Three days from now, January 20, will be a busy day: Donald Trump's inauguration  has been moved indoors , the Capitol rotunda, with viewers being sent to the Capital One Arena.  The last time this happened was in 1985 for Ronald Reagan, when the temperature reached 7F.  Not so bad this year at up to 19F, but the prominent factor was wind chill.  It is very uncomfortable in DC at this time of year. It was on  13January1982  when I was working for the U.S. Senate. This was a particularly cold period for the city, with temperatures dropping to below zero.  Chicago that day was -25F.  Citrus groves in Florida froze. It began snowing, all told, around 6 inches in a few hours.  A fire in the Metro train line made for a particularly traffic nightmare. When the snowfall seemed to be ending, the first plane to take off at National Airport ( later named Reagan International--he first got elected in 1981 ) when visibility was only a sixteenth of a mile...

The  big news of the day is that a ceasefire has been reached in the Gaza Strip Israel-Hamas War , with hostages to be exchanged and mass aid to be initiated on January 19.  That will be phase one.  Further negotiations into phases two and three are in the agreement for an end to this war, including all hostages and remains and other matters.  Someone named Trump will not be happy with that specific date, but his administration will need to handle the next two phases.   All still remains fragile and the next two steps will be difficult, but this time, the peace announcement by Qatar, Egypt and the USA looks real, bringing an end to the 467 days war.  With the skirmish in Lebanon between  Israel and the Hezbollah  looking settled,  Iran  significantly weakened, things falling into place in  Syria  with the departure of  Bashar Al Assad, AND NO MAJOR CONFLICT EXPANSION IN THE MIDDLE LOOMING, the region for the first tim...

Today I continue into my series of going back in time and selecting past postings to re-feature.  These are picked to be very interesting, original ideas I've had, significance in my efforts to save Planet Earth and Humanity, and so forth.   Today a thought I had about preventing crime,  which turned out to be too provocative for pursuit. However, first, more on Donald Trump and what is happening in the U.S. Congress. Want to better know what President Donald Trump will do on Inauguration Day, January 20? Pardon many, many attackers of the U.S. Capitol, and establish a committee to do the same for the rest. Essentially shut down the U.S.-Mexican border, with mass deportation to come. Undo the Biden priorities, as for example the Green New Deal and EV mandate.  Return fossil and nuclear programs.  Reduce Biden regulations. Ban transgender individuals from women't sports and the military. Ban critical race theory in schools. Announce a plan to settle the Russ...