HEADLINES: 2025

Naypyitaw, Burma is rubble-strewn, w/ 5.1 magnitude aftershocks.

An ~$527 $million $dollar $jackpot Powerball winning ticket reportedly sold at a 7-11 in Anaheim.

MuskMarch2025.JPG Musk adorned by his "Trump was right about everything" hat.
Yes Elon, and it may have continued to be true until several years before Trump reached puberty. But:

Elon, bud-A, can't the $wealthiest man in the solar-system afford a Stetson? A Fedora? A Bowler? A fashionable camo pork pie?
Or is your intended fashion statement $Billionaires are exempt from matters of good taste?
 
"Before its launch, Tesla had said the Cybertruck had a list of early reservations over 1 million names long. Yet they only sold approximately 40,000 in 2024, their first full year in production — less than 10% of Musk's stated goal of 500,000 units annually.
"I think it's fairly clear that the Cybertruck is a flop," wrote the Electrek article's author, Fred Lambert.
"Good luck ever recovering the R&D costs," another commenter wrote. https://news.yahoo.com/news/autos/tesla-announcement-sparks-concern-over-101544432.html
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You're a trend-setter Elon, with leadership talent: lead by example.
 
Shiftless2 said:
Washington bill ends clergy loophole: Confessions no longer shield child abusers

If the governor signs the bill, Catholic priests will have to report confessions of abuse​

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This might seem like good news. Why shield child abusers? Right?

For starters this would breach the separation between Church & State.
Second, it would be likely to diminish the candor in the confessional, but may not necessarily diminish the abuse.

The result:
Preserve the sanctity of the confessional and the government may not play a direct role. But the Church can.



Report: Tesla Turning Down Cybertruck Trade-ins​

By Sean Tucker 04/07/2025 11:45am
Tesla is not interested in trying to resell your Tesla. The company has begun turning down Cybertrucks as trade-in vehicles, according to a new report.

Sales of all Tesla vehicles peaked in February 2023 and have seen a worldwide slump amid controversy over CEO Elon Musk’s involvement in politics in several countries. Protesters now camp out at Tesla dealerships and factories on multiple continents most days — an unprecedented situation in the auto industry sure to keep potential buyers away from stores. https://www.kbb.com/car-news/report-tesla-turning-down-cybertruck-trade-ins/
 
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The Republicans Are Considering Something Truly Shocking: Raising Taxes on the Rich​

Jim Newell / Wed, April 16, 2025
"... despite some GOP leaders’ initial laughter, the idea isn’t going away." https://news.yahoo.com/news/republicans-considering-something-truly-shocking-094000564.html

U.S. federal debt: $36,212,761,633,585.77
fiscaldata.treasury.gov

Debt to the Penny | U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data

Debt to the Penny is the total debt of the U.S. government and is reported daily. It is made up of intragovernmental holdings and debt held by the public.
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"When your outgo exceeds your income
the upshot may be your downfall." Paul Harvey
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Happy Easter : Sunday April 20 or _ 4 / 20

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I looked for a graphic, part 4:20 / marijuana leaf cluster,
and part Easter egg.

still lookin'

Easter - Christian commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus​

Easter, also called Pascha (Aramaic, Greek, Latin) or Resurrection Sunday, is a Christian festival and cultural holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead ...

Easter and its related holidays are moveable feasts, not falling on a fixed date; its date is computed based on a lunisolar calendar (solar year plus Moon phase) similar to the Hebrew calendar, generating a number of controversies. The First Council of Nicaea (325) established common Paschal observance by all Christians on the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the vernal equinox. Even if calculated on the basis of the Gregorian calendar, the date of that full moon sometimes differs from that of the astronomical first full moon after the March equinox.

Easter traditions vary across the Christian world, and include ... the communal breaking of Easter eggs (a symbol of the empty tomb). More from Wikipedia
 
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