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Well, Speaker Nancy Pelosi did land on Taiwan.  This royally upsets the Chinese.  But, after Ukraine, the U.S. has to take a stand in Asia.  If you can recall back that far, Speaker Newt Gingrich visited in 1997.   China  called it a mistake and not much more.   Newt  himself today responded that China threats over Pelosi's Taiwan visit a "bluff."  Remember the Axis during WWII?  A weird trio looming might well be China, Russia and Iran. Justice was delivered by a drone strike in Kabul, although it took more than 20 years.  The victim was 71-year old al-Qaeda head Ayman al-Zawahiri, #2 to Osama bin Laden, until he was earlier assassinated by Navy Seals in 2011.  Apparently, Zawahiri's family was seen escaping from the building.  He was an Egyptian physician who joined his first jihadist cell as a teenager.  They assassinated Egyptian President Anwar Sadat.  Next in line is perhaps  Saif al-Adel , but he is based in Iran, and has credibility problems. United Nations Se

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

Last week Kyle Rittenhouse was found innocent of two killings and a wounding.  There were scattered protests, especially in Portland, which has recently become a hotspot for these events.  Why was the nation relatively controlled on this issue?   Simple, Rittenhouse was white, and so were his three victims . Speaker of the House  Nancy Pelosi has become a real playmaker .  She marshaled through the $2.1 trillion social welfare spending bill, now awaiting Senate action, and appears to have influence over Senators Manchin and Sinema. This second package will be enacted and signed by President Joe Biden because of something called reconciliation, which only needs 50 Democratic votes and the presence of Vice President Kamala Harris.  The only two questions are when, and how much. The only two Democratic senators voicing concerns are Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona. Turns out that both Manchin and Pelosi are of Italian heritage who grew up in political families an