The Hamas today released two more hostages .  Both female and full citizens of Israel, one is 79 and the other 85.  Supposedly, they had breathing and medication problems.  Qatar and Egypt mediated.  Thus, this attack by the Hamas to capture hostages no doubt was a good part of their plans to insure for their future.  By dribbling out hostages, they buy time to gain international support and solidify their defenses.  Also, a third truck convoy entered the Gaza Strip. The world benefit is that Israel cannot send their troops into the Gaza Strip until this all plays out, thus minimizing a Hezbollah attack from the north and other incursions from Jordan and Syria by Iranian-supported terrorists.  While revenge and future safety factors will never go away until Israel does something to control future Hamas attacks, for now, this Middle East war has not escalated as the  Yom Kippur War did, throwing the future of the world at stake . In the meantime, the Republicans in the House are further

News of the day: The  Rittenhouse  killings occurred in Kenosha, Wisconsin.  The parade deaths this weekend were in Waukesha, Wisconsin.  The consensus seems to be that the Rittenhouse innocence verdict will mean more  AR-15 rifle s at protests and general outings, and further protect gun rights. The Ahmaud Arbery trial jury will begin deliberating tomorrow.  If all three white assailants are set free by the 11 white and 1 black panel, all hell will break loose.  Clearly, the timing was orchestrated for colder weather to minimize the potential backlash.  The defense strategy seems to be angling for a mistrial or deadlock. BTS got all the big awards at the  American Music Awards .  Their  Butter  won Favorite Pop Song.   Watch them perform this song last night. This weekend I viewed a special showing of  MASH:  Goodbye, Farewell and Amen  ( amazingly enough, you can watch the entire 2.5 hour movie if you click on that ), the  1983 finale of the TV series : Almost 40 years later, this fi