Quarantine Diaries: Day 310
Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:
Moderna looks to test Covid-19 booster shots a year after initial vaccination
COVID vaccine appointments canceled as NYC hospitals face supply problems
As COVID-19 Ravages His Force, LAPD Chief Looks To Boost Confidence In Vaccine
New Jersey Is Vaccinating Smokers Before Essential Workers
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:
The U.S. now has a debt level that rivals Italy’s
A Year After COVID Began, China’s Economy is Beating the World
The reason why history rhymes is that humanity is still using Wetware 1.0 and so humans respond to scarcity, abundance and conflicts over them in the same manner.
Politics:
Crow is right. Numerous House Rs have received death threats in the past week, and I know for a fact several members *want* to impeach but fear casting that vote could get them or their families murdered.
— Tim Alberta (@TimAlberta) January 13, 2021
Not spinning or covering for anyone. Just stating the chilling reality. https://t.co/K523T9oP91
Peter Meijer, Republican who voted for impeachment, says he's buying body armor due to threats
Republicans Still Don’t Get It
One of the persistent mysteries of the past week is what leads Republican House members—some of whom had to crouch on the floor of the chamber as the Capitol was being attacked, while others were whisked into unidentified locations for their own safety—to refuse to accept who was to blame for the insurrection.
Dozens of people on the FBI terrorist watch list came to D.C. the day of the Capitol riot
Ex-firefighter threw extinguisher at Capitol Police
Will Chief Justice Roberts preside at Trump’s impeachment trial?
The Constitution states, “When the President of the United States is tried the Chief Justice shall preside.” Roberts presided over Trump’s first impeachment trial a year ago, just the third such trial in history.
But what happens when Trump leaves office on Jan. 20 — before the trial starts — and becomes a former president of the United States? Must the chief justice still preside over the trial? Could he choose to do so?
Or does [the role then] fall to the presiding officer of the Senate, the new vice president, Kamala Harris? Or can the Senate have its president pro tempore, at that time Vermont Democratic Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, preside? Or can the Senate pick an alternate presiding officer under a special order?
Politico Under Fire for Letting Ben Shapiro Guest Edit Newsletter
Literally every regular human I know owns zip ties. This is like Pauline Kael on steroids. https://t.co/qEHC1uedgB
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) January 13, 2021
Well duh, yeah, if you’re talking about these zip ties:
But not so much if you’re taking about the kind that the seditionist was carrying:
Feds warn that racist extremists, anti-government militias were emboldened by Capitol breach
Wouldn’t it be a shame if, now emboldened, they tried a second time, and several hundred of them were put down like rapid dogs?
Long-withheld Pentagon survey shows widespread racial discrimination, harassment
The $3,000-a-month Toilet for the Ivanka Trump/Jared Kushner Secret Service detail
Senator Tommy Tuberville is not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
Serendipity:
A palm oil alternative could help save rainforests
Australia to kill US pigeon that crossed Pacific
Meme credit: BobuxMan (source)