The music of Couperin 1668 - 1773
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
The Plot Thickens
The previously unreported developments underscore the escalation of the investigation after Mr. Vance’s office obtained Mr. Trump’s tax records and other underlying financial documents in February.
Supercharge
NY Times: The Biden Boom - The president has a chance to supercharge the economy. By Thomas L. Friedman
With so much cheap money available, so much cheap access to high-powered computing, so many new services being digitized and so many new problems to solve, we have all the ingredients for a burst of innovation, start-ups and creative destruction.
It's Legal In NY
I was never into pot, but I'm pleased to see that it has been legalized in NY.
Axios: New York legalizes recreational marijuana by Ursula Perano
Vile
In a keenly awaited memoir, Joe Biden’s son Hunter attacks Donald Trump as “a vile man with a vile mission” who plumbed “unprecedented depths” in last year’s US presidential election.
The Market On Wednesday
Good morning. At 6:15 a.m. ET DOW futures are -30; the market is poised to open moderately lower.
CNN: BBC moves its China correspondent to Taiwan as tensions with Beijing grow By Pauline Lockwood
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Raw Data
Axios: WHO chief: Virus investigators had difficulties "accessing raw data" from China by Zachary Basu
The report assessed that the coronavirus was most likely introduced to humans through an intermediate animal host...
Decline
...election bill signed by Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia...makes it illegal for anyone except poll workers to offer food or water directly to voters standing in line.
The Market On Tuesday
Good morning. At 7:10 a.m. ET DOW futures are +41; the market is poised to open moderately higher.
Monday, March 29, 2021
Stark
Washington Post: Former Trump officials offer stark assessment of previous administration’s coronavirus response By
Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator under President Donald Trump, said in an interview for the documentary that most coronavirus deaths in the United States could have been prevented if the administration had acted earlier and more decisively.
The Market On Monday
Good morning. At 6:30 a.m. ET DOW futures are - 59; the market is poised to open moderately lower. source
CNN: Oil prices dip after ship stuck in Suez Canal is partially freed By Michelle Toh
Friday, March 26, 2021
Weekend!
Have an excellent weekend and see you bright and early Monday morning.
Mozart - Symphony No. 40
Mozart - Symphony No. 40
The Worst President In US History
Can you imagine, he says they posed no threat. That of course would be besides the murder, the beatings, assaults, property damage, the attempt to overthrow the government, and the complete utter disgrace the rioters and Trump have made of themselves and the USA. What a disgusting and dispicable figure he is.
Guardian UK: Donald Trump says some of Capitol rioters posed 'zero threat' - Former president says rioters ‘shouldn’t have done it’ but they are now being ‘persecuted’ by Guardian staff and agencies
The Market On Friday
Good morning. At 6:45 a.m. ET DOW futures are +75; the market is poised to open significantly higher.
Thursday, March 25, 2021
Revolution
Some die because the United States tolerates some of the highest child poverty rates in the industrialized world.
The Market On Thursday
Good morning. At 6:50 a.m. ET DOW futures are +79; the market is poised to open significantly higher.
CNN: This new artificial heart responds to the patient By Stephanie Bailey
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
All
Absolute moral ideals of virginity or marital sex have long been linked to conservative white Christian attempts at what is sometimes called “sexual containment” or more popularly known as purity culture.
Never Stopped
Washington Post: Shootings never stopped during the pandemic: 2020 was the deadliest gun violence year in decades By Reis Thebault and Danielle Rindler
In 2020, gun violence killed nearly 20,000 Americans, according to data from the Gun Violence Archive, more than any other year in at least two decades.
Other Countries
Washington Post: Here’s how other countries have responded to mass shootings By Adam Taylor and Amanda Coletta
(In the U.K.) The 1997 Firearms Act ended up restricting ownership of almost all handguns. Tens of thousands of guns were collected from owners, who were given market value for the weapons.
Alarmed
Washington Post: Suspect in Boulder shooting had previously alarmed classmates with violent outbursts By Ari Schneider, Lenny Bernstein, Kim Bellware and Craig Timberg
The family lives in a suburban neighborhood in this town of more than 100,000 people just northwest of Denver, with well-kept homes and upscale cars in the driveways.
Clear
Americans make up about 4.4 percent of the global population but own 42 percent of the world’s guns.
The Market On Wednesday
Good morning. At 6:50 a.m. ET DOW futures are +93; the market is poised to open significantly higher.
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
Shooter
Heavy.com: Ahmad Alissa: Boulder Shooting Terror Motive Unlikely, Reports Say By Jessica McBride
Alissa’s Facebook page contained posts that featured quotes from the Islamic Prophet Muhammad. He wrote in 2018 on Facebook, “Muslims might not be perfect but Islam is.”
Fired
Yale Daily News: Former professor says Yale fired her over tweet on Trump, Dershowitz by Madison Hahamy & Beatriz Horta
Lee’s complaint alleges that Yale fired her in response to a January tweet that characterized “just about all” of former president Donald Trump’s supporters as suffering from “shared psychosis” and said that Alan Dershowitz, a lawyer on Trump’s legal team, had “wholly taken on Trump’s symptoms by contagion.”
Surveillance
Washington Post: Opinion: Thanks to covid-19, the age of biometric surveillance is here Opinion by Michele L. Norris
Last week, Israel’s Knesset approved a bill requiring travelers returning from abroad who do not have proof of vaccination or antibody status to wear electronic monitoring bracelets that ensure they remain in tight quarantine.
The Market On Tuesday
Good morning. A7 7:00 a.m. ET DOW futures are -143; the market is poised to open significantly lower.
CNN: Here comes $3 gas, just as Americans start traveling again By Matt Egan
Monday, March 22, 2021
Unmasked
Right now the US is seeing an uptick in violence and racism directed at Asians. Not a stretch to say that this racism is coming from people who supported Trump. QAnon supports Trump as we know, and here according to this article, now unmasked Q himself is Asian.
UPROXX: ‘Q: Into The Storm’ Director Cullen Hoback On How He Unmasked Q by Mike Ryan
Cicadas
In May, a swarm of billions of cicadas known as Brood X will emerge from the earth after hibernating for the past 17 years.
Texas
Washington Post: The rioter next door: How the Dallas suburbs spawned domestic extremists By Annie Gowen
More arrests are coming, and North Texas remains a focus for investigators who expect to charge as many as 400 people from across the country in the attack on the Capitol.
Disorder
Post-Trump Stress Disorder should be a diagnosed medical condition; I wonder if those of us who suffer from it might be entitled to some relief in that giant stimulus package we were arguing about.
The Market On Monday
Good morning. At 6:50 a.m. ET DOW futures are -80; the market is poised to open significantly lower.
CNN: The Capitol Hill riot's long shadow is visible in day-by-day news coverage By Brian Stelter
Friday, March 19, 2021
Weekend!
Have an excellent weekend and see you bright and early Monday morning.
Uyghur folk song - Mitiz Meshrep
Uyghur folk song - Mitiz Meshrep
Transformational
No culture wars for America’s 46th president: Those are just distractions that give oxygen to a Republican Party gasping for it. No distractions, period, for him.
The Market On Friday
Good morning. At 6:55 a.m. ET DOW futures are +58; the market is poised to open moderately higher.
CNN: Mission to clean up space junk with magnets set for launch By Katie Hunt
Thursday, March 18, 2021
Remember
Washington Post: Opinion: Remember these words whenever anyone tells you policing is colorblind by Eugene Robinson
“He was pretty much fed up and kind of at the end of his rope, and yesterday was a really bad day for him, and this is what he did.”
Long Haul
There’s also a mysterious and rare, but serious, inflammatory illness known as MIS-C that is limited to pediatric patients and a handful of young adults and appears to occur weeks or months after infection.
Resistance
In 1943, Niuta Teitelbaum strolled into a Gestapo apartment on Chmielna Street in central Warsaw and faced three Nazis....She blushed, smiled meekly and then pulled out a gun and shot each one.
The Market On Thursday
Good morning. At 6:45 a.m. ET DOW futures are +51; the market is poised to open moderately higher.
CNN: To save the planet, Tide wants you to quit using warm water for laundry By Matt Egan
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Hot Spots
After weeks of declining coronavirus deaths and hospitalizations, new hot spots of infection have emerged, and disease experts warn that the spread of a more dangerous variant and a too-rapid rush to return to normal life could prolong the historic health emergency.
The Market On Wednesday
Good morning. At 6:50 a.m. ET DOW futures are +36; the market is poised to open moderately higher.
CNN: Everything you need to know about bitcoin By Ramishah Maruf,
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Comprehensive
The reports, compiled by career officials, amounted to a repudiation of Mr. Trump, his allies and some of his top administration officials. They categorically dismissed allegations of foreign-fed voter fraud, cast doubt on Republican accusations of Chinese intervention on behalf of Democrats and undermined the allegations that Mr. Trump and his allies spread about the Biden family’s work in Ukraine.
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