Odds and Ends — 14 June 2021

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Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

Judge dismisses lawsuit by Houston hospital employees over Covid-19 vaccinations

Hydroxychloroquine + Azithromycin therapy at a higher dose improved survival by nearly 200% in ventilated COVID patients

Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:

Forget Going Back to the Office—People Are Just Quitting Instead

$288K BTC price ‘still in play’ says PlanB as Bloomberg champions Bitcoin halving

Bank of America: Everyone Knows The Fed Will Stop Tapering As Soon As The S&P Drops 10%

Politics:

Exodus of Elections Officials Raises Concerns

After facing threats and intimidation during the 2020 presidential election and its aftermath, and now the potential of new punishments in certain states, county officials who run elections are quitting or retiring early. The once quiet job of election administration has become a political minefield thanks to the baseless claims of widespread fraud that continue to be pushed by many in the Republican Party.
The exits raise a pressing question: Who will take these jobs?

The Minister of Chaos

Boris Johnson knows exactly what he’s doing.

Trump’s Shadow Still Looms Over G-7 Summit

Leaders have dark memories of past NATO summits, when Trump threatened to pull the United States out of the alliance — and once shoved the prime minister of Montenegro during a photo op. They remember the G-7 meetings where Trump repeatedly interrupted discussions to ask why they couldn’t invite Putin, a leader the rest of them viewed as an adversary but whom Trump saw as a friend.

G7 Summit: China Says Small Groups Do Not Rule The World

DOJ Targeted McGahn’s Records While He Was Serving As Trump’s WH Counsel

EU Sees Breakthrough In Iran Nuclear Meetings

European Union negotiators said international talks that resumed Saturday on the Iran nuclear agreement were on track to revive the deal … Senior diplomats from China, Germany, France, Russia, and Britain concluded a 90-minute meeting with Iranian representatives at a hotel in the Austrian capital.

Lara Trump calls on Americans at border to ‘arm up and get guns and be ready’

Um, she does realize that the state with 64% of the U.S./Mexico border is Texas, a place not known for a lack of guns?

Syria Bombs Hospitals. Now It Will Help Lead The World Health Organization

Serendipity:

The Curious Case of “Herlock Sholmès”

Cheers drown out the boos as England players take the knee ahead of Croatia match

Apple iPhones Can Soon Hold Your ID. Privacy Experts Are On Edge

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Badge thanks to @arcange

Meme credit: a Redditor (source)



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