Odds and Ends — 12 July 2022
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:
Let there be FUD: Terra crash highlights stablecoin risk to financial stability: ECB
Why Economic Collapse is Inevitable
Celsius Reclaims $172M Collateral From Aave, Compound
The liquidity-strapped crypto lender has paid down $95 million in debt from the two DeFi platforms since Friday.
To boldly go…
First Images from the James Webb Space Telescope
Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:
China’s Economy Stumbles in the Fog of Covid War
Germany: Long COVID a problem for labor market, health minister says
Hit by COVID-19, EU population shrinks for second year running
Politics:
How long until this ends up in court? Hospitals Must Provide Abortions In Emergency Situations
Federal health officials said doctors and hospitals must provide an abortion under federal law when a pregnant woman in emergency medical condition needs the procedure to be stabilized.
The Health and Human Services Department said Monday a federal law protecting access to emergency treatment mandates performing an abortion if a doctor deems it necessary in a medical emergency even if the procedure isn’t legal under state law.
Merrick Garland Should Investigate Trump’s 2020 Election Schemes as a ‘Hub and Spoke’ Conspiracy
The evidence gathered in the hearings describes a multiprong conspiracy — what prosecutors term a ‘hub and spoke’ conspiracy — in which the Ellipse speech by President Trump and the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol were just one spoke of a grander scheme.
DOJ Scoffs At Bannon’s Last-Ditch Effort To Head Off Contempt Trial
Rolling Blackouts Possible in Texas
Multiple sources tell the Quorum Report there’s a high possibility of rolling blackouts in Texas between 2 and 6 p.m. in the afternoon for the next three days.
Last November, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) guaranteed that “no one will face danger again from a power failure” in his state.
Republicans: "Joe Biden is to blame for rising gas prices."
— Middle Age Riot (
Also Republicans: "Joe Biden has nothing to do with falling gas prices."@middleageriot) July 11, 2022
Wait a minute...
— Justin Baragona (
Now that sky-high gas costs have been going down for a month, it seems that Fox News is suddenly worried that the dropping prices could hurt "mom-and-pop gas stations." pic.twitter.com/YFGS3nzF4U@justinbaragona) July 11, 2022
One Small Step for Democracy in a ‘Live Free or Die’ Town
The Southwest is bone dry. Now, a key water source is at risk.
California and six other Western states have less than 60 days to pull off a seemingly impossible feat: Cut a multi-way deal to dramatically reduce their consumption of water from the dangerously low Colorado River.
If they don’t, the federal government will do it for them.
Michigan activists submit signatures to put abortion rights on the ballot in November
Putin decree extends fast-track citizenship to all Ukrainians
Gosh, thanks! say about zero Ukrainians.
Putin’s Cronies Told to Ditch Summer Vacation for Mystery ‘Emergency Meeting’
Serendipity:
Spleen. Kidney. Whatever. Just remove it.
42-Foot Tsunami Would Hit Seattle In Minutes After Quake, Study Finds
How Better Call Saul bettered Breaking Bad
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