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GLOBAL WARMING

Yes, again, global warming.  But first, that  stunning decision by the Colorado Supreme Court for Donald Trump to be removed from the state presidential primary ballot  on 5 March 2024. My thoughts: The Supreme Court will either quickly reverse or find a way to delay Colorado's decision, not particularly because they're supporters of Donald Trump, but for constitutionality and timing reasons. Democrats are saying, sure, about time, for he's a bad dude. Behind the scenes, they are saying, oh no, our ticket to a landslide on November 5, 2024 has vanished.  There is no finer candidate that day for Democrats, as all the trials and tribulations of Trump will convince 5-10% of Republicans to not show up on election day, plus perhaps 5% of independents too, hurting Republican congressional and state candidates.  If Haley or DeSantis runs, that will not happen. Here is how a few Republicans responded to that decision: Nikki Haley:  “ I will tell you that I don’t think Donald Trump

THE NEARLY PERFECT POLITICAL STORM

Politics later.  I first start with something startling.   Hawaii is the best place in the world to watch the total eclipse of the Moon tonight . Starts at 10:02PM Hawaii time, turns blood red at 12:16PM, stays this dark reddish-copper color for 85 minutes, and ends at 3:46AM.  Duration:  5 hours, 42 minutes. And you can watch without wearing any safety glasses, which are required for solar eclipses. You would think that New York, which is now 5 hours ahead of Hawaii, would end at 8:36 AM when the sun would have been up for 2 hours.  But eclipses don't work that way.  For New York: Begins at 3:02 AM. Peaks at 5:59AM. Ends at 6:41AM, with the sun rising just before at 6:35AM Duration:  3 hours, 39 minutes. Thus, Hawaiians will see the whole lunar eclipse longer than anyone else. The next total eclipse will occur on 14March2025. No one won the  Powerball $1.6 billion  Saturday night. You needed to have white balls 28,45,53,56 and 69, plus red Powerball 20.  The Power Pay multiplier w