As I compose this posting, Lala early this morning was still a tropical storm heading westward for the eye making landfall over the southern portion of the Big Island of Hawaii. However, all signs point towards a strengthening into a hurricane.   A Category 1 means sustained winds of from 74-95 MPH . If this projected path is maintained, Kona will be seriously impacted, but Hilo might not. My first job after graduating from college was at the Hutchinson Sugar Company in Naalehu, the southernmost city in the USA.  This part of Kau County could well be very severely damaged by this hurricane. The media have mostly indicated that official historical records don't show a hurricane has ever made landfall over the Big Island.  However, Google AI indicates: On August 9, 1871 , a powerful Category 3 hurricane struck the islands of Hawaiʻi (the Big Island) and Maui , causing severe, tornado-like destruction and widespread property damage from Hilo to Lahaina. [ 1 , 2 , ...

First: Nothing much has changed about the stalemate in the Gulf of Hormuz . The little sister of Lindsey Graham, 62-year old Darline Graham Nordone, will serve out his term in the U.S. Senate.   She will not run in the Republican primary to replace him. The Manhattan federal court released more than $5.6 million that Donald Trump owes E. Jean Carroll. The U.S. Senate has 53 Republicans and 47 Democrats. John Cornyn (R-Tex), Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) will not return to the Senate next year, and mostly because Trump was directly responsible for their situation. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) chose not to run for re-election.  If he never returns to the U.S. Senate, this means that, if the above three Republicans want to leave with a major payback, Democrats would have one vote more than Republicans.   If McConnell does return, he has had a severely strained personal relationship with Trump, that he, too, could well vote like a Democrat.   This ...