Dave says...

Mon, 03 Aug 2020

BBVA USA announces collaboration with Google to offer digital bank accounts. [Silicone Valley wants to be your bank.]

http://sobr.org/gFR

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Google to buy 6.6% stake in ADT in home security push

http://sobr.org/gFN

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Pending Postal Service Changes Could Delay Mail And Deliveries, Advocates Say [Clearly a hit piece, but some good tidbits in this article.]

http://sobr.org/gFL

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Fri, 31 Jul 2020

I can't make myself type "apt" instead of "apt-get". My brain just won't do it. :-/

http://sobr.org/gFC

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U.S. to pay $2.1 bln to Sanofi, GSK, in COVID-19 vaccine deal: “$42 per person inoculated. That is almost identical to the $40 per patient the U.S. agreed to pay Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE“ [The free money bonanza continues...]

http://sobr.org/gFv

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Thu, 30 Jul 2020

“Facing a flood of complaints from jobless Californians who have been unable to obtain benefits, Gov. Newsom said he has formed a “strike team” to address issues” [Oh I see. They can promise the extra $600 cause they’ll never actually pay it. Lol.]

http://sobr.org/gFh

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California eyes state extension of the extra unemployment benefits if Congress drops the $600: “The funding will be raised through issuing future tax vouchers and securitization of existing revenue streams” [What could Possibly go wrong?]

http://sobr.org/gFe

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Scientific peer reviews are a 'sacred cow' ready to be slaughtered, says former editor of BMJ

http://sobr.org/gF7

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Wed, 29 Jul 2020

This isn't a podcast. It's a radio show. [Sigh]... Silos.

http://sobr.org/gFc

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“People don't understand how complicated unemployment calculations in states can be... some pretty serious reprogramming.” [Wish someone could shed light on the specifics here. They always just say it’s hard. Why does it take “weeks”?]

http://sobr.org/gF5

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Tue, 28 Jul 2020

Instagram making 'lucrative offers' to TikTok creators: “TikTok recently launched a $200M creator fund to keep talent on its platform” [$200 million is a lot of money]

http://sobr.org/gEN

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Why a president Biden wouldn't send the stock market into a tailspin: “Biden seems intent on returning the U.S. to its place at the helm in key multilateral organizations (UN and NATO)” [So, Joe wants the U.S. to be rulers of the world again?]

http://sobr.org/gEK

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Mon, 27 Jul 2020

U.S. Relaxes Rules on Sales of Armed Drones: “‘...July is on pace to become the “second-largest month ever in the history of foreign military sales notifications to Congress,’ with more than $32 billion in proposed sales.”

http://sobr.org/gEy

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Moderna Gains On Federal Coronavirus Vaccine Support Boost [Almost a billion $ in payments so far. Do the tax payers get a share of the upcoming profit bonanza?]

http://sobr.org/gEw

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Moderna Receives Additional $472 Million from BARDA for COVID-19 Vaccine [🤑🤑🤑]

http://sobr.org/gEv

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Sun, 26 Jul 2020

Midyear CEO Report: Highest Rate of New Women CEOs on Record. [This is an organic trend that will continue as the rate of men going to college has been declining for years. The invisible hand of society changes itself without our help.]

http://sobr.org/gEo

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Big Tech Funds a Think Tank Pushing for Fewer Rules. For Big Tech. [This is the weakest attempt at a hit piece I’ve seen in a while. And the distortion of antitrust law history is just dishonest.]

http://sobr.org/gEl

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Trump signs orders to lower prescription drug prices [This may be the first non-editorialized Trump headline I’ve ever seen.]

http://sobr.org/gEh

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Sat, 25 Jul 2020

NY temporary Hospital Cost $52 Million. It Treated 79 Virus Patients: “Officials said BJK and other temporary sites treated so few patients because the statewide shutdown curtailed the virus and hospitals expanded their own capacity, reducing the need for extra beds.“

http://sobr.org/gEf

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John MacArthur's Grace Community Church announces it will not obey California's ban on indoor worship services

http://sobr.org/gE6

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