Here is another post with five Best of Web links I have found deemed worthy to share with you: The main executioner in Castro’s Cuba was a dude named Herman from Milwaukee and I bet you did did not know that, an excellent read about what Metaverse is, how America is just drifting around fighting Covid while the body count gets higher, one of the most inspiring performances you will ever see and we close with some amazing street photography. Enjoy the weekend!
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The Butcher of Havana
I must admit I was surprised to learn about this guy. Named Herman who was destined for “greatness”. Wild life story. And what became of him after he escaped back to the US from Cuba will shock you…wow.
Minimally Extractive Data
A lot has been written about the Metaverse lately. And I think this is the best read on it imho. And most have been hating on it and I am a natural born contrarian…
Enjoy the read if you are into technology and stuff like that…
America Has Lost the Plot on COVID
We’re avoiding the hardest questions about living with the coronavirus long term.
Yeah, really! With over 750,000 (over 5 million in the world) dead this pandemic has altered, well, everything.
On the ground, the U.S. is now running an uncontrolled experiment with every strategy all at once. COVID-19 policies differ wildly by state, county, university, workplace, and school district. And because of polarization, they have also settled into the most illogical pattern possible: The least vaccinated communities have some of the laxest restrictions, while highly vaccinated communities—which is to say those most protected from COVID-19—tend to have some of the most aggressive measures aimed at driving down cases. “We’re sleepwalking into policy because we’re not setting goals,” says Joseph Allen, a Harvard professor of public health. We will never get the risk of COVID-19 down to absolute zero, and we need to define a level of risk we can live with.
Hard questions lie ahead, and the answers require political will. But first, we have to stop avoiding them. We need a goal.
Une chorégraphie Originale par Sadeck Waff
WOW, just click it, TBB inspires again!
2021’s best street photography
Maybe after I quit blogging I pick up street photography…Enjoy these!
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First!
Thanks for the street photography!
The “Butcher of Havana” was fascinating, thanks!
Good morning Buzz,
Thanks for the photos and have a great weekend.
Yep, another measly white 4th place ribbon for Arizona.
Question for readers;
What miles/points to use for flights from S Africa to Europe and Asia?
Thank you
To Asia your option are really just JNB to HKG or SIN. To HKG on Cathay Pacific is a great deal still with Alaska miles, and you can add a stopover. Though I’m not sure what the current Covid implications are for this route/award. To SIN, you get a stopover on a roundtrip and have to pay a fee (think it’s $100) to add one on a one-way. Think ANA miles would be your best bet for a roundtrip and probably SQ themselves on a one way (also, I am assuming you have to use SQ miles themselves to buy the stopover add-on for the one-way but I could be wrong).
To Europe, you have a lot of Lufthansa Group options that will add on a bunch of fees but booking with Avianca should limit that issue if there is Star Alliance saver space. KLM/AF also have some options to Amsterdam and Paris but SkyTeam prices always seem like the wild west to me. Perhaps you could snag one of their promo awards for a deal. Turkish would probably be the cheapest. If a direct flight is less of an imperative, I would route through Doha in Qsuites (with AA or AS miles).
https://www.travelcodex.com/award-maximizer/
Great responses, thank you.
Wow! I never had heard of the Butcher of Havana before. That was/is a helluva story!!! Thanks!
The choreography piece is awesome!! Thank you for sharing.
Regarding “America Has Lost the Plot on COVID”, the author should revisit this now that Pfizer has delivered another game changer. The path is clear, prevention by vaccines and ideally we would have cheap homebased tests. And now you can have antiviral drugs at home that will prevent hospitalization by 90%. Vaccine + great antiviral drugs, what more can you ask for?
Let’s hope the new drug isn’t $700/pill.
The path is clear yes….but it is a darn slow one!
Thank you for the flight assistance, have a great weekend!
Do you think that Capital One is offering a great new commission on their new X card? One or two bloggers seem surprisingly enthusiastic about the card.
New cards and new card offers is what keeps several blogs in business. The more plastic they sell, the more money they make. So, THAT just makes them extremely conflicted and biased every time they get an opportunity to get paid. The Capital One X card is yet another example. A mediocre card from a bank that is, cough, challenging to deal with…gets glowing reviews ONLY for one reason…SALES COMMISSIONS MONEY!
I can’t wait to see how many reasons VFTW will come up to sell this one: “xx reasons I love the Capital One X card.
I don’t even get the affiliate link for this one…because my sales suck!
Thanks to the first donation by a blog reader and the shocking sale of the first card this month!
As always, thanks for taking the time to comment to DML, Nick, Carl, SgFm.
If it was not for positive feedback like this this blog would have folded years ago like numerous one.
Interesting article on the Upper Peninsula and Line 5. George, is Line 5 a big issue up there?
https://doomberg.substack.com/p/an-urgent-call-on-line-5
You used to hear more about it but not as much anymore until recently. I don’t know much about the subject to comment. I will read this article, thanks.