Politics later.  I first start with something startling.   Hawaii is the best place in the world to watch the total eclipse of the Moon tonight . Starts at 10:02PM Hawaii time, turns blood red at 12:16PM, stays this dark reddish-copper color for 85 minutes, and ends at 3:46AM.  Duration:  5 hours, 42 minutes. And you can watch without wearing any safety glasses, which are required for solar eclipses. You would think that New York, which is now 5 hours ahead of Hawaii, would end at 8:36 AM when the sun would have been up for 2 hours.  But eclipses don't work that way.  For New York: Begins at 3:02 AM. Peaks at 5:59AM. Ends at 6:41AM, with the sun rising just before at 6:35AM Duration:  3 hours, 39 minutes. Thus, Hawaiians will see the whole lunar eclipse longer than anyone else. The next total eclipse will occur on 14March2025. No one won the  Powerball $1.6 billion  Saturday night. You needed to have white balls 28,45,53,56 and 69, plus red Powerball 20.  The Power Pay multiplier w

   There are more Independents in the U.S. than Republicans or Democrats.   At the turn of the century, there were equal numbers of Independents, Republicans and Democrats.   Today : Independents  44% Democrats  30% Republicans  25% Independents swing their votes for a variety of reasons.  What is happening today, and will continue until November of 2022, is the slate of issues that will mostly tarnish Republican candidates: Abortion rights :  the Supreme Court decided to side with Texas Gun rights :  The current Congress will not pass any meaningful gun control law, for you need 60 votes in the Senate. With every new shooting, the public will want more controls. Voting rights :  many state legislatures have introduced and passed bill to restrict the right to vote. Democracy and the January 6 attack on the U.S. Congress.   Watch Republican Liz Cheney  discuss the Meadows resolution. Donald Trump. He remains the leader of the party. His character and all those upcoming court cases will