The first person cured of HIV - Timothy Ray Brown - has died from cancer… Mr Brown, who was also known as 'the Berlin patient', was given a bone marrow transplant from a donor who was naturally resistant to HIV in 2007… It meant he no longer needed anti-viral drugs and he remained free of the virus, which can lead to Aids, for the rest of his life."
"A new study provides substantial evidence that the first fossil feather ever to be discovered does belong to the iconic Archaeopteryx, a bird-like dinosaur named in Germany on this day in 1861. This debunks a recent theory that the fossil feather originated from a different species.
"The case of the small air leak on the International Space Station may be nearly cracked… Investigators have traced the source of the leak to the "main work area" of the Zvezda Service Module, the heart of the Russian part of the station, NASA officials announced today (Sept. 29)."
"Canada reported new 2,176 infections on Monday, taking the total to 155,301. The death toll rose by 10 to 9,278." And Canada is looking at another lockdown. Just as a comparison, there are approximately 1000 new infections daily in just Florida.
"Communities across the US are loosening restrictions meant to curb the spread of Covid-19 ahead of a fall and winter season experts warn could be especially challenging… Florida this week reported a spike in new cases just days after the governor cleared the way for bars and restaurants to fully reopen. In Nevada, the governor bumped the limit on public gatherings from 50 to 250 participants, still not to exceed 50% capacity of a venue."
"The University of North Carolina system reported its first coronavirus-related student death on Tuesday since several campuses reopened with at least partial in-person learning last month. Chad Dorrill, a 19-year student at Appalachian State University who his mother and former coach described as a 'super healthy' athlete, died on Monday due to coronavirus complications, officials said."
"The grand juror has requested in court that any and all recordings, transcripts, and reports of the grand jury relating to the (Breonna Taylor) case be released to the public, a move a former Kentucky prosecutor called "totally surprising and tremendously uncommon.'… Glogower said Tuesday his client's position (a member of the Grand Jury)is, 'What was presented [to jurors] is not being publicly disclosed.'"
"Now comes the claim that you can't expect to literally believe the words that come out of Carlson's mouth. And that assertion is not coming from Carlson's critics. It's being made by a federal judge in the Southern District of New York and by Fox News's own lawyers in defending Carlson against accusations of slander. It worked, by the way… Just read U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil's opinion, leaning heavily on the arguments of Fox's lawyers: The '"general tenor" of the show should then inform a viewer that [Carlson] is not "stating actual facts" about the topics he discusses and is instead engaging in "exaggeration" and "non-literal commentary."'" Funny how whenever Bullshit Mountain gets taken to court they fall back in the "Hey, we're not actually news, we can say whatever we want" defense.
"The campaign to remove Confederate statues and other symbols of white supremacy in the United States is resonating in Latin America, where protesters have destroyed monuments to European colonizers who brutalized Indigenous populations."
"A new survey from The Hollywood Commission released Tuesday that found 65% of respondents said they didn’t believe someone in power (for example, a producer or director) would be held accountable for harassing someone with less authority. Women (28%) were less likely than men (45%) to believe harassers would be held accountable, and white (36%) and Black respondents (34%) had a more favorable view of accountability than Hispanic or Latin workers (29%)."
"Armenia and Azerbaijan accused one another of firing directly into each other’s territory and rejected pressure to hold peace talks as their conflict over the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh threatened to descend into all-out war… Both countries reported on Tuesday firing from the other side across their shared border, well to the west of the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region over which fierce fighting broke out between Azeri and ethnic Armenian forces on Sunday."
"A French fighter jet broke the sound barrier on Wednesday as it scrambled to join a commercial jet that had lost contact with air traffic control… The boom rattled windows, scattered startled birds, briefly interrupted tennis at the French Open and prompted a flood of calls to emergency services."
"The Trump administration says it will comply, for now, with a federal court ruling that blocks William Perry Pendley from continuing to serve as the temporary head of the Bureau of Land Management… In statements to NPR, the Trump administration said an appeal is planned but no timeline has been given."
"The president’s alliance with religious conservatives has long been premised on the contention that he takes them seriously, while Democrats hold them in disdain… But in private, many of Trump’s comments about religion are marked by cynicism and contempt, according to people who have worked for him. Former aides told me they’ve heard Trump ridicule conservative religious leaders, dismiss various faith groups with cartoonish stereotypes, and deride certain rites and doctrines held sacred by many of the Americans who constitute his base." He could stand up on TV and call them all fools and suckers and it wouldn't change a damn thing. Why? Because the social conservatives don't really give a shit about those externalities as long as they get what they want, and Trump is handing it to them (who's the sucker now?).
"The House Intelligence Committee has subpoenaed the Department of Homeland Security over documents and testimony related to an ongoing investigation into the agency's intelligence office, the panel's chairman, Rep. Adam Schiff, announced Tuesday."
"An attorney for former national security adviser Michael Flynn said she briefed President Trump and a lawyer working for him on the status of Flynn's criminal case in the past two weeks, according to statements in court on Tuesday… The lawyer, Sidney Powell, initially told the judge she was wary of disclosing the contact because of so-called executive privilege, even though she does not work for Trump or the White House."
So, I was working, and the only part of the debate I caught live was Trump saying, "People made the virus political, which cost lives. The virus is political…" I may be paraphrasing here, but it was literally one sentence apart. And just a final thought, from me, on the debate, this time Trump actually had preparation and did mock debates. And this was how he performed. Abusiveness, bullying, out of touch with reality, that's what they've got.
"This was maybe the worst presidential debate in American history… If this was supposed to be a boxing match, it instead turned into Trump jumping on the ropes, refusing to come down, the referee trying to coax him off and Biden standing in the middle of the ring with his gloves on and a confused look on his face."
"At the end of a rancorous and chaotic debate -- in which President Donald Trump tried to bulldoze challenger Joe Biden with insults, slashing interruptions and callous attacks on Biden's family -- the President questioned the legitimacy of the November election, refused to say whether he would concede should he lose and declined to forcefully condemn White supremacists."
Tweet of my heart: @xeni It’s very important to not describe Donald Trump’s behavior as childish. He is not a toddler. He’s not having a tantrum. He’s a 74-year-old man and the President of the United States. Stop it. He’s always been acting this way to create room to maneuver. It’s a strategy. It works.
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