1) Inside your body, aging unfolds at remarkably different rates

Recently, scientists at Stanford University began to wonder why identical lab mice, bred with the same DNA and brought up in identical conditions, wound up so different in their old age.

Some mice could ace cognitive tests and race around on their running wheels. Others would forget simple tasks and hobble from place to place. Genetically, they remained indistinguishable, but their twilight years could hardly have been more distinct.

Mouses don’t have Golden years?! Let’s see what AI says about this – twilight years vs golden years:

The terms “golden years” and “twilight years” describe different aspects of old age:

Golden years
A time of vitality, happiness, and prosperity, often referring to retirement. The golden years are generally considered to begin at age 65 and last until at least 80.

Twilight years
A time of uncertainty, vagueness, or gloom. Old people often rely on pets for comfort and companionship in their twilight years.

Some experts question whether the term “golden years” still applies because the definition and time span of retirement have changed over the past 50 years. Older Americans live longer now than they did in 1960.

Google AI Overview seems confused at times, IMHO. Various AI’s differ with each other—a little anyway. ChatGPT sums it up this way:

Summary

• Use “golden years” when focusing on the joys, peace, and opportunities of aging.

•Use “twilight years” when referring to the end-of-life phase, often with a more reflective or solemn tone.

Yeah, stuck in a laboratory your entire life might not offer a “Golden Years” stage—even for humans.

2) Progressives begin search for a new leader – when Trump is finally outta the way, the GOP has a rather long lists of presidential candidates. Is that a problem?

“The progressive movement is strongest when we aren’t overreliant on any single leader to guide us forward,” said Usamah Andrabi, spokesperson for Justice Democrats.

It took another week to get internet service back.

Maybe one day, future AMERICAN historians will wonder how such a wide swath of the country fell for the nightmare that is the latest incarnation of the Democratic Party.

I mixed up the 2003 and 2006 storms. My house got hit 2003, also lost a very large tree in the backyard. At first light, I had to cut up the tree against the house as it was blocking the garages. My dog was terrified and went missing. Wife waited at school bus stop with son. Dog showed up at bus stop. Wife comes home, turns on news to “school bus trapped by fallen trees in North Bend”. Wife says “that’s not North Bend, that’s Mirrormont and that’s our son’s bus!” We only lost power for a day and half in that storm.

Mirrormont and area always get slammed because these cyclones suck vast quantities of air through the wind gaps in the Cascades where they smash into a much older range known locally as the Issaquah Alps. They run perpendicular to the Cascades.

PSE latest:

“ In some of our hardest hit areas, like Mirrormont and Hobart/Maple Valley, we have hundreds of fallen trees tied up in our power lines, which require tree crews to safely remove using specialized equipment before line crews can begin their work. We have crew resources dedicated to completing this work, but it will take time.”

Here is a daily update on the front lines by a former Australian soldier, Willy OAM.
He uses the map from both pro-Ukrainian [DeepState] and pro-Russian [Suriyak] mappers, trying to correct for any bias. What he is showing is that Russia is approaching the limits of the trench/fortifications that Ukraine has built/had in place since 2014. Once Russia breaks through these defensive lines, the pace of advances will likely increase.

Perun talks about potential equipment/manpower shortages Russia may face beginning in 2025. He thinks it will become worse in 2026. Can Ukraine last through 2026 without increase their mobilization beyond the 160,000 figure?

Breakthrough – Another Day Of HUGE Gains/Losses | Ukraine Doubles Down (ATACMS) – Ukraine Map Update
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NfYFxSL9fo

Do you think his analysis if fairly neutral or do you think it’s just Russian propaganda?

100’s of THOUSANDS of Russian dead troops (730,740 -+) – dead Russian troops that Russia can’t replace fast enough—without the dreaded Full Mobilization Draft that will upset Russian Citizens.

Russia pays North Korea for 10,000 troops…well, looks like it might be down to 9,500 North Korean troops already:

Top Russian general and 500 North Korean soldiers ‘killed by British Storm Shadow missiles’ in devastating attack

Ukraine keeps killing the Russian troops and now the North Korean troops—is that diversity or just proof that the Ukrainians are not racist when it comes to killing their enemy?

The many pro-Russia Americans best not be tempted by high paying jobs in Russia, e.g., ‘in fields such as “security” and “engineering,”’ because Russia is finding it almost impossible to replace the troops they are sending into the Meat Grinder. In Russia, their troops are sent in waves—into what is called a Meat Grinder – they are charging in waves into strongly armed & fortified positions, and if they dare retreat, then they are killed by Barrier troops (often Ramzan Kadyrov’s Chechen troops).

Oops—the Russians lied again:

Russians deceitfully recruited hundreds of Yemeni mercenaries to fight in Ukraine

Yemeni mercenaries said they were promised high-paying jobs and even Russian citizenship. The Yemenis were reportedly recruited by a company affiliated with the Houthi group.

The Financial Times writes that the appearance of Yemeni mercenaries in Ukraine shows that the conflict is increasingly drawing in soldiers from abroad as the number of casualties rises and the Kremlin tries to avoid full mobilization.

The recruitment in Yemen also underscores how Russia is getting closer to Iran and its allied militant groups in the Middle East.

Yeah, that last sentence shows that pro-Russia Americans are also being “deceitfully” duped into supporting Iran against Israel…

“The Senate Rules Committee will also have important work to accomplish in the 119th Congress, and I look forward to leading it as Chairman,” McConnell said in the statement.

“Defending the Senate as an institution and protecting the right to political speech in our elections remain among my longest-standing priorities. Ranking Member Deb Fischer has done an outstanding job advancing these causes, and I know she will remain a key partner in the committee’s ongoing work,” he noted.

Not quite the majority leader, but still enough power to “defend the Senate as an institution [against Trump]…”

As a bonus, as chairman of a subcommittee, expect funding for Ukraine in every bill coming out of the Senate.
This is speculation on my part– but if it’s possible– Mitch will be behind it.

Apparently, Mitch has a lifetime membership in the swamp.

https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2024/11/24/rabbi-confirmed-murdered-in-uae-netanyahu-antisemitic-terrorism/

not that the emir of that principate or the crown prince of the kingdom have behaved with flying colors,

we see how their asymmetrical warfare works,