News items and my thoughts

 

Rolling Stone Magazine is reporting that Neil Young says that he will never again tour with Crosby, Stills and Nash.  So we will see no more of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.  Reporter's note:  That's sad.  I bet that if George Harrison and John Lennon were alive today, the other Beatles would love to play some reunion dates.  The above video is my favorite song by CSNY.

NBA superstar Kevin Durant, according to his former fiancée Monica Wright, was unfaithful.  That and her faith are the reasons she gives for calling off the engagement.  Reporter's note:  I applaud her choice.  I can't see just rolling over and accepting infidelity.  If it happened once, it's a lot more likely to happen again in the future.

In San Francisco a dispute over a soccer field has people in an uproar.  Neighborhood kids have used the field for years without making reservations.  Now the City's Parks and Rec department has set up a system where people can pay to reserve the field.  Some folks who work nearby at a tech company reserved the field so they could get together and play.  Reporter's note:  The City needs to provide proper signs and advance warning before it starts to allow public park facilities to be reserved in advance.  But once that's done, reservations should get priority over long-term users who can't be bothered to become part of the process.

A nurse who was involved in the treatment of Thomas Eric Duncan (the man who died recently from Ebola) has tested positive for Ebola.  She is being held in isolation and being treated, while haz-mat teams have cleaned her apartment and the common areas of the apartment complex.  Officials are blaming her infection on a breach in treatment protocol, but aren't releasing any specifics about what transpired.  Reporter's note:  We keep hearing how difficult it is to contract Ebola and yet a nurse who was supposedly wearing proper protective gear has now been infected.   Something just doesn't add up.

A medical correspondent for NBC News apparently violated a "voluntary quarantine" to get soup from one of her favorite restaurants and she and the rest of her crew are now under a mandatory quarantine.  TMZ reports that Dr. Nancy Snyderman went to the Peasant Grill in New Jersey, but didn't leave her vehicle.  Reporter's note:  You'd think a doctor would pay more attention to quarantines and other safety precautions.  Guess not.

NSA leaker Edward Snowden wants to come back to the U.S. if he can get a fair trial, but he claims the federal government keeps denying his requests.  "I'm allowed to make my case before a jury" Snowden said in a video interview with The New Yorker.  Reporter's note:  He'd never get a fair trial here.

On Friday, Brittany Maynard wrote an op-ed piece for CNN on her decision to end her life.  She's 29 and suffering from an incurable brain cancer.  She will take a lethal dose of medication prescribed for her under Oregon's Death With Dignity law.  She will do this on November 1st.  Reporter's note:  After reading her piece, I understand her reasoning.  I wish her and her family peace.

Chris Brown tweeted the following:  "I don't know ... but I think this Ebola epidemic is a form of population control. S**t is getting crazy bruh."   The backlash was immediate and he quickly backed off.  Reporter's note:  Better to remain quiet and let others think you a fool than to speak and remove any doubt.

In the wake of a furious response from conservative Catholics, the Vatican is backing off of comments it made that seemed to be a softening of the church's positions on homosexuality.  "It was a working draft" is their excuse.  Reporter's note:  Religious doctrine that involves inequality is just plain wrong.  What happened in the past is one thing.  What we do going forward is entirely different.

Robert Downey, Jr. is going to don his Iron Man suit for a big role in the third installment of the "Captain America" franchise.  Reporter's note:  Nice $40 million payday for him.  I'd have paid to see the movie with or without him.

Finally, a sad and yet uplifting item.  Singer/songwriter/actor Glen Campbell has released a video for the final song he will ever record, "I'm Not Going to Miss You."  It's a song that deals with the Alzheimer's Disease that has forced the 78 year old entertainer to move into a special care facility in Nashville.  Reporter's note:  Mr. Campbell has had an amazing career and life.  His courage in detailing how this insidious disease has altered the latter part of his life is awe-inspiring.