maeve harris @maeve@girlcock.club

#Brazil: Leftist Lula's lead over the possibly deranged & certainly #fascist incumbent Bolsonaro widens; presidential election Oct 2 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/28/lulas-lead-over-bolsonaro-widens-days-ahead-of-brazil-election

US Federal Judge denounces #GOP leaders who will not contradict #Trump's allegation of a stolen election as cowards desperate to cling to power https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/27/oath-keeper-trial-trump-jan-6-00059091

#Trump endorsed political opportunist JD Vance and Congressman Tim Ryan in a neck and neck race for the Ohio Senate seat. Several polls show Ryan ahead, but within margin of error https://www.newsweek.com/tim-ryan-polls-jd-vance-ohio-senate-midterms-1747046

#Thailand Baht falls briefly to 38 to the USD, (1st time in 16 years), recovers slightly, now at 37.73. The Central Bank is raising rates 25 basis points to try to stabilize the THB. https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/economy/thai-baht-plunges-to-38-against-us-dollar-for-first-time-in-16-years

New gun owners in the US include women, liberals and ethnic and gender minorities, sensing themselves to be targets, and preparing to defend themselves https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/27/us/gun-owners-liberal-women-minority-reaj/index.html

#Hurricane Ian has made landfall in SW #Florida (Fort Myers, then Tampa and Orlando would appear most at risk). The category 4 storm brings torrential rain, heavy winds and storm surge. Governor DeSantis will be asking for significant assistance from the Federal Gov't he hates https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/28/weather/hurricane-ian-florida-path-wednesday/index.html

5:30 am and still raining hard in Bangkok and elsewhere in #Thailand (rainy, or monsoon season). No walking exercise today, it would appear

THB was trading at 37.96 to the dollar as of this morning. Somewhere around 35 or 36 would be more like normal

Bank of #Thailand will raise the interest rate by 25 basis points today, in hopes of uplifting the Thai Baht (THB), currently in the abyss https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/2400558/bank-of-thailand-to-go-for-another-modest-25-bps-hike-on-wednesday

Ken Burns' new documentary on the #Holocaust tears aside the curtain obscuring US culpability. US White supremacists and antisemites will issue attack ads, no doubt https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/article266345091.html

#Philippines pres BongBong #Marcos is negotiating with #Russia to buy fuel and other products, apparently ignoring the fact that such purchases will provide funds for Russia's war on #Ukraine https://www.azernews.az/region/199892.html

There is a rising tide of #COVID19 infections in the #UK (as tho' PM #Truss were not enough suffering), and it's projected the US will follow in about 30 days https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/27/health/uk-fall-wave-covid-us/index.html

#Trump endorsed and supported fascist #Mastriano lags behind democrat Josh Shapiro 55-45% in polling for #Pennsylvania governor's race. Shapiro reported collecting $25 million in contributions June-August https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/27/politics/pennsylvania-governors-race-josh-shapiro-fundraising/index.html

Youngest daughter of exiled former PM Thaksin Shinawatra leads opinion polling as favorite for PM. Potential voters indicated they preferred the 2 main opposition parties over the others https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/daughter-thailands-exiled-ex-pm-thaksin-leads-opinion-poll-2022-09-26/

Former #Labor Secretary Robert Reich: "Corporate greed, not wages is behind #inflation. The culprit is profit-price inflation, where corporations raise their prices beyond the inflationary increase in inputs. Time for price controls https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/25/inflation-price-controls-robert-reich

Ginni Thomas, wife of the SCOTUS justice is under the Jan 6 committee's microscope for attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election for president https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/26/january-6-committee-ginni-thomas-clarence-thomas

The crash in the GBP (UK Pound), brought about by slashing taxes and borrowing 10s of Billions will cause even worse inflation. The value of the Pound has fallen to its lowest level v the USD ever, losing 21% of its value this year https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/26/investing/pound-plunge-why-matters-what-next/index.html

#Russia president #Putin has granted #NSA whistleblower Edward #Snowden Russian citizenship according to an official decree published on the government's portal https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/26/europe/edward-snowden-russian-citizenship-putin-intl/index.html

Women's #volleyball: #Thailand defeats #Turkiye in 5 set match, first 5 setter in FIVB championship series. Thailand outside hitter Chatchu-On led scoring with 33 points. https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/women-worldchampionship-2022/news/thailand-upset-turkiye-in-thrilling-five-setter

#UK still looking for negotiated solution with the #EU on the Northern #Ireland protocol, according to PM #Truss. No new proposals have been offered, so far as I am aware, words are wind https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/britain-still-seeking-negotiated-solution-with-eu-northern-ireland-pm-truss-2022-09-25/