“Biden picked the only VP candidate whose record on police and criminal justice reform is just as terrible as his own.”
Biden's team tightens grip on state use of Covid antibody treatments
“The approach is likely to cut into shipments to GOP-led states in the Southeast that have made the pricey antibody drug a central part of their pandemic strategy, while simultaneously spurning mask mandates and other restrictions. That threatens to heighten tensions between the Biden administration and governors like Florida’s Ron DeSantis, who have emerged as vocal opponents of the federal Covid-19 response.”
If Government Concern for Your Health was Real (and not Political)...
“Mandates are not for health; they’re for coercion and reinforcement to the idea that government knows best and you should obey. Same concept for lack of formal mask standards. The size, variety, and “seal” evidenced even in clinics beggars credibility. But this is, again, about obeying … and to predispose the population to obey ever-more constrictive rules, regulations, laws, taxes, and penalties down the road for any manner of things government deems “necessary.””
‘Science,’ They Said
“Science is dying; superstition disguised as morality is returning. And we all will soon become poorer, angrier and more divided. ”
Tyler Cowen changes his mind on crypto
“The influential thinker says he is no longer a sceptic”
Bitcoin: 'A Weapon for Us To Fight Oppression'
“Senegalese app developer Fodé Diop sees bitcoin as a way to end "monetary colonialism" in the developing world.”
Of course AOC went to the Met Gala
“What passes for ‘left-wing’ politics has perhaps never been more palatable to the mega rich.”
First Jan. 6 rioter sentenced for a felony seeks to unwind plea deal
“Paul Hodgkins is claiming through a new attorney that his signature on the deal was forged.”