There are  two prime NFL games this weekend, Dolphins-Bills at 1PM and Chiefs-Jets at 8:20PM.  As my posting today is on that intriguing romance, I'll just focus on that second game. She is filling MetLife Stadium, for Swift is scheduled to again be in the Chief's suite box, and prices have increased.  Once at $168/seat, resale prices have jumped 25% each day and and as of Wednesday, was up to $245. Even though this will be an away game, you can expect a lot of red #87 jerseys, as Travis Kelce's uniform sales went up by 400%.  The proximity is convenient this time, for she lives in Manhattan. You might say that Taylor Swift and Don Knotts are exact opposites.  She is a very much alive 33-year old, and Knotts,  who I feature this week ,  passed away in 2006.   He is the ultimate wimp , and she is at the top of her entertainment game. Who really is Taylor Swift? Born in 1989 in Reading, Pennsylvania, she was named after singer-songwriter James Taylor. Here is one of her hig

First, yesterday President Joe Biden gave a talk about democracy in Arizona.  This was his most blistering attack yet of Donald Trump and his MAGA extremists.  Did you know that  Joe introduced John to Cindy , his wife? And speaking of Trump: His civil fraud trial trial in New York could begin as soon as this coming Monday.   Also, his pool of funds to pay legal bills for his cronies is running out.   Trump won't bother to even seek a transfer of his case from Georgia to a federal court. Finally, that House quagmire about the government shutdown tomorrow.  Looks like Keven McCarthy lost his battle to pass anything only with Republicans.  Democrats in the House say that if only 5 Republicans vote with them, all this nonsense can be avoided.  But if McCarthy makes that move, he will lose his speakership.  So be prepared for at a short shutdown.  Will this be terrible?  Nah.   The USA has had 21 of them over the past half a century .  Most of them end after a couple days.  The longest

Got to start with Donald Trump.  There are so many court cases pending that I've lost count.  Here was one I did not know even existed.  I'm a bit confused, for New York Attorney General Letitia James has a wide-ranging non-jury lawsuit against Trump and his family, which is scheduled to start anytime soon.  But Judge Arthur Engoron ( right ) somehow made a pre-judgement, I think.   Read this article.   Maybe you can better comprehend what exactly is happening. About that second GOP presidential debate yesterday, nothing much happened.  Here is NBC News' take on the  five biggest moments .  Or,  Time's  assessment of the  biggest moments.   I  once visited  the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation Library in Simi, California, as my attire shows:  Air Force One jacket and cap, which I bought when I was there. Who won the debate?  Maybe Donald Trump in another successful boycott. I'm nearing the end of my Thursday Covid summary, for there were only  148,860 new cases

Some real science:   August was   earth’s hottest on record . June and July also broke records.  More so,  summer of 2023 was Planet Earth's hottest by a large amount . This is science Wednesday, and flying saucers are considered to be so far from reality to NASA SETI researchers, that this posting today might reduce my credibility with them.  But, after all,  NASA did finally create a position for UFO Czar , so maybe this would be a good time to assess where we are with unidentified flying objects ( UFOs ), now re-termed UAP for unidentified anomalous ( or aerial ) phenomenon. Some history about  czars : Czar Nicholas II abdicated in 1917 and that was the final one, although they later had Stalin, and now Putin, so the authoritarian nature of their leadership has not changed at all. President Woodrow Wilson selected Bernard Baruch to head the War Industries Board during World War I, only a year after Nicholas went.  Thus, Baruch was the War Czar. Wikipedia  actually has a list of