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...

How screwed up the House of Representatives must be.  They tried, and   could not even impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.   Why did they even try?  Well, Donald Trump told them to do so. Speaker Mike Johnson doesn't want aid for Ukraine.  So he also yesterday tried to sneak though only aid for Israel.  That vote, too, failed to pass.  He said he would next week still attempt to impeach Mayorkas.  In the Senate, thanks to Donald Trump, it looks like the immigration part is holding back their aid package.   Senate President Chuck Schumer  now plans to bring to a vote only the Israel/Ukraine/Taiwan financial portion. I have long been fascinated with the  neutrino .   Why? It is the smallest particle, with the electron as #2.  Neither has yet been actually measured for mass size. Elementary particles  form matter and radiation. There are two kinds of particles, Fermion and Boson.  Remem...

By now you know that Donald Trump won the New Hampshire Republican primary by double digits, an unimpressive "only" 11%.  The way the upcoming primaries are shaping up, Nikki Haley has no chance of overtaking Trump, and,  as I detailed yesterday, the best hope for any kind of Republican victory is for Trump to embrace Haley as his vice-presidential running mate .  It was mostly a waste of time and effort for Democrats, but  Joe Biden also won , easily, through a write-in campaign. Last week Wednesday , I compared the two scientific journals most respected by researchers and academia.  From  Quora : But  iLovePhD  shows that #2 is not  Science , but  The New England Journal of Medicine , which is fine for the medical profession.  I thought the  Journal of the American Medical Association  would be higher rated, but it is only at #11. Last week,  FeedSpot  listed its 45 Best Science Magazines. Science  is #1. ...