Before chili, two bits of info: From  Aljazeera . Negotiators from Iran ( headed by Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi ) and the U.S. ( led by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner ) wrapped up the third round of indirect talks in Geneva, Switzerland. Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi said there was significant progress, and discusses will continue in Vienna, Austria next week on a technical level.  Omar is the mediator and representatives from the International Atomic Energy Agency were also present. About the  House Oversight Committee questioning of Hillary Clinton on the Epstein files . Held in Chappaqua, New York, where the Clintons have a house. Chaired by James Comer (R-Kentucky). Interview is being videotaped. The Clintons actually wanted a public hearing, but Comer said the committee's practice is to conduct closed-door interviews with witnesses before it holds hearings. Very testy exchange. Former Secretary of State   Hillary Clinton   told the House Oversi...

When a 9.0 earthquake devastates a region, or generates a tsunami, you can't blame global warming.  If a   Chicxulub -size asteroid plunges into Planet Earth, the one that killed off the dinosaurs, that has nothing to do with carbon dioxide or methane in the atmosphere.  Which leads me to share some info I found about life-extinction visitors from outer space: Probably the largest know asteroid was the one that struck  Vredefort  in South Africa 2 billion years ago.  The diameter was between 6 and 9 miles.  The resultant crater was 190 miles across.  Of course life on Earth was severely compromised.  Of course, it was all microbiological, for first fungus did not come until around a billion  years ago.  We live on a dangerous planet, for  99% of all life species have expired . The 6-mile diameter asteroid that caused the 110-mile  Chicxulub Crater  of Mexico killed off the dinosaurs around 66 million years ago.  ...