Welcome to what may turn out to be a pretty crazy website. My name is Jay (obviously), and I am an engineer, budding author and most importantly, … father. Normally, I am pretty shy and wouldn’t fool with establishing a website, but as my machine learning algorithms have begun to attract attention, and I ready my novels, it seemed like a more natural step than having my content spread out over many different platforms and sites. Whether you are here because you stumbled upon me by mistake, need someone adept in machine learning, are considering reading a bit of my writing, or like me, are trying to find good experiences to pass on to your child, I hope you find this site useful and informative. I know the layout and design of this website currently suck, … but hey, … at least there are not annoying ads popping up, driving you to test the integrity of your screen with your forehead 🙂 Hopefully at some point, I will get the figurative doors attached and the roof tiles nailed down. Feel free to use the Contact link, as I welcome comments and hope to improve this venue as time passes. Enjoy some recent headlines below and thank you for your patronage!
(Copyright 2020)
May 14th, 2024 – Results from Wegovy’s (the medication whose active ingredient is semaglutide) longest clinical trial seem to offer good news:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/13/health/wegovy-trial-analysis/index.html
Some Americans know this, … but the food industry of our country is truly abysmal. If you head to the local supermarket and just want to get a loaf of fresh cooked bread, there is a strong chance it will have sugar in it as a preservative. We are long overdue for some laws that begin to limit this junk, … especially to kids in schools.
May 12th, 2024 – Former Trump fixer, Michael Cohen begins testifying in the Trump trial:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/13/trump-michael-cohen-hush-money-trial
May 9th, 2024 – Another look at a theory that has long been debated:
May 7th, 2024 – Judge Juan Merchan who is overseeing Trump’s hush money payment felony trial held him in contempt again. Trump was warned that if any further violations occur, he will placed in jail and the trial will resume without him present.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/06/politics/merchan-trump-gag-order-contempt/index.html
This whole display by Trump is amazing because if it was anyone else, they would have been in jail weeks ago. Fortunately though, the NYC jail officials are ready in case Trump breaks the gag order or begins more personal attacks. They say that the facilities are ready to go for a Trump stay lasting from hours to months if need be.
Several Trump supporters have told me that Trump did nothing wrong and that none of this important. Their basic argument is that during his term, gas prices were low, real wages were up, the economy was doing well, and that no one cares about some bimbo Trump paid off. Except here’s the rub, …. when you neglect to do your duty properly and ~ 810,000 people die in the U.S. who would not have died if the U.S. had followed exactly what Canada did with respect to COVID 19, then your actions border on the criminal. When you call up Brad Raffensperger and pressure him to help “find” you 12,000+ votes because you lost fair and square, you are guilty of election tampering, … a federal felony. When you excite your followers to storm the Capitol which everyone knew was in session to ratify the win of Biden as president, all because your fragile ego can’t look a competitor in the eye and say, “Congratulations on your win. I will try to come back stronger the next time,” you deserve to be in prison for decades (ask the Proud Boys leaders). And when you should have entered the room where your infant son’s crib was to put him to sleep for the night but instead entered Stormy for a cheap mid-brain burst and then tried to buy her story so it would not decrease your image with American female voters, you committed conduct unbecoming of taking another turn at the top office.
I’d say that makes it all very, very important, … in fact, … far more important than what the gas price is next month or how much my eggs cost. If heads are turned to ignore the breaking of the law so that gas prices remain low and eggs are cheap, then we will quickly find ourselves under an oppressive tyrant for whom the ends always justify the means. ( …. ahhh, it doesn’t matter, … at least my gas prices are low now ….) Speaking for myself, I hate high prices as much as the next guy, … but I would rather have gas at $10 a gallon and live in my tent in a democratic nation than have gas at 50 cents a gallon with home mortgages at 2% while living under a fascist style- strong man dictatorship.
May 5th, 2024 – Netflix has a new production out entitled, The Secrets of the Neanderthals. It is well done and will provide some excellent background info into one of our closest cousins who lived from at least ~ 430,000 years ago to 40,000 years ago.
https://www.netflix.com/title/81513913
May 3rd, 2024 – After nearly five years in pre-production, my novel, The Song of Kiri has been published and will soon be available on Amazon
I am hopeful that this book will present many interesting paradigm shifts to currently held scientific viewpoints. From the mind-body problem to humpback communication to the Fermi Paradox to the possible future that awaits mankind, I believe it to be filled with good ideas that will be worthy of debate. I hope my readers enjoy!
You can find the paperback here: (Kindle, Hardback, and Audio versions will follow shortly)(Please give the link a few days to become active)
May 2nd, 2024 – Former Trump fixer, Cohen had some of his tapes played today showing the payments made to women in exchange for them not telling their stories and ruining Trump’s White House ambitions in 2016:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/02/politics/takeaways-trump-trial-day-10/index.html
April 29th, 2024 – Stone Age hunters had varying diets:
April 25th, 2024 – The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments concerning immunity claims for presidents:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/25/politics/takeaways-trump-immunity-supreme-court/index.html
April 23rd, 2024 – The plausible and implausible science of Netflix’s Three Body adaptation:
April 22nd, 2024 – The jury has fully been seated along with six alternates, and opening arguments are underway in Trump’s criminal trial:
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-trial-04-22-24/index.html
April 15th, 2024 – More discoveries on how birds navigate and find their home territories after epic migrations:
April 11th, 2024 – Former NFL great O.J. Simpson has died of cancer at age 76:
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/oj-simpson-dead-at-76-family-announces-144012008.html
Unlike a few of my friends, I always believed O.J. was guilty of murdering Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. He had a long history of abusing Nicole. It is a shame that his own jealousy will always be remembered over his football and acting talents.
April 10th, 2024 – The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that the state must abide by an abortion law written in 1864. (No, … that is not a typo, … 1864.)
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/08/us/arizona-supreme-court-abortion-access-tuesday/index.html
Nationwide across the U.S, about 67 to 71% of women agree with abortion up to 24 weeks and about 65% of men do. Here is my advice, … if you are particularly religious and have strong views about abortion, … great, … practice that within your own family and don’t try to legislate to everyone else who does no share your religious views what they can or cannot do. Tens and tens of millions of people do not believe as you do and don’t wish to be forced to follow your belief system.
April 5th, 2024 – Large-scale 3D maps of the Universe may reveal dark energy secrets:
March 28th, 2024 – Torre Garisenda, “the other leaning tower” of Italy in Bologna is about to undergo some shoring up:
https://www.cnn.com/travel/garisenda-tower-bologna-italy-stop-collapsing/index.html
March 26th, 2024 – The Francis Scott Key bridge near Baltimore has collapsed:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/photos-baltimores-francis-scott-key-bridge-collapse-124703206.html
March 22nd, 2024 – Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales has announced that she is dealing with cancer:
https://www.cnn.com/uk/live-news/princess-wales-catherine-cancer-intl/index.html
Important past posts:
Sept 28th, 2023 – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Mark Milley, responds to Trump’s threat to kill him:
I know that roughly 35% of those that voted for Trump in the 2020 election were not true supporters of him. They just wanted the Supreme Court to remain conservative, or to deter illegal immigration, or to preserve their gun rights, etc … Sadly though, about 65% of them voted for Trump simply because they think he is a “fighter.” They like that he is uncouth, says whatever comes to his mind, is wildly unfaithful to Melania, and is not afraid to ruffle feathers. However, when you attempt to pull off a coup because you are not man enough to shake hands and congratulate a fellow competitor and then follow it up with wild antics such as threatening the life of America’s highest ranking armed services member, … that is pure and simple, … batshit crazy. If my great uncle who fought in WW2 and was a Republican his entire life until he passed in 2011 were alive, he would be enraged. Trump represents almost none of the qualities of the traditional Republican voter from the 1940s to about 2010. Respect for the family, limited government, work ethic, faith in God, faithfulness to your spouse, maintaining a strong military, strict on crime, modesty, remaining humble, etc …. You can be sure that should Trump win in 2024, it will be nothing but four years of revenge politics that do nothing to move our nation forward. Consider what is in your mind, … what is in your heart, …. this guy (Trump) is a fundamentally bad person. He is nothing like the honorable candidates of John McCain or Mitt Romney. Consider Trump’s demeanor and how much hate fills this guy (when does a day go by that he is not raging on social media?). Don’t believe me?, … listen to General Milley, … the guy is a lifelong Republican.
Everyday, … All Day, … until the Illegal War of Aggression Ends – I am a supporter of Ukraine and their right to remain independent of Russia and Putin’s kleptocracy. In a world where leaders are truly held accountable, Putin would be brought before the ICC and found guilty of waging an illegal war and crimes against humanity. Let’s all stand with Ukraine to repel Putin’s illegal invasion and attempt at mass destruction.
