Odds and Ends — 19 April 2024
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, and Debt:
Hyundai pauses ads on X over antisemitic posts
https://twitter.com/MarkJacob16/status/1781100280899080395
Tether Reorganizes Into 4 Divisions as It Expands Beyond Stablecoins
Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:
Only One Harm From mRNA COVID Vaccines, Report Determines
Independent reviewers confirmed a causal relationship between the first mRNA COVID-19 vaccines and myocarditis, and also determined that, more broadly, intramuscular shots can cause a series of shoulder injuries.
Politics:
https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein/status/1781153543379886420
Jury of 12 Is Seated in Trump Criminal Trial
Twelve New Yorkers have been selected to decide Donald Trump’s criminal trial in Manhattan, the first for a former American president and a crucial challenge to his bid to regain the Oval Office.
Seven new jurors were added in short order Thursday afternoon, hours after two others who had already been picked were abruptly excused. As many as six alternates were still being selected.
The judge overseeing the case, Juan M. Merchan, asked the selected jurors to return to court on Monday, saying he was hopeful opening statements would begin then.
https://twitter.com/brianklaas/status/1780926596095873147
https://twitter.com/MarkJacob16/status/1781045859590824395
January 6 Lawsuits Against Trump May Advance
Lawsuits by members of Congress and police officers against Donald Trump for his actions on Jan. 6 may advance despite the related criminal case against him in Washington, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta rejected Trump’s effort to pause the lawsuits until the criminal charges over his attempt to subvert the 2020 election — brought by special counsel Jack Smith — are resolved.
https://twitter.com/Stonekettle/status/1781028902728552843
Complaint Asks the FBI to Probe Trump Claims on a $50 Million Loan
A watchdog group is asking the Justice Department to investigate whether Donald Trump repeatedly lied in sworn statements to the federal government—including his own administration—about a $50 million loan that apparently never existed in the first place, and which could be evidence of tax evasion.
https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein/status/1780683348211376278
Reagan’s great America shining on a hill twisted into Trump’s dark vision of Christian nationalism
https://twitter.com/AWeissmann_/status/1780986218760581314
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1781054001443741871
File this under We Never Saw That One Coming: Turning Point Action official resigns after accusation of election-related fraud
A top leader of the national conservative group Turning Point Action, which has amplified false claims of election fraud by former president Donald Trump and others, resigned Thursday after being accused of forging voter signatures on official paperwork so that he could run for reelection in the Arizona House.
https://twitter.com/JayinKyiv/status/1780972063081070700
Furious House conservatives rail at Johnson but haven’t altered his Ukraine plan
https://twitter.com/Olivia_Beavers/status/1781001985505825257
https://twitter.com/acnewsitics/status/1780988131224834473
How Cancer Changed My Perspective On The Threat to Democracy
America has a lot to lose. As I’ve learned, you don’t always have as much time as you think.
https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein/status/1780972593014505655
Louisiana lawmakers vote to remove lunch breaks for child workers, cut unemployment benefits
https://twitter.com/MeidasTouch/status/1780712804665987430
Putin-Loving Texas Man Abducted in Eastern Ukraine—Allegedly by Russian Troops
https://twitter.com/highbrow_nobrow/status/1780783566546186366
Serendipity:
https://twitter.com/emanuelmaiberg/status/1780973071228187038
Long-lost first model of the USS Enterprise from 'Star Trek' boldly goes home after twisting voyage
https://twitter.com/herbiehancock/status/1780635655569129668
Quentin Tarantino’s 10-Movie Retirement Plan Has Some Flaws
With Tarantino abandoning 'The Movie Critic,' it’s time to take another look at his 10th-and-final movie idea.
Several years ago, I read somewhere that one of Tarantino’s desires was to make a movie about John Brown. Maybe he should revisit that idea. Hell, maybe even play the part of Brown too. The two of them have more than a passing resemblance.
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