You may see a few. Here is the evening scene as their radiant rises into view.
This is not one of the major annual showers in abundance – you might notice only half a dozen or so per hour – but is interesting in that it consists of particles shed from Halley’s Comet. The Orionids are this stream coming in across the October part of Earth’s orbit; the Eta Aquarids are this stream crossing out over the May part. See the space diagram in our page about “Halley meteors.”
“You couldn’t make it up” department
Billionaire uses a $50 million bribe to get a Trump pardon on a bribery charge.
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When Trump learned that Alina Habba had received a $50M bribe to advocate for a presidential pardon, he erupted in outrage. Habba hadn’t given Trump any of the money! He demanded his cut:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/29/us/politics/trump-alina-habba-mildon-deal.html?unlocked_article_code=1.MlE.NycN.VTabQFiPkbDe&smid=url-share
The American constitutional lawyer Robert Barnes, who has represented President Trump in the past, is known to have insider connections to the White House and says that the level of corruption in this administration is off the charts. He has said, in interviews, that if President Biden and his son Hunter were street corner dope pushers, the current administration is the whole cartel.
The entire neo-liberal establishment in Europe and the US and its vassal states, the Epstein class, is coming unraveled, while the “global south” led by Russia, China, and Iran is creating a new more stable foundation for the 21st century.
And I was out on the morning of October 22, looking for Orionids for 30 minutes, and saw exactly 1 LOL.
These are sad days for the United States of America. Hopefully the upcoming elections will tip the balance back toward honesty, good governance, and the rule of law. But at best the new Congress will only be a turning point, there will still be so much work to do to repair the damage and bring Trump and the rest of his criminal enterprise to account. And Trump and his lackeys, including his supporters on the Supreme Court, will resist every effort, no matter how measured and reasonable. The most we can hope for is a long, bitter, painful slog back toward some semblance of decency. But if the Hungarians can depose Orban and his Fidesz party, maybe there is hope for the United States.
And the Brazilians have stopped their would-be dynasty of emperors.
Thanks for the post. I like how your meteor lines are thicker in the center, just like a real meteor.
I clicked the link but I couldn’t read about the bribery pardon without a subscription to the NY Times.
It is sad that someone could bribe their way out of a bribery charge. Our founders said that capitalism could only work in a moral society.
Rick, could you tell us the source of that fine quote from the founders? I tried to ask you by email, but that wes for some reason blocked.