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<h1>Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:</h1>
<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/business-59573146">Boss says sorry for ‘blundered’ Zoom firing of 900 staff</a>
<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/iceland-cuts-power-to-new-bitcoin-miners">Iceland cuts power to new Bitcoin miners</a>
<a href="https://www.sprottmoney.com/blog/Food-Price-Inflation-Next-Craig-Hemke-December-07-2021">Food Price Inflation Next</a>
<a href="https://www.monmouth.edu/polling-institute/reports/monmouthpoll_us_120821/">Rising Prices Are Top Kitchen Table Worry</a>
>About 3 in 10 Americans name either everyday bills (15%) or inflation specifically (14%) as the biggest concern facing their family right now. This far outpaces Covid (18%) or any other single issue as the top kitchen table worry in the country. This past summer, far fewer Americans named either rising prices or household bills as their biggest concern…
<h1>Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:</h1>
<a href="https://www.axios.com/covid-young-people-mental-health-vivek-murthy-adb3c04f-d994-4328-b6cd-7a6b48182f61.html">COVID exacerbated young people’s “unprecedented” mental health challenges</a>
<a href="https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/health/2021/12/07/medical-board-deletes-anti-misinformation-policy-amid-gop-pressure/6416959001/">Tennessee Board Removes Misinformation Warning</a>
>Tennessee’s medical licensing board voted Tuesday to delete a policy opposing coronavirus misinformation from its website due to fears a powerful conservative lawmaker would otherwise dissolve the board and replace its members.
The policy, unanimously adopted by the Board of Medical Examiners in September, establishes that doctors who spread demonstrably untrue information about Covid-19 vaccines could have their licenses suspended or potentially revoked. Members voted 7 to 3 to delete — but not rescind — the policy.
<h1>Politics:</h1>
<a href="https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/584913-roger-stone-to-plead-the-fifth-in-jan-6-investigation">Roger Stone to plead the Fifth in Jan. 6 investigation</a>
>He is now the third witness subpoenaed by the Jan. 6 committee to plead the Fifth. Former Department of Justice (DOJ) official Jeffrey Clarke and attorney John Eastman have both informed the committee of their intent to exercise their Fifth Amendment rights.
“You see the mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” — Donald J. Trump
<a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/mark-meadows-former-trump-chief-of-staff-sues-nancy-pelosi-and-house-committee-investigating-capitol-riot">Mark Meadows Sues Nancy Pelosi to Avoid Testifying Before Capitol Riot Committee</a>
Good luck with that.
<a href="https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/january-6-committee-advance-contempt-proceedings-meadows">Thompson Details Materials Obtained By Jan. 6 Committee Including Alleged November Plotting By Meadows</a>
“We are going to take power after this next election. When we do, it’s not going to be the days of Paul Ryan, and Trey Gowdy, and no real oversight, and no real subpoenas. It’s going to be the days of Jim Jordan, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Dr. Gosar, and myself.” — Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL)
We can’t say we weren’t warned.
<a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/12/08/1062469781/dc-council-renames-street-saudi-embassy-jamal-khashoggi">D.C. council renames the street in front of the Saudi embassy after Jamal Khashoggi</a>
The embassy’s new mailing address is 601 Jamal Khashoggi Way NW, Washington, DC 20037.
<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/01/brooks-true-conservatism-dead-fox-news-voter-suppression/620853/">True Conservatives Must Oppose the GOP</a>
>What passes for ‘conservatism’ now, however, is nearly the opposite of the Burkean conservatism I encountered then. Today, what passes for the worldview of ‘the right’ is a set of resentful animosities, a partisan attachment to Donald Trump or Tucker Carlson, a sort of mental brutalism. The rich philosophical perspective that dazzled me then has been reduced to Fox News and voter suppression.
I recently went back and reread the yellowing conservatism books that I have lugged around with me over the decades. I wondered whether I’d be embarrassed or ashamed of them, knowing what conservatism has devolved into. I have to tell you that I wasn’t embarrassed; I was enthralled all over again, and I came away thinking that conservatism is truer and more profound than ever—and that to be a conservative today, you have to oppose much of what the Republican Party has come to stand for.
<a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/584917-pelosi-says-shell-never-forgive-trump-lackeys-over-jan-6">Pelosi says she'll 'never forgive' Trump, lackeys over Jan. 6</a>
<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/08/russia-ukraine-news-biden-says-us-wont-send-troops-unilaterally.html">Biden says U.S. won’t send troops unilaterally to defend Ukraine against Russia</a>
That’s not something you’re supposed to say out loud.
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/08/us/politics/ali-alexander-jan-6-house-testimony.html">Rally Planner Will Cooperate In January 6 Inquiry</a>
>Ali Alexander, a prominent organizer of Stop the Steal rallies with ties to far-right members of Congress who sought to invalidate the 2020 election results, is cooperating with the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, pledging to deliver a trove of documents that could shed light on the activities that preceded the attack.
>The participation of Mr. Alexander, who is scheduled to be deposed by the panel on Thursday, could provide insight into the nature and extent of the planning by President Donald Trump and his Republican allies in Congress for their bid to overturn the election on Jan. 6. It could also help clarify whether and to what degree the prospect of violence was discussed or contemplated before or during the rampage.
<a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/12/08/1062498821/supreme-court-signals-further-erosion-of-separation-of-church-and-state-in-schoo">Supreme Court signals further erosion of separation of church and state in schools</a>
<h1>Serendipity:</h1>
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/dec/02/californian-firm-touts-mushroom-leather-as-sustainability-gamechanger">Californian firm touts ‘mushroom leather’ as sustainability gamechanger</a>
<a href="https://theconversation.com/a-century-of-tragedy-how-the-car-and-gas-industry-knew-about-the-health-risks-of-leaded-fuel-but-sold-it-for-100-years-anyway-173395">A century of tragedy: How the car and gas industry knew about the health risks of leaded fuel but sold it for 100 years anyway</a>
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