Post by mhbruin on Jun 9, 2021 9:01:41 GMT -8
US Vaccine Data - We Have Now Administered 304 Million Shots
Half of eligible people fully vaccinated
CALIFORNIA
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Here Comes the Sun
First Solar unveiled plans Wednesday to double its US manufacturing capability by building a new state-of-the-art factory in Ohio.
The $680 million investment by First Solar (FSLR), the only US-headquartered major manufacturer of solar panels, will be the company's third factory in the Toledo area.
First Solar said it believes this will be the largest fully integrated solar manufacturing complex in the world — outside of China. It will be capable of making one solar module every 2.8 seconds. And it will primarily supply America's booming market for clean energy.
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Don't They Have a Lot of Hobbits in New Zealand?
Auckland in New Zealand has been named the world's most liveable city, in an annual ranking that has been shifted by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) survey ranked 140 cities on factors including stability, infrastructure, education and access to healthcare.
But the pandemic proved to be the defining factor in this year's list.
It meant European cities fell while those in Australia, Japan and New Zealand rose up the rankings.
I Don't Suppose any Cities in Afghanistan Made the List
Masked gunmen have shot dead 10 mine clearers working for the Halo Trust in Afghanistan's northern province of Baghlan, and wounded more than a dozen.
Afghan officials blamed the Taliban, saying militants "started shooting everyone" in the compound.
But Halo Trust CEO James Cowan told the BBC that "the local Taliban... came to our aid and scared the assailants off". The Taliban also denied the attack.
Violence has surged since the US began to withdraw its last troops on 1 May.
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She Was Only Expecting Eight?
A South African woman has reportedly given birth to 10 babies in what would be a new world record.
Gosiame Thamara Sithole's husband says they were astonished by decuplets after scans only showed eight in the womb.
"It's seven boys and three girls. I am happy. I am emotional. I can't talk much," her husband Teboho Tsotetsi told Pretoria News after the birth.
One South African official confirmed the births to the BBC, however another said they were yet to see the babies.
How Can She Be Smiling?
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Bad News for the Crocodile Twin
A British woman who was saved by her twin sister when a crocodile attacked her now has sepsis from her wounds.
Georgia punched the crocodile and saved her sister, who is now in a medically-induced coma in hospital.
But their older sister says Melissa's situation is "still really serious" and "we're not relaxing just yet".
Hana Laurie told BBC Breakfast that bite wounds to Melissa's stomach and legs had become infected.
"She has now developed sepsis," she added.
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This Guy Has a Lifetime Appointment to the Federal Bench?
A federal judge whose ruling last week to strike down California's three-decade-old assault weapons ban garnered swift backlash is drawing more criticism over his claims about Covid-19 vaccines, firearm injuries and other subjects.
As the state gears up to appeal U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez's decision Friday, which California Attorney General Rob Bonta dismissed as "fundamentally flawed," legal experts say scrutiny of the case goes beyond why he concluded that the state's prohibition is unconstitutional to another level of concern: how he shaped his argument.
"I think it's incredibly problematic when a federal judge quotes things that are factually incorrect, because it hurts the integrity of the branch," said Jessica Levinson, a law professor at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles who is an MSNBC columnist.
Benitez's ruling has grabbed attention for how he likened the AR-15 rifle, which has been wielded in some of the deadliest mass shootings in the U.S. in recent years, to a Swiss Army knife that could be used "for both home and battle." But tucked within his 94-page decision were other comparisons that critics said were inexplicable.
He wrote that studies prove "that the 'harm' of an assault rifle being used in a mass shooting is an infinitesimally rare event," adding, "More people have died from the Covid-19 vaccine than mass shootings in California."
Benitez offered no citation for the claim, and his office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday.
An analysis by Newsweek of the last 80 mass shootings in the U.S. found that 26 percent involved the use of AR-15 rifles.
Benitez was nominated to a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California in 2004 by President George W. Bush. His nomination was overwhelmingly opposed by a committee of the American Bar Association, which said other judges and lawyers interviewed about him described him as being arrogant, short-tempered and "altogether lacking in people skills."
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Shut It Down Already!
President Joe Biden has quietly begun efforts to close the U.S. detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, using an under-the-radar approach to minimize political blowback and to try to make at least some progress in resolving a long-standing legal and human rights morass before the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
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Louie Gohmert Isn't Giving Up His Title as Dumbest Person in Congress Without a Fight
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Spreading Deadly Lies for Profit
Meet the influencers making millions by dealing doubt about coronavirus vaccines.
For the Bollingers and a network of similar influencers, speaking out against vaccines, including the coronavirus shots, is not just a personal crusade. It’s also a profitable business.
The Bollingers, for example, sell documentaries and books; other influencers hawk dietary supplements, essential oils or online “bootcamps” designed to train followers in anti-vaccine talking points. They frequently share links to each other’s content and products. Although the total value of anti-vaccine businesses is unknown, records indicate that the top influencers alone make up a multimillion-dollar industry. In 2020, the Bollingers told a court their cancer business had raked in $25 million in transactions since 2014.
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Another Brief Visit to the Cesspool of Crazy
QAnon conspiracy theorist and supposed “prophet” Johnny Enlow appeared on the Elijah Streams YouTube channel Friday, where he claimed that continuing to believe that former President Donald Trump won the 2020 election and is still the legitimate president of the United States is a test of one’s true commitment to God.
Enlow, who is among the various self-proclaimed “prophets” who guaranteed that Trump would win the 2020 election and still refuse to accept that their prophecies were wrong, actually declared that it is not enough for Christians to simply worship God, but rather they must also recognize that Trump has been anointed by God and therefore continue to support him.
“I call it the ‘Trump Test,'” Enlow said. “It’s a biblical precedent that it’s not sufficient just to say, ‘Hey, I worship God, I’m totally sold out to God or to Jesus.’ There’s this thing going around the body of Christ—and there’s a good part of it, and there’s a bad part of it—’Well, I’m so tired of everything. I just want it to be all about Jesus and all about God and devotion to Jesus, devotion about God.’ You won’t find the time in history where you didn’t have to also figure out who to be aligned and connected with.”
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I Must be the Most Cynical Person on Earth
Jane Marczewski sang her heart out on “America’s Got Talent” Tuesday and melted judge Simon Cowell’s heart in the process. (Watch the video below.)
Cowell, fellow panelists and the audience were left nearly speechless after the 30-year-old Ohio native casually mentioned her devastating cancer prognosis and delivered a moving original anthem called “It’s Okay.”
“Your voice is stunning,” Cowell said.
In a made-for-television moment, the often persnickety judge shockingly told her: “I’m not going to give you a yes.”
“I’m going to give you something else,” he continued, pushing the Golden Buzzer to advance Nightbirde (her stage name) to the live rounds.
Marczewski noted that she had a “2% chance of survival, but 2% is not 0%.”
She Has Raise Tens of Thousands of Dollars on Go Fund Me for Cancer Treatments. I Wonder If She is Just a Scam Artist.
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Rookie Mistake
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Why?
El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly has approved legislation making the cryptocurrency Bitcoin legal tender in the country, the first country to do so, just days after President Nayib Bukele made the proposal at a Bitcoin conference.
The digital currency can be used in any transaction and any business will have to accept payment in Bitcoin, with the exception of those lacking the technology to do so. The U.S. dollar will also continue to be El Salvador’s currency and no one will be forced to pay in Bitcoin, according to the legislation approved late Tuesday.
“Every restaurant, every barber shop, every bank....everything can be paid in U.S. dollars or Bitcoin and nobody can refuse payment,” Bukele said in an hour-long social media hangout with thousands of U.S.-based Bitcoiners as the bill was being debated Tuesday night in El Salvador’s congress.
Who Want to Pay for Their Next Haircut with Bitcoin?
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I Agree TOTALLY! They are in the Business of PATIENT Care.
Scores of workers at a Houston hospital system have been suspended and face being fired for refusing the COVID-19 vaccination, a controversial company mandate that has drawn protests and an outcry from those facing termination.
Houston Methodist CEO Dr. Marc Bloom said the 178 workers represent less than 1% of almost 25,000 employees.
"We are nearly 100% compliant with our COVID-19 vaccine mandate," Bloom said in an email to staff Tuesday. "Houston Methodist is officially the first hospital system in the country to achieve this goal for the benefit of its patients."
Bloom said 27 of the 178 suspended workers have received one dose of vaccine, and that he is hopeful they will get the second dose. All are suspended for two weeks and are set to be fired if they fail to be fully vaccinated.
"I wish the number could be zero, but unfortunately, a small number of individuals have decided not to put their patients first," Bloom said.
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Did the Previous Guy Have a Party to Celebrate?
A swarm of cicadas infested the exterior hull of the White House press plane Tuesday night, delaying the aircraft's flight by more than six and a half hours.
The chartered plane, originally scheduled to leave at 9 p.m., was ultimately replaced with a new aircraft that had to be called to Dulles International Airport. The plane ultimately left around 2:15 a.m.
Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning.
The aircraft, an Airbus 330-300, broke down because its auxiliary power unit — a small turbine engine that powers the cabin and other onboard equipment — was damaged after being overrun with cicadas before take off.
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What is Wrong With People?
Three people were taken into custody after allegedly shooting at people experiencing homelessness with a BB gun, said police in Cincinnati, Ohio.
The suspects -- two sisters and one man -- allegedly shot at seven people in the early hours of June 3 in attacks caught on surveillance video, Cincinnati police public information officer Emily Szink said.
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A Con Man Pretending to be a Con Man
A man accused of impersonating members of former President Donald Trump's family to steal thousands from his supporters was arrested on Tuesday morning, federal prosecutors said.
Joshua Hall, 22, of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, was taken into custody on one count each of wire fraud and identity theft, the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of New York said in a statement. He appeared in court for the first time on Tuesday.
Hall allegedly raised funds for a pro-Trump reelection organization that did not exist through the "creation and use of social media accounts bearing those family members' names and photographs," according to the criminal complaint.
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Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Variants?
Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine triggers several types of immune responses, a new study shows, allowing it to be extremely protective in the United States as well as in South Africa and Brazil, where a handful of different virus variants are circulating.
Researchers at Harvard University who developed the one-shot vaccine found people from different parts of the world who received it were protected against severe disease regardless of the virus variant.
Dr. Dan Barouch, director of the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, said he was pleased to see the vaccine was as effective in the real world as it had been in animal studies.
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Does Blowing Money at a Casino Mean You Are Keeping Your Vow of Poverty?
A retired California nun has agreed to plead guilty to federal fraud and money laundering charges for stealing more than $835,000 from a school to pay for personal expenses including gambling trips, the Justice Department said.
Mary Margaret Kreuper, 79, faces a maximum jail time of 40 years in federal prison for the charges, according to a Tuesday statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Central District of California.
For a period of 10 years ending in September 2018, Kreuper embezzled money from St James Catholic School, where she worked as principal, the statement said.
She admitted to diverting school funds for expenses her religious order would not have approved, including "large gambling expenses incurred at casinos" and credit card bills, despite her vow of poverty as a nun.
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Doses Administered 7-Day Average | Number of People Receiving 1 or More Doses | Number of People Fully Vaccinated | |
Jun 9 | 1,120,083 | 172,054,276 | 140,980,110 |
Jun 8 | 1,074,204 | 171,731,584 | 140,441,957 |
Jun 7 | 1,131,867 | 171,310,738 | 139,748,661 |
Jun 6 | 1,133,361 | 170,833,221 | 138,969,323 |
Jun 5 | 1,166,993 | 170,272,150 | 138,112,702 |
Jun 4 | 1,199,416 | 169,735,441 | 137,455,367 |
Jun 3 | 1,215,518 | 169,090,262 | 136,644,618 |
Jun 2 | 1,303,431 | 168,734,435 | 136,155,250 |
Jun 1 | 1,359,049 | 168,489,729 | 135,867,425 |
May 30 | 1,315,466 | 167,733,972 | 135,087,319 |
May 29 | 1,394,832 | 167,157,043 | 134,418,748 |
May 28 | 1,500,632 | 166,388,129 | 133,532,544 |
May 27 | 1,618,194 | 165,718,717 | 132,769,894 |
May 26 | 1,703,162 | 165,074,907 | 131,850,089 |
May 25 | 1,750,524 | 164,378,258 | 131,078,608 |
May 24 | 1,782,714 | 163,907,827 | 130,615,797 |
May 23 | 1,827,882 | 163,309,414 | 130,014,175 |
May 22 | 1,872,697 | 162,470,794 | 129,006,463 |
May 21 | 1,879,526 | 161,278,336 | 127,778,250 |
May 20 | 1,828,681 | 160,177,820 | 126,605,166 |
May 19 | 1,801,333 | 159,174,963 | 125,453,423 |
May 18 | 1,771,807 | 158,365,411 | 124,455,693 |
May 17 | 1,830,360 | 157,827,208 | 123,828,224 |
May 16 | 1,886,917 | 157,132,234 | 122,999,721 |
May 15 | 1,926,448 | 156,217,367 | 121,768,268 |
May 14 | 1,951,333 | 155,251,852 | 120,258,637 |
May 13 | 2,088,962 | 154,624,231 | 118,987,308 |
May 12 | 2,159,146 | 153,986,312 | 117,647,439 |
May 11 | 2,194,787 | 153,448,316 | 116,576,359 |
May 10 | 2,117,025 | 152,819,904 | 115,530,780 |
Feb 16 | 1,716,311 | 39,670,551 | 15,015,434 |
Half of eligible people fully vaccinated
At Least One Dose | Fully Vaccinated | |
% of Total Population | 51.8% | 42.5% |
% of Population 12+ | 61.3% | 50.3% |
% of Population 18+ | 63.9% | 53.3% |
% of Population 65+ | 86.5% | 75.7% |
CALIFORNIA
7-Day Average Administered | |
Jun 9 | 178,150 |
Jun 8 | 165,790 |
Jun 7 | 182,811 |
Jun 6 | 183,406 |
Jun 5 | 179,462 |
Jun 4 | 165,253 |
Jun 3 | 165,225 |
Jun 2 | 170,223 |
Jun 1 | 179,213 |
May 30 | 173,351 |
May 29 | 193,204 |
May 28 | 213,796 |
May 27 | 230,733 |
May 26 | 244,708 |
May 25 | 258,249 |
May 24 | 268,071 |
May 23 | 276,166 |
May 22 | 285,578 |
May 21 | 293,987 |
May 20 | 281,184 |
May 19 | 278,632 |
May 18 | 269,324 |
May 17 | 271,943 |
May 16 | 286,457 |
May 15 | 279,347 |
May 14 | 278,877 |
May 13 | 298,328 |
May 12 | 306,629 |
May 11 | 309,119 |
May 10 | 292,285 |
Mar 1 | 214,579 |
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Here Comes the Sun
First Solar unveiled plans Wednesday to double its US manufacturing capability by building a new state-of-the-art factory in Ohio.
The $680 million investment by First Solar (FSLR), the only US-headquartered major manufacturer of solar panels, will be the company's third factory in the Toledo area.
First Solar said it believes this will be the largest fully integrated solar manufacturing complex in the world — outside of China. It will be capable of making one solar module every 2.8 seconds. And it will primarily supply America's booming market for clean energy.
-----------------
Don't They Have a Lot of Hobbits in New Zealand?
Auckland in New Zealand has been named the world's most liveable city, in an annual ranking that has been shifted by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) survey ranked 140 cities on factors including stability, infrastructure, education and access to healthcare.
But the pandemic proved to be the defining factor in this year's list.
It meant European cities fell while those in Australia, Japan and New Zealand rose up the rankings.
I Don't Suppose any Cities in Afghanistan Made the List
Masked gunmen have shot dead 10 mine clearers working for the Halo Trust in Afghanistan's northern province of Baghlan, and wounded more than a dozen.
Afghan officials blamed the Taliban, saying militants "started shooting everyone" in the compound.
But Halo Trust CEO James Cowan told the BBC that "the local Taliban... came to our aid and scared the assailants off". The Taliban also denied the attack.
Violence has surged since the US began to withdraw its last troops on 1 May.
-----------------
She Was Only Expecting Eight?
A South African woman has reportedly given birth to 10 babies in what would be a new world record.
Gosiame Thamara Sithole's husband says they were astonished by decuplets after scans only showed eight in the womb.
"It's seven boys and three girls. I am happy. I am emotional. I can't talk much," her husband Teboho Tsotetsi told Pretoria News after the birth.
One South African official confirmed the births to the BBC, however another said they were yet to see the babies.
How Can She Be Smiling?
-----------------
Bad News for the Crocodile Twin
A British woman who was saved by her twin sister when a crocodile attacked her now has sepsis from her wounds.
Georgia punched the crocodile and saved her sister, who is now in a medically-induced coma in hospital.
But their older sister says Melissa's situation is "still really serious" and "we're not relaxing just yet".
Hana Laurie told BBC Breakfast that bite wounds to Melissa's stomach and legs had become infected.
"She has now developed sepsis," she added.
-----------------
This Guy Has a Lifetime Appointment to the Federal Bench?
A federal judge whose ruling last week to strike down California's three-decade-old assault weapons ban garnered swift backlash is drawing more criticism over his claims about Covid-19 vaccines, firearm injuries and other subjects.
As the state gears up to appeal U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez's decision Friday, which California Attorney General Rob Bonta dismissed as "fundamentally flawed," legal experts say scrutiny of the case goes beyond why he concluded that the state's prohibition is unconstitutional to another level of concern: how he shaped his argument.
"I think it's incredibly problematic when a federal judge quotes things that are factually incorrect, because it hurts the integrity of the branch," said Jessica Levinson, a law professor at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles who is an MSNBC columnist.
Benitez's ruling has grabbed attention for how he likened the AR-15 rifle, which has been wielded in some of the deadliest mass shootings in the U.S. in recent years, to a Swiss Army knife that could be used "for both home and battle." But tucked within his 94-page decision were other comparisons that critics said were inexplicable.
He wrote that studies prove "that the 'harm' of an assault rifle being used in a mass shooting is an infinitesimally rare event," adding, "More people have died from the Covid-19 vaccine than mass shootings in California."
Benitez offered no citation for the claim, and his office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday.
An analysis by Newsweek of the last 80 mass shootings in the U.S. found that 26 percent involved the use of AR-15 rifles.
Benitez was nominated to a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California in 2004 by President George W. Bush. His nomination was overwhelmingly opposed by a committee of the American Bar Association, which said other judges and lawyers interviewed about him described him as being arrogant, short-tempered and "altogether lacking in people skills."
-----------------
Shut It Down Already!
President Joe Biden has quietly begun efforts to close the U.S. detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, using an under-the-radar approach to minimize political blowback and to try to make at least some progress in resolving a long-standing legal and human rights morass before the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
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Louie Gohmert Isn't Giving Up His Title as Dumbest Person in Congress Without a Fight
-----------------
Spreading Deadly Lies for Profit
Meet the influencers making millions by dealing doubt about coronavirus vaccines.
For the Bollingers and a network of similar influencers, speaking out against vaccines, including the coronavirus shots, is not just a personal crusade. It’s also a profitable business.
The Bollingers, for example, sell documentaries and books; other influencers hawk dietary supplements, essential oils or online “bootcamps” designed to train followers in anti-vaccine talking points. They frequently share links to each other’s content and products. Although the total value of anti-vaccine businesses is unknown, records indicate that the top influencers alone make up a multimillion-dollar industry. In 2020, the Bollingers told a court their cancer business had raked in $25 million in transactions since 2014.
-----------------
Another Brief Visit to the Cesspool of Crazy
QAnon conspiracy theorist and supposed “prophet” Johnny Enlow appeared on the Elijah Streams YouTube channel Friday, where he claimed that continuing to believe that former President Donald Trump won the 2020 election and is still the legitimate president of the United States is a test of one’s true commitment to God.
Enlow, who is among the various self-proclaimed “prophets” who guaranteed that Trump would win the 2020 election and still refuse to accept that their prophecies were wrong, actually declared that it is not enough for Christians to simply worship God, but rather they must also recognize that Trump has been anointed by God and therefore continue to support him.
“I call it the ‘Trump Test,'” Enlow said. “It’s a biblical precedent that it’s not sufficient just to say, ‘Hey, I worship God, I’m totally sold out to God or to Jesus.’ There’s this thing going around the body of Christ—and there’s a good part of it, and there’s a bad part of it—’Well, I’m so tired of everything. I just want it to be all about Jesus and all about God and devotion to Jesus, devotion about God.’ You won’t find the time in history where you didn’t have to also figure out who to be aligned and connected with.”
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I Must be the Most Cynical Person on Earth
Jane Marczewski sang her heart out on “America’s Got Talent” Tuesday and melted judge Simon Cowell’s heart in the process. (Watch the video below.)
Cowell, fellow panelists and the audience were left nearly speechless after the 30-year-old Ohio native casually mentioned her devastating cancer prognosis and delivered a moving original anthem called “It’s Okay.”
“Your voice is stunning,” Cowell said.
In a made-for-television moment, the often persnickety judge shockingly told her: “I’m not going to give you a yes.”
“I’m going to give you something else,” he continued, pushing the Golden Buzzer to advance Nightbirde (her stage name) to the live rounds.
Marczewski noted that she had a “2% chance of survival, but 2% is not 0%.”
She Has Raise Tens of Thousands of Dollars on Go Fund Me for Cancer Treatments. I Wonder If She is Just a Scam Artist.
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Rookie Mistake
-----------------
Why?
El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly has approved legislation making the cryptocurrency Bitcoin legal tender in the country, the first country to do so, just days after President Nayib Bukele made the proposal at a Bitcoin conference.
The digital currency can be used in any transaction and any business will have to accept payment in Bitcoin, with the exception of those lacking the technology to do so. The U.S. dollar will also continue to be El Salvador’s currency and no one will be forced to pay in Bitcoin, according to the legislation approved late Tuesday.
“Every restaurant, every barber shop, every bank....everything can be paid in U.S. dollars or Bitcoin and nobody can refuse payment,” Bukele said in an hour-long social media hangout with thousands of U.S.-based Bitcoiners as the bill was being debated Tuesday night in El Salvador’s congress.
Who Want to Pay for Their Next Haircut with Bitcoin?
-----------------
I Agree TOTALLY! They are in the Business of PATIENT Care.
Scores of workers at a Houston hospital system have been suspended and face being fired for refusing the COVID-19 vaccination, a controversial company mandate that has drawn protests and an outcry from those facing termination.
Houston Methodist CEO Dr. Marc Bloom said the 178 workers represent less than 1% of almost 25,000 employees.
"We are nearly 100% compliant with our COVID-19 vaccine mandate," Bloom said in an email to staff Tuesday. "Houston Methodist is officially the first hospital system in the country to achieve this goal for the benefit of its patients."
Bloom said 27 of the 178 suspended workers have received one dose of vaccine, and that he is hopeful they will get the second dose. All are suspended for two weeks and are set to be fired if they fail to be fully vaccinated.
"I wish the number could be zero, but unfortunately, a small number of individuals have decided not to put their patients first," Bloom said.
-----------------
Did the Previous Guy Have a Party to Celebrate?
A swarm of cicadas infested the exterior hull of the White House press plane Tuesday night, delaying the aircraft's flight by more than six and a half hours.
The chartered plane, originally scheduled to leave at 9 p.m., was ultimately replaced with a new aircraft that had to be called to Dulles International Airport. The plane ultimately left around 2:15 a.m.
Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning.
The aircraft, an Airbus 330-300, broke down because its auxiliary power unit — a small turbine engine that powers the cabin and other onboard equipment — was damaged after being overrun with cicadas before take off.
-----------------
What is Wrong With People?
Three people were taken into custody after allegedly shooting at people experiencing homelessness with a BB gun, said police in Cincinnati, Ohio.
The suspects -- two sisters and one man -- allegedly shot at seven people in the early hours of June 3 in attacks caught on surveillance video, Cincinnati police public information officer Emily Szink said.
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A Con Man Pretending to be a Con Man
A man accused of impersonating members of former President Donald Trump's family to steal thousands from his supporters was arrested on Tuesday morning, federal prosecutors said.
Joshua Hall, 22, of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, was taken into custody on one count each of wire fraud and identity theft, the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of New York said in a statement. He appeared in court for the first time on Tuesday.
Hall allegedly raised funds for a pro-Trump reelection organization that did not exist through the "creation and use of social media accounts bearing those family members' names and photographs," according to the criminal complaint.
-----------------
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Variants?
Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine triggers several types of immune responses, a new study shows, allowing it to be extremely protective in the United States as well as in South Africa and Brazil, where a handful of different virus variants are circulating.
Researchers at Harvard University who developed the one-shot vaccine found people from different parts of the world who received it were protected against severe disease regardless of the virus variant.
Dr. Dan Barouch, director of the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, said he was pleased to see the vaccine was as effective in the real world as it had been in animal studies.
-----------------
Does Blowing Money at a Casino Mean You Are Keeping Your Vow of Poverty?
A retired California nun has agreed to plead guilty to federal fraud and money laundering charges for stealing more than $835,000 from a school to pay for personal expenses including gambling trips, the Justice Department said.
Mary Margaret Kreuper, 79, faces a maximum jail time of 40 years in federal prison for the charges, according to a Tuesday statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Central District of California.
For a period of 10 years ending in September 2018, Kreuper embezzled money from St James Catholic School, where she worked as principal, the statement said.
She admitted to diverting school funds for expenses her religious order would not have approved, including "large gambling expenses incurred at casinos" and credit card bills, despite her vow of poverty as a nun.
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