Odds and Ends — 24 November 2023
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, and Debt:
Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Could See $2.7B of Outflows if ETF Conversion Is Approved: JPMorgan
Milei vowed to close Argentina’s central bank — But will he do it?
Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:
Florida Man:
The Only Thing Worse Than the Ron DeSantis–Gavin Newsom Debate Is Its Moderator
Politics:
The Pentagon is moving toward letting AI weapons autonomously decide to kill humans
https://twitter.com/WUTangKids/status/1727465527096815814?s=20
Billionaires are lining up to fund Donald Trump’s anti-democratic agenda
The more disturbing Trump’s public proclamations become, the more US plutocrats seem to want him to win
China’s Best Hope for Taiwan Election Just Fell Apart
Taiwan’s main opposition Nationalist Party, also known as the Kuomintang, struck a surprise deal last week with the Taiwan People’s Party to unite in a coalition ticket favoring friendlier ties with China that political analysts said had a real shot of coming out on top in the island’s presidential contest in January.
The agreement began to unravel almost immediately after it was announced and appeared to fully fall apart at a press conference on Thursday evening, during which the parties’ candidates traded veiled insults with each other and another opposition candidate, Foxconn founder Terry Gou, before walking out in front of several dozen reporters.
Johnson’s Release of Video Feeds Conspiracy Theories
Speaker Mike Johnson’s decision to publicly release thousands of hours of Capitol security footage from Jan. 6, 2021, has fueled a renewed effort by Republican lawmakers and far-right activists to rewrite the history of the attack that day and exonerate the pro-Trump rioters who took part.
Mr. Johnson’s move last week to make the footage available — something the far right has long demanded — came as he tried to allay the anger of hard-line Republican lawmakers for working with Democrats to keep the government funded. Now, some of the same people who were irate about that decision are using the Jan. 6 video to circulate an array of false claims and conspiracy theories about the largest attack on the Capitol in centuries.
https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1727698972767089109?s=20
Russian and Chinese executives discuss Russia-Crimea tunnel project
Ex-Trump Staffer A.J. Delgado Now Says Her Boss, Jason Miller, Raped Her
Serendipity:
https://twitter.com/MichaelWarbur17/status/1727652996413104366?s=20
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