Odds and Ends — 17 September 2021


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Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:

New Bitcoin price model suggests BTC won’t go below $39K again

Coinbase Applies to List Crypto Futures Products

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

Idaho rations health care statewide amid massive COVID surge

France suspends 3,000 unvaccinated health workers

Japan overtakes US on first vaccinations

Japan’s progress means that the US now ranks last among G7 nations by proportion of population who have received at least one vaccine dose

Politics:

Arizona Republican says false claims of voter fraud have led to violent threats and a 'front row seat to many disturbing sides of humanity'

House Expands Inquiry Into Climate Disinformation

The House Oversight Committee has widened its inquiry into the oil and gas industry’s role in spreading disinformation about the role of fossil fuels in causing global warming, calling on top executives from Exxon Mobil, Chevron, BP and Royal Dutch Shell, as well as the lobby groups American Petroleum Institute and the United States Chamber of Commerce, to testify before Congress next month.

A private equity-backed company got federal approval to store nuclear waste in Texas. The state is fighting back.

The Trump Coup Is Still Raging

Most Southern Republicans Support Seceding

A new YouGov survey conducted on behalf of a democracy watchdog group finds that 66% of Republicans living in the South say they’d support seceding from the United States to join a union with other Southern states.
Secession is actually gaining support among Southern Republicans: back in January and February, 50% said they’d support such a proposal.

Wikipedia blames pro-China infiltration for bans

Australia Bets on Lasting American Power in Asia

When Scott Morrison became Australia’s prime minister three years ago, he insisted that the country could maintain close ties with China, its largest trading partner, while working with the United States, its main security ally.
Said Morrison: “Australia doesn’t have to choose.”
On Thursday, Australia effectively chose. Following years of sharply deteriorating relations with Beijing, Australia announced a new defense agreement in which the United States and Britain would help it deploy nuclear-powered submarines, a major advance in Australian military strength.

Trump Says Capitol Insurrectionists Are ‘Being Persecuted’

Durham Grand Jury Indicts Lawyer At DNC-Linked Firm

Jan. 6 Panel Reacts To Milley Reveals: We’re Investigating It All

Minnesota Supreme Court Allows The Ballot Question On Changing The Minneapolis Police

Serendipity:

The World Bank says climate change could displace more than 200 million people

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