The world has reached a lull period. Iran war continues with the Strait of Hormuz closed and little in battleground activity.   Invasion of Kharg Island? Maybe tomorrow? The sudden death of Senator Lindsey Graham was a shock.  Now what? He was the Republican to face Democrat Annie Andrews on November 3. Republicans now need to go through essentially the same ( but different ) process as Democrats in Maine to find a replacement. There are 114 days until November 3, so both parties have enough time. Fritz Hollings was the last Democratic Senator from South Carolina.  That was 20 years ago.  The other senator from this state is Tim Scott. Prediction markets in January of this year gave Democrats less than a 10% chance to beat Graham.  However, last month that percentage had jumped to 21%.  On November 3 with no Graham on the ballot, who knows for sure? The FIFA World Cup is taking a 2-day break. Semifinal 1: France vs. Spain – July 14 at 8 PM ED T (AT...

Things are not going well for the USA: We got booted out of the FIFA World Cup. The war with Iran has returned, and petroleum prices have jumped up. President Donald Trump alienated our allies in the NATO Summit held in Turkey.   The New York Times indicated, perhaps now, Kharg Island could be invaded: Speaking at the NATO summit in Turkey yesterday, President Trump threatened major new combat operations against Iran, including the seizure of Kharg Island, where Iran stages its oil for world markets, and attacks on the country’s infrastructure and desalination plants. On March 14, about 2 weeks into this war with Iran , I indicated that his compelling invasion was inevitable. Graham Platner withdrew from his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Susan Collins. This action is an okay thing, but there is no Democrat in Maine with any kind of drawing power to beat an incumbent, except, maybe, current Governor Janet Mills.   However, Mills is 78 years old and dropped out o...

Yesterday, I featured The Belmont Stakes, and specifically a special drink I named the Breezy White Belmont Jewel .  To repeat, the ingredients. And if you read that posting, these bottles ( and the one with water representing ice from the freezer ) are used  at this Saratoga Springs racetrack in New York for their three featured cocktails.  I did something different.  I used all of them to create one grand drink. You can't really see the whole meal, but the featured dishes are chicken katsu and o-toro sashimi.   I yesterday indicated that the piece of fatty blue-fin tuna sold for $99/pound .  The Breezy White Belmont Jewel was fabulous, and perfected my special luncheon. My day began with breakfast at my computer to write this blog.  That first breakfast photo is what I had today.  The subsequent ones were for other days this week Breakfast is almost always, fruits and yogurt or milk. That's all I have for breakfast, fruits and either yogurt or...