A newsworthy item today is the  Egyptian Peace Plan for the Hamas-Israel war . The good news is that neither side outright rejected it. The Plan. Mediation led by Qatar. Initial cease-fire of up to two weeks. Phased release of up to 50 hostages, in return for 120-150 Palestinians from Israeli prisons. Formation of a government of experts to rule Gaza and the West Bank for a transitional period to work out presidential land parliamentary elections. Watch this NBC video . Getting more air time might have been the appearance, again, of  Taylor Swift at a Chief's game .  On Christmas Day she wore a Santa hat with the number 87, that of Travis Kelce.  She came with her family:  brother, mother, father.  Travis' dad was also in the suite, as was the wife of Patrick Mahomes.  She said she'll be there for the final game of the year, which is this coming weekend.  Alas, the Raiders beat the Chiefs, 20-14. Today begins a three-day cruise series.   We almost went around the world on t

   The final Tokyo Olympics medals standings showed the following:                               GOLD     Total   Medals/million population USA                39          113          0.35 China              38           88         0.06 Japan              27            58         0.98 Russa             20            71           0.49 Australia                        36           2.1 New Zealand                 20           4.1 Jamaica                          9            3.1 San Marino                    3         88.6 Entering Sunday, the U.S. had two fewer golds than China.  However, women made the difference: The USA women did well. Won the gold for basketball. Won the gold for volleyball. Plus, Great Britains's Lauren Price beat China's Li Qian in women's middleweight boxing. Among the downers, though: For the first time since 1980 when the USA boycotted the Moscow Olympics, the U.S. men's track team failed to win even one individual gold medal. We failed to beat t

        From  Worldometer  (new  COVID-19 deaths yesterday):          DAY    USA    WORLD     Brazil      India      South Africa June     9    1093     4732         1185       246       82 July    22     1205     7128         1293      1120     572 Aug    12     1504     6556        1242        835     130 Sept     9     1208      6222       1136       1168       82 Oct     21     1225      6849         571        703       85 Nov    25      2304    12025        620        518      118 Dec     30      3880    14748       1224       299      465 Jan      14       4142    15512         1151        189       712                  Feb      3       4005    14265       1209       107      398           25       2414    10578        1582        119      144 Mar     2        1989      9490       1726       110      194           31       1115      12301        3950       458       58 April   6         906     11787         4211        631       37 May    4         853     13667         3025