But first, about doings in the world today. The ceasefire in the Gaza Strip is in trouble .  The Hamas indicated there would be no hostage trade this week, blaming Israel for not honoring their commitments.  No doubt President Donald Trump threatening to occupy the site forever influenced this development. More tariffs coming from Trump. The courts are stifling Trump edicts.  But he defies their orders, with plans to appeal eventually to the Supreme Court.   Do we have a Constitutional crisis?   Even  NBC thinks so . Trump further stated that  he is serious about Canada becoming our 51st state . The Donald told the Treasury to  stop making pennies , for each one almost costs 4 cents to make.  The nickel might be next, for that is costing nearly 15 cents each. Have you been affected by this  shortage of eggs ? The Philadelphia Eagles wiped out the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 59, with Trump prevailing over  Taylor Swift. Ken...

Nothing to do with a hurricane hitting New Orleans.  Tomorrow is Super Bowl LIX or 59.  This logo was created by "Queen" Tahj Williams ( below ) of the Mardi Gras Indians.  They are African American carnival revelers in New Orleans.  Their origin goes back to around 1730 when they danced during the Mardi Gras.  This is the first time that the NFL has collaborated with a local artist on the design of a Super Bowl Emblem.  Note the fleur-de-lis, resemblance to ironwork balconies and color combo, evocative of New Orleans and the Mardi Gras. Another first is that the Super Bowl game will be streamed for free via Tubi, owned by Fox. The Philadelphia Eagles will be the home team, and has chosen to wear their midnight green home jerseys with white pants.  The Kansas City Chiefs will wear white with red pants.  These are the same uniforms worn when they met in SB57, won by the Chiefs.  Kansas City won again last year, and could become the first to ev...

I decided to skip summarizing our city stops on our 60-day journey.  You can read those postings at  Seattle ,  Chihuly Museum ,  Amsterdam  and  Zurich. As would be expected,  Time' s  2024 Person of the Year will be Donald Trump .   Is it  because he was the most fabulous individual of the year? Nope.  To quote. A person, group, idea, or object that "for better or for worse ... has done the most to influence the events of the year". [ 2 ] Time   points out that controversial figures such as   Adolf Hitler (1938);   Joseph Stalin   (1939 and 1942);   Nikita Khrushchev   (1957); and   Ayatollah Khomeini (1979) have also been granted the title for their impact on events. [ 16 ] Here, read the  Time  2January1939  article about Adolf Hitler .  Turns out that the just-elected president of the USA is now ALWAYS the Person of the Year. Other noteworthy selections. The first...

I'll lead off with Hurricane Milton, who began the day at 85 MPH, but is now up to 175 MPH as a Category 5 Super Hurricane.  The expectation is a drop in strength to a Category 2 when the eye, as now projected, will pass over Tampa Wednesday afternoon, then Orlando.  Hurricane Milton should leave Florida around midnight, and will be in the Atlantic Ocean as a Category 1.   Today is the first anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel .   1200 were killed, and 200 taken hostage, with 100 probably still alive somewhere in the Gaza Strip.   41,000 have so far been killed in the Gaza Strip, mostly civilians. Israel continues to bomb the Gaza Strip. Beirut now too, killing more than 1400 in Lebanon. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country faces war on SEVEN fronts. The Middle East is in an advanced state of a major war. On the  Donald Trump vs Kamala Harris front , tomorrow will signal the 4-week period to November 5. Harris taped an int...