Odds and Ends — 17 September 2021
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:
New Bitcoin price model suggests BTC won’t go below $39K again
Coinbase Applies to List Crypto Futures Products
China's Lehman moment. The money printing will be massive, I repeat MASSIVE! This is good for #bitcoin https://t.co/lAdSMhnk3L
— PlanB (@100trillionUSD) September 15, 2021
Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:
Idaho rations health care statewide amid massive COVID surge
France suspends 3,000 unvaccinated health workers
Japan overtakes US on first vaccinations
Japan’s progress means that the US now ranks last among G7 nations by proportion of population who have received at least one vaccine dose
Politics:
Once again, limousine liberals demonstrate their hypocrisy by professing allegiance to average Americans while indulging in garish displays of vulgar opulence. (Oops, wrong photo.) pic.twitter.com/fc99GGdfrY
— Middle Age Riot (@middleageriot) September 14, 2021
House Expands Inquiry Into Climate Disinformation
The House Oversight Committee has widened its inquiry into the oil and gas industry’s role in spreading disinformation about the role of fossil fuels in causing global warming, calling on top executives from Exxon Mobil, Chevron, BP and Royal Dutch Shell, as well as the lobby groups American Petroleum Institute and the United States Chamber of Commerce, to testify before Congress next month.
The Trump Coup Is Still Raging
Most Southern Republicans Support Seceding
A new YouGov survey conducted on behalf of a democracy watchdog group finds that 66% of Republicans living in the South say they’d support seceding from the United States to join a union with other Southern states.
Secession is actually gaining support among Southern Republicans: back in January and February, 50% said they’d support such a proposal.
Wikipedia blames pro-China infiltration for bans
Australia Bets on Lasting American Power in Asia
When Scott Morrison became Australia’s prime minister three years ago, he insisted that the country could maintain close ties with China, its largest trading partner, while working with the United States, its main security ally.
Said Morrison: “Australia doesn’t have to choose.”
On Thursday, Australia effectively chose. Following years of sharply deteriorating relations with Beijing, Australia announced a new defense agreement in which the United States and Britain would help it deploy nuclear-powered submarines, a major advance in Australian military strength.
Trump Says Capitol Insurrectionists Are ‘Being Persecuted’
Durham Grand Jury Indicts Lawyer At DNC-Linked Firm
Jan. 6 Panel Reacts To Milley Reveals: We’re Investigating It All
Minnesota Supreme Court Allows The Ballot Question On Changing The Minneapolis Police
Serendipity:
The World Bank says climate change could displace more than 200 million people
CDC.GOV confirmed the updated age-specific death rates: 0-19 years old, 0.003%; 20-49 years old, 0.02%; 50-69 years, 0.5%; and 70 years old or older, 6.4%.
Note the massive leap there for the 70+ age group.
Close to 91% of ALL reported COVIDZ deaths are in the 70+ age group.
If anyone is forced to get treatment, it should be that group.
Saying "it's an average of 1% risk" is extremely misleading.
ALSO,
You mention nuclear waste, we already have a solution for this.
In fact, we should probably buy some bitcoin if it approaches US$ 40