The Middle East is getting scarier with more   American bombings, this latest joined by the UK of Houthi rebels in Yemen .  They're the ones attacking ships in the Red Sea shipping lanes.  So far, Iran has been untouched.    Republicans in Congress  criticized President Joe Biden for his anemic response, and   some went to far as to condemn him   for not striking Iran.    Trump said   Biden is to blame for the U.S. deaths. I've been posting too much about Donald Trump, on  29January 2023  and  30January2024 , and a more recent one a couple of days ago  comparing him with Barack Obama .  I had one more difference which I did not include, and on reflection, so horrified me, that I thought I'd share this startling revelation. So to continue, Barack Obama won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 and Donald Trump has a sexual abuse conviction where he had to pay off his victim $5 million, which was recently upped to a total of $88.3 million. Then, of course. All that aside, what dismays

This has been a particularly busy morning, so for my nostalgic Tuesday, I will just repeat my posting Of 21October2010...with a few comments.  To begin, China still blocks a lot of social media websites.  Which ones today?   Click on this .  This World Odyssey began in Honolulu on September 28.   Click on this  to see where I stopped before China.  This was before Xi Jinping became their president. Thus, my blog today lists five postings I could not send out in China.  These are the five lost days. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2010 SHANGHAI'D TO ZURICH I'm back!  I managed to gain my freedom yesterday and flew from Shanghai to Zurich.  While Shanghai remains in my top ten list, I should mention that the Sun looks like the Moon for the air pollution and   you can't bring your cigarette lighter to the Expo   (they confiscated mine at the Pudong Airport).  Zurich is wonderful, and I report on this "neat" city tomorrow.  At some point I will also review some Shanghai highlig