Odds and Ends — 5 May 2022
My opponent and I both used a Djinn Biljka in this recent battle (23 mana, Target Practice and Healed Out rule sets; Fire, Earth, and Dragon available) where I inexplicably failed to utilize my Furious Chicken.
IMHO, Djinn Biljka is a steal. A legendary monster with low mana, a magic attack, and Camouflage for under $2/BCX? That gets an additional attack and the Void skill at Level 2?
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:
Virginia county wants to put pension funds into DeFi yield farming
Most Americans Have a Dismal View of Economy
Education Department forgives loans of more than 110,000 people in public service
Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:
Covid’s toll in the U.S. reaches a once unfathomable number: 1 million deaths
WHO: COVID continues to decline, except in Americas, Africa
Covid-19 news: Cognitive impairment equivalent to 20 years of ageing
Politics:
U.S. Intelligence Is Helping Ukraine Kill Russian Generals
Mariupol theater bombing death toll likely closer to 600
Nothing About the Supreme Court Is Democratic
The Supreme Court may be arguably the country’s most important branch of government… The Supreme Court is also inarguably the least democratic of the three branches, and not just because its members enjoy lifetime tenure and never have to face voters.
Madeleine Albright: "There's a special place in hell for women who don't help each other." pic.twitter.com/YRBjNwYSLq
— Middle Age Riot (@middleageriot) May 3, 2022
Anti-abortion zealots target Sotomayor aide as source of leak
Evidence is thin for Operation Rescue's claim — and the group’s harassment has repeatedly gotten people killed
‘They Deceived Us at Every Step’: Troops Say Russia’s War Is in Shambles
The UFO briefings on Capitol Hill have begun. Lawmakers aren’t impressed.
It’s Elvis. Duh.
Republican Who Told Women to ‘Enjoy’ Rape Loses
In an upset win Tuesday, Democrat Carol Glanville defeated Republican Robert “RJ” Regan in a special election for a Michigan House seat that had only ever been held by a Republican.
Regan made national headlines in March for suggesting rape victims "lie back and enjoy it," after he promoted conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 pandemic and shared antisemitic rhetoric. He was favored to win in the heavily Republican district.
Their book is out today.. but @jmartNYT & @alexburnsNYT are still dropping audio bombs.
— Ryan Nobles (@ryanobles) May 4, 2022
This time Kevin McCarthy says:
"What the president did is atrocious and totally wrong."
Full story: https://t.co/lLGEf1uiD9 pic.twitter.com/Ag0mbDsmhb
Trump Official Altered 2020 Russian Interference Report
Oddly, GOP No Longer Complains About ‘Unelected Judges’
Militia Wanted Trump to Authorize Stopping Transfer
Stewart Rhodes, the Oath Keepers militia group leader charged with seditious conspiracy over the January 6 attack on the Capitol, tried to get a Donald Trump confidant to ask the former US president to allow his group to forcibly stop the peaceful transfer of power.
The previously unknown phone call with the unidentified individual appears to indicate the Oath Keepers had contacts with at least one person close enough to Trump that Rhodes believed the individual would be a good person to consult with his request.
