Odds and Ends — 30 July 2021

IS THERE ANY TRUTH ANYMORE, OR IS EVERYTHING FACT-CHECKED FALSE?

Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:

Blockchain Data Shows Bitcoin’s Current Price Floor at $37.3K

Okcoin secures regulatory approval in Malta and the Netherlands

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

Booster shots recommended for elderly in Israel

Tourists head to the US to get vaccinated

Delta Variant Can Be Transmitted by Vaccinated

The finding contradicts what scientists had observed in vaccinated people infected with previous versions of the virus, who mostly seemed incapable of infecting others.

Some people in Missouri are getting vaccinated against Covid-19 in secret, doctor says. They fear backlash from loved ones who oppose the vaccines

McConnell: ‘It never occurred to me’ convincing Americans to get vaccinated would be difficult

Politics:

That wrenching Jan. 6 testimony — and why the forces of fascism must deny it

D.C. Metro Officer Daniel Hodges told the committee how he was crushed between two doors and could not breathe. He was in such severe respiratory distress that he began to foam at the mouth while insurrectionists beat him in the head with his own weapon. Hodges testified he had “no doubt” that the Trump attack force would kill members of Congress if they had an opportunity to do so. He also said that Trumpists told him and other law enforcement officers, “You will die on your knees”.

Get ready for more debt ceiling drama

”Georgia Republicans have taken the first step on their freshly blazed path toward a possible takeover of Fulton County’s elections.”

Whiners on parade.

Nearly 40 maskless House Republican lawmakers walked across the Capitol and onto the Senate floor in protest of the Capitol physician’s decision to reinstate a mask mandate in the lower chamber but not in the upper chamber.

If they want to follow Senate rules, maybe they could try winning a seat in the Senate.

Gotta admit that this was a smart snarky move: Republican Rep. Andrew Clyde evading House mask fines, GOP colleague says

Dallas racial justice campaign highlighted by Fox News reportedly may trace back to a right-wing PR firm

A story about a Dallas group allegedly demanding white parents sign a pledge to not send their children to Ivy League schools, which received attention on Tucker Carlson Tonight this week, may be a hoax tied to a conservative PR firm…

Biden: Cyberattacks Could Lead To “Real Shooting War” With A Major Power

Serendipity:

Wargaming Loss Leads to Overhaul of How U.S. Will Fight

“Without overstating the issue, it failed miserably. An aggressive red team that had been studying the United States for the last 20 years just ran rings around us. They knew exactly what we’re going to do before we did it.”

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