Today’s comic by Matt Bors is Why do women claim sexual assault?
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• Another study ties fracking chemicals to cancer: The study by Yale School of Public Health researchers was published in the peer-reviewed journal Science of the Total Environment. The team looked at more than 1,000 chemicals that can be released into the air by hydraulic fracturing deep underground oil- and gas-bearing rock:
According to the findings, the majority of chemicals (>80 percent) lacked sufficient data on cancer-causing potential, highlighting an important knowledge gap. Of the 119 compounds with sufficient data, 44 percent of the water pollutants and 60 percent of air pollutants were either confirmed or possible carcinogens. Because some chemicals could be released to both air and water, the study revealed a total of 55 unique compounds with carcinogenic potential. Furthermore, 20 chemicals had evidence of increased risk for leukemia or lymphoma specifically.
• Trump’s campaign has been bad for Trump’s businesses:
“Rates for rooms at Trump’s new D.C. hotel are being slashed as travelers weigh their options, and smartphone data suggest fewer people are visiting his properties compared to rival venues nearby. The Republican nominee for president is in danger of losing not just the election, but something dear to a man who claims the marketing value of his name alone is worth $3 billion: the many customers, mostly wealthy, who have stayed at his hotels, played a round at his golf courses or held galas at his oceanside resorts. Experts say the Trump brand is tarnished and at a tricky crossroads as his appeal shifts from the well-heeled, high-income people he has long courted to a more middle-class base, including the fervent fans he cultivated during the campaign.”
• Federal court gives final approval to $14.7 billion settlement over Volkswagen emissions cheating: The District Court for Northern California Tuesday confirmed the settlement preliminarily arrived at in July. Owners or lessees of the 500,000 diesel vehicles covered in the settlement have a choice. Owners can get cash compensation from Volkswagen, plus the company will buy the vehicle back or fix it. Lessees can terminate their leases without penalty and receive cash compensation, or have their vehicle fixed and receive the cash.
• An Uber self-driving truck just made it’s first delivery: 50,000 cans of Budweiser: The truck, outfitted with $30,000 worth of software and hardware from San Francisco start-up Otto, took the beer from the brewery in Fort Collins, Colorado, and delivered 120 miles down Interstate 25 to Colorado Springs. The technology only works on the highway, not on streets where crosswalks and kids on bikes make auto-driving trickier. The truck only changes lanes when necessary.
• Nat’l Geographic ‘Afghan girl’ arrested in Pakistan for having false papers:
An Afghan woman who once appeared on the cover of National Geographic as a green-eyed 12-year-old girl has been arrested for living illegally in Pakistan under false papers.
Last year Pakistani media published a photo from Sharbat Gula’s computerised national identity card (CNIC), a vital document that she should not have been able to acquire as a foreign national.
Shahid Ilyas, an official from the National Database Registration Authority, said Gula could face up to 14 years in prison and a fine of up to $5,000 if convicted.
• Sara Solow, a domestic policy adviser to Hillary Clinton, will appear at Daily Kos to answer questions Thursday. Solow, who was also a member of Clinton’s debate preparation team, will join us at 11 AM PT/2 PM ET October 27 to discuss the candidate’s addiction and mental health proposals. Solow served as a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer and worked on President Obama's 2012 re-election campaign as part of his debate preparation team. In 2008, she served as an economic policy staffer for President Obama’s campaign and presidential transition team.
• On today’s Kagro in the Morning show: In trouble with women? Newt can fix it! Greg Dworkin finds something good about Trump. David Waldman does not. Joan McCarter peeks behind the DSCC curtain in FL-SEN, forecasts filibuster reform & closes the circle that Obamacare rates story.
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