Senators in the KKK, Star Trek, the evils of sugar, & other fun stuff.

We had a quiet and productive Halloween weekend, involving lots of podcasts, video games, errands, house cleaning, and other grown-uppy stuff like that. Didn’t make for much of a Halloween, but it was a pretty nice weekend.

News You Should Check out Today

• EPA: VW cheated on Audi, Porsche diesel SUVs, too
• Vatican arrests two advisers over alleged links to leaked documents
• Mystery Deepens Over Russian Airliner Crash in Egypt
• Amid E. Coli Outbreak, Chipotle Closes 43 Restaurants In Washington, Oregon

Today’s Reading List

⇒ Anonymous Outs 4 Republican Senators As Associated With The KKK And Hate Groups
The outed Senators are Thom Tillis, NC; John Cornyn, TX; John Hardy Isakson, GA; and Dan Coats, IN. On one hand, no big surprise. On the other, well, it’s Anonymous, and this is going to have to be verified by legit news sources before I’m going to pay too much attention to it.

⇒ Study Reveals That Your Cat Is Basically A Tiny Lion
This article is incorrect. One of my cats is a tiny tiger, and the other is a tiny panther. Just ask them; they’ll tell you all about it.

⇒ Star Trek Returns to a New TV Landscape
Well, this could turn out to be awesome news. Or it could turn out terrible. I won’t get my hopes up yet. One downside is that it’s going to be on CBS’s streaming service, and I’ve had issues using network streaming services in the past. They haven’t worked very well.

⇒ Why cutting sugar out of your diet won’t work miracles
“The message here isn’t that a lot of sugar is good for you, or that reducing one’s added sugar intake isn’t a good idea. It’s that we need to be cautious about interpreting miraculous results from limited and poorly designed studies that lack a control group.”

Well, that goes for just about everything, I suppose.

⇒ Google: Chrome OS Is Here To Stay
Good news! There’s also a rumor floating around that they’re going to roll Chrome OS up with Android, which I’m also okay with. I quite like Chrome OS – I’d be using it right now, if I weren’t so reliant on legacy programs.

⇒ Bruce Campbell Is Hilarious on the Bloody, Amazing Ash Vs. Evil Dead
This show was fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. We watched it last night. It was funny, scary and excellent – the kind of quality cheesey horror you’ve come to expect from Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell.

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