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Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Aug 27, 2020
August 27, 2020
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CBS-TV's All Access is putting new installments of STEPHEN KING’s nine-episode limited series, “The Stand,” coming up on Thursday, December 17. In a frightening coincidence, the series is about what happens to the world following a deadly global pandemic --and it was written by King 40 years ago. Now you'll be able to see how well King predicted the future.
Not gonna happen: MARK DAVID CHAPMAN, who shot and killed JOHN LENNON outside of his Manhattan apartment at the Dakota in December of 1980, was denied parole again --an 11th time-- yesterday, by the New York state Board of Parole. He'll have another parole hearing in 2022.
A new FBI report claims thefts of software and trade secrets by the Chinese costs the American economy $225 to $600-billion dollars each year. The figure also includes stuff like pirated software and counterfeit goods as well. The report also claims China is using some of the stolen technology to modernize its military forces as well.
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