Changed the title of my posting today several times.   Why Democracy?  Still celebrating the recovery of the USA on November 3.   Why Iran?  Looks like they "won" their war against the USA and Israel. One fallout from the midterms is that President Donald Trump will be stuck with a Democratic Congress that will force him to end this war. Netanyahu is in big trouble. Polymarket has Gadi Eisenkot at 62.7% to become the next prime minister of Israel. Kalshi has Eisenkot at 49%,  with NO ONE 37% and Netanyahu 8%. Then there is Stephen Miller, who on Monday will become the new Chief of Staff to President Donald Trump: Miller, only 41 years old, is Trump's attack bulldog. He represents the epitome of cruelty in the White House, even more so than Trump. “Stephen Miller is a dangerous xenophobe and reckless extremist who has American blood on his hands,” tweeted top House Democrat Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY). He is why ICE is so hated. So if the President wanted ...

Throughout the 18-year history of this blog site, I've posted various series, or episodes, of interesting facets about my life.  For example, TRANSITIONS: On 13May2014, Part 1--Overview and Early Youth 14May2014, Part 2--Kindergarten    13July2014, THE FINAL TRANSITION : Part 15B--Who Believes in God and the Afterlife? More recently, I've begun two more, and they confuse even me:  MY LIFE and MY FAMILY.  They are so closely related, that I thought it would be useful for me to indicate the difference. Way back in May, I started a series on MY LIFE.  The 15th episode was posted on September 5.  These will continue. MY LIFE: Part 3i--Incredible Journeys during Reti... MY LIFE: Part 3h--Incredible Journeys during Reti... MY LIFE: PART 3g Pearl's Ashes--Machu Picchu MY LIFE: PART 3G Pearl's Ashes--Mount Kilimanjaro MY LIFE: PART 3G Pearl's Ashes--The Taj Mahal MY LIFE: Part 3F: Gratitude....Not Grief MY LIFE: Part 3e Pearl's Ashes MY LIFE: Part 3d MY LIFE: ...

The crucial, existential question of the day for Hawaii is.....DID HURRICANE NOLO MAKE THAT EXPECTED 90 DEGREE LEFT TURN TO THE WEST EARLY THIS MORNING? Well, the local Star Advertiser early this morning did not say yes. Hurricane Nolo was parked south of South Point this morning with its outer bands of rain continuing to hit parts of Hawaii island but forecasters expect it to start moving west soon, avoiding a direct landfall. As of 5 a.m., Nolo was a strong Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph and was stationary, centered 145 miles south of South Point and 345 miles south-southeast of Honolulu, according to the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Nolo is a relatively compact cyclone with hurricane-force winds of 74 mph or more extending up to 45 miles from the center and tropical storm-force winds of 39 mph or more extending up to 140 miles. So we will not know for sure until later this morning.  Here is the expected path of the eye. According to Google AI:...