Last night I took half a Zopiclona and went to bed at 10:30, couldn’t fall asleep so I got up at 12:30 and took the other half, got up again at 3:30, finally waking/getting up at 7:15.
Last night I played 4
games on Chess.com, winning 3 and losing 1. My rating is now 1530.
Jose called me at 8:30; he forgot we weren’t playing chess today. I told him if he didn’t mind waiting I could shower, dress and meet him at the mall for coffee in 30 minutes. I arrived at 9am and we had coffee at Habia Una Vez. (He told me not only did he forget we weren’t playing chess today but he forgot his facemask and the taxi driver had to stop at a pharmacy so he could buy one.) I showed him the new chess book I bought and he said it looks good. After about an hour he went to the bank and I walked back to the apt.
Teresa and I left the apt
at noon and took a taxi to El Tesoro. Teresa had her oncologist’s appointment
and I understand all is well.
She did some window
shopping in the mall but didn’t find anything suitable. We had lunch at J&C
Delicias then took a taxi back to the apt in a pouring rain with occasional
hail.
I watched Solaris (6.2)
on Medellin TV but didn’t really enjoy it.
The paperback I’ve been
reading had a loose page which I repaired with my Swiss knife, scissors and
Scotch tape.
The New York Post ran an
anti-Biden story last week that was literally unbelievable. The article, which had the superficial
appearance of an "October Surprise," was filled with convoluted details involving Hunter Biden, a Ukrainian
gas company, an alleged laptop, some alleged emails, and an unnamed shop owner
in Delaware. The conservative tabloid was apparently handed the story by Rudy Giuliani
and Steve Bannon.
At face
value, one of the problems with the story was that the
underlying premise of the allegations were discredited quite a while ago, which is why most
major news organizations had the good sense to steer clear of the Post's reporting.
But it now
appears that even some of the key people who work at the conservative tabloid
had serious concerns about the highly dubious article. The New York Times reported overnight:
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.
USA Today, one of the
largest newspapers by circulation in America, gave Joe Biden its first-ever
presidential endorsement on Tuesday.
White House Chief of Staff
Mark Meadows confirmed in court on
Tuesday that President Trump's tweets authorizing the disclosure of documents
related to the Russia investigation and Hillary Clinton's emails "were not
self-executing declassification orders," after a federal judge demanded
that Trump be asked about his intentions.
Retired
Adm. William McRaven, the former commander of the U.S. Special Operations
Command, is perhaps best known to Americans as the Navy SEAL who oversaw the
2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden. In a new op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, the
retired admiral talks about the ballot he cast this week in Texas.
Truth
be told, I am a pro-life, pro-Second Amendment, small-government,
strong-defense and a national-anthem-standing conservative. But, I also believe
that black lives matter, that the Dreamers deserve a path to citizenship, that
diversity and inclusion are essential to our national success, that education
is the great equalizer, that climate change is real and that the First
Amendment is the cornerstone of our democracy. Most important, I believe that
America must lead in the world with courage, conviction and a sense of honor
and humility.
He added, "I voted for Joe
Biden."
The
US has 8,122,865 ð 8,188,764 ð 8,252,426 coronavirus cases
with 219,500+ ð 220,000+ ð 220,500+ deaths.
Per
Medellin Guru, as of this afternoon Colombia has a total of 959,572 ð 965,883 ð 974,139 cases with 29,272 deaths. Medellin has 83,145 ð 84,088 ð 84,569 cases, an increase of 481 from October 19th
to 20th. Envigado has a total of 5,727 cases, an increase of 59 from
October 19th to 20th. New infections are still decreasing.
Joke of
the day
A retired
gentleman went into the social security office to apply for social security.
After waiting in line for a long time, he got to the counter. The woman behind
the counter asked him for his driver's license to verify his age.
He looked in
his pockets and realized he had left his wallet at home. He told the woman that
he was very sorry but he seemed to have left his wallet at home.
“Will I have
to go home and come back now?” he asked.
The woman
said, “Unbutton your shirt.”
So he opened
his shirt, revealing lots of silver, curly hair.
She said,
“That silver hair on your chest is proof enough for me.” And she processed his
social security application.
When he got
home, the man excitedly told his wife about his experience at the social
security office.
She sniffed at him, “You should
have dropped your pants, you might have qualified for disability, too.”
No comments:
Post a Comment