Sunday, October 25, 2020

Last night I took a Zopiclona and went to bed at 10pm, got up once at 4am, finally waking/getting up at 7am.

I left the apt at 8am and arrived at Ganso & Castor at 8:30. Glenn (with Bianca) arrived a few minutes later. We each had our usual – eggs benedict for him and acai berry with fruit & granola for me. The only thing different this time was I also had Greek yogurt with mine. Of course we both had a couple coffees. Glenn recommended a pedometer app which I downloaded to my cellphone. Bianca is a very well mannered dog, patiently lying under our table. We left about 10:30 and I took a bus home.

Teresa had already left for the finca.

I finished watching The Queen’s Gambit. It’s got amazing reviews on IMDB with an incredible rating of 8.9.

I left again about 1:30 and walked to the mall. On the way I saw Herman and I asked him if he ever takes a day off. He explained that he gets a lot of customers for ciclovia. I went up to Sport Wings and asked if they could put on some American Football. They put on NFL Red Zone and gave me a seat nearby. I had an iced tea and nachos. I then went down to Todo Fresa and had a café con leche while reading some more from my new chess book. I downloaded the NFL Game Pass app to my cellphone.

I returned to the apt about 4pm in a light rain.

I started watching Totally Under Control (7.7) on Medellin TV but didn’t get far as my internet speed doesn’t appear to be strong enough.

Teresa returned about 5pm with this month’s finca rental.

I watched NFL football most of the day; the Bears play tomorrow night against the L.A. Rams.

 

The New Hampshire Union Leader, the conservative-leaning Manchester-based newspaper, endorsed Joe Biden for president on Sunday.

Why it matters: It's the first time the paper has endorsed a Democrat for president in over 100 years, after it broke from more than a century of backing Republicans to endorse libertarian Gary Johnson over President Trump in 2016.

 

CNN: As President Trump continues to say the US is turning the corner in the coronavirus pandemic, no state has reported fewer Covid-19 cases this week than last week. 

 

 At least five people in Vice President Mike Pence's orbit have tested positive for coronavirus in recent days, including chief of staff Marc Short, close aide Zach Bauer and outside adviser Marty Obst, sources confirm to ABC News and CNN.

 

Every election cycle, political journalists and observers wait in anticipation for the "October Surprise" -- the unexpected news event that has the potential to shake up the race. In 2016, it was FBI Director James Comey's announcement of a new development in the investigation of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server as secretary of state, driving negative coverage that cost her the election. Four years later, President Donald Trump and his media and congressional allies have been trying to recreate that magic to boost his reelection odds against former Vice President Joe Biden.

But this year's October Surprise isn't about a candidate's adherence to the Presidential Records Act or debunked allegations of public corruption. It's something far more consequential and visceral to the public -- a third wave of COVID-19 cases bearing down on the country on Trump's watch, in part because he's been taking advice from his Fox News cabinet rather than listening to public health experts.

 

It was Oct. 25, 2019 when former Vice President and hopeful 2020 candidate Joe Biden tweeted out a warning to the American public.

"We are not prepared for a pandemic," he wrote, weeks ahead of COVID-19 being named and flagged as an emerging threat. "Trump has rolled back progress President Obama and I made to strengthen global health security. We need leadership that builds public trust, focuses on real threats, and mobilizes the world to stop outbreaks before they reach our shores."

 

A Fox News investigation “found no role for Joe Biden” in the business dealing of his son, Hunter, the network said on Sunday.

The admission was made by Fox News reporter Griff Jenkins.

Jenkins explained that the news organization had been provided documents by Tony Bobulinski, Hunter Biden’s former business partner.

“You’re talking about a business venture with the Chinese energy company in 2017 at a time when Joe Biden was not vice president,” Jenkins explained. “But Fox’s review of Bobulinski’s documents, which were given to us, found no role for Joe Biden in that business venture.”

 

Hundreds of laid-off service workers are banning together in the last days until the 2020 election to get out the vote in Nevada, Arizona, Florida, and Pennsylvania. Many of them are immigrants who lost employment during President Donald J. Trump’s time in office over the past four years.

 

Ultra-black coatings and paints like Vantablack have gotten lots of attention in recent years. What the world needs now is to cool off (we've hit an unprecedented point in global warming), and a new white paint developed by engineers at Purdue University could help.

The paint reflects 95.5% of sunlight and "can keep surfaces up to 18 degrees Fahrenheit cooler than their ambient surroundings," said Purdue in a statement this week. That's something commercial heat-reflecting white paints haven't been able to achieve.

 

The US has 8,498,283 ð 8,580,948 ð 8,700,184 coronavirus cases with 223,400+ ð 224,400+ ð 225,100+ deaths.

Per Medellin Guru, as of this afternoon Colombia has a total of 998,942 ð 1,007,711 ð 1,015,885 cases with 30,154 deaths. Medellin has 87,353 ð 88,401 ð 90,193 cases, an increase of 1,785 from October 24^th to 25^th. Envigado has a total of 6,345 cases, an increase of 137 from October 24^th to 25^th. New infections continue to increase. I wouldn’t be surprised if some cities implement curfews or partial quarantines again.

Joke of the day

Actually four out of fife readers seldom  ever notice when names of musical instruments are substituted for words in a sentence.