Carlos Alcaraz beats Novak D. in Australian Open 2026 men's final to complete his Career Grand Slam. Vamos Carlos!

Happy February 2026 to Carlos Alcaraz and his coaching team. Carlos Alcaraz defeated Novak Djokovic in four sets to win his first Australian Open title today. Carlos Alcaraz won his seventh major Grand Slam title today. With this impressive victory in Melbourne, Alcaraz completed the career grand slam. He is the youngest person at 22 years, 272 days to complete the career Grand Slam on the ATP tour. In contrast, Novak Djokovic was trying to win his 11th grand slam title in Melbourne as he beat Jannik Sinner in a great five set semifinal a few days ago. Djokovic has won ten titles in Melbourne. He is no longer undefeated in finals in Melbourne. Yet, Novak is the greatest tennis player of all time. Rafael Nadal was in attendance to watch the incredible battle between Carlos and Novak. In close to four months, Jannik Sinner can complete his career grand slam in Men's Tennis. He has to win his first French Open final to complete the career grand slam. Alexander Zverev has not ever won a grand slam title. He lost in five sets to Carlos Alcaraz in the Australian Open 2026 semifinals. The Alcaraz vs. Zverev semifinal match lasted 327 minutes. During the match, Alcaraz had vomited from exhaustion. Zverev served for the match in the fifth set, but Carlos Alcaraz won the final three games of the match. He broke Zverev's serve twice to secure his spot in the 2026 Australian Open men's final. On the women's side, Elena Rybakina won her first title in Melbourne as she defeated Aryna Sabalenka in three grueling sets. Sabalenka was leading in the third set by three games to love, yet she wasted away the next five games. Sabalenka has a winning percentage of less than .600 in women's finals in all her tournament final appearances on the WTA Tour. Sabalenka and Rybakina split the opening sets in the 2026 Australian Open women's final, yet Rybakina persevered in the end. Elena won her second career grand slam title, in addition to her 2022 Wimbledon trophy. In closing, the ATP and WTA tours will leave Australia and New Zealand now. Enjoy the picture above of Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz. Melbourne is 18 hours ahead of mountain standard time in the USA. Will Novak Djokovic get his 25th career grand slam title in Paris (or Wimbledon or US Open) this year? Novak showed his determination to keep playing, and he could play through 2026 and 2027. Good day and Good night from sunny Arizona!

MSNBC changes its name to MS NOW, while Marjorie Taylor Greene will resign on January 5, 2026

Welcome to the final story of 2025, which is created by G. Ripley. In this story, the American cable news channel known as MSNBC gets a new facelift. As of 11-15-2025, the American cable news channel of MSNBC is called MS NOW. MS NOW is owned by Versant, a subsidiary of Comcast pending its spin-off to their shareholders in 2026. MS NOW has a current domain name of https://www.ms.now. MSNBC.com was retired in 2012 when Microsoft ended its partnership with NBC, redirecting users to NBCNews.com. Furthermore, MS NOW stands for My Source for News, Opinion, and the World. The owner of this channel stays as NBCUniversal. The network has a thirty year history, dating back to the joint venture of Microsoft and NBC News. This joint venture started in 1995. MS NOW plans to launch a membership-based, direct-to-consumer product next summer. Versant will be a publicly traded company, with its ticker symbol as VSNT. The company will begin regular trading on the Nasdaq on January 5, 2026. Next, this story shifts to the recent announcements of Marjorie Taylor Greene. Miss Greene announced her resignation from Congress on November 21, 2025. She made the bold decision in a ten minute video, and her last day in Congress is January 5, 2026. Her resignation is a date chosen strategically to secure her congressional pension eligibility after serving just over five years. It appears that Marjorie Taylor Greene (alias of MTG) began her congressional service on January 3, 2021. Her eccentric and inconsistent service spans the 117th, 118th, and part of the 119th Congresses. In this penultimate paragraph, the inquisitive reader may ask the question of what did Marjorie Taylor Greene do, before she was elected to Congress. The divorced 51 year old helped her family to manage its construction business. Taylor Commercial Inc. may have been the business that she helped her former husband to manage. In 2012, Greene started working as a part-time coach at Alpharetta CrossFit gym. In 2013, Greene opened CrossFit Passion as her own CrossFit gym. Recently, Marjorie Taylor Greene decided to exercise her life and political options by turning against President Donald Trump in the past five months. In closing, Greene sided with Democrats during the 2025 fall government shutdown on the specific issue of extending Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance subsidies. Greene stated that the failure to do so would harm Americans, including her own constituents and children. Greene was a vocal critic of her own Republican leadership's handling of the shutdown, particularly Speaker Mike Johnson. She criticized Johnson and fellow Republicans for not having a plan to address the expiring ACA tax credits, and for keeping the House out of session. Lastly, Greene did a candid interview with Lesley Stahl on 60 minutes in the past few hours. Greene mentioned that there were death threats that she received, and her son received them also. What will be the next career move by Marjorie Taylor Greene? Let's hope she does not advocate for more baseless conspiracy theories. Miss Greene had advocated for QAnon and other wacky conspiracy theories throughout her career both before and during her time in Congress. Miss Greene was one of the few Republicans in signing a critical petition to discharge all of the Jeffrey Epstein files. The Department of Justice should do the right thing to release all unclassified Jeffrey Epstein files as the deadline is around December 19, 2025. Does anyone have any high hopes for 2026? Let's pray that an economic recession, and Tariffs are skirted once again in the new year.

The penny shortage happening during the government shutdown in November 2025

Today is day 32 of the US government shutdown. The government shutdown started on October 1, 2025. Donald Trump is in the tenth month of his second term as US president. Trump has made another horrible decision by stopping production of the one cent coin. The US Mint officially stopped making pennies in May 2025. The Treasury Dept. of the USA is no longer producing the one cent coin. Furthermore, Abraham Lincoln's face is on the penny. Mr. Lincoln was the sixteenth president of the USA, and he held the office from 1861 to 1865. Abraham Lincoln's face is on the penny since 1909. 1909 is the year, that Lincoln would have turned 100 years old. Besides the one cent coin, Abraham Lincoln's face graces the $5 bill in USA. Next, G. Ripley paid $5 for groceries today and the receipt stated the total was $4.43. Fry's store in Tempe, AZ decided to give me $.60 back as change instead of $.57. Due to the penny shortage, Fry's grocery store is rounding up. G. Ripley confirmed with a store employee that the blue sign informs consumers that the store policy is to round up, due to the US National penny shortage. Back to the government shutdown, November 5 would mark the thirty sixth day of the shutdown. November 5 would make the current US government shutdown as the longest US government shutdown ever. From January 2017 to January 2021, Donald Trump served as the 45th president of the USA. The US government shutdown lasted 35 days during 2018-2019, and that timeframe lasts as the longest shutdown currently in US history. The Democrats want the ACA (affordable care act) tax credits to pass. The ACA tax credits have expanded subsidies that will expire on December 31, 2025. In closing, the US Mint was established in 1792 during George Washington's first term as the first US president. The penny was one of the first coins that was produced by the US Mint. Michael Johnson is a Republican senator representing Congress, from the state of Louisiana. He is the current Speaker of the House of Representatives. Michael Johson is declining to swear in Adelita Grijalva, and she is a Democratic U.S. representative-elect for Arizona's seventh congressional district. Michael Johnson has made the costly decision of giving Republicans, in the House of representatives a recess that has lasted more than 32 days. If Adelita Grijalva were sworn as another senator in the House of Representatives, her vote would give the US government a huge chance of releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files. Grijalva's vote is the deciding vote, which would release the Epstein files. Enjoy the picture above of the Capitol building, and Social Security with an airline depiction of the US government shutdown taken from the Fast Company magazine.

Seeing the Lost Bus and enjoying Jermann Pinot Grigio avec Landon ses femmes

Two days ago, Rahulio ventured into Mountain Shadows Resort in the Valley of Paradise. This resort is the place to meet Landon, as he gave me a glass of Jermann Pinot Grigio. I drank Jermann Pinot Grigio wine at Hearth '61 restaurant. Landon gave me a sample of a Nolet's gin, which Erica liked. Erica is Landon's fling from Fall 2023. Yet, Erica had a friend named James. James and his wife, Savannah; live in Marina del Rey currently. Erica drank my sample of Nolet's, and Rahulio recommended a Gin Tom Collins for her. James and Savannah told me that they lived by the Firestone Walker Brewing company. Firestone Walker Brewing Company is a place, that Rahulio frequented back in June 2025 during his trip to Venice Beach and LA. Unfortunately, Erica liked to vape. She paid for Rahulio's Jermann Pinot Grigio. Erica started to discuss her personal life before she met Landon. Erica has an ex-husband, who will remain anonymous. Erica hinted to me that she may give Rahulio her phone number. But, Rahulio hates women that vape or smoke weed. In this last paragraph, James and Savannah told me that they met Jeanie Buss. Jeanie Buss and the Buss family owned the LA Lakers basketball team for more than four decades. James and Savannah met Jeanie B. at The Forum in Inglewood, CA. The LA Lakers used to play at the Forum, before they moved to Crypto.com arena. Erica told me that she is going through a major divorce, that has lasted for almost 36 months. In closing, Landon told me that another trip at Mountain Shadows Resort is in the cards. If it was not for Landon introducing me to his femmes, Erica and Savannah; Rahulio may not have ever hit up Mountain Shadows Resort in Paradise Valley. After Mountain Shadows Resort, the Lost Bus movie is the flick that Rahulio saw. The Lost Bus is a super cool movie, that is based on the true story of a major fire in Paradise, CA that happened in 2018. Enjoy the picture above of Piestawa Peak and the pool area of Mountain Shadows. Arrivederci from Rahulio.

An evening with Daniela divorciada and Rahulio Ganpuleone - Romance can lead to Happy Privatization

About four hours ago, Rahulio Ganpuleone met his beautiful femme fatale named Daniela. This is not her alias, yet it is her real name. In the two hours that we spent together, she divulged so much to me that it cannot be revealed to a single soul. Daniela had beautiful green/hazel eyes. Ella es Acuario y habla un hermoso español. This last sentence is translated from spanish to english, as 'she is an aquarius, and she speaks beautiful spanish.' Next, Daniela wanted me to buy a drink for her. The drink was sauvignon blanc wine from Columbia Valley in Washington state. We had dinner at Pesto's Pizza Restaurant en Chandler. Daniela said 'Bonne Soiree' to me and to our waiter also. Bonne Soiree is translated from french to english as 'Have a good evening.' Ademas, Daniela fed beautiful french fries to Rahulio. The french fries were the appetizer, and they were dipped in honey mustard sauce and ketchup mixed together. Daniela has beautiful legs and a nice rack [breasts] also. Later, Rahulio and Daniela exchanged ki$$es. Daniela mentioned that she has a cuñada that worked for Tapout clothing brand. Speaking of Tapout, Daniela and Rahulio watched the saul canelo alvarez vs. terence crawford at priceless Deux bar en mesa at 10 pm. Terence Crawford won the fight, which lasted douze rounds. Daniela enjoyed guzzling a Sierra Nevada Hazy Little thing IPA beer, while Rahulio sipped a Paulaner german lager. In closing, the night is one to remember for Daniela and Rahulio. They exchanged each other digits in hopes of doing some canoodling on Mexican Independence Day (September 16). Cheers to more Rahulio romantic adventures with the young seductive ladies (YSL). Enjoy the picture above of Rahulio and Jenn babe, his former love interest. Jennifer is a great ki$$er. Ki$$ can lead to more Bliss. :)

Inside the Omidyar Group and Omidyar Network, plus other Philanthropic Investment companies

When you think of Pierre Omidyar, the omnipresent EBay is one of his successful business ventures. Two other triumphant ventures were First Look Media and the Omidyar Network. First Look Media is an US based Nonprofit media organization, which Pierre founded in October 2013 dedicated to independent, investigative journalism. Pierre is a French born, Iranian American Billionaire. Pierre is married to Pamela Kerr, and both of them are Tufts University graduates. Pamela and Pierre have three adoring, adult children. Next, the Omidyar Network has received over $1.5 billion in impact investments and nonprofits, focusing on areas like human trafficking and journalism. This $1.5-$2 billion investment is primarily from the deep pockets of Pamela and Pierre. Omidyar Network is involved in for-profit investments and philanthropic grants, aiming to create both social impact and financial returns. Omidyar Network has a hybrid structure that includes a Limited Liability Company (LLC) with a private philanthropic foundation. The LLC enables Omidyar Network to invest in innovative startups that improve the overall well-being, potential, and quality of life globally while building responsible digital technologies. Philanthropy is ameliorating the lives of others, independent of the operation (or system) in its best form. Furthermore, The Omidyar Group is guided by the belief that individuals can improve their lives and societies through positive choices and comprehensible institutions. The Omidyar Network is a huge, integral part of The Omidyar Group. Omidyar Network is defined as a self-styled philanthropic investment company, composed of a foundation and an impact investment firm. Omidyar Group has two US locations in Redwood City, CA and Washington, D.C. The OG (Omidyar Group) has international offices in London, Johannesburg, Mumbai, Bangalore, and Singapore. Omidyar Group provides governance and guidance, exploration and incubation, strategic frameworks, and strategic communications and policy support to seven major organizations. The listing of these principal org. are A. Democracy Fund; B. Flourish; C. HopeLab; D. Humanity United; E. Imaginable Futures; F. Luminate; and G. Ulupono Initiative. In this penultimate paragraph, the expanded concept of Philanthropic Investment companies is discussed. These socially responsible investing companies are entities that use their resources to pursue both social/environmental impact; and financial returns on case by case basis. The resources are primarily financial, in-kind, or volunteer-based. They operate at the intersection of traditional investing and charitable giving. Some popular Philanthropic Investing companies are Arabella Advisors; National Philanthropic Trust; and Blue Meridian Partners. In closing, this revealing financial weblog story is to instill Philanthropic Investment companies as infinite socially responsible investing org. Enjoy the picture above of the Dalai Lama; Pamela Kerr; and Desmond Tutu at La Jolla Country Day School. Pamela Kerr and Pierre Omidyar are life partners in leading global change for a sustainable world on planet Earth. The Holy Dalai Lama is the highest spiritual leader, and head of Tibetan Buddhism. The late Desmond Tutu was a South African Anglican bishop and theologian. He was one of South Africa's most well-known human rights activists. He won the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in resolving and ending apartheid. Long live Desmond Tutu; Pamela Kerr; Pierre Omidyar; and the Holy Dalai Lama.

In May 2026, Stephen Colbert will perform his last 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' episode on CBS

On July 17, 2025, Rahulio G. saw a YouTube video which revealed Stephen Colbert declaring his show is going to be canceled by Paramount Global and CBS. CBS and Paramount Global announced 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' is canceled due to a purely financial decision. According to Paramount Global, CBS aka 'The Tiffany network' lost $40-$50 million from Colbert's late night show in 2024-2025 season. At the end of last week, CBS claimed the cancellation is due to financial reasons including the show's high costs. There is a major change in economics of late-night television even though Colbert's show received far better ratings, than Jimmy Kimmel (ABC); plus Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers (NBC). Next, Paramount Pictures will be acquired by Skydance Media in a deal that values the combined entity at $8 billion. David Ellison is the current chairman and CEO of Skydance Media. Skydance will take control of Paramount Global, which includes Paramount Pictures; CBS; Showtime, and other channels. Shari Redstone, the controlling shareholder of Paramount, has agreed to the sale of Paramount Global to Skydance. The merger is expected to be finalized in the third quarter of 2025. The merger is pending regulatory approvals from the FCC and FTC. In addition, Skydance will first acquire National Amusements. National Amusements is the parent company of Paramount Global. National Amusements will be acquired for $2.4 billion. David Ellison will be the Chairman and CEO of the new Paramount Global. Jeff Shell is the former CEO of NBCUniversal, and he will become President of the new Paramount Global. In contrast, David Ellison is the son of Lawrence Ellison. Lawrence Ellison is the billionaire co-founder and chairman of Oracle Corporation, and David's mother is Barbara Boothe. Lawrence 'Larry' Ellison has an Italian and Jewish heritage. David Ellison's sister is Megan Ellison. She is the founder of Annapurna Pictures, which was established in 2011. Megan's mother is Barbara Boothe, one of the four ex-wives of Larry Ellison. In closing, the USA commander in chief aka President Trump is quite happy that Stephen Colbert's show is being canceled. On Truth Social (Trump's social network platform), Trump mentioned that Jimmy Kimmel's ABC show should be canceled next. Jon Stewart is on the Daily Show, which has its episodes on Comedy Central. Jon Stewart ripped apart Paramount Global, while Colbert has received many supportive comments and other praise from Jimmy Kimmel; Anderson Cooper; Seth Meyers; John Oliver; Jimmy Fallon and David Letterman. Will Stephen Colbert ride off into the sunset and retire from CBS in June 2026? Rahulio G. hopes Stephen Colbert starts another late night or daytime talk show, so Colbert can continue to make the country's audience laugh continuously.