Odds and Ends — 21 July 2021


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In the continued saga of supply chain disruptions, when I went to get an oil change for our car, they were out of the synthetic blend oil we usually get. If I’d gone to Billy Bob’s Auto Garage, I wouldn’t have thought twice about it. But it was a Valvoline. Oil changes are their core business, probably 95% of what they do. They carry a grand total of three grades of oil and they were all out of one of them. And their parent company is all about oil and other lubricants.

Meh, I got the full synthetic. More expensive but we can probably get more mileage out of it than the blend version. Do folks in metric countries say kilometerage?

Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:

S&P Crypto Index Has 243 Coins. DOGE Is Not One of Them

Just a “teaser” article that does not tell which 243 coins are included. Does anyone here know if Hive made the cut?

New EU proposal looks to tighten regulations for sending cryptocurrency

Ethereum Co-Founder Says Safety Concern Has Him Quitting Crypto

Circle Reveals Assets Backing USDC Stablecoin

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

India’s Coronavirus Deaths Likely 3 to 4.7 Million

India’s excess deaths during the pandemic could be a staggering 10 times the official COVID-19 toll, likely making it modern India’s worst human tragedy.

Poll: As Delta spreads, 62% of vaccinated Americans say they want a COVID booster shot

Delta variant surges to 83% of sequenced Covid-19 cases in the U.S., CDC says

“Senator Paul, you do not know what you’re talking about, quite frankly, and I want to say that officially. You do not know what you’re talking about.” — Dr. Anthony Fauci

Scalise Joins Bandwagon Of Right-Wingers Suddenly Eager To Tout COVID Vaccines

Politics:

Damn, I got 9 months for selling bongs. 🤦‍♂️ https://t.co/GbTO4NAXSb

— Tommy Chong (@tommychong) July 19, 2021

The National Security Disaster You Probably Missed Last Week

We Should Be Cautious With This Kremlin-Trump Documents Leak

Will Nancy Pelosi Ratify Kevin McCarthy’s Picks For Jan. 6 Committee?

“We asked him why, as president, he thought it was OK for him to continually tell the American people things that were not true, to lie again and again and again. And he said to us, ‘You know, there’s a beautiful word, and it’s called disinformation.'” — Philip Rucker

Feds Demand Detention For Barrack, Label Him A ‘Serious Flight Risk’

Describing Trump confidant Thomas Barrack as a “serious flight risk” who may receive the support of foreign leaders in fleeing the Justice Department, federal prosecutors asked a judge in a Tuesday memo to detain the 2017 Trump inaugural committee chair.

Alabama City Councilman Uses N-Word at Meeting

Israeli PM vows to take ‘aggressive’ action over Ben & Jerry’s ban

Serendipity:

DuckDuckGo tackles email privacy with new tracker-stripping service

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