Today is Halloween.   Exactly a year ago,  we boarded the Diamond Princess in the Port of Yokohama.  I remember it so well because I had an opportunity to wear my Halloween pants I had recently purchased at Savers for $3.  I was planning to bring it on this cruise to wear tonight.  However, I couldn't find it. Exactly two years ago, or on 31October2022, my posting was titled  HALLOWEEN 2022 .  To quote from that article: As you must know by now, today is Halloween, a tradition supposedly originated with the ancient Celtic   festival of Samhain   2000 years or so years ago, when bonfires were lit and people wore costumes.   This celebration first came to the U.S.in the 1840's when Irish immigrants escaped their potato famine.  Coincidentally, there is an Irish practice where going door-to-door to collect soul cakes and offerings for dead relatives was traditional.  Failure to supply a treat could result in some practical joke.  Even the Jack-o'-lantern can be linked to Irish

But first, 5November2024 is less than a week away.  All polls show that Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are nearly tied in the key battleground states.  I ask myself, how can this be happening? Early this year,  Donald Trump was rated #45, the worst president in the history of the USA, by 154 political scientists .   Joe Biden was ranked #14. #1 was Abraham Lincoln, with Franklin D. Roosevelt #2 and George Washington #3. Barack Obama came in at #7. Donald Trump is a convicted felon, the first American president in history. Earlier this year  Common Cause said Trump should be disqualified from running again .  They cited ten reasons, and some of them included violation of the 14th Amendment, he is a danger to our Democracy, etc. Trump lies more than tells the truth, is a mysogynist, has been disloyal to his wife, only thinks about himself,  has already told us he will become a dictator and this list can go and on for pages and pages. Kamala Harris is happily married, truthful and someone