Odds and Ends — 3 October 2021

At the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum:


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Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:

SEC extends four Bitcoin ETF deadlines by 45 days

The approval of four Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs — Global X Bitcoin Trust, Valkyrie XBTO Bitcoin Futures Fund, WisdomTree Bitcoin Trust and Kryptoin Bitcoin ETF — was rescheduled to Nov. 21, Dec. 8, Dec. 11 and Dec. 24, respectively.

Entirely coincidentally, that would happen just when a lot of people think we could be hitting a blowoff mania top for Bitcoin’s price. Nothing to see here folks, move along.

Why Did Virgil Griffith Plead Guilty?

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

U.S. judge upholds COVID-19 vaccine requirement for those with ‘natural immunity’

Texas man who refused mask arrested for restaurant stabbing

NY man arrested after using fake COVID vaccine card at work

South African FM: Is Africa facing COVID vaccine apartheid?

Thousands rally in Romania against coronavirus restrictions

Politics:

Trump asks federal judge to force Twitter to restore his account. Yeah, good luck with that.

Biden Throws In With Left

For well over a year now, President Biden’s vaunted negotiating style largely boiled down to this: I’m with you.
After he vanquished Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont in the Democratic primary, he brought the liberal icon’s ardent supporters into the fold by embracing much of the senator’s platform even as he ran on unifying the country. When moderate Democrats came to call, he used the tones of centrism to assure them of his conciliatory bona fides.
But when Mr. Biden ventured to the Capitol on Friday to help House Democrats out of their thicket, he had to choose sides. He effectively chose the left.

Alabama clears plan to use COVID-19 relief funds to build prisons. Why am I not surprised?

Man Charged with Arson Attack on Austin Dem HQ

Sen. Ron Johnson Accidentally Admits The Real GOP Plan If They Win Back The Senate

Serendipity:

Tylenol could be risky for pregnant women – a new review of 25 years of research finds acetaminophen may contribute to ADHD and other developmental disorders in children

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Lets hope bitcoin explodes before end of year