Not sure where my posting today is headed, but I'll start with the   history of religion in less than two minutes .   Gives you a good sense of how religion developed. The Khan Academy has a You Tube on the  five major religions .   You don't need to donate anything.  Just scroll down and click on the play icon.  In some of these videos you might hear no sound.  Sometimes the sound logo is covered with an X.  Just click on it, and you can hear again.  Of course click to skip the commercials .  The Khan Academy was created in 2008 and now has 8000 video lessons used by 70 million people, now seen 2 billion times. Next, the  five major religions  by John Bellaimey.  Can you even name them?  Most of you will have difficulty.  There are common themes.  Visit his  TEDEd page .  He's had more than 10 million pings.  Or his  CredibleMind  blog site.  He is an Episcopal Church...

Sorry for being a little late today.  I went to Shimazu Shave Ice and had a Ling Hing Mui flavored shave ice, topped with condensed cream...for $7. Looking at the  Worldometer  data of yesterday, Japan remains #1 with 230,555 new cases.  The USA is #2 at 99,061.  The pandemic epicenter has shifted from Europe to Asia/Oceania.  Ranking of major countries in terms of new cases/million population: #1  Japan  1831 #2  Australia  1733 #3  South Korea 1660 #4  New Zealand  1579 #6  Singapore  1335 #7  Taiwan  974 #8  Italy  909 #9  Austria  831 #10  Germany  783 The average for the U.S is 296 new cases/million. Most think global warming is our biggest problem.  Over-population is also way up there as a concern.  According to the  United Nations, the World will hit a population of 8 billion on November 15 .  The World reached 7 billion in 2011. Our global popul...

              From  Worldometer  (new  COVID-19 deaths yesterday):            DAY    USA    WORLD      Brazil      India      South Africa June     9     1093     4732         1185        246       82 July    22      1205     7128         1293      1120     572 Aug    12      1504     6556        1242        835     130 Sept     9      1208      6222       1136       1168       82 Oct     21      1225      6849  ...

              From  Worldometer  (new  COVID-19 deaths yesterday):            DAY    USA    WORLD      Brazil      India      South Africa June     9     1093     4732         1185        246       82 July    22      1205     7128         1293      1120     572 Aug    12      1504     6556        1242        835     130 Sept     9      1208      6222       1136       1168       82 Oct     21      1225      6849  ...