The Lahaina Apocalypse death toll remained the same, which is good news, but the missing number has not changed, which is bad.  The Bidens are now in Reno, and arrive on Monday, which means Air Force One needs to leave before Tropical Storm Hilary gets close.  This not a political statement. But speaking of politics, I noticed that MSNBC and CNN are not covering the 9PM EDT First Republican Debate, which will be televised by the Fox channels.  I wondered why, and found a June 2023 article indicating that the  Republican National Committee asked for news companies to bid, and Fox won .  MSNBC and CNN, of course, will have their top panelists analyze for two hours the results from 11PM EDT. The other newsworthy item of the day has to do with natural disasters.  The more topical event is now  Tropical Storm Hilary .  The media makes Hilary sound like it will the first time ever for the Southern California to be so threatened.  Actually, while hardly frequent,  they do occur . The most rec

It was 1958 and popular that year was   To Know Him Is to Love Him , by the Teddy Bears.  I bring this subject on this Sunday because my freshman college roommate said:  This is all about God. While that option was only a remote possibility to me at that time, I re-thought this potential when I woke up to view on Music Choice this song.  So what are the alternatives? Your father. A pet. God. A dog. Someone you like. So I went to  Wikipedia , and saw that the song was written by Phil Spector... THE infamous Phil Spector   ( left, also bottom left in above photo and playing guitar in the You Tube song ), who I'll delve into a bit later.  He said the words were on his father's tombstone:   To have known him was to have loved him .  Well, I guess that answers the question.  Then again, maybe not.   Spector further said that, for the music, he slowed-down the 1926  When the Red, Red Robin (Comes Bob, Bobbin' Along) , first made popular by Al Jolson.  Written that year by Harry W

                     From  Worldometer  (new  COVID-19 deaths yesterday):          DAY    USA    WORLD     Brazil      India      South Africa June     9    1093     4732         1185       246       82 July    22     1205     7128         1293      1120     572 Aug    12     1504     6556        1242        835     130 Sept     9     1208      6222       1136       1168       82 Oct     21     1225      6849         571        703       85 Nov    25      2304    12025        620        518      118 Dec     30      3880    14748       1224       299      465 Jan      14       4142    15512         1151        189       712                  Feb      3       4005    14265       1209       107      398 Mar     2        1989      9490       1726       110      194 April   6         906     11787         4211        631       37 May    4         853     13667         3025     3786      59   June    1         287     10637        2346      3205      95 July     7         251      8440       

                 From  Worldometer  (new  COVID-19 deaths yesterday):          DAY    USA    WORLD     Brazil      India      South Africa June     9    1093     4732         1185       246       82 July    22     1205     7128         1293      1120     572 Aug    12     1504     6556        1242        835     130 Sept     9     1208      6222       1136       1168       82 Oct     21     1225      6849         571        703       85 Nov    25      2304    12025        620        518      118 Dec     30      3880    14748       1224       299      465 Jan      14       4142    15512         1151        189       712                  Feb      3       4005    14265       1209       107      398           25       2414    10578        1582        119      144 Mar     2        1989      9490       1726       110      194           31       1115      12301        3950       458       58 April   6         906     11787         4211        631       37 May    4         853     13667