Odds and Ends — 13 October 2023
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, and Debt:
Ether Drops 1.9% to 7-Month Low as Crypto Buckles Further Following Inflation Data
Meh. I gave up on ETH about a year ago. It seemed like a fustercluck. Bailed out and switched to Satoshis. The timing might have been so-so, but FWIW, a few years from now I’d rather have BTC and HIVE.
https://twitter.com/RBReich/status/1712573899022495845?s=20
Nothing to see here folks, move along: Treasury bond auction runs into weak demand amid fears that soaring US debt will overwhelm Wall Street
Mastercard announces successful wrapped CBDC trial results
Um, yay?
Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:
Paxlovid may reduce the chance of long Covid. Why don’t doctors prescribe it more?
17 Florida sheriff’s office employees charged with COVID relief fraud
Florida Man:
DeSantis issues order for rescue operations of Floridians in Israel
Are they going to use helicopters from The Royal Floridian Navy’s fleet?
Politics:
How to Make Trump Go “Crazy,” According to George Conway
https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/1712533510110552325?s=20
Dems must help? What possible reason would they have to do that? None that I can see. McCarthy showed that he couldn’t be trusted to keep his word, Scalise and Jordan are both loathsome human beings. Why would Democrats help any of them? But hey, if you want to talk about crossing over to help out the other side, a few Republicans (say, ones who won in districts that Biden also won?) voting for Jeffries seems like a smarter move. After all, if Republicans can’t even get their act together to pick a leader, are they really even in the majority any more?
But wait, there’s more:
Scalise Withdraws as Speaker Candidate, Leaving G.O.P. in Chaos
https://twitter.com/itsJeffTiedrich/status/1712628065216483443?s=20
Oddly, they’re eating their own:
Some Backers of Scalise Now Won’t Support Jordan
Several backers of Steve Scalise are opposed to Jim Jordan’s potential speakership bid out of frustration with how the Ohioan handled losing to the Louisianan after the House GOP’s internal election this week.
Why Would Anyone Want to Be Speaker of This House?
Whoever wins will have to deal with a seemingly unmanageable Republican conference, the expiration of government funding in just over a month, multiple geopolitical crises in Israel and Ukraine, and a host of other day-to-day issues—all while trying to hold on to a paper-thin majority, with 18 members in districts won by Joe Biden and another member who has introduced six different bills to impeach Biden.
The job also comes with the constant risk of being deposed at any time and the urgent necessity to spend free time crisscrossing the country to raise money. It comes with a nice gavel, sure, but you can buy one of those online for $20 without any of the aggravation of having to manage the egos of 220 other members of Congress (not to mention one very mercurial resident of Mar-a-Lago).
Pro-Hamas Account Using Trump Speech For Propaganda
Iranians are celebrating Trump's speech as Israelis thank Biden
https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/1712442381914501131?s=20
Trump Slams Netanyahu, Calls Hezbollah ‘Very Smart’
https://twitter.com/lindyli/status/1712292115936395634?s=20
Israeli Likud Minister Says Donald Trump Is ‘Shameful’
https://twitter.com/gtconway3d/status/1712301121039983047?s=20
Trump Tells Allies He Wants Netanyahu ‘Impeached’
The former president is using the crisis to plot revenge on the Israeli prime minister who refused to buy into the lie that the 2020 election was stolen
https://twitter.com/krassenstein/status/1712412461888831887?s=20
Trump’s anti-immigrant onslaught sparks fresh alarm heading into 2024
Fani Willis Accuses ‘Ignorant’ Jim Jordan Of Obstruction In Brutal Take Down
https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1712482312934625735?s=20
What Will Be the Destiny of Netanyahu?
The tragic Hamas attacks on Israel prompt reflections on the strongman model of leadership
https://twitter.com/MuellerSheWrote/status/1712220125561237610?s=20
Saudi-China collaboration raises concerns about access to AI chips
Fears grow at Gulf kingdom’s top university that ties to Chinese researchers risk upsetting US government
https://twitter.com/itsJeffTiedrich/status/1712495824955908367?s=20
https://twitter.com/MeidasTouch/status/1712668036703158751?s=20
Serendipity:
NYC vowed to close one of the nation’s worst jails. It isn’t going very well.
https://twitter.com/joncoopertweets/status/1712487972824572324?s=20
https://twitter.com/jonathansfrakes/status/1712452174100168731?s=20
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Sound thoughts those yours on the Republican drama. I expected something on Menendez as well today.
https://twitter.com/ThisWeekAmerica/status/1712516178793652713?s=20
There appears to be stronger evidence than on the previous occasion he was indicted. Idk how the case will ends, if he's really guilty or not, but it would be a fiasco for the judicial system to have set this whole thing up for nothing again.