Hurricane Calvin was once up to 125 MPH.  Now down to a tropical storm and positioned 230 miles due south from where I am composing this posting. The rain and floods were not much.  I almost could have gone golfing.  From where I sit composing this blog, here is a photo towards the eye of Calvin. Three sports events of note this weekend: The Women's World Cup will begin with New Zealand vs Norway at 3 AM EDT tomorrow morning ( 9 PM Hawaii tonight ) and U.S. vs Vietnam at 9PM EDT ( 3PM Hawaii ) Friday.  Not sure if she will start, but Trinity Rodman is a rookie on the American team.  Yes, daughter of Dennis Rodman, here with her mother. The  Tour de France  bike race ends on Sunday, with a recap on NBC at 5PM EDT ( 11AM Hawaii ).  The entire race can be seen on Peacock and USA. The Open tees off at Royal Liverpool from 4AM EDT Thursday ( 10PM Hawaii tonight ) on the  USA channel.   Your NBC channel will then show the entirety ( 8 hours the first weekend night, meaning from Friday ni

Nancy Pelosi   and her entourage are today in Singapore.    Read her Singapore statement .  She met with Singapore President Halimah Yacob. However, the Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong since 2004 has really been running the country, who also met Pelosi.   But will she visit Taiwan?  Apparently yes, but only as a one night stopover.  She will also stop by Malaysia, South Korea and Japan.   Most of these countries rank near the top in new cases/million population.  While reportage on weekends are spotty, here is how they ranked of major countries in terms of new cases yesterday/million population: #1       Japan  1695 #2       S. Korea  1433 #3      Australia  1160 #4      New Zealand  891 #5       Taiwan  881 #6       Singapore  859 #8      Italy  625 #12    France  481 The  Inflation Reduction Act of 2022  negotiated by Senators Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer is a pale version of the bullish $3+ trillion original package, and $2+ trillion Democrat wish-list legislation, that nevertheless

Two weeks ago I indicated that on Tuesdays I would chronologically traipse through my past postings and selectively repeat the few that are important or monumental in some way.  However, I skipped last week and this, so will make it up today.  If I use one/month, it would take me 12 years to get to the present.  So clearly I need to be more selective.  Nevertheless, I only went one month from my  first one , but just had to choose  my blog of 31May2008  for featuring today, as it reported on my very first  Huffington Post  article.  Note that here and there I will add graphics and editorialize as necessary. SATURDAY, MAY 31, 2008 WELL, BARACK, WE HAVE A PROBLEM... ...and you have the power to provide the solution. Why you? The United States is the most powerful nation, ever. Today, and for the next generation, no other country will be anywhere close to our military and economic dominance. You will have a once in a millennium opportunity to accomplish something monumentally extraordinar