Odds and Ends — 14 October 2023

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Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, and Debt:

SBF Trial: Crypto Lender BlockFi Believed Alameda Was Solvent Given Balance Sheet It Was Shown, CEO Testifies

US SEC does not plan to appeal court decision on Grayscale bitcoin ETF -source

Caroline Ellison: Secret recording offers trove of explosive revelations

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

Study Finds Cannabis Users Had Better Covid-19 Outcomes

Florida Man:

DeSantis Makes Big Ad Buy in Iowa

Politics:

An Update on House Republicans

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) gave NBC News the status of the House Republican conference as they emerged from their closed door meeting: “The French have a word for it… clusterfuck.”
Said another Republican to Fox News: “It’s a shit show in there.”

https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/1712797402145432038?s=20

Trump’s Longtime CFO Lied, Under Oath, About Trump Tower Penthouse

https://twitter.com/Olivia_Beavers/status/1712963475100574141?s=20

Chaos. Utter Chaos.

Giving flamethrowers to clowns.

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1712905565280624830?s=20

Republicans Leave Early For the Weekend With No Speaker in Sight

Israeli Billboards Thank Biden

Not long ago, Donald Trump occupied enormous psychological space in Israel and among American Jews: His face draped skyscrapers alongside Benjamin Netanyahu’s during Israeli elections, and his politics drove a wedge between the Democratic Party and the Jews who have long called it their political home.
But it is President Biden’s face that now beams from a billboard over the main highway through Tel Aviv, and Mr. Trump’s criticism of Israel’s leaders that has left even Israeli conservatives stunned.

Trump Lied About Israel’s Role in Killing Iranian General

Donald Trump falsely characterized Israel’s role in his administration’s assassination of Iran’s top general during remarks this week.
Trump said Wednesday that Israel planned to be part of the January 2020 operation that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani but abruptly backed out the night before it was to take place.
But the U.S. officials familiar with the planning said Trump’s comments are entirely false.
Said one former official: “They were never on board with it. They always thought it was a dangerous and destabilizing idea.”

The Source of America’s Political Chaos

There’s a difference between a dysfunctional party and a party that has decayed into a mindless countercultural movement, and that rail switch was thrown in November 2016.

https://twitter.com/PalmerReport/status/1712610214737006826?s=20

Blinken warned lawmakers Azerbaijan may invade Armenia in coming weeks