Notes From All Over -- September 9, 2020

Tiffany tumbles: buyer LVMH walks away from deal. 

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Top story of the year: Nobel Peace prize nominations starting to be released.

MLB post-season: if season were to end today (two days ago): link here; as a reader noted, NY Yankees are in. Texas Rangers? Not so much. I don't think I've ever seen such a terrible season. Granted: I hardly follow baseball. I think I finally understand the infield fly rule. LOL. Nope.
 
Apple: special event will be all about the new Apple Watch. Considering that the special event was somewhat unexpected -- the "big one" is still expected for October -- suggests that Tim Cook is really, really excited about the new Apple Watch which will be "Series 6." The questions on everyone's mind: how good will the EKG app be; has it received necessary FDA approval (if that approval is even necessary); and, will it have pulse oximetry capabilities?

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Politics

Internal polling suggests Trump's lead over Biden is widening.

There are several items of note to suggest that.

First, there were some very, very bizarre items over at twitter this weekend suggesting the Dems were getting desperate. These included tweets regarding:

• the Wuhan flu in NYC
• the effort to defund the police
• and, of course, the "Dan-Rather-George-W-Bush" hit

In the past week, Hidin' Biden has had to walk back these three major policy statements made by him:

• no, he won't ban fracking;
• no, he won't shut down the US economy again; and,
• no, he won't issue an executive order mandating universal masks

He has not walked back his tax policy. 

Some time ago, Biden announced his support for the Cuban regime. It was just a matter of time that we would see this headline: Biden campaign frets as Latino support fizzles in South Florida.