First, yesterday President Joe Biden gave a talk about democracy in Arizona.  This was his most blistering attack yet of Donald Trump and his MAGA extremists.  Did you know that  Joe introduced John to Cindy , his wife? And speaking of Trump: His civil fraud trial trial in New York could begin as soon as this coming Monday.   Also, his pool of funds to pay legal bills for his cronies is running out.   Trump won't bother to even seek a transfer of his case from Georgia to a federal court. Finally, that House quagmire about the government shutdown tomorrow.  Looks like Keven McCarthy lost his battle to pass anything only with Republicans.  Democrats in the House say that if only 5 Republicans vote with them, all this nonsense can be avoided.  But if McCarthy makes that move, he will lose his speakership.  So be prepared for at a short shutdown.  Will this be terrible?  Nah.   The USA has had 21 of them over the past half a century .  Most of them end after a couple days.  The longest

    From  Worldometer :          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     3      1094    5886        830     1083         174             9      1208    6222        1136      1168          82 Oct      8        957    6420         730       967        160           20       952     6169           662       714       164           21     1225     6849            571       703         85           27     1039      7023          530       519         45 Nov     4      1199       8192          276       511         74               5      1201      9067          622       704         46             6      1248      9082          256       576         72 Summary: The nation has entered into a scary state: new cases:  132,540. Europe might well be even worse. Way back on September 2