"Rush Limbaugh is giving an update on his stage four case of lung cancer, saying that despite some success in treating the disease, recent scans showed the cancer has progressed. 'It's not dramatic, but it is the wrong direction,' Limbaugh told listeners to his conservative radio show." I normally don't wish progression of diseases on people, but I'm willing to make an exemption in this case, or at least to remain neutral.
"They turned out to be eels that had escaped from one of two large plastic bags that split open as a man dragged them to the shoreline. After dumping the eels in the lake, the man walked away, explaining to bystanders that 'I just want to save lives.'"
"At least seven people have been arrested and charged in an "elaborate organized enterprise" to smuggle Florida's flying squirrels -- protected wildlife in the state -- and sell them, investigators announced Monday… Up to 10,000 traps were set up across the state to capture the flying squirrels and as many as 3,600 of the animals were shipped overseas within three years "to be sold as exotic pets for hundreds of thousands of dollars," the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) said in a news release."
"After orbiting the near-Earth asteroid Bennu for nearly two years, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is ready to reach out its robotic arm and collect a sample from the asteroid's surface on Tuesday. That sample will be returned to Earth in 2023."
"But even those with more realistic expectations for what could happen if nations went to war in space—perhaps satellites using orbital kinetic weapons to attack other satellites?—may not fully appreciate the physics of space combat. That's the conclusion of a new report that investigates what is physically and practically possible when it comes to space combat."
"Excavation crews are breaking ground on Monday at a new site in Tulsa, Okla., in an effort to find the remains of Black victims of one of the nation's bloodiest race massacres… This will be the second such excavation led by the city this year, as it tries to determine where the estimated 150 to 300 victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre were buried."
"Passengers flying from Heathrow to Hong Kong on Tuesday will be the first to have the option of paying for a rapid Covid test before checking in… The test will cost £80 and the result is guaranteed within an hour… The aim is to help people travelling to destinations where proof of a negative result is required on arrival."
"U.S. President Donald Trump mocked his political opponent Joe Biden for vowing to 'listen to the scientists' in regards to the COVID-19 pandemic." True.
What going for "herd immunity" without a vaccine looks like… "A coronavirus outbreak has killed 10 residents in a Kansas nursing home, and the local health department said every one of the residents had tested positive for COVID-19 as of Monday, along with an unspecified number of staff. The affected home is in northwest Kansas' Norton County, which has seen one of the largest proportional increases in confirmed coronavirus cases over two weeks in the country."
"'It’s like in "The Godfather" – nothing personal, strictly business as far as I’m concerned,' Fauci told Southern California AM radio station KNX1070. 'I just want to do my job and take care of the people of this country.'"
And in case you might believe people will act rationally… "The July death of a woman from the Dallas-area suburb of Garland has been confirmed as being related to COVID-19… According to NBC Dallas-Fort Worth, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins announced on Sunday that the woman, who died before the Arizona plane she was on departed for Texas, died on the jetway after having difficulty breathing."
"Like other older adults who've become critically ill from the coronavirus, Walters, 65, describes what she calls "brain fog" — difficulty putting thoughts together, problems with concentration, the inability to remember what happened a short time before… This sudden cognitive dysfunction is a common concern for seniors who've survived a serious bout of Covid-19."
"The U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico will stay closed to nonessential travel for at least another month."
"Theodoridis told NPR's Weekend Edition that 'dehumanizing language,' which includes people referring to others as animals, can lead to people believing that those who disagree with them don't deserve the same treatment or respect as those who agree with them."
"An apprenticeship program that matches employers with community colleges has launched graduates into middle class careers and could be a way to address the flagging fortunes of Americans lacking four-year degrees, according to a study published Monday."
"The Justice Department is expected to file a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that Google has been abusing its online dominance in online search to stifle competition and harm consumers, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press."
"The foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia, two countries at war with each other, are scheduled to separately meet with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Washington on Friday."
"In Arizona, Montana, New Jersey, and South Dakota, voters could legalize marijuana for recreational purposes. In Mississippi and South Dakota (in a ballot initiative separate from the full legalization measure), voters could also legalize medical marijuana."
"A federal court has cleared the path to unseal the transcript of Ghislaine Maxwell's deposition from 2016, a lengthy document that may shed light on the sex trafficking operation she allegedly ran with the late Jeffrey Epstein that catered to rich and powerful men." Watch which rats run for cover.
Remember this story? "US spies and diplomats are suggesting a cover-up by President Donald Trump's administration, saying it refused to properly investigate a mysterious illness that had affected officials in Cuba, China, and Russia, according to The New York Times… In 2016, US and Canadian diplomats in Cuba started hearing strange sounds and later reporting symptoms like nerve damage and experiencing headaches. Doctors said they were caused by mild traumatic brain injuries." BTW, all signs point to Putin.
"The Justice Department unsealed charges against six alleged Russian government hackers on Monday and said they were behind a rash of recent cyberattacks — from damaging Ukraine's electrical grid to interfering in France's election to spying on European investigations and more… The men work for the Russian military intelligence agency GRU — which also led Russian cyber-interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Justice Department officials said Moscow has only sustained or heightened its intensity of effort since then." Waves to my Russian friends.
The Foxconn factory that never was. "The renovations never arrived. Neither did the factory, the tech campus, nor the thousands of jobs. Interviews with 19 employees and dozens of others involved with the project, as well as thousands of pages of public documents, reveal a project that has defaulted on almost every promise. The building Foxconn calls an LCD factory — about 1/20th the size of the original plan — is little more than an empty shell. In September, Foxconn received a permit to change its intended use from manufacturing to storage." It's a parable of the Trump administration, all bluster and promotion, nothing ever comes after. But people's lives have been damaged, homes taken, careers ended, a carnage of personal dreams. It's a long read.
"Scrambling to save his reelection campaign, Donald Trump is trying one last-ditch con: He’s pretending to care about people of color. 'I love the Hispanics,' the president declared last month. 'I’m doing so well with African American, with Asian American, with Hispanic American, and with women,' he said. But in front of white crowds on the campaign trail, Trump hasn’t changed a bit. He’s slandering minorities to exploit fear and bigotry."
"The New York Post’s front-page article about Hunter Biden on Wednesday was written mostly by a staff reporter who refused to put his name on it, two Post employees said… Bruce Golding, a reporter at the Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid since 2007, did not allow his byline to be used because he had concerns over the article’s credibility, the two Post employees said, speaking on the condition of anonymity out of fear of retaliation." Even they know the sourcing was bad.
"Authorities are investigating a fire that ignited inside an official ballot drop box outside the Baldwin Park Library on Sunday night… Crews responded to 4181 Baldwin Park Blvd. at around 8 p.m. to find the fire, the Los Angeles County Fire Department said… Baldwin Park police also responded to the scene and said the fire was inside the secured ballot box." Who didn't see that one coming.
"Pennsylvania can accept mail ballots received up to three days after Election Day, despite objections from state Republicans, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday evening… The high court split 4-4 on a motion from the top Republicans in the Pennsylvania Senate to halt a ruling from the state's top court. Amid mail delivery delays, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court had ruled in September that the late ballots would be accepted so long as they don't have a postmark clearly showing they were mailed after Election Day."
"'The only candidate whose microphone will be open during these two-minute periods is the candidate who has the floor under the rules,' the commission announced. After that, there will be time for discussion with both candidates' microphones open."
"It's possible — because some rules have changed, and some haven't — that Nov. 3 could come and go without a clear answer as to who the next president will be… But despite what some people may claim, that in and of itself doesn't necessarily mean there's a problem." Elections aren't over until they're certified, which is usually 2 to 4 weeks after the election. Candidate conceded, or declare victory, on the percentage chance they will be declared the winner.
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