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Odds and Ends — 22 July 2021

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No, the European Union Is Not ‘Banning Anonymous Crypto Wallets’

The E.U. Commissioner for Financial Services may have misunderstood the meaning of her own statement. The reality is hard to imagine.

Elon Musk says Bitcoin may have already hit his benchmark on renewable energy. Do people still care what Elon thinks about crypto?

BlackRock’s Going Direct Reset and the Financial Coup d’État.

Chinese Suppliers to Apple, Nike Shun Xinjiang Workers as U.S. Forced-Labor Ban Looms

“One of the last things they do before they’re intubated is beg me for the vaccine. I hold their hand and tell them that I’m sorry, but it’s too late.”

France forced to soften rules after coronavirus green pass backlash

The Delta Variant Is a Reality Test

The difficulty of the news business is that you’re constantly trying to tell people their information is outmoded, which they resist since assimilating new information entails a cost. And yet here goes… If you haven’t had Covid yet, you will. If you’ve had it once, you’ll have it again. If you’re vaccinated or were infected previously—which will one day be most people except the very young—your symptoms will likely be mild or nonexistent, but it’s not guaranteed.

U.S. Life Expectancy Plummeted by 1.5 Years in 2020, the Biggest Yearly Decline Since World War II

Milley to Trump: “I don’t expect you to understand”

Pelosi Rejects Two McCarthy Picks For Jan. 6 Committee, McCarthy Takes His Ball And Goes Home and In High-Volume Press Conference, McCarthy Musters Fury That Pelosi Blocked His Jan. 6 Picks

Republicans Are Trying for a Capitol Riot Coverup

Pennsylvania Decertifies County’s Voting Machines

Pennsylvania’s top election official has decertified the voting machines of Fulton County, which disclosed that it had agreed to requests by local Republican lawmakers and allowed a software firm to inspect the machines as part of an ‘audit’ after the 2020 election. The action by Acting Secretary of State Veronica Degraffenreid almost certainly means that Fulton County will have to buy or lease new voting machines.

“It’s the ultimate irony that a guy who acted like a total sycophantic pussy for four years, Trump wants him to be the Six Million Dollar Man at the end. Well, shit, the guy hasn’t stood up to anybody for four years and now you want him to stand up illegally, unconstitutionally to the United States Senate and the House of Representatives? Are you nuts? Have you looked at Mike Pence?” — An unnamed Trump adviser, quoted in the new book, I Alone Can Fix It

So.Much.More To the Tom Barrack Scandal: Just Wait For It

No Blacks Invited to Testify About Race In Schools

A Missouri legislative committee on Monday held a hearing on how educators teach K-12 students about race and racism without hearing from any Black Missourians. No Black parents, teachers, or scholars testified to the Joint Committee on Education during the invite-only hearing.

The US Army tried portable nuclear power at remote bases 60 years ago – it didn’t go well

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