Election day: Brazil . October 25. Flavio Bolsonaro ( left ) and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Bolsonaro holds a slight lead in polls with 50.9% of the vote.   It was Flavio's father who was jailed for an attempted coup to hold onto power. Lula represents the left-wing camp, while Bolsonaro the right. The history is too much to totally comprehend, because Jair Bolsonaro (father of Flavio) gained nationwide recognition during the 2016 impeachment proceedings against Lula's protegee, then-President Dilma Rousseff.  Bolsonaro went on to win the 2118 election while Lula was serving a prison sentence on corruption charges.  But Lula's conviction was overturned, and he made this comeback.  In the meantime, Jair Bolsonaro was convicted by Brazil's Supreme Court over a 2022 election conspiracy case.  Following all this? Flavio is a toned-down version of his father Jair. Who should you root for? Well, Donald Trump shares a close personal alliance with Jair Bolsonaro. T...

By, the way, we are now into October.  Something is going right. Sort of.  From Time magazine: 23 YEARS   The U.S. withdrew its last military forces from Iraq on Wednesday, 23 years after the 2003 invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein. The final troops left Erbil Air Base in the Kurdistan region, the Pentagon said . Was this good news?   Yes, but..... The age of Artificial Intelligence, AI, is upon us.  There is that matter of existential threat, but here are nine benefits .     AI is the branch of computer science dedicated to creating machines that are able to think like humans. There are negatives aside from that existential threat matter.  Here is just one:  I read, Push Back:  Deepfake online heath scams .  Article begins with: SOCIAL MEDIA CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH . Ever stumble across statements like:  Elon Musk Reveals The 15-Second Vicks Trick For Memory Loss and Dementia! and We invited Dr. Sanj...

First of all, Hurrricane Nolo behaved as computer models predicted and only brought some heavy rain to Hawaii island and Maui.  It ( Nolo is a gender-neutral Hawaiian name ) will safely pass well west of Niihau and Kauai.  In Honolulu I got a little rain, some wind, but no problems. About those wars. President Donald Trump rejected Iran's bid for opening the Strait of Hormuz.   Not sure, really, why.  Kind of reminds me of Iran being Lucy and Trump as Charley Brown being the reason why. The Ukraine-Russia conflict has become a drone war. The U.S. midterm elections, could be held in a 5 weeks and 1 day.  Could, because there remains some concern that the President could postpone them....and never bring them back. Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will know his fate the prior week, on October 27, when the national legislative elections will be held. Clearly, Iran is doing everything possible to prolong their war, hoping for the opposition party in the U.S....