Odds and Ends — 2 December 2021
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:
In 2013, Wired destroyed the key to 13 BTC now worth $760K... to make a point
Note to Brands: Crypto Isn’t Funny Money. It’s Community
Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:
Televangelist Marcus Lamb Who Called Vaccine Mandate 'Sin' Against God Dies Of COVID
Foo Fighters pull Minneapolis show over disagreement with venue over COVID-19 safety measures
Man Who Refused to Certify Votes Dies of Covid
A Republican election official who caused controversy by initially refusing to certify 2020 Detroit-area results in favor of President Joe Biden has died after being admitted to a hospital with Covid-19.
Politics:
Conservative Supreme Court Justices Do Away With Pretense In Frontal Assault On Roe
The conservative justices on the bench, including its two newest members, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, were highly amenable to ditching the court’s own precedent. The expectation beforehand that the robust six-justice conservative majority might tiptoe their way to overturning Roe quickly proved wrong. There was little in the way of window-dressing, or careful parsing of ways in which the court might inch away from Roe.
Sotomayor suggests Supreme Court won't 'survive the stench' of overturning Roe v. Wade
Jeffrey Epstein Took 14-Year Old to Meet Trump
A woman who says she was sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell testified that Epstein took her to meet Donald Trump at his Florida club when she was 14 years old.
The woman, in testimony at Maxwell’s federal sex crimes trial, did not allege any improper conduct by Trump when she met him at his Mar-a-Lago resort.
Conservatives plot government shutdown over vaccine mandate
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) plays a horrific death threat she received following Rep. Lauren Boebert’s (R-CO) recent Islamophobic attacks on her.
— The Recount (@therecount) November 30, 2021
Warning: It's incredibly graphic. pic.twitter.com/5PGODcaJOu
Judge: Trump and allies 'stoked the flames of fear' that led to Jan. 6 violence
If Trump Voters Lived in Germany, They’d Be in the Fascist Party. No, not that one.
I want to congratulate my North Jersey constituent Dr. Oz on his run for US Senate in Pennsylvania. I’m sure this fully genuine candidacy will capture the hearts of Pennsylvanians. https://t.co/poMegBfBfC
— Bill Pascrell, Jr. (@PascrellforNJ) November 30, 2021
Serendipity:
9 months after the Texas freeze, the power grid remains vulnerable
Meme credit: JessicaHatfield (source)
Wow! It takes some serious bravery to be a democrat these days. Unprecedented times!