A lot more happening in Brazil: On Sunday, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva beat Flavio Bolsonaro for the presidency, 51.79% to 48.21% Flavio was favored, and the victory of Lula for his fourth presidency, was a shock to the system. Flavio, who is a Senator, was immune from prosecution until February when his term  will expire.  So he left the country. His father, Jair Bolsonaro, also went after the loss of his 2022 presidential election.  But Jair eventually returned and was given a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup.  He is still serving this sentence, but currently at home because of "health" issues. Thus, it's no surprise that Flavio escaped, probably to the USA.  This story is just developing. The USA, so far, has been relatively peaceful about the fate of former presidents.  South Korea, for example, has tried and judged guilty 4 out the past 6 presidents.   Going back to Syngman Rhee in 1948, becoming president there has been an adventurous challenge...

Our cruise from Manhattan to Toronto continues on the Viking Octantis.  We are on the St. Laurence Seaway. Seaway, because there are locks on the western portion of the St. Lawrence River. River flows from the Great Lakes in a northeasterly direction from Lake Ontario into the North Atlantic Ocean, and is #2 to the Mississippi River in North America. Remember my saying that a drop of water takes about three months to travel the entire length of the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico?  Similarly, this hypothetical drop takes 6 to 8 years to pass through Lake Ontario to the Atlantic Ocean.  Or, from the furthest Lake Superior extreme, more than 200 years. Among the highlights include: Is fresh until around the city of Quebec, and eventually is ocean salty near Tadoussac. Portions of the seaway have peak tides up to 20 feet twice daily.  You would thus think that tidal plants would be prominent, for studies estimate a potential of 1.5 gigawatts, or 1555 megawatts. ...