Huge day for now the 47th President of the United States (PUS47) Donald Trump.  Before leaving office,   outgoing President Joe Biden  thumbed his nose at Trump by pardoning a whole host of people: Liz Cheney and all the other members of the House Special Committee on the 6January2021 coup attempt, plus their staff and selected people who testified. Mark Milley, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Anthony Fauci, who ran afoul of Trump's irrationality. There were a few others. Hunter Biden of course was already pardoned in December. You know how Trump likes to exaggerate reality, as for example his statement at his first Inauguration, where he said he had the the all-time-largest crowd?  Nope.  Trump drew 600,000 people.  President Barack Obama's first Inauguration had 1.8 million.  Well, this second time, his ceremony will be among the smallest ever, for it was done indoors in the Capitol Rotunda.   Veep JD Vance joked that he would...

Nothing much is changing today, so far. The  Los Angeles County wildfire  continues, with the Pacific Palisades and Eaton fires still burning. Trump cabinet confirmation hearings  doing well, with no bumps in the road today. The hoped for first phase of  peace in the Gaza Strip  still seems ready to occur on Sunday, January 19. President Joe Biden made his farewell address,  and warned against the influence of the super-rich.  Surely sounds like the coming of a dictatorship featuring oligarchs, as in Russia. Kilauea Volcano inside Halemaumau Crater  still erupting .  It comes and goes, and is now again active. It took me two weeks, but I watched all 9 episodes of Squid Game Season 1 and 7 episodes of the second season.  Each chapter is about an hour long.  I normally would be discrete about sharing too much from these productions, but will make an exception for this series. Most of you don't know South Korean culture, nor their perf...