As the USA will be 250 years old on July 4 this year, I asked Google AI, how old is China? Only 76 years old as the People's Republic of China, founded by Mao Zedong on October 1, 1949. As a Unified Imperial State, 2247 years old.  Qin Shi Huang in 221 BC unified the country. However, widely cited figures trace the roots of Chinese civilization back to the semi-mythical Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, starting with the Yellow Emperor around 2698 BC.  Or 2724 years. Dating back to the Shang Dynasty, between 3200 and 3700 years old. Analyzing archeological culture, sites like Liangzhu show complex societies and evidence of rice farming in the Yangtze River valley 8000 years ago.  This was perhaps 2000 years after very early evidence.  So, 10,000 years? Oxford University considers China to be the world's oldest continuous civilization. Watch a video  suggesting wars in ancient China going back to 10,000 BC.  Thus, perhaps 12,000 years old? Then, of c...

  But first, a few Trumpy matters: The  tariff wars  against Canada, Mexico and China have begun. The result was a  stock market fall .  Not crash yet, but is that coming? President Trump will address a joint session of Congress tonight.   Should be entertaining, with surprises and made-for-TV moments.  Many Democrats will boycott, and those females who show up will  wear pink and white .  Six years ago they wore white. Trump paused military aide to Ukraine after that Oval Office skirmish.  Would have been warranted if THIS happened. Now, on to the topic of the day.  I once lived in Louisiana.  Mardi Gras was the big event for the state.  Shrove Tuesday is the last day before Ash Wednesday beginning Lent, ( the Christian fasting season when certain foods are avoided ) and is the final day to feast on rich foods like red meat.  Thus, this is also called Fat Tuesday, the culmination of Mardi Gras.  I report on this...

Yesterday was maybe Donald Trump's last best day, save for that announcement about his New York Hush Money criminal trial, which was confirmed to start on March 25.  Today, however, was a lot worse.  Several key late-breaking news stories occurred just about when I this morning sat before my computer. Just as I'm typing this,  Judge Arthur Engoron ruled that Donald Trump must pay $355 million in penalties , is banned from doing business in New York for 3 years and will get an independent monitor and compliance director to oversee Trump's businesses. Each of his two sons, Don Jr. and Eric, were ordered to pay $4 million each, so the judgement is $363 million.  To quote: "Their complete lack of contrition and remorse borders on pathological," Engoron wrote. "Instead, they adopt a 'See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil' posture that the evidence belies." The  Fani Willis disqualification hearing Atlanta provided two strong witnesses to back Willi...

Genesis in the  Christian Bible  mentions that  God created the heavens and the earth .  In the  Qur'an , Allah created the heavens and the earth .  Also mentioned was an intimation of a  Big Bang .  And  so did  The Bible , although it is in the interpretation. ' IN THE BEGINNING   God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the face of the deep, and the spirit of God was hovering over the waters. – Genesis 1:1-2 The Buddhist Genesis is supposedly in  The Aggañña-sutta .   Yet from any logic, the Big Bang, followed by evolution, can be said to  question the validity of God  in six days creating everything.  Arguments have been made, however, that time is a variable in these early texts, and six days could very well be the equivalent of nearly 14 billion years.  In any case, it is interesting that  Hindus believe that the Big Bang offers no ch...