One quick summary of Donald Trump's hush money trial, then on to the Moxy Matter. Court is closed today so Trump can attend son Baron's graduation in Florida. Continues Monday on the final day of the defense trying to break down Michael Cohen. How many more Republicans will show up in person for the trial on Monday?  Can't imagine Melania will. Prosecutors called 19 witnesses.  Defense...zero, unless they surprise the judge and prosecution. Final arguments, as currently planned, should come on Tuesday. Hate to say this will be a hung jury, but in this day and age, not totally comprehending why so many remain Trump fans. it's difficult to imagine that all 12 jurors  will vote guilty. Hung jury not all that bad for Democrats, for this will just mean this trial will again be held, but when? Our OMGA ( O ur  M onumental  G lobal  A dventure ) circumnavigation was mostly good, but had some down moments. At least two of the cruises had Covid outbreaks, something that always

      From  Worldometer  (new  COVID-19 deaths yesterday):            DAY    USA    WORLD      Brazil      India      South Africa June     9     1093     4732         1185        246       82 July    22      1205     7128         1293      1120     572 Aug    12      1504     6556        1242        835     130 Sept     9      1208      6222       1136       1168       82 Oct     21      1225      6849         571        703       85 Nov    25       2304    12025        620        518      118 Dec     30       3880    14748       1224       299      465 Jan      14        4142    15512        1151         189      712 Feb      3       4005    14265       1209       107      398 Mar      2       1989     9490        1726       110      194 April     6        906    11787         4211       631       37 May     4        853     13667        3025      3786     59   June    1        287    10637         2346      3205      95  July    7         251      8440        1595        817      41

  Amazingly enough, China, with more than 1.4 billion people, just reported its first new COVID-19 deaths in more than a year yesterday:        Country       Population      New Deaths    Per Million China          1,439 million         2                  0.0014 Hong Kong        7.6 m          249                32.8  World         7,900 m            3846                  0.5 USA              327 m              327                 1.0 Russia           146 m              495                 3.4 S. Korea          51 m              319                 6.3 Chile               19 m               101                 5.3 Of course, Hong Kong is part of China, so if you add those 2 + 249 new deaths, the new deaths/million population figure for the country is only 0.17. So how do COVID-19 deaths compare to total deaths per day?    Country      Population       COVID  Deaths      Ratio China      1.44 billion          251      30,373      0.0083 India       1.41 billion          129      28,279 

The  New York Times  this morning well described what is happening with the COVID-19 pandemic and how people will probably adjust their lives into the future.  First, there seems to be a reversal of new cases from the south  (Florida, Texas ) to the north and mountain west.  Why?  Those states are getting colder and their populace is more and more staying indoors. About how you and I will react to this pandemic, the  NYT  talked with someone named Dr. Robert Wachter, who is the chair of the medicine department at the University of California in San Francisco.  He thinks we all should return to a new normal, now.  He is vaccinated and boosted, but still wears a mask in supermarkets and planes.  For people like him, and me, this could well be how we will so live for the rest of our lives.   This virus will NEVER go away.   The combination of vaccinations and the Pfizer pill to reduce hospitalization and death will simply make COVID-19 a type of flu that will return in the fall and winter