You might have heard that mosquitos kill more people than anything else.  Not so.  More than any insect, but not serious enough make the top three.  I asked Google AI about how people most die: "Old age" indirectly kills the most people annually , as age-related non-communicable diseases (like heart disease, stroke, and cancer) cause over 70% of all global deaths . However, if we strictly evaluate biological pathogens, bacteria are the deadliest category , killing roughly 7.7 million people every year (excluding tuberculosis) . [ 1 , 2 ] "Old Age" (Age-Related Diseases) ~41–45+ million Ischemic heart disease (9.5M), Stroke (6.8M), Cancer (10M), Dementia. Bacteria ~9+ million Lower respiratory infections (pneumonia), neonatal sepsis, and Tuberculosis (~1.2M). Viruses ~2–4 million (highly variable) Seasonal influenza, HIV/AIDS (~830K), Hepatitis, and viral pneumonia. (Fluctuates during pandemics like COVID-19). Insects ~700,000 to 1 million Malaria (~670K, tran...

About the   Lahaina Apocalypse , some better news, in that the death toll of 115 was reduced to 97, with now only 31 missing.   Also, that historic banyan tree, once thought to also be a victim, is sprouting green leaves.   Watch a video of this growth . Meet the Press has a new moderator, Kristen Welker.  She yesterday interviewed Donald Trump.   Read about the 11 most newsworthy moments.   However, you know that Trump needs fact-checking.  Here are  11 points were he flubbed numbers, misstated facts and omitted critical context.   You got to admit that he makes life more interesting.  Yet you wonder how and why so many Republicans still support him. Next, President Joe Biden? I worked in the U.S. Senate for three years.  That was more than 40 years ago.  Everyone dressed formally.  Now: Senate’s dress code:   Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has changed the Senate’s informal dress code to...