Today is a Wednesday, which for me is usually sci-tech day. But a few newsworthy notes first. Inflation last month reached 4.2%, the highest level in three years . Of course, part of this problem is the war in Iran, for gasoline alone jumped 7%, up 40.5% in the the past year. I yesterday reported that for the 38th time since this Iran war started, President Donald Trump promised a peace deal was close ? Well, apparently not now, for he today said Iran is playing us for suckers , and we will hit them...hard. Very hard. What will that be? It was on March 14, two weeks after the U.S. and Israel first bombed Iran, that I predicted an obvious future target was Kharg Island . The next day, I posted the following: How likely will this happen? Well, In a 1988 interview , Trump indicated that if Iran tries to make us looking like a bunch of fools, I would go and and take Kharg Island . Then two weeks later, I further provided key reasons why he ...
But before I get into Susan Boyle: Peace in Iran? Israel attacked Lebanon again. Iran downed an American helicopter, and President Donald Trump vowed to take revenge. And just did. Notwithstanding, for the 38th time since the war began 103 days ago Trump nevertheless indicated that a ceasefire was imminent. Your health? An international team of scientists published a report in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs . Americans (which I'm sure also means others living elsewhere) should limit alcohol consumption to NO MORE THAN ONE DRINK/DAY. Researchers looked at 56 systemic reviews of the relationship between alcohol and health and found... .... men who consumed more than 6.5 drinks per week and women who consumed more than seven drinks per week had greater than a 1-in-1,000 lifetime risk of dying from an alcohol-related disease or injury. The risk jumps to greater than 1 in 100 for both sexes if they have more than 8.5 drinks a week. At 14 drinks a week, A...