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Odds and Ends — 10 November 2021

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Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:

The Biggest Kink in America’s Supply Chain: Not Enough Truckers

Wasn’t it just a few years ago when the perceived wisdom was truckers’ jobs would soon go the way of the dodo thanks to the introduction of autonomously-driven trucks?

‘Clear skies’ for Bitcoin price discovery if giant $70K BTC sell-wall is scaled

Coinbase Shares Tumble as Q3 Revenues Fall Well Short of Estimates

Why Millions of Job Seekers Aren’t Getting Hired

American workers are increasingly seeking higher pay, more flexibility, and remote options as they flex their leverage in the current job market, but many companies are not necessarily being more accommodative, continuing to favor candidates with several years of experience in their industry, more availability to work evening or weekend hours, or a preference for those willing to work in-person. This mismatch in what both sides prioritize is yet another challenge complicating the country’s economic recovery, helping explain weaker hiring in August and September. In many ways, supply and demand forces in the labor market are still out of equilibrium.

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

Inside the World’s Most Blatant Covid-19 Coverup: Secret Burials, a Dead President

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania—Tucked away in a northern suburb of this sprawling East African city is a burial site that is evidence of one of the world’s great coronavirus coverups.

Oh, come on, tell us what you really think: Pfizer CEO says people who spread misinformation on Covid vaccines are ‘criminals’

Politics:

Federal judge denies Trump's attempt to withhold records from January 6 committee

The ruling Tuesday night from Judge Tanya Chutkan of the US District Court in DC is a blow to Trump’s efforts to keep more than 700 pages of records from his White House secret — though his legal team has informed the court it intends to appeal. ”Presidents are not kings, and Plaintiff is not President,” she wrote.

Jan. 6 Panel Takes Crucial Step of Broadening Probe Beyond Capitol Attack

Two new batches of subpoenas from the House Jan. 6 committee send a strong signal that the panel will not over-focus on the Capitol attack as an isolated event, but will instead investigate the full Trump conspiracy to subvert the 2020 election. Other recent activities by the committee also suggest that the panel wants to probe the months of groundwork it took to create the Big Lie that the 2020 election was stolen, beginning in early 2020, and not just the insurrection itself.

Cheney Says Trump Has Declared War on ‘Rule of Law’

”We are also confronting a domestic threat that we have never faced before: A former president who’s attempting to unravel the foundations of our constitutional republic, aided by political leaders, who have made themselves willing hostages to this dangerous and irrational man.”

Texas filling border barrier gaps with shipping containers

It’s almost as if they’ve never heard of ladders.

Unmasking the Trump Backers Terrifying Election Officials

These cases provide a unique perspective into how people with everyday jobs and lives have become radicalized to the point of terrorizing public officials.

One of the drawbacks of the standard assumption that Presidents will believe in the rule of law: 13 Trump Officials Illegally Campaigned While In Office

”At least 13 senior Trump administration officials illegally mixed governing with campaigning before the 2020 election, intentionally ignoring a law that prohibits merging the two and getting approval to break it.” But here’s the huge caveat: “No punishment is expected to be assessed because, by most legal interpretations, the president in office at the time is the only person who can take action to fire or reprimand his political appointees when they act illegally.”

Russia Moving More Tanks Near Ukraine Border

Russia is moving more tanks near the border with Ukraine, defense-intelligence firm Janes said, reinforcing western concerns about reports of a build-up of Russian military forces close to its neighbor.

Pelosi calls for ethics, criminal investigations into Gosar

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is calling for a series of investigations into Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) after the Arizona Republican took to Twitter this week to advertise violence against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and President Biden. Said Pelosi: “Threats of violence against Members of Congress and the President of the United States must not be tolerated.”

Paul Gosar’s Sister Calls Him a ‘Sociopath’

Serendipity:

The night the world almost almost ended

How one atheist laid the foundation of contemporary Hindu nationalism

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