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IS THIS THE FIRST REAL STEP THE USA TAKES TO COMBAT GLOBAL WARMING?

Nancy Pelosi   and her entourage are today in Singapore.    Read her Singapore statement .  She met with Singapore President Halimah Yacob. However, the Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong since 2004 has really been running the country, who also met Pelosi.   But will she visit Taiwan?  Apparently yes, but only as a one night stopover.  She will also stop by Malaysia, South Korea and Japan.   Most of these countries rank near the top in new cases/million population.  While reportage on weekends are spotty, here is how they ranked of major countries in terms of new cases yesterday/million population: #1       Japan  1695 #2       S. Korea  1433 #3      Australia  1160 #4      New Zealand  891 #5       Taiwan  881 #6       Singapore  859 #8      Italy  625 #12    France  481 The  Inflation Reduction Act of 2022  negotiated by Senators Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer is a pale version of the bullish $3+ trillion original package, and $2+ trillion Democrat wish-list legislation, that nevertheless

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              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        1595        817

THE LATEST NEWS: Upgraded

      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        1595        817      41

THE FUTURE OF SOCIAL WELFARE IN THE USA

I've long debated addressing the matter of social welfare in the United States.  Well, Senator Joe Manchin's NO to the White House about the Build Back Better Act could well be a wake up call for the nation. First, Manchin left the  door wide open for some compromise next month.  He blamed the White House staff and not the President.  So something less than $2 trillion will get through by reconciliation. But the larger point that I'll address today is:  can we build a society to motivate people?  We need to get to the root cause of what ails America.  Homelessness, poverty, racial strife...things seem to be getting worse rather than better. Starting with  homelessness , here are some numbers that will surprise, if not shock, you.  In terms of homeless/100,000 population: Syria  3753 Nigeria  1658 Somalia  1867 Central African Republic  1421 South Sudan  1378 Grenada  1300 Yemen  1294 Honduras  1235 Egypt  1200 Colombia  971 Germany  82 UK  57 France  45 Sweden  36 South Afr