Miscellaneous
It seems the Biden Administration can't get their message straight around COVID-19. I'll break down the problem, and the answers we still need. Plus my take on the winter situation in Texas, and why DC remains occupied by the National Guard. Video: 350: Live Video Stream - UnfilterTube (https://unfilter.tube/videos/watch/114003ab-0489-44aa-94e0-c9f82cfc9327) 350: Overtime - UnfilterTube (https://unfilter.tube/videos/watch/88b0a5b3-aa27-4037-9956-27ac1c9b4143) Links: Hot mic catches Kudlow saying 'bull----' on Fox News | TheHill (https://thehill.com/homenews/media/539179-hot-mic-catches-kudlow-saying-bull-on-fox) One night in Cancun: Ted Cruz’s disastrous decision to go on vacation during Texas storm crisis - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ted-cruz-cancun-storm/2021/02/19/ce1dc25e-7252-11eb-93be-c10813e358a2_story.html) WH Press Secretary Psaki clarifies Biden's answers in CNN Town Hall | 2/17/21 - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WxusJWbl44) Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine Is Highly Effective After One Dose and Can Be Stored in Normal Freezers, Data Shows - WSJ (https://www.wsj.com/articles/single-dose-of-pfizer-vaccine-is-85-effective-israeli-study-shows-11613723218?mod=djemalertNEWS) Bitcoin’s market cap breaks $1 trillion after tripling in three months (https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-s-market-cap-breaks-1-trillion-after-tripling-in-three-months) Ted Cruz flew to Cancún as millions of Texans endure power outages | The Texas Tribune (https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/18/ted-cruz-cancun-power-outage/) Manhattan D.A. Recruits Top Prosecutor for Trump Inquiry – DNyuz (https://dnyuz.com/2021/02/18/manhattan-d-a-recruits-top-prosecutor-for-trump-inquiry/) Ghislaine Maxwell said Epstein DID have tapes of Trump and Clintons | Daily Mail Online (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9270769/Ghislaine-Maxwell-admitted-Jeffrey-Epstein-DID-tapes-Donald-Trump-Clintons-2016.html) Texas was minutes away from monthslong power outages, officials say | The Texas Tribune (https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/18/texas-power-outages-ercot/) Sen. Ted Cruz arrives back in Texas with armed police escort (https://nypost.com/2021/02/18/sen-ted-cruz-arrives-back-in-texas-with-armed-police-escort/) EU says copyright laws make situation different from ... (https://news.trust.org/item/20210218132940-5p461) Facebook to Label Climate Change Posts Like Covid, Vote Content (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/facebook-label-climate-change-posts-110000858.html) Texas Spins Into the Wind - WSJ (https://www.wsj.com/articles/texas-spins-into-the-wind-11613605698?mod=djemalertNEWS) Instagram Announces Policing Of Private Direct Messages, Law Enforcement Team-Up In Latest ‘Hate Speech’ Crackdown | The Daily Wire (https://www.dailywire.com/news/instagram-announces-policing-of-private-direct-messages-law-enforcement-team-up-in-latest-hate-speech-crackdown?%25253Futm_source=twitter) Two Million? Five Million? Real Size of U.S. Blackouts a Mystery (https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/two-million-five-million-real-size-of-us-blackouts-a-mystery/ar-BB1dKenF) Texans wake up cold, 2.7 million households without power (https://news.trust.org/item/20210217141216-tll9a) ‘My Face Is Freezing’: North Texans Share Misery Of Lengthy Power Outages – CBS Dallas / Fort Worth (https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2021/02/16/face-freezing-texans-share-misery-lengthy-power-outages/) Texas Power Outages to Drag Into Third Day as Deep Freeze Persists - WSJ (https://www.wsj.com/articles/texas-power-outages-after-deep-freeze-prompt-governor-to-urge-probe-11613513090) Pentagon report reveals inroads white supremacists have made in military (https://www.rollcall.com/2021/02/16/pentagon-report-reveals-inroads-white-supremacists-have-made-in-military/) Texas’ power grid crumples under the cold | Ars Technica (https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/02/texas-power-grid-crumples-under-the-cold/) Frozen Wind Farms Just a Small Piece of Texas’s Power Woes - Bloomberg (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-16/frozen-wind-farms-were-just-a-small-piece-of-texas-s-power-woes) Israel Blocks Shipment of COVID-19 Vaccines To Gaza | News | teleSUR English (https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Israel-Blocks-Shipment-of-COVID-19-Vaccines-To-Gaza-20210215-0020.html) Anthony Fauci wins Israel's Dan David $1m prize for 'defending science' - BBC News (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56081182) Thriving Palm Beach scene draws Fifth Avenue retailers during Covid (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/16/thriving-palm-beach-scene-draws-fifth-avenue-retailers-during-covid.html) While the rest of the country freezes, Florida’s sunny beaches overflow with crowds (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/while-the-rest-of-the-country-freezes-floridas-sunny-beaches-overflow-with-crowds/ar-BB1dIfJV) Dem's lawsuit accuses Trump of inciting deadly Capitol riot (https://apnews.com/article/bennie-thompson-sues-trump-capitol-riot-7eb83edae942014d4a6e4a047ef641a9) Coldest Outbreak in Over 30 Years Smashes Records in Southern Plains; Some Relief By Next Week | The Weather Channel - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com (https://weather.com/safety/winter/news/2021-02-14-record-cold-temperatures-plains-midwest-february) North Texas Man Living In His Car Due To Hours Without Power To His Home – CBS Dallas / Fort Worth (https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2021/02/15/north-texas-man-living-in-his-car-due-to-hours-without-power-to-his-home/) Another storm heading to snow-slammed South - ABC News (https://abcnews.go.com/US/storm-hit-south-northeast-snow-record-cold-temperatures/story?id=75919740) https://twitter.com/gofundme/status/1359874318197399556 (https://twitter.com/gofundme/status/1359874318197399556) Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick Dies from Injuries in Pro-Trump Riot - The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/us/brian-sicknick-police-capitol-dies.html) Pelosi calls for 9/11-style commission on Capitol insurrection | The Independent (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/capitol-riot-commission-nancy-pelosi-b1802639.html) https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1361366628978540544 (https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1361366628978540544) FBI arrests Daniel Baker for urging armed response to far-right protesters - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/02/14/fbi-arrest-left-wing-violence/) Trump looks to reassert himself after impeachment acquittal (https://apnews.com/article/trump-reassert-impeachment-acquittal-7ea6f630a730d8d9aa2a76f886cc158f) Bill Gates Has a Master Plan for Battling Climate Change - WSJ (https://www.wsj.com/articles/bill-gates-interview-climate-change-book-11613173337) FBI Informant Panic Is Ruining Friendships All Over the Far Right (https://news.yahoo.com/fbi-informant-panic-ruining-friendships-042446613.html) The agency founded because of 9/11 is shifting to face the threat of domestic terrorism (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-agency-founded-because-of-911-shifts-to-face-the-threat-of-domestic-terrorism/ar-BB1dG54W?ocid=uxbndlbing) Newsom's 1-million COVID vaccine promise exposes data issues - Los Angeles Times (https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-01-21/california-data-collection-issues-covid-19-vaccinations-in-10-days-gavin-newsom-promise) 94% drop in symptomatic COVID cases among Israel's vaccinated - study - The Jerusalem Post (https://www.jpost.com/health-science/clalit-data-pfizer-vaccine-reduces-risk-of-serious-covid-19-658959) Calcifediol Treatment and COVID-19-Related Outcomes by Xavier Nogués, Diana Ovejero, J. M. Quesada-Gomez, Roger Bouillon, Dolores Arenas, Julio Pascual, Judith Villar-Garcia, Abora Rial, Carme Gimenez-Argente, ML. Cos, Jaime Rodriguez-Morera, Isabel Campodarve, Robert Guerri-Fernandez, Marta Pineda-Moncusí, Natalia García-Giralt :: SSRN (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3771318#) Twitter bans right-wing activist group Project Veritas | Engadget (https://www.engadget.com/twitter-bans-project-veritas-171940989.html)