December 29, 2019

Is Betelgeuse, one of the sky's brightest stars, on the brink of a supernova?

One of the sky’s brightest lights is losing its shine.

Since the start of December, the star Betelgeuse — the gleaming right shoulder of the constellation Orion — has been rapidly growing dim. Just 650 light-years from Earth, it’s usually the ninth most luminous star in the sky. Right now, it wouldn’t even break the top 20.

Betelgeuse is a “variable” star, known for wild fluctuations in its brightness, but scientists have never recorded it changing quite so fast. Such strange behavior from a beloved star has them wondering: Is this a sign that Betelgeuse is about to explode?

Astronomers know that day is bound to come. Betelgeuse is at least 15 times more massive than the sun and wide enough that, if we moved it to our solar system, it would extend past the orbit of Jupiter. “Supergiants” like this tend to live fast and die young, and Betelgeuse’s red color indicates that it has already moved to one of the last stages of a star’s life: fusing helium atoms into ever-heavier elements, which it occasionally spews into space. The carbon in your cells and the oxygen in your lungs was made this way, borne across the universe on the sighs of a dying sun.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/12/27/is-betelgeuse-one-skys-brightest-stars-brink-supernova/

December 23, 2019

Firebugs Behind Destructive Queensland Fires

https://climatechangedispatch.com/firebugs-behind-destructive-queensland-fires/

Almost 100 firebugs have deliberately started blazes across Queensland that have destroyed homes and consumed thousands of hectares of bushland.

Some 65 fires continue to burn across the state on Friday, jumping from 55 reported on Thursday, as the fire threat deepens heading into the weekend.

As firefighters remain on high alert, police revealed 103 of the destructive fires that have lashed Queensland since September were deliberately lit.


Figures obtained by AAP reveal 98 people – 31 adults and 67 juveniles – have been dealt with by Queensland police for deliberately setting fires.

A 16-year-old boy was found to have started a fire that razed 14 homes in central Queensland and dealt with under the state’s Youth Justice Act.
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I hope they arrest them all and hand out severe punishments.

December 17, 2019

Sanders surges ahead of Iowa caucuses

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/474777-sanders-surges-ahead-of-iowa-caucuses

While I am a supporter of senator Warren, Sanders keeps surprising me.
I still don't understand why he never registered as a democrat, while he runs as one and caucuses with the democratic party.

December 15, 2019

Donald Trump fears only one Democrat: Warren Sanders

There aren’t 20 Senate Republicans with enough integrity to remove the most corrupt president in American history, so we’re going to have to get rid of Trump the old-fashioned way – by electing a Democrat next 3 November.

That Democrat will be Warren Sanders.

Although there are differences between Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, I’m putting them together for the purpose of making a simple point.

Read more at:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/15/donald-trump-democrats-elizabeth-warren-bernie-sanders

November 30, 2019

A pretty song sung by a pretty lady!

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November 16, 2019

Ousted-Uber-CEO-Cashes-Out-500-Million-In-Stock

https://safehaven.com/tech/tech-news/Ousted-Uber-CEO-Cashes-Out-500-Million-In-Stock.html

While Uber drivers barely make any money!

GO ELIZABETH WARREN!!

November 1, 2019

Trump math: Here's how the president arrived at a '303,000' jobs number when the government reported

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-math-heres-how-the-president-arrived-at-a-303000-jobs-number-when-the-government-reported-128000-new-jobs-2019-11-01?mod=home-page

Larry Kudlow, the head of the National Economic Council, explained Trump's math during an interview on Fox Business Network.

To the 128,000 figure, Kudlow added: 95,000 from prior-month revisions; 60,000 to adjust for striking General Motors GM, +2.18% workers; and 20,000 Census workers who left their jobs.


Economy is built on record budget deficits by Trump. (excess spending over tax revenues collected)
How long can you stretch the rubber band?

October 28, 2019

Joe Biden's South Carolina firewall slips

https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/467732-joe-bidens-south-carolina-firewall-slips-offers-bizarre-defense-of-hunter

Team Rising: Sen. Elizabeth Warren surges in South Carolina!

https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/467541-saagar-enjeti-biden-campaign-on-life-support

October 22, 2019

Warren polling highest against Trump in this Zogby poll!

https://zogbyanalytics.com/news/906-the-zogby-poll-trump-is-beating-biden-sanders-harris-and-buttigieg-in-2020-match-ups-trump-and-warren-are-in-a-dead-heat-a-majority-of-voters-think-the-u-s-is-an-exceptional-country-compared-to-other-countries

Senator Warren is one of the best campaigners I have seen in a long time.
I love her agenda about breaking up the giant corporations who have become monopolies.

September 28, 2019

Trump considers delisting Chinese firms from U.S. markets

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s administration is considering delisting Chinese companies from U.S. stock exchanges, three sources briefed on the matter said on Friday, in what would be a radical escalation of U.S.-China trade tensions.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-limits/trump-considers-delisting-chinese-firms-from-u-s-markets-sources-idUSKBN1WC1VP