Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:

Well, at least they’re saying it out in the open. Can’t say we weren’t warned: ”We don’t know who’s using a $100 bill today and we don’t know who’s using a 1,000 peso bill today. The key difference with the CBDC is the central bank will have absolute control on the rules and regulations that will determine the use of that expression of central bank liability, and also we will have the technology to enforce that.”

Well lookee here: Leading Blockchain Game Splinterlands Raises Private Equity Funding, Taps Two Industry Veterans As Advisors

Somehow I doubt that this is entirely altruistic: Marlboro Maker CEO Says The Company Plans To Stop Selling Smokes In The U.K.

Tether Executives Facing Criminal Bank Fraud Charges

Global crypto ATM installations have increased by 70% in 2021

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

Doctors Worry That Memory Problems After COVID-19 May Set The Stage For Alzheimer's

The Republican Reckoning on COVID Vaccines Has Finally Arrived

Sarah Huckabee Sanders may not be the White House press secretary anymore, but when an opportunity for some Donald Trump image management presents itself, she’s still got it. As the spread of the COVID-19 delta variant and rising caseloads coincides with stagnant vaccination rates and heightened concerns about health misinformation, the Arkansas candidate for governor put her platform to good use in an op-ed Sunday that urged people to get inoculated with “the Trump vaccine.”

De Blasio Orders All City Workers Get Vaccinated or Tested

Politics:

At a minimum: Questions the January 6 Select Committee Should Ask Its Witnesses

Trump Could Be Subpoenaed by Select Committee.

The House’s select committee probing the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump won’t hesitate to subpoena members of Congress or Mr. Trump, and will try to enforce the subpoenas in court if necessary.

Wouldn’t that be fun?

“Even the Taliban oppose abortion.” — Texas state Rep. Matt Schaefer (R), quoted by USA Today, defending the new Texas anti-abortion law.

‘We’re f---ed’: Dems fear turnout catastrophe from GOP voting laws

Deadly street protests over Iran water shortages

House GOPers Want To Punish Cheney And Kinzinger For Defecting Over Jan. 6

Michael Flynn Totes Rifle And Jokes 'Maybe I'll Find Somebody in Washington, D.C.'

Watch Man Confront Tucker Carlson in Montana: “You Are the Worst Human Being”

How Trumpists Prey on Loneliness, and Loneliness Preys on Trumpists

Beijing thrusts long lists of demands at Biden administration. If I had to hazard a guess, I’d say that this conflict could go kinetic sooner than most people might think.

Serendipity:

U.S. Population Growth Grinds to Halt

Making Smart Power Equipment Choices For the Homestead

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