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Odds and Ends — 15 July 2021

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’We all quit’: Burger King staff leaves note to management on store sign

Inflation: the next stage of the Global Financial Crisis 2007-2031

Never mind that the Fed has a poor track record of predicting the future, everything will be okay: Powell says the Fed is still a ways off from altering policy, expects inflation to moderate.

EU Readies Sweeping Plan to Combat Climate Change

The European Union is set to propose a sweeping program today to transform the region’s economy to fight climate change, slashing its reliance on fossil fuels and potentially jolting global trade with import levies that would hit high-emitting countries.

COVID-19 Cases In U.S. Double Over Last Three Weeks

24-year-old who needed double lung transplant wishes he'd been vaccinated for COVID-19. That could be a headline from The Onion, but it’s not.

Romney Says It’s ‘Moronic’ to Politicize Vaccines

Said Romney: “After all, President Trump and his supporters take credit for developing the vaccine. Why the heck won’t they take advantage of taking the vaccine they received plaudits for having developed?”

The Deeply Racist Dimensions To Ashli Babbitt’s Martyrdom

How Tucker Carlson Became the Voice for White Grievance

What emerges is a portrait of an ambitious television personality who came of age in privilege — having grown up in an upper-class enclave and attended private schools — but who, by his own telling, is a victim. Carlson, in his writings and commentaries, has described resentment toward liberals as far back as the first grade. He has frequently ridiculed the notion that America should celebrate diversity and has lashed out repeatedly at the idea that he, as a White person, bears any responsibility for racism against Black people…. Two of the leading conservative activists battling critical race theory, an academic construct in which systemic racism is studied, credit him with the rapid rise of their movement, while Black scholars he frequently targets say he mischaracterizes and manipulates their work to suit his agenda.

Why Republicans Are Turning Against Vaccines

Ken Starr Waged ‘Scorched-Earth’ Effort for Jeffrey Epstein

Ken Starr, the lawyer who hounded Bill Clinton over his affair with Monica Lewinsky, waged a ‘scorched-earth’ legal campaign to persuade federal prosecutors to drop a sex-trafficking case against the billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein relating to the abuse of multiple underaged girls.

“We’re going to face another test in 2022: a new wave of unprecedented voter suppression, and raw and sustained election subversion. We have to prepare now.” — Joe Biden

God Help Me, I Savored Every Word of Michael Wolff’s Trashy Book on Trump’s Final Year

Lin Wood may face punishment after sharing clip of Michigan election sanctions hearing

A prominent purveyor of election conspiracy theories may face additional punishment from a federal judge in Michigan after he shared a video recording of a portion of a court hearing on sanctions related to a debunked election fraud lawsuit.  Lin Wood, an attorney who has vehemently argued fraud cost former President Donald Trump the 2020 election, was one of several attorneys summoned to a hearing Monday by U.S. District Judge Linda Parker. Sidney Powell and other Trump-supporting attorneys filed lawsuits in Michigan and elsewhere that relied on conspiracies and lies to allege election misconduct.

The Lies Were Always the Point

The enduring power of Trump’s Big Lie

Nearly a third of Americans have surrendered to disinformation. The result could be a death spiral for democracy.

Biden’s $3.5 trillion spending bill is great — but spending alone won’t stop Trump's return

Passing popular programs doesn’t do much for Democrats, if voters are sidelined from rewarding them at the polls.

Miami Mayor Says The US Should Consider Bombing Cuba. What could possibly go wrong?

Species of algae with three sexes that all mate in pairs identified in Japanese river

Moon’s Wobble Will Intensify Flooding Along U.S. Coasts by the Mid-2030s, Research Suggests

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