Floods; tariffs; Earth spinning faster; dangerous stupidity (RFK)
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Knee Deep in the Hoopla
Old man Trump massively fumbles basic question about his own tariffs. Donald Trump does not appear to have any clue what’s going on in his own government.
As floods hit, key roles were vacant at Weather Service offices in Texas. Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials.
Texas killed bill on siren warning system before deadly floods. Officials were worried about the high costs of the system, which could have saved lives.
Earth is going to spin much faster over the next few months — so fast that several days are going to get shorter. Differences in the gravitational pull between the Earth and the Moon will make July 9, July 22 and August 5 unusually short.
Tesla loses $68 billion in value after Elon Musk says he is launching a political party.
Annoying people to death. Why the Medicaid work requirement is a terrible idea.
Update your Chrome to fix new actively exploited zero-day vulnerability. …when the user visits a malicious website. It doesn’t require any further user interaction, which means the user doesn’t need to click on anything in order for their system to be compromised.
Doctors and public health organizations sue Kennedy over vaccine policy change. The American Academy of Pediatrics, American Public Health Association and four other groups — along with an unnamed pregnant doctor who works in a hospital — filed the lawsuit in federal court in Boston.
RFK Jr. is dangerously stupid. (Video)
Quote of the Day:
I would be the most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.
--Anna Quindlen (Wikipedia link)
(More Anna Quindlen quotes from the KGB Quotations Database)
Today’s holidays:
Be a Kid Again Day, Cow Appreciation Day, Math 2.0 Day, National Blueberry Day, National Freezer Pop Day, National Ice Cream Sundae Day, National Love Your Skin Day, National Milk Chocolate with Almonds Day, and SCUD Day.
Astronomy Picture of the Day from NASA.
On This Day:
2011 - Space Shuttle Atlantis was launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program.
2000 - Venus Williams won Wimbledon for the first time.
1994 - Kim Jong-il began to assume supreme leadership of North Korea upon the death of his father, Kim Il-sung.
1960 – Francis Gary Powers was charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union.
1959 – First Americans killed in South Vietnam during Vietnam war.
1951 – Paris celebrated its 2,000th birthday.
1948 – The United States Air Force accepted its first female recruits into a program called the Women's Air Force (WAF).
1947 – Reports were broadcast that a UFO crash-landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident.
1932 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average reached its lowest level of the Great Depression, closing at 41.22.
1889 - The first issue of The Wall Street Journal was published.
1889 - John L. Sullivan defeated Jake Kilrain in 75 rounds in the last championship bare-knuckle boxing match.
1797 - Senator William Blount of Tennessee was expelled by the Senate and became the first US federal official to face impeachment.
1776 – Church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell) were rung after John Nixon delivered the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.
1741 – Reverend Jonathan Edwards preached to his congregation in Enfield, Connecticut his most famous sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"; an influence for the First Great Awakening.
(For comprehensive lists of the day’s historical events, check here, here, and here.)
Some Birthdays:
1993 – David Corenswet, American actor (Video)
1968 – Billy Crudup, American actor
1962 – Joan Osborne, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Video)
1958 - Kevin Bacon, American actor and musician (Video)
1952 - Jack Lambert, American football player and sportscaster
1951 - Anjelica Huston, American actress and director (Video)
1949 - Wolfgang Puck, Austrian-American chef, restaurateur and entrepreneur
1947 - Kim Darby, American actress (Video)
1944 - Jeffrey Tambor, American actor and singer
1935 – Steve Lawrence, American actor and singer (died 2024)
1934 – Marty Feldman, English actor and screenwriter (died 1982) (Video)
1930 – Jerry Vale, American singer (died 2014)
1926 – Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-American psychiatrist and author (died 2004)
1918 – Craig Stevens, American actor (died 2000)
1914 – Billy Eckstine, American singer and trumpet player (died 1993)
1908 – Nelson Rockefeller, American businessman and politician, 41st Vice President of the United States (died 1979)
1907 – George W. Romney, American businessman and politician, 43rd Governor of Michigan (died 1995)
1839 – John D. Rockefeller, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil Company (died 1937)
1838 – Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Airship Company (died 1917)
1838 – Eli Lilly, American soldier, chemist, and businessman, founded Eli Lilly and Company (died 1898)
1831 – John Pemberton, American chemist and pharmacist, invented Coca-Cola (died 1888)
(A more complete list of today’s birthdays.)
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