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ST. JOHN'S and ST. PIERRE/MIQUELON: My Life These Days Remind Me of Groundhog Day

Before I get into our cruise and Groundhog Day, as our next stop will be Canada, I wonder how we will be personally affected: U.S.-Canada trade talks collapse, setting new 50% tariffs in motion The tariffs impact about $20 billion worth of U.S. imports from Canada, according to the U.S. Trade Representative’s office. The import taxes will hit everything from hockey sticks, to some building materials, liquors and certain kinds of clothing. Carney says Canada will immediately retaliate against the U.S. “Canada will match those tariffs dollar for dollar to protect our workers and businesses,” he said.   About the film: Groundhog Day is a 1993 American fantasy romantic comedy film directed by Harold Ramis , who co-wrote the screenplay with Danny Rubin . Starring Bill Murray , Andie MacDowell , and Chris Elliott , it tells the story of a cynical television weatherman covering the annual Groundhog Day event in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania , who becomes trapped in a time loop , ...
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COVID IS ON THE RISE IN THE USA....and we are in St.PIERRE

Before reporting on our Azamara Journey cruise: About that war with Iran, ever wondered what exactly is President Donald Trump's Crushing Economic D-Day Campaign?    Well Iran responded.  Click on the link above Otherwise: Trump’s renewed economic threats come as negotiations between Washington and Tehran appear to have stalled amid disagreements over the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) , signed by both countries on June 17. I yesterday featured the science of anti-aging.  Today, Time magazine countered with: The science of longevity is booming , with researchers pursuing an increasingly ambitious goal: not simply extending life, but finding ways to keep people healthier for more of it.   TIME’s 2026 Longevity Leaders highlights 12 people pushing the field forward. They include Nobel-winning scientist Shinya Yamanaka , whose discovery helped lay the foundation for research into reprogramming human cells to behave as if they were younger, and scientists ...

THE SCIENCE TO STOP AND REVERSE AGING: Part 3.....and, we are in ST. JOHNS

Still on the Azamara Journey, and should arrive into St. Johns by the time this posting is completed.  In a way, the roots of this series about the science to stop and reverse began with a posting on 8May2016, a decade ago, about how life began.   Then on 13June2025 I posted on DO YOU WANT TO LIVE FOREVER? On 19June2025 my posting was on Lifespan Limits .  I indicated that the Turritopsis dohrnii, the Immortal Jellyfish, might live for thousands of years.  So might, perhaps, hydra.  Something to do with FoxO genes.   But Homo sapiens ? You can read the details from that posting about these people in history who took extreme measures to live longer, but here are quick summaries of what they did. The first emperor of the Qin dynasty in China, Qin Shi Huang, drank mercury to live longer.  He died at the age of 49 in 210BC, which was then way over the life expectancy.  He was the one who had buried with him the Terracota Army of Xian.  By the...