Today could well be the beginning of the end of Donald Trump.  Closing arguments began with his defense, and he went on for almost three hours.  At the end,  Judge Juan Merchan scolded Trump's attorney Todd Blanche for outrageous comments  about "prison time."  Blanche ended calling Michael Cohen ( in reference to Tom Brady being the Greatest Of All Time, or GOAT ) the Greatest Liar Of All Time ( GLOAT ). Prosecution lawyer Joshua Steinglass ( on the left, with Susan Hoffinger, who did most of the prosecuting, and Alvin Bragg ) is now making his closing arguments, but his presentation is expected to go on for four and a half hours, so maybe the Judge might cut him off for finish tomorrow.  If this happens, this gives the prosecution some time to better prepare for a more convincing conclusion.  When will the jury be given instructions to have them deliberate on the verdict?  Chances are there will be a break for the end of the prosecution case, so...

On 4 May 2021, 25-year old Halima Cisse ( below with her husband Adjudant Kader Arby ) of Mali ( country in red ) went to Morocco ( gree n), thirty weeks ( 40 is the typical length ) into her pregnance to bear nine babies (five girls and four boys )-- nonuplets .   They weighed in from 1.1 to 2.2 pounds.  Not much has been reported since then, except that they all survived and are fragile.  Similar events happened in Sydney, Australia in 1971 and Malaysia in 1999.  However, none survived for more than a few days.  Remember Octomom ?  Nadya Suleman , now 45, celebrated the 12th birthday of her octuplets earlier this year.  She actually already had six children, all by in vitro fertilization.  The first of the six came in 2001 when she was 25-years old and divorced.  The third child is severely autistic. The father has not been named .  All six boys and two girls are doing well in Los Angeles today: How does she support her 14 children? N...