Category: Knowledge and News
“The interesting thing about 16 Psyche is that it is almost entirely made up of rare metals, and it isn’t rocky like other asteroids.”
Pretty slick. She would have escaped scot-free except for a competency hearing that had been scheduled. A court admin saw that the charges had been dropped and inquired about dropping the hearing – and then the frazil hit the fire.
Who knew that Harvey Weinstein had his own airline?
The story is even weirder than my headline. It was actually on a Qatar Airways plane on the tarmac, and the justification for this bizarre examination is that there was an abandoned newborn in the airport toilet.
Not the ol’ abandoned newborn scam again!
She’s Bulgarian, and obviously a gifted comic actress. Here is her photo gallery on IMDb.
And here are some topless shots
Here is her scene with America’s mayor. (The downloaded clip has sound, but the preview does not.)
Here is “A Shot-by-Shot Analysis of the New Borat’s Giuliani Scene”
Borat explains:
OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM BORAT SAGDIYEV pic.twitter.com/vM92Lam5vV
— Borat (@BoratSagdiyev) October 23, 2020
The document has been redacted, but the people responsible for the redactions were incompetent. They left the index in the document and only redacted the words in the index, not the page and paragraph references.
Thus, you can see that at 210:17 there was been a word redacted which is between “depth” and “described,” and another between “airport” and “alcohol.” That would be Al Dershowitz. In other instances, it refers to him as “Alan,” but you can tell which is “Al” and which is “Alan” by the length of the black-out! So the one at 211:15 is obviously “Alan” Dershowitz rather than “Al.”
Similarly, you can match a word between “bikini” and “birth” with a word between “clients” and “clock” at, for example, 130:3. That would obviously be Bill Clinton. That particular reference can be corroborated. The word “Clinton” also appears several times unredacted in some innocent context, and those instances can easily be found in the index under the redacted entry between “clients” and “clock.” Once you know where Clinton can be found, it becomes obvious that the word between “present” and “press” must be “President.”
The one between “analyzed” and “angeles” matches with one between “primary” and “print” at 111:8, for example. That would be Prince Andrew.
Based on the index, neither “Donald” nor “Trump” appears anywhere in the document. Mar-a-Lago appears many times and has not been redacted because the context is innocent.
As the Dude would say.. New S**T has come to light.
I have been diagnosed with Lymphoma. Although it is a serious disease, I feel fortunate that I have a great team of doctors and the prognosis is good.
I’m starting treatment and will keep you posted on my recovery.
— Jeff Bridges (@TheJeffBridges) October 20, 2020
“Masterson faces 45 years to life in state prison if convicted as charged”
The incidents happened 17-19 years ago, but the prosecution insists that the statute of limitations excludes crimes of this nature. That may be right, but proving a case to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt is an ambitious prosecution for crimes that happened two decades ago.
Scott Atlas is a radiologist. He has no training in virology, epidemiology, public health management, statistical analysis, or any other field that would be relevant to the COVID crisis. It appears that he knows far less about viral diseases than laymen who have been cramming on the subject. You would be better off listening to a witch doctor. They always wear masks. And at least garlic poultices and incantations can’t do any harm. It is also believed that Atlas is nudging President Trump in the reckless direction of using a herd immunity strategy with no vaccine on the horizon.
As the director of the CDC pointed out bluntly, “Everything he (Scott Atlas) says is false.”
To repeat the math on herd immunity: scientists estimate that successful herd immunity would require about 2/3 of a population to carry antibodies. In the USA that is about 220 million people. At least 1.4% of Americans who contract the virus are expected to die from it (currently about 700 dead per day, and 50,000 infections per day), so the death toll would be three million.
And that’s if it works.
It probably won’t work because the immunity seems to be short-lived, which means that, lacking a vaccine, a population might never get to a point where 2/3 of the people have antibodies, because by the time the last people are infected, the immunity might be wearing off in those infected early. Let’s suppose that the antibodies last only four months. In that case, the only way to achieve herd immunity is to get antibodies into 220 million people almost instantly, and the only realistic way to do that is with a vaccine. Infecting 220 million people through community spread in three months may not even be possible, but if it were, the health care system could not possibly handle the number of hospital patients that would emerge from the strategy.
At this point I don’t know the actual average duration of immunity, nor does anyone else. Top researchers throughout the world are still learning about COVID-19. But if it is truly as short-lived as four months, we will have a decidedly difficult time with the logistics of fighting it – even with a vaccine, let alone by community spread.
The petition is signed by such notable experts as Dr. Johnny Bananas, Dr. I.P. Freely, and Dr. Person Fakename.
Doctor Dwight Mannsburden was apparently not available.
The original investigation by Sky News revealed that the fake names were actually some of the more reputable signatories. At least they were doctors, albeit imaginary ones. The list also included every kind of quack, crank and self-professed expert you can imagine: homeopaths, massage therapists, hypnotists, and one guy who claims to cure disease through song.
From the comments: “Also on the list: Dr Harold Shipman. This one’s a legit physician and also one of the most prolific serial killers of all time.”
“The federal prosecutor appointed by Attorney General William P. Barr to review whether Obama-era officials improperly requested the identities of individuals whose names were redacted in intelligence documents has completed his work without finding any substantive wrongdoing, according to people familiar with the matter.”
Do you wish him a recovery? There is one to test the limits of human charity.
Lyon Gardiner Tyler Jr. passed away last week at 95.
You’re thinking, “What makes him so special?” Lyon Tyler died 175 years after his grandfather left the White House! His grandpa was John Tyler, the 10th president, who was born in 1790. More amazing still is the fact that Lyon’s brother is still alive. As of about 10 days ago, John Tyler had two living grandchildren.
How can they have a grandfather born 230 years ago? President Tyler had 15 children over a long stretch of time, quite late in his life. He was 63 when his son Lyon Gardiner Tyler Sr. was born. In his turn, Lyon Sr. had sons when he was 71 (Lyon Jr) and 75 (Lyon’s brother, Harrison). Those sons, in their turn, lived to be very old men.
On its Trend Watch page, Merriam-Webster explained, “Schadenfreude is defined as ‘enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others.’”
“Throughout a pandemic that has now landed squarely in the West Wing, Trump officials — who routinely shunned masks — declined to institute thorough safety protocols to protect the White House press corps, according to interviews with reporters who now face the prospect of a rapidly escalating outbreak in their daily work space.”
Investigators probe ‘possible ecological catastrophe’ in Russia’s Kamchatka region
“Russian investigators said Saturday they were looking into “a possible ecological catastrophe” in the eastern Kamchatka region, after scores of dead sea creatures washed up in one of it bays and surfers reported burns to their eyes and throats.”
What more can go wrong this year?
It’s difficult to imagine anyone in the future looking back at 2020 with nostalgia.