Odds and Ends — 16 December 2023

6 months ago (Edited)

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

A month ago they were calling Milei a “libertarian.” https://t.co/i6HAopO2mZ
— Mark Jacob (@MarkJacob16) December 15, 2023

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

From a surprising long COVID theory to a new cow flu: Our 5 top 'viral' posts in 2023

Florida Man:

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1735681364534362355?s=20

Politics:

Jury Orders Rudy Giuliani to Pay $148 Million to Freeman & Moss

https://twitter.com/RobertPicardo/status/1735775561723809936?s=20

https://twitter.com/MuellerSheWrote/status/1735785409882529936?s=20

Good luck with that. Um, since he offered no actual defense at the trial, what’s the basis for an appeal?

https://twitter.com/ericgarland/status/1735792530292105709?s=20

Israel Urges U.S. Not to Discuss ‘Two-State Solution’

Israeli leaders have been privately urging the Biden administration to refrain from publicly talking about the two-state solution in the fallout of Hamas’s October 7 terror onslaught.

A not very realistic request. The two-state solution is the only remotely viable solution.

https://twitter.com/TristanSnell/status/1735710800650572248?s=20

Melania Trump’s former adviser calls her citizenship speech ‘quite repulsive’

https://twitter.com/thejackhopkins/status/1735525028760846543?s=20

House GOP reeling after a top recruit blasts Trump on tape

In a must-win Ohio race, one Republican candidate is facing allegations of stolen valor — and now another is inviting the former president’s wrath by bashing him.

https://twitter.com/NC5PhilWilliams/status/1735477606563164578?s=20

McCarthy mentee Vince Fong determined ineligible for congressional candidacy

https://twitter.com/TheStudyofWar/status/1735366664764702978?s=20

Lawmakers stuffed a provision into the Pentagon funding bill that makes it all but impossible for Trump to leave NATO

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1735435832574513193?s=20

Latino Democrats shift from quiet concern to open opposition to Biden's concessions in border talks

https://twitter.com/clearing_fog/status/1734779150039470569?s=20

Félix Tshisekedi: The man who vowed to make DR Congo the 'Germany of Africa'

https://twitter.com/RDEliason/status/1735329740154618243?s=20

GOP senator says Biden can’t be impeached for pre-presidential actions

https://twitter.com/DNCWarRoom/status/1735697349366763557?s=20

That Texas Abortion Case Is Even Worse Than You Think