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Nothing about that liar today, but one note on the Israel-Hamas ceasefire plan mentioned by President Joe Biden on Friday.  Today, Ophir Falk, chief foreign policy adviser to Benjamin Netanyahu, said that  Israel agreed to the deal .  In the meantime, Israeli forces are now entering Rafah.  Maybe more importantly, it appears that  Hamas responded positively to the offer .  A lot more to come before an actual agreement.  But this is the closest the Gaza Strip has been to peace since October 8. America's Got Talent is back into Season 19 on Tuesday nights on NBC for two hours, followed on Wednesday with a one-hour results show.  This year each judge will get two Golden Buzzers. I saw the first episode earlier this week, and the following individuals impressed me: Ballerina Ashlee Montague balance act on champagne bottles .  Amazing. I hate dog acts, but  Adrian Stoica and Hurricane were heartwarming . Baby Dev , all of 2 years old, can rea...

THE THREE MOST IMPORTANT DAYS OF YOUR LIFE

I'm skipping the COVID-19 information today, for Monday deaths are always underreported.  To refresh your mind, though, typically these days, 6000 people in the world die , 1000 from the USA.  The pandemic has entered a dangerous new wave for the USA and World.  Yet, to place this tragedy in perspective, on Planet Earth yesterday : 120,595 died, with about 5% being COVID-19 deaths but 287,324 were born the net gain yesterday was 166,389, even with the 6,000 deaths people who died from hunger just yesterday:  23,167 abortions yesterday:  117,000 deaths from HIV/AIDS yesterday:  around 4,000 deaths from cancer yesterday: 25,000 traffic deaths yesterday:  3717 More than five times more people died from hunger than from COVID-19.  Some other data for your general knowledge, showing that life goes on: TV sets sold just today:  half a million cellular phones sold today:  5 million money spent just on video games today:  $222 million e-mai...