Odds and Ends — 7 June 2021
Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:
U.S. donating 750,000 COVID vaccines to Taiwan amid reports China blocking doses
Delta variant is around 40% more transmissible
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:
Energy secretary says adversaries have capability of shutting down US power grid. How much food do you have on hand right now? Where will your water come from if there’s no electricity to run pumps?
NFTs, or The Readymade Reversed
Two-fifths of Aussie millennials think crypto investments beat real estate
Politics:
Joe Biden, Donald Trump and the Weimar Republic: History’s dark lessons
Peruvian voters face choice between 2 polarizing populists
The pandemic not only has collapsed Peru’s medical and cemetery infrastructure, left millions unemployed and highlighted longstanding inequalities in the country, it has also deepened people’s mistrust of government as it mismanaged the COVID-19 response and a secret vaccination drive for the well-connected erupted into a national scandal.
The Candidates To Replace Cy Vance Have To Walk A Fine Line On Trump
Israeli Security Issues Insurrection Warning
The head of Israel's internal security service said that "extremely violent and inciting discourse" targeting the lawmakers who are seeking to end Benjamin Netanyahu's 12-year tenure as prime minister could take a potentially lethal form — a grim echo of the warnings ahead of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Supreme Court affirms tribal police authority over non-Indians
Mo Brooks Reveals His Email Password
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) tweeted photos of his computer screen, including a sticker at the bottom of the screen that included his email password.
Serendipity:
A slowing current system in the Atlantic Ocean spells trouble for Earth
Meme credit: Ocean_cow_soap (source)