Well, tomorrow, November 3, will be mid-term elections day.  The midterms, or next general election day, 7November2028, is not a Federal holiday.  Some states treat these days as holidays.  Seen in green to the right. The development of the Morse electric telegraph forced the U.S. Congress to in 1845 mandate a uniform national date for choosing Presidential electors.  This technology made results known virtually immediately, and this could have influenced the vote in other states. The first Tuesday after the first Monday in November was selected to allow farmers to finish the harvest, while keeping away from snowstorms and the Christmas period.   Most primary elections are held between March and September, also usually on Tuesdays. Pro sports leagues that play in November typically don't schedule games on Election Day. Early voting began in 2000 . Well, it now looks like there will be a 2026 mid-term election day.  The concern shifts to post-election l...

Again, nothing much going on around the world today, but this unusual hot weather could turn to snow in New York and New England this weekend .  Cities like Chattanooga, Birmingham and St. Louis could challenge heat records today dating back more than 125 years.  Then on Saturday, there could be some snowflakes in the northeast.  Not much, and mostly only at elevation, but the first snowfall is always exciting for most. One bit of sad news is that the first American pope, Robert Francis Prevost, or Pope Leo XIV, a year and a half into service, found out that he has lung cancer.  No details yet.  Here is a video. Yesterday, I reported on the embarrassing situation of the USA being mediocre, if not poor, in excellence of airports and airlines.  Those, unfortunately, could very well be mere symptoms of our possible decline as as the world leader.. On the other hand, according to Google AI: Many prominent analysts argue that talk of American decline is a recurr...