Trial..

 

Tommy..

Former President Donald Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts is evidence the American justice system is “no better than Venezuela or China,” according to Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala.

This ‘trial’ was a political witch hunt from the start,” Tuberville said in a statement shortly after the verdict.

He attacked Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg as a “liberal activist” and Judge Juan Merchan as a “Biden donor” with a “shared goal” of putting Trump behind bars.

He attacked Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg as a “liberal activist” and Judge Juan Merchan as a “Biden donor” with a “shared goal” of putting Trump behind bars.  

Docs..

 

The democrats are feeling slowly bad that the Trump case of classified docs case is going slower than wanted. For President Biden, he maybe doesn't recall. His own case was swift.

Career..

 

Sleep..

 

A video appearing to show President Biden with his eyes shut for an extended period during a Memorial Day event on Monday has been widely shared on social media, with conservative activists alleging he was sleeping during an address by Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.

Biden commemorated Memorial Day at the Arlington National Cemetery on Monday where he laid a wreath by the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier as part of an annual show of respect. News week.

Was he really sleeping or thinking deeply about something else?

King..

 

ZZZ..

 

Pity..

 

Pity the nation whose people are sheep,

and whose shepherds mislead them.

Pity the nation whose leaders are liars, whose sages are silenced,

and whose bigots haunt the airwaves.

Pity the nation that raises not its voice,

except to praise conquerors and acclaim the bully as hero

and aims to rule the world with force and by torture.

Pity the nation that knows no other language but its own

and no other culture but its own.

Pity the nation whose breath is money

and sleeps the sleep of the too well fed.

Pity the nation — oh, pity the people who allow their rights to erode

and their freedoms to be washed away.

My country, tears of thee, sweet land of liberty. ~Lawrence Ferlinghetti

(Book: Ferlinghetti's Greatest Poems)

Express..

 

In November 2016, the journal BMC Public Heath, published a study conducted in Finland over an eleven year period.  The study included 2,267 men and women. 121 of those men and women, who were identified as more pessimistic than the rest of the group, had died of coronary heart disease during the study’s eleven-year period.

The study concluded that pessimists were less inclined to healthy lifestyles and that optimists were more inclined towards healthier lifestyles. The study also found that pessimism impairs your immune system, while optimism, boosts your immune system.

So, in an effort to extend your life, here are some  strategies to help boost optimism:

• Express gratitude for three things that went right yesterday.  
• Volunteer for some noble cause a few hours every week. 
• Eat more vegetables.  By eating more vegetables (and also berries, nuts, seeds, olive oil, beans, cauliflower and yogurt), you are feeding your gut with good bacteria.  
• Exercise aerobically, 20 – 30 minutes every day. Aerobic exercise increases the release of endorphins, another feel good hormone.  
• Stop Multitasking. Multitasking taxes the brain. According to a University London study, multitasking impairs brain function by sapping the brain of energy (glucose)  
• Express love and compassion. This results in the release of oxytocin, a feel good hormone.

IMF..

The IMF said it had revised up both its 2024 and 2025 GDP targets by 0.4 percentage points but warned that growth in China would slow to 3.3% by 2029 due to an ageing population and slower expansion in productivity. It now expects China's economy to grow 5% in 2024 and  to slow to 4.5% in 2025. 
 On the other side...   
  The US economy’s standout performance will be a major driver of global growth this year but could make America’s inflation problem harder to solve, according to the International Monetary Fund.

The IMF upgraded Tuesday its forecast for US economic growth to 2.7% this year — 0.6 percentage points higher than it predicted as recently as January.

The move highlights how the United States is outpacing other advanced economies, notably the European economy, which has struggled to regain momentum after the pandemic, with high interest rates and the lingering effects of earlier rises in energy costs weighing on activity.

The Washington-based IMF expects the 20 countries that use the Euro to grow just 0.8% this year, a downgrade of 0.1 percentage points from its January forecast.

With that the Euro zone, all, are involved in sanctions, support of war and no one is trying to discuss the results and try to improve.  Just a thought.