August 17, 2020

S04:E06 – "CornCar"

It’s Keyboard Opening Time! Also, we joined the KHive.

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We goofed last week’s episode

Joining the KHive BayBEE

We’re getting Kamala tattoos

We’re gonna’ narc on every single weed-smoker we know

We actually know the truth: Kamala is a leftist op

She’s only pretending to be a shitlib in order to seize power

We’re shutting down the post office because you’re using it to vote, which is bad

Things Are Bad

Secret police tactics in use in Portland

Trump destroying the Postal Service

The pundits have thoughts

https://twitter.com/aliceavizandum/status/1294426568350142464

Iowa Derecho

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/08/14/iowa-derecho-attention-aid/

CornCar

California power supply issues

Coronavirus, still

Senate has adjourned till September

Trump Touts 401(k) Balances That Increased 14% Last Quarter - Bloomberg

Coronavirus aid has ended

Jeff Stein curating posts from r/unemployment

https://twitter.com/JStein_WaPo/status/1293354767419310080

Most Americans Won’t Be Able to Get a Coronavirus Vaccine Until Well Into 2021 - Bloomberg

Ad: Postcards

Keyboard Opening Time

Writing with the keyboard

I’m enjoying it

Everything’s a bank

Facebook Financial to Pursue Payments and Commerce, Led by Libra’s David Marcus - Bloomberg

SoFi Money

Robinhood Money

We’re SPAC baybee

A special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), sometimes called blank-check company, is a shell company that has no operations but plans to go public with the intention of acquiring or merging with a company with the proceeds of the SPAC’s initial public offering (IPO). SPACs allow retail investors to invest in private equity type transactions, particularly leveraged buyouts. (Special-purpose acquisition company - Wikipedia)

Bill Ackman’s blank-check acquisition company to begin trading on Wednesday after raising up to $4 billion - Markets Insider

The Spac race: Wall St banks jostle to get in on hot new trend - Financial Times

1-in-5 IPO dollars are now in SPACs

This Week in Capital Strikes

Uber may shut down in California if forced to classify drivers as employees, CEO says - The Verge

Turns out direct action works better than electoralism

Most California voters support police reform, poll shows - Los Angeles Times

Strange how drastic these things changed eh?

As nightly conflicts in Portland draw headlines, reforms gradually advance - OPB

Hilarious how they sort of connect the uprisings to the reforms but not really—totally unable to understand that it’s only with direct action that these things are happening.

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