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ANNUAL SUMMARY OF DARK MATTER AND DARK ENERGY

I sat down this morning to do my blog and could not think of a thing to say.  As this is Wednesday, sci-tech day for this site, I thought I'd do my yearly Dark Energy/Dark Matter summary, to determine if we are any closer to identifying what they really are.   But first, about Trump's Big Beautiful Bill, some additional trouble is brewing.   Remarked Elon Musk: “I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a  disgusting abomination ,” the world’s richest man   posted on X . “Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it.” Among those agreeing with Musk was a member of that first grouping, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, who   responded  on social media: “I agree with Elon. We have both seen the massive waste in government spending, and we know another $5 trillion in debt is a huge mistake. We can and must do better.” Mind you, a week ago I indicated that...

SHOULD YOU BE CONCERNED ABOUT OUR GROWING NATIONAL DEBT?

The  New York Times  yesterday showed the following. It was 14 years ago when I published in the  Huffington Post :   THE SIMPLEST SOLUTION FOR OUR NATIONAL DEBT... And I said, this simplest solution was to INCREASE it. Note, find 2014 on the above graph, and when you do, our national debt seems to be on an exponential rise, and projected to zoom up even faster if the Trump Beautiful Bill passes. Does it really matter? Maybe not. In my article, I intimated that most of you ( the readers ) equate our national debt to your personal debt.  We all want to minimize what we owe. Further, to quote from that article. You feel that our government has irresponsibly built up a $14.3 trillion burden and can't any more tolerate this travesty, for just the interest in this loan is crippling our economy. Wrong! Or, at least, suboptimal . 14 years ago, our national debt was $14.3 trillion.  Now?  $36.2 trillion. How has the USA done financially? By any measure of...