SeniorJunior

No More $enescence! Big Money Folks Want to Live Longer ....And what Big Bucker$ want, they usually get. Then, after the prices go down, the rest of us buy some at CVS. Over the counter, maybe. As you possibly know, the "life extension" field is of interest to me. Being 81 and watching my pals crash and burn all around me keeps me focused.  Among my musings on this, there's: Anti-aging Pills Aplenty Am I Getting Any Younger ? More Fountain of Youth Stuff   You've undoubtedly read some of the Google gazillions are going into longevity research with  Calico .  Genomics guru Craig Venter and innovation specialist Peter Diamandis founded  Human Longevity Inc. You've heard of the Segway inventor Dean Kaman; and there's Ray Kurzweil. The list of major investments and investors is Looong. And the websites! Longevity is a whole new category. Like Aging 2.0 . And many, many more. Here's a great Update Article on another billionaire, Brit Jim

(Bet you thought this was about Trump.) When All the Merging Is Done No more troublesome competition. No more question who owns the politicians.  Everyone will be happy. Everyone will be happy. Everyone will be happy. Everyone will be happy. Everyone.. Costco, the size of Vermont* AT&T/Time Warner, finishing the Deathstar** * Costco in Idiocracy  (the brilliant Mike Judge sci-fi satire, complete with a future Trump.) ** ars Technica                   Mother Load

America Has an Autoimmune Disease New Medical Discovery at PUI (Punditus Universal Institute) America Losing Its Grip! I had one helluva grip in the day. To grasp the full implications of this sociomedical discovery, it's necessary to mine some bit-terms. SocioMedical Terms Civilization : the list of humanity's flaws with various attempts to correct for them. There is a positive side effect . Humanity : the first hominid to evolve a big brain and have this great body with hands, eyes, etc. Flaws :  Tends to feud among themselves; Deceitful to varying degrees; Capable of destructive rage; Selfish along with unselfish; Possessive & territorial; Acquisitive; Short sighted; Slow to adapt to change; Intelligent in a wide spectrum... Oh the list is long. Positive side effect : All the effort to correct for the flaws lets the strengths and productive traits arise. Attempts to correct : Depends on the objective.  A civilization with the objective of be

         GUT 4.0  by scooter duff Coming Soon

The U.S. is Again #1 in Supercomputer speed... . ..For a bit You should see my graphics! The machine is named Summit, and it's designed for A.I. (Artificial Intelligence). Here's the well written story on it in the NY Times. Sure, the U.S. is ahead by a nose...But it's just for a bit. There is a worldwide race for supercomputing supremacy, because the stakes are so incredibly high. We are in the lead at this moment, and congratulations to the computer scientists as Oak Ridge National Labs, and let's celebrate while we can.  But watch your flanks; that may be a Chinese quantum computer coming around to the side door. No Time to Sit On our Graphics Cards!

The Holy Grail - REAL Investigative Reporting Money Hungry Managed Care Company in THE Under-regulated State Harm to babies in the pursuit of profits The Dallas Morning News has been one helluva newspaper for a long time. Under the leadership of Publisher Jim Moroney, a huge investigation was started over a year ago. The findings are devastating. Texas, My Texas Just imagine, a healthcare company more interested in profits than saving lives of babies! Just imagine a "managed-care" company denying care, but still talking the (BIG) money! Just imagine fictitious doctor "networks!" Just imagine, state officials failing at every level in overseeing it all! OK, stop imagining and look at this stunning bit of real, super documented,  investigative journalism. Roll up your sleeves and READ THE REPORT HERE. PAIN AND PROFIT

Duking It Out in the Comments Sections     I just have to write comments a lot. Thats a disgusting habit I've got. ... and mostly it's good old politics that fires up my fingers, pushing my purely polarized platitudes across the  pissoire of passionate positions. Political positions, that is.* NM Political Report story:   Understaffed National Parks   Stop complaining! Long lines are the National Park tradition. Scooter Duff   "Government is bad," the Reagan mantra, is pushed into the self-fulfilling prophecy range by underfunding government's critical jobs. (Of course that leaves more money to give to major funders via tax cuts.) No problem! Just privatize the National Parks. The Republican way. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Washington Post : Ann Telnaes cartoon:    Trump deal w/Chinese money and “saving Chinese jobs . ”  Lower, lower! scifiscooter The Forever Trumpsters must feel like their fingers are caught in a Chi