Before the nostalgic topic of the day, the latest on what is happening in the Israel-Iran War. The fact that Israel actually had the audacity to bomb Iran was a shock. The Iranian response came, but was weaker than expected. So far, after four days. Iran:  220 deaths, with 1,000 injured.  Don't believe what they report. Israel:  24 deaths, 600 injured. The Iron Dome defense does have U.S. participation, but still allows maybe 5% of drones and missiles to penetrate. Incidentally, Trump wants a  Golden Dome for America  at a  cost of $175 billion . Won't be easy, for Israel is 400 times smaller than the USA.   Much of the hardware came from the U.S. in many billions of dollars since 2011 . The critical contention is that the difference between the iron and golden ones is like comparing a kayak to a battleship. This is not a war for territory.  Israel just wanted to eliminate their most serious existential threat, that of extinction, and felt th...

Already the House Majority leader, 57-year old  Steve Scalise of Louisiana looks to be the next Speaker of the House.   No vote was taken on the floor today because he doesn't quite have the 217 votes.  If this doesn't happen tomorrow, then the Republican problems continue.  Another, and perhaps more serious personal one, is that he was two months diagnosed to have  blood cancer , for which he is being treated. You might remember that Scalise only six years ago was one of four shot at a Congressional baseball game.   He almost died . Watch President Biden's first major remark about the Israel-Hamas War.   I have never seen him so emotional. Also from  ABC News : MORE: Biden says US death toll rising in Israel, confirms Americans taken hostage The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) has disclosed that in May, when Islamic Jihad launched a barrage of rockets towards Israel, 95.6 % of the Iron Dome interceptors launched by the system successfully d...