Did you know yesterday was Super Tuesday II?  Not that it mattered, but both Joe Biden and Donald Trump officially are now their party's choice to run on November 5.  Of all the ironies, Hawaii, the state that never votes electorally for Donald Trump, almost pushed him over the line to officially make him the Republican primary victor.  However, Washington was that state. By the way,  Georgia Judge Scott McAfee  just announced that 6 of the 41-count indictment returned by the Fulton County grand jury in August must be quashed.  These were not all that critical, and a lot more is left for Trump and his cronies to worry about.  McAfee reiterated that he will announce his decision on Friday about the fate of Fani Willis.  The nation awaits the televised trial of Donald Trump.  Remember Trump's mug shot?  Done in Georgia. Oh, one more political matter.  GOP Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado not only will not run for re-election, he will quit at the end of next week, leaving Speaker Mike Jo

  The   World Health Organization reported today that the COVID pandemic end is in sight , with deaths at the lowest level since March of 2020, when it began.   WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said the world has never been in better position to stop COVID-19. However, while the end is in sight, we are not there yet. World deaths the past week fell 22% to 11,000. New cases the past week dropped 28% to 3.1 million. Notice that the mortality rate is thus now 0.35%.  That is three times lower than the overall death rate for COVID, which is 1%.  Vaccinations have helped lower the rate. The Omicron subvariant BA.5 continues to dominate with 90% of all cases. China is here and there having problems.   I am still predicting that China will again someday lead in new deaths/day and new cases/day.  Omicron BA.5 is too, too contagious for a populace that hasn't been adequately vaccinated.  The Chinese vaccines are marginal. I regularly summarize the weekly mailing of the  American Ener