absolutely commit that,” Vance said when asked on NBC's “Meet the Press” whether he could commit to...
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    Umbilical cord blood test might detect Autism Spectrum Disorder

    A Japanese study suggests that testing for a certain fatty acid metabolite in umbilical cord blood of newborns might be an indicator of autism. The specific metabolite is diHETrE--shorthand for--get ready--11,12-dihydroxyeicosatrienoic acid. It's theorized that fatty acids affect neuronal...
  14. jayem

    A better and updated SCOTUS

    Each year, SCOTUS receives about 7,000 to 8,000 petitions for writs of certiorari. The Court usually accepts about 80 for hearings. There have to be cases where a SCOTUS opinion would be important and set nationwide precedents. But here we are in the 21st century, while the highest court in the...
  15. jayem

    SCOTUS blocks Missouri gun law

    In 2021, Missouri passed the "Second Amendment Preservation Act" to make federal gun restrictions illegal in the state and bar officials from enforcing any law that would "infringe" upon the right to "bear arms." It also allows "any person" to sue state law-enforcement agencies who don't comply...
  16. jayem

    Happy May Day

    In most countries worldwide, May 1 is a holiday to acknowledge and celebrate the contributions of workers. But In the US and Canada,, it's called Labor Day, and is the 1st Monday in September. I suppose we just go our own way. A bit of unrelated trivia: The word "Mayday" is also a distress...
  17. jayem

    Massive black hole discovered close to Earth

    The Milky Way has a big newfound black hole, and it lurks close to Earth! This sleeping giant was discovered with the European space telescope Gaia, which tracks the motion of billions of stars in our galaxy. Stellar-mass black holes are created when a large star runs out of fuel and...
  18. jayem

    The most Christian states in the US

    Interesting data on which US states have the highest percentage of Christian and other religious believers. Christians as a whole are the largest group. But they're broken down among the various Christian denominations, i.e., Catholic, Evangelical, Mainline Protestant, Historically Black...
  19. jayem

    Pig kidney transplant

    In a medical first, surgeons at Mass General hospital have transplanted a pig kidney into a 62 year old renal failure patient. The organ is from a genetically altered strain of pigs that is less likely to incite rejection. Pig kidneys are also very similar in size and shape to human kidneys...
  20. jayem

    Air force member dies after setting himself on fire

    The active duty U.S. Air Force member who set himself on fire in front of the Israeli Embassy has died of his injuries, the Metropolitan Police Department confirmed on Monday. Aaron Bushnell, 25, of San Antonio, lit himself on fire in front of the embassy on Sunday afternoon. First responders...
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