Curious about the wrong things
The media paints suspicious, downright fishy stories as ‘nothing-to-see-here, simple, plain, vanilla happenings,’ but total garbage stuff is given absolutely unwarranted hype and scrutiny. Case in point - John McAfee’s death/sUiCiDe and the much-ado-about-nothing UFO Report by the Pentagon. After all that has transpired over the last 18 months, never ever trust the media narrative, never follow the “experts” like sheep (looking at you, Fauci), and never believe the “polls / surveys” without taking a look at their sampling methodology.
The big stories
John McAfee found dead. A Spanish court on Tuesday ordered his extradition to the U.S. in connection with a federal criminal proceeding in Tennessee. Mr. McAfee had been detained in Spain since October in connection with criminal charges filed in Tennessee by the Justice Department’s tax division. Everyone’s calling it a suicide. But here’s the kicker - he used to frequently claim that if he dies by suicide it was the government. McAfee even got a tattoo in 2019 reading “$WHACKD.”
And c’mon, we all know Epstein didn’t kill himself. Now I just wish Assange doesn’t die of “sUiCiDe.” McAfee story by the WSJ.
The UFO report drops. The Pentagon offered five explanations for the weird, grainy, low-picture-quality things observed in the sky:
Tech developed by a geopolitical adversary (China, Russia, Iran)
Secret US tech we civilians don’t know about (Wut? YOU are the Pentagon!)
Natural occurrences, like tricks of light or water
Air junk, such as weather balloons
Other
Wow. That was super helpful! Now can we move on until at least an iPhone 1 quality UFO picture or video emerges?!
Trump rallies are back! Check out his Wellington, Ohio speech on RSBN. And oh, the best governor in the whole darn America, Gov. Ron DeSantis beat Donald Trump in a straw poll taken at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver. Attendees were asked to vote for all the potential candidates they approve of out of a 31-person field. The straw poll found that 74% of participants favor DeSantis, and Trump received 71% of votes. I bet you a million dollars, one of these two is gonna be the 2024 GOP nominee.
Wuhan Virus gene data removed from NIH database on Chinese researchers’ request. Details
Business news
Hyundai Motor Group completes acquisition of Boston Dynamics from SoftBank. Details
Sweetgreen confidentially files for IPO. Details
Facebook launches Clubhouse-like live audio rooms and podcasts. Details
China’s AV startup WeRide raises $310M at $3.3B valuation from Nissan, others. Details
Self-driving truck startup Embark to go public in $5.2B SPAC deal. Details
Warby Parker confidentially files for IPO. Details
Windows 11. Details (yawn)
Andreessen Horowitz launches $2.2B crypto fund and is ‘radically optimistic’ despite price fluctuations. Details
South African brothers disappear along with $3.6B in Bitcoin. Details
GOAT Group valuation more than doubles to $3.7B after closing Series F funding round of $195M. Details
Batch, a New York-based QR code startup, raised $5M in seed funding co-led by Coatue and Seven Seven Six.
Blackstone enters deal to buy Home Partners of America for $6B. Details
BuzzFeed reaches deal to go public via SPAC and is acquiring Complex Networks. Details
This week in woke and cancel-culture lunacy
Black Holes are racist. Yep, the outer space, cosmic black holes. According to a Cornell University course. Details
Explosive Loudoun County school board meeting erupts in chaos over the trash critical race theory. Watch
This 9-year-old is my spirit animal! Her parents are raising her real good. Watch the Minnesota girl going savage on school board over BLM posters.
Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is “woke” and a CRT supporter. Watch the Tucker segment
Science & Technology
SpaceX’s Starlink expects it can provide global coverage around September. Details
A 3-month-old old video, but it’s a must-watch. The first 10,000 days on Mars
Fashion, food, and entertainment
No Tuna found in a DNA test of Subway Tuna Sandwich. Subway defends its tuna footlong, claims DNA test is ‘not reliable.’ Details
Wingstop announces new Chicken Thigh restaurant ‘Thighstop’. Details
Netflix announced a partnership with Amblin Partners, a film and television studio led by director Steven Spielberg, and said the deal will generate multiple new films every year. Details
McDonald’s launches a loyalty program to offer rewards to promote repeat visits. Details
American track star Allyson Felix launches her own shoe company two years after breaking-up with Nike. Details
TikTok launches ‘Jumps’ for plugging-in third-party apps and services. Details
Britney Spears finally speaks out in court in a request to end conservatorship. Details
Vegas welcomes its newest casino, The Resorts World. Details
Chanel has designed a $2,700 AirPods case that’s also a pearl necklace. Details
Kanye West sues Walmart for selling knockoff Yeezy sneakers. Details
What’s gaining popularity
Google Search topics with big percentage jumps in search interest last week. Courtesy: Exploding Topics
“Charcuterie” - preparation of cooked meats so that they don’t need refrigeration.
“Timemore” - China-based manufacturer of coffee grinders and other specialty coffee equipment.
“Quantum dot display” - these enable the display of more than 1 billion colors. The improvement compared to LCD displays is as much as 50%.
Chart of the week
Next week calendar
Monday, June 28 - Our Lord, Our Savior, Papa Elon’s Birthday, Wimbledon starts, Tau Day
Tuesday, June 29 - Int’l day of the Tropics, National Camera Day
Wednesday, June 30 - Social Media Day, Asteroid Day
Thursday, July 1 - Princess Diana statue to be unveiled at the garden of the London palace, Canada Day
Friday, July 2 - World UFO Day (ugh, please, enough already!)
Let’s foment a controversy
Responses to the ‘Russia inclusion in G7’ question are mixed - 50% of you want it to happen, while the other 50% are vehemently against it.
This week’s topic - oh boy, you must have smelled it from a mile away - UFOs. Much ado about nothing; waste of time and energy? OR are they very real, possibly extra-terrestrial? Let me know what you think!