Democrat Tom Suozzi beat Republican Mazi Pilip to take the New York congressional seat that was left vacant when Republican George Santos was expelled from the House of Representatives.  Did you know that former speaker Kevin McCarthy not only lost his leadership, but he outright resigned from Congress?  There are now, I think, 219 Republicans, 213 Democrats, with three vacancies, all Republican seats.  Speaker Mike Johnson's job is getting more complicated.   How important is just one more Democratic seat in the House?  Well, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas got impeached yesterday by one vote.  Had Suozzi been there, that would have failed again.  This matter dies here anyway, for the Senate won't do anything about any further impeachment.   About McCarthy , he now has time to work behind the scenes to hurt the re-election chances of Republicans who ousted him. About vitamins from  Wikipedia : Vitamins are organic molecules essential in small quantities for proper metabolic f

By now you know that Donald Trump won the New Hampshire Republican primary by double digits, an unimpressive "only" 11%.  The way the upcoming primaries are shaping up, Nikki Haley has no chance of overtaking Trump, and,  as I detailed yesterday, the best hope for any kind of Republican victory is for Trump to embrace Haley as his vice-presidential running mate .  It was mostly a waste of time and effort for Democrats, but  Joe Biden also won , easily, through a write-in campaign. Last week Wednesday , I compared the two scientific journals most respected by researchers and academia.  From  Quora : But  iLovePhD  shows that #2 is not  Science , but  The New England Journal of Medicine , which is fine for the medical profession.  I thought the  Journal of the American Medical Association  would be higher rated, but it is only at #11. Last week,  FeedSpot  listed its 45 Best Science Magazines. Science  is #1. Scientific American  #2. Discover Magazin e #5. Popular Science Magaz

  June 21 is not a particularly monumental day in history: 1900  Boxer Rebellion, when China, through Empress Dowager Cixi, declared war on the U.S., Japan and Europe. 1942  A Japanese submarine surfaced near the Columbia River in Oregon and fired 17 shells at Fort Stevens. 1945  End of the Battle of Okinawa, with 160,000 military deaths and 150,000 Okinawan civilians ( half of the 300,000 population ) perishing.  2021  172nd day of the year, with 193 days remaining...in a non-leap year. So what is happening in the USA and World today? #1  Today is the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and winter solstice in the Southern Hemisphere, meaning the north will experience the longest day of the year, and the south the shortest. #2  End of heat wave over California/Arizona/Nevada. #3  Father's Day in much of the Middle East. Well, what about tomorrow? Some parts of the world will experience the solstices. Official end of the Battle of Okinawa in 1945. The  Cuyahoga River  ( above