Today, our cruise on the Queen Mary 2 from Southampton to New York City, actually, Brooklyn.  A few things about Cunard. Has been sailing for 184 years.   Founded by Sir Samuel  Cunard  to provide transatlantic service in 1840 with the Britannia He was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1787.  His father fled the American Revolution because he was a Loyalist to the British Crown. By 1900, Cunard advertised their ships as floating palaces, and shared design features similar to The Ritz. Lusitania and Mauretania had revolutionary steam engines, where the first ship to shore by Marconi wireless transmission was made on them. The Lusitania was sunk by a German-U-boat killing 1195 people in 1915, leading to the U.S. joining World War I. When the Titanic sank in 1912, Cunard's Carpathia arrived to rescue the survivors. In the late 20's/30's, Cunard got loan guarantees from the British government, merged with its rival White Star Line and launched the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth.

  Before I continue with our Queen Mary 2 cruise, a few things about Donald Trump: Want to track his trials?   Click here . The Supreme Court took three hours of oral arguments a week ago, and there seemed to be a vague sense that they might be open to some limited protection for former presidents from criminal liability.  Some associate justice attitudes bordered on the unbelievable.  What will now happen?  Who knows for sure.   Here is a range of what experts thought .  I remain convinced that the Supreme Court will say that Trump is not immune from criminal prosecution, and that this monumental decision will come early this summer, leaving some room for the DC coup attempt or Georgia election interference trial, if not both.  Plus, the Supreme Court will ask Congress to re-examine this matter. Time  magazine, not a fan of Trump, actually interviewed him twice in Mar-a-Lago, and titled their article,  How Far Trump Would Go .  Thus the title is, If He Wins. Said he made a crucial mis