World leaders have been going around in tiny and larger circles since 1979 when the  First World Climate Conference  was held in Geneva.  Sure, there have been all kinds of agreements and promises, most countries seem committed, but the fact of the matter is they are actually not doing very much.   What were you doing in 1979?  I had joined the staff of U.S. Senator Spark Matsunaga in DC, and saw no political interest in global climate change.  I don't recall even one major hearing on this subject during my three years there.   That First World Climate Change Conference eventually led to the formation of the United Nations  Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change  ( IPCC ) in 1988.  Who remembers that the Second Climate Conference occurred also in Geneva in 1990?  Geneva also hosted #3 in 2009. You might say, in parallel, the  United Nations  also held gatherings, beginning 1949 with the UN Scientific Conference on conservation and resources, in New York.   Then in 1972, the Firs

Season 21 of American Idol has two weekends to go.  Last night three contestants were eliminated and now 5 remain.  The show also had a scoop of a lifetime, for on walk in King Charles III and Queen Camilla.  He was only crowned Saturday.    Lionel Richie and Katy Perry   had joined Nicole Scherzinger, Andrea Bocelli and others in just entertaining them.    Watch this all here .   One of the five finalists is Iam Tongi, a Kahuku High student from  Hawaii.  The next show will be on May 14 to whittle the number down to three for the final on Sunday, May 21. About the topic of today, here is a headline you might have missed...from the  United Nations : UN DESA Policy Brief No. 153:  India overtakes  China as the world’s most populous country Some time last month--can't find the exact day--both their population reached 1,427,775,850.  But India is growing, while China is declining. Both countries had close to 6 births/woman in 1970.  This number has dropped closer to 1 for China and 2

It's interesting that the general reaction of the media and friends about all those Trump-backed primary victories is alarm that this is the re-birth of The Donald to become the next president of the USA.  I look upon those victories with glee, for every tainted Republican is now vulnerable to any opposing Democrat on November 8.  Why?   Read my posting of 4August2022 . Otherwise, I messed up a bit.  Yesterday was supposed to be nostalgia day.  However, I instead inserted something more scientific, hurricanes.  So today I am returning to find an older posting and bringing it up to date. I thought I would reach back to 26March2010:       195 COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD At that point, 145 countries had visited my blog site.  So how many countries are there in this world? The United Nations a decade ago had 192 members.  Plus, there are three more not in the UN:  Vatican City Kosovo and Taiwan. In 2011,  South Sudan  became a member of the UN.  So that would be 193 members and 196 countrie