Odds and Ends — 21 April 2021
Guilty, guilty, guilty. An historic day in the struggle for civil rights in America.
Minneapolis streets erupt in elation over guilty verdicts for Derek Chauvin
Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:
Exasperated Canadians watch Americans getting vaccinated faster
Ted Nugent Thought He Was Dying from Coronavirus
Everybody told me that I should not announce this, but I have had flu symptoms for the past 10 days. I thought I was dying. Just a clusterfuck.
My god, what a pain in the ass. I literally could hardly crawl out of bed the last few days.
India running out of oxygen, hospital beds amid unrelenting COVID-19 surge
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:
Bitcoin transactions fees in US dollars near all-time high levels
Mayor Garcetti’s $24-million anti-poverty program would give cash to L.A. residents
South Korea Kicks Off New Crackdown on Illicit Crypto Activities
Politics:
“WELL, MY TIME HAS COME.” Here’s the email Walter Mondale sent 300+ staffers and associates over the weekend. He noted how he looked forward to seeing his late wife, Joan, and late daughter, Eleanor. “Never has a public servant had a better group of people working at their side!” pic.twitter.com/bIRLBpSZde
— Ed O'Keefe (@edokeefe) April 20, 2021
Biden wants to crack down on corporate tax loopholes, resuming a battle his predecessors lost
Democratic leaders find a way to defuse conservatives’ House floor sabotage
Good luck with that: Lin Wood Still Trying to Overturn Election
Celebration is laced with warnings after Derek Chauvin conviction
Judge orders L.A. city and county to provide shelter for everyone on skid row by fall
The Empty Vessel of Matthew McConaughey
He’s polling well ahead of the current governor of Texas. Would he still be that popular if he stops flirting with it and actually, like, runs?
Serendipity:
Splinter-free toilet paper didn’t exist until the 1930’s
Photo taken by me, 3 June 2021, at the intersection where George Floyd was murdered.