Odds and Ends — 11 November 2021


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Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:

Influx of crypto miners to Kazakhstan reportedly strains energy supply

U.S. Inflation Hits 30-Year High

Malta: The island welcoming digital nomads

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

Hollywood Studio Projects Get Stricter About COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates

As the federal government pushes employers to act, producers are increasingly enforcing the requirements: “Nobody wants an Aaron Rodgers situation."

Germany Weighs New Restrictions Amid Record Cases

France brings in booster requirement for over 65s

German Christmas markets face second year of closures as Covid rates soar

Politics:

Trump’s Circle Is Full Of Men Accused Of Threatening Behavior, Harassment, Violence

Prosecutors Seek 4 Years for QAnon Shaman

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.@PunchbowlNews reports House GOP discussing whether to strip committee assignments from the baker’s dozen who voted for bipartisan infrastructure bill.

If so, House GOP would send a message that members’ votes belong to the caucus not constituents.https://t.co/noMTYwXUea

— Jonathan Allen (@jonallendc) November 9, 2021

Republican Dysfunction Sinks to a Weird New Low

This is legitimately insane. These kinds of punishments are normally reserved for gross misconduct or extreme betrayals of party.
Voting for an infrastructure bill is neither of those things.
I'd be very surprised if this develops further. But the fact it is being discussed at all is bananas.
Try to overthrow your speaker? Assignments might be in jeopardy. Blatant corruption? Assignments might be in jeopardy. Drunk drive your car into the Potomac with an adult entertainer? Assignments might be in jeopardy.
Vote for an infrastructure bill? That's a Tuesday.

Trump-Backed Senate Candidate Accused By Wife Of Abuse Ranted About ‘Woman Tyrants’

How the Media Missed a GOP Candidate’s Racist Posts

Where do you fit in the political typology? Take the quiz.

Kellyanne Conway Resurfaces With Her Most Brazen Trump Lie Yet

Kellyanne Conway: "I worked in that White House for four years. There was no supply chain crisis."

If she really believes this, it's because, while the rest of us were running out of toilet paper, she and Donald Trump were wiping their asses on the Constitution.

— Middle Age Riot (@middleageriot) November 9, 2021

The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Finally Found a Religious Objection They Don’t Like

Oddly, not a story from 1933: Virginia school board members call for books to be burned amid GOP's campaign against schools teaching about race and sexuality

After nixing diversity symbols, school district fires leader

The four conservative board members offered no explanation as they summarily fired Morelock, giving him 10 days left on the job.
The superintendent's advisory cabinet, composed of administrators across the school district, quickly objected, saying they were "shocked and dismayed that the board would take this disruptive action in the middle of the school year.”

Serendipity:

Genetic GPS system of animal development explains why limbs grow from torsos and not heads

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