Day: January 10, 2025

Welcome To Quitters Day

Remember those resolutions that you made on New Years day?

Today is the second Friday of January and this is the day known as “Quitters Day”.

Quitter’s Day is held on the second Friday in January. This year, it falls on January 10. The tradition of setting New Year’s resolutions began some 4,000 years ago with the ancient Babylonians. For them, the year did not begin in January but in mid-March — on the first moon after the spring equinox. Quitter’s Day is set aside to recognize those who set new year goals and fail to achieve them — and to encourage and equip them to try again and ultimately succeed. Research has shown that people quit their resolutions for the year by the second Friday of January.

In 2019, extensive research was conducted by Strava — a social network for athletes — and it was found that approximately 80% of people who made New Year’s resolutions have tapped out by the second week of January. Making deductions from the available 800 million user-logged activities in that year, Strava even went on to predict that the second Friday of January was the fateful day when the motivations of most quitters begin to decline. The main areas of focus for resolutions involve exercise, eating habits, and weight loss.

New studies have found that about two-thirds of people abandon their New Year’s resolution within a month. One of the major problems with achieving new year resolutions is that those who set them are over-ambitious. People usually start with high levels of motivation, but as time progresses, the drive begins to wane. The key in achieving goals is to set short, medium, and long-term goals as opposed to one large unrealistic stretch goal. Starting small and staying consistent, and also pairing up with someone else to remain accountable and motivated, will lead to good results. The day is not one to make fun of those who set goals and quit, but one to ultimately inspire them to eventually achieve their goals despite all odds.

The key to not quitting something you started is to not just decide to do something but to be totally devoted to doing it. The second key is persistence, and the third is to get in with a group/club doing the same thing. According to research, these three things are winning recipes to keep going.

I do not have to worry for I will not quit because I do not make resolutions they are a waste of time and energy.

Are you one of the quitters?

Like anyone will admit to defeat.

Have a great weekend and as always….Be well and Be Safe….

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

It’s Official He Is A Felon

We all have heard about Trump’s legal situation……and now it is official…..

Ten days before his second inauguration, Donald Trump earned an unwanted distinction on Friday—he became the first president criminally sentenced. As expected, Trump received no jail time or any punishment in his conviction over a hush money payment to a former adult film star, reports the AP. Instead, Judge Juan M. Merchan granted what’s known as an unconditional discharge, which the New York Timesdescribes as a “rare and lenient alternative.” Trump is appealing his conviction, per the Washington Post.

  • “This has been a very terrible experience,” Trump told the court before the sentence was announced, per the Times. He characterized the case as a political vendetta, said his payments to Stormy Daniels were above-board, and called witness Michael Cohen a “totally discredited person.” He added that voters vindicated him by electing him after the conviction. “I got indicted over calling a legal expense a legal expense,” he said. “I just want to say I think it’s an embarrassment to New York.”
  • “I assume I’m still under a gag order,” Trump told the judge. “But the fact is, I’m totally innocent.” He concluded: “I was treated very, very unfairly, and I thank you very much.”
  • The judge in explaining his sentence reiterated that Trump is still a citizen subject to prosecution, even if he has been elected president. “Sir, I wish you godspeed as you pursue your second term in office. Thank you,” Merchan said.
  • The sentence: Under New York state law, an unconditional discharge can be invoked when a judge is “of the opinion that no proper purpose would be served by imposing any condition upon the defendant’s release.” In this case, the conviction stands, but Trump gets no jail, probation, or fines. The president-elect did not attend the sentencing in person. Instead, he appeared by video in the Manhattan courtroom from his Mar-a-Lago residence.
  • Prosecutor: During Friday’s hearing, prosecutor Joshua Steinglass laid into Trump: “This defendant has caused enduring damage to public perception of the criminal justice system and has placed officers of the court in harm’s way,” he said.
  • Trump attorney: After Steinglass spoke, Todd Blanche countered that prosecutors brought the case only after Trump announced his run for the presidency, calling it blatant election interference.
  • Trump had asked the Supreme Court to block the sentencing, but it declined. “I’ll do my little thing tomorrow,” Trump said after the high court ruled against him on Thursday night. “They can have fun with their political opponent.”
  • The jury convicted Trump on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.

No time in lock-up (go figure)…..

Just the news of the day…..

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

Rebuke Of Title IX

More doctor’s stuff today so a slow day for me to post….sorry….chuq

This is one of those issues that should be a major point of contention after 20 January……LGBTQ+ issues…..most of us know how the states feel about these situations….and Biden attempted to try an end run….

A judge has made his pronouncement on the law…..

The Biden administration’s Title IX rules expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students have been struck down nationwide after a federal judge in Kentucky found they overstepped the president’s authority. In a decision issued Thursday, US District Judge Danny C. Reeves scrapped the entire 1,500-page regulation after deciding it was “fatally” tainted by legal shortcomings. The rule had already been halted in 26 states after a wave of legal challenges by Republican-run states. President-elect Trump previously promised to end the rules “on day one” and made anti-transgender themes a centerpiece of his campaign.

  • The decision came in response to a lawsuit filed by Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia. Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti called it a rejection of the Biden administration’s “relentless push to impose a radical gender ideology,” the AP reports. “Because the Biden rule is vacated altogether, President Trump will be free to take a fresh look at our Title IX regulations when he returns to office,” Skrmetti said in a statement.
  • The Biden administration ignited controversy when it finalized the new rules last year. The regulation expanded Title IX, a 1972 law prohibiting discrimination based on sex in education, to also prevent discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation. It also widened the definition of harassment to include a greater range of misconduct.
  • Civil rights advocates hailed the move as a victory, saying it gave LGBTQ+ students new recourse against discrimination. But it drew outrage from conservatives who said it could be used to protect transgender athletes in girls’ sports. The rule didn’t explicitly address athletics and mostly detailed how schools and colleges were required to respond to cases of discrimination and sexual assault.
  • In his decision, Reeves found the Education Department overstepped its authority by expanding the scope of Title IX. There’s nothing in the 1972 law suggesting that it should cover any more than it has since Congress created it, Reeves wrote. He called it an “attempt to bypass the legislative process and completely transform Title IX.”
  • Rather than carve out certain aspects of the rule, Reeves decided it was better to toss the regulation in its entirety and revert to a previous interpretation of Title IX. He said his decision will “simply ’cause a return to the status quo’ that existed for more than 50 years prior to its effective date.”

I am sure when this is revisited that the Trump admin will just pass it off to the states….it is not something Donald the Orange wants to deal with over his Big Mac.

How will the Dems handle this issue will be telling.

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”