MARKETS WITHOUT MORALS

Markets: After falling every day last week, the tech-focused Nasdaq closed higher as Wall Street continues to feel out how the next Trump administration will impact the business world.

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But remember: Over the course of the entire year, Utqiagvik will experience the same amount of daylight as Miami, or any other place on Earth, because we all experience the same number of hours of sunlight over 365 days, the Washington Post reported.

Come May 11, 2025, in Utqiagvik, the sun will rise and it won’t set until Aug. 19.

Morning Brew's Opening...

Good morning. Bummed it’s getting dark out so early? Spare a thought for the people living in Utqiagvik, Alaska, 330 miles north of the Arctic Circle.

Yesterday at 1:27pm local time, the sun set…and it won’t rise again until January 22.

For 64 days, residents will be living in what’s known as polar night.

ON this date in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address.

Bun Man and Mr. Purple were in the crowd that day.

Abe started with "Four score and 7 years ago..."

Bun turned to P and said, damn, a tad pretentious, don't you think?

Mr. P replied, Yep, hope it's short and pointed.

Bun Man said, It's Abe...short speech, short life, long remembered.

(When Presidents were People you could revere)

Historybook: President James Garfield born (1831); President Abraham Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address (1863); Indira Gandhi, first and only female prime minister of India, born (1917); Actress Meg Ryan born (1961); First lady Rosalynn Carter dies (2023).

"The better part of one's life consists of his friendships."

- Abraham Lincoln

@Jennifelroy

Hey Jen,

Naugatuck was listed...

FESTIVITIES...Getting in Tune

Whether you’re looking for a festive family outing, with trinkets and treats, or an elaborate evening affair with boozy libations, holiday lights shows, and a post-ride feast, there’s guaranteed to be a makeshift Polar Express out there for you this holiday season.

https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/best-christmas-train-rides

Shaboozey's "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" tops Billboard Hot 100 for 18th week, one week from tying record for most weeks at No. 1

https://www.billboard.com/lists/shaboozey-a-bar-song-tipsy-hot-100-number-one-18th-week/

#politics

We got here largely via a PROTEST VOTE...

US citizens had a chance to save democracy, but they chose to protest selection processes rather than save a country.

Possible Projection of the USA Future

Broadcasts of the State

State Music

State Literature

We couldn't get to United via love, but damn if we aren't getting to ONE STATE via hate.

#politics

#pups4peace

Ken-Dogger: Well, well, someone's happy this morning.

Clyde: Dude, you know, I've got emotional range.

KD: Wow, emotional range, please, go on.

C: Well, it just seems a lot of peeps are morose and sullen lately, they've forgotten there's a range of emotions out there.

KD: No, they've tasted reality.

C: Perhaps so, but it's a good reminder to let peeps know there is still a wide-open range out there.

KD: Good to know, Clyde, thanks for the startle.

Went to VASA Fitness this morning as I hate riding my bike in the cold...

Car ad comes on...

Don't realize it's a car ad, screen shows

800 KIAs

I'm thinking where was this massacre.

Panama (to check out progress on the canal)

TRIP TRIVIA

Yesterday, President Biden became the first sitting president to visit the Amazon.

Here’s a trivia question about presidential travel: In 1906, Theodore Roosevelt was the first president to make an international trip.

Where did he go?

With a reach of 300 million potential customers, it likely amounts to the largest ever “roadblock” (the industry term for this kind of takeover).

Think of it as a test of the emergency broadcast system, but with Paul Mescal saying he will have his vengeance.

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S: Morning Brew

From MORNING BREW

Good morning. Are you not entertained? Well, tonight you will be, whether you like it or not.

Ahead of Gladiator II’s release this Friday, Paramount will show a final trailer for the movie at 9pm ET simultaneously across more than 4,000 TV networks, radio stations, digital platforms, and other media, the New York Times reported.

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ON this date in 1978, 918 people died in a mass murder-suicide in Jonestown, Guyana.

Mr. Purple looked at me and Bun and said, "sheesh, how could so many be so deceived?"

Bun Man replied, "We're about to find out little buddy."

UMMM, SEEMS CANADIANS ARE PRETTY COOL TOO...

FREEZE THIS

Canadian Spa Hopes Hair-Freezing Contest Can Continue for Another 12 Years – SEE the Hilarious Winners

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/canadian-spa-hopes-hair-freezing-contest-can-continue-for-another-12-years/

HEY YOU....

DANCING BALLERINA OVER THERE

Historybook: Abolitionist and women’s rights activist Sojourner Truth born (1797); Poet and novelist Margaret Atwood born (1939); 918 people die in a mass murder-suicide in Jonestown, Guyana (1978); Massachusetts court ruling makes the state the first to recognize same-sex marriage (2003).

"I would rather dance as a ballerina, though faultily, than as a flawless clown."

- Margaret Atwood's "Lady Oracle"

@Bix

Thanks Bixie, the musical selections/inputs have been rather small lately.

I was fixin' to spin some 80s, I thought it was that depressing.

Peace be with you