Odds and Ends — 18 April 2024
“So many books, so little time.” — Frank Zappa
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, and Debt:
Crypto-like communication devices could break gov’t surveillance — Telegram founder Durov
Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:
How many lives did COVID vaccines save? Scientists have an estimate (for News South Wales)
Politics:
https://twitter.com/Randall_Stps/status/1780295504561131876
https://twitter.com/EdwardVersaii/status/1780404142663504072
Trump Media Seeks to Block Short Sellers
Trump Media is telling its shareholders how to prevent their stock from being loaned to short sellers — who bet the price of the shares will drop.
The short-selling-prevention tips posted Wednesday on Trump Media’s website come as its DJT stock has sharply fallen in price since it began being public trading on March 26 — and as short sellers have taken a keen interest in the owner of the Truth Social app despite relatively high fees to finance such trades.
https://twitter.com/cwebbonline/status/1780633473096745214
Entirely coincidentally, Arizona Republicans Gleefully Shoot Down Democrats’ Attempts To Repeal 1864 Abortion Ban
https://twitter.com/acnewsitics/status/1780731442059768021
A special State Department panel told Secretary of State Antony Blinken that the U.S. should restrict arms sales to Israeli military units that have been credibly accused of human rights abuses. He has not taken any action.
https://twitter.com/acnewsitics/status/1780598224753217561
Trump's confession? Legal experts say his post-court rant could be a "big issue" going forward
The former president may have just made it easier for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to get a conviction
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1780527878519525872
Trump could have helped response to Jan. 6 riot — but didn’t — per new testimony
https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/1780209701784789032
Why Biden Should Not Debate Trump
https://twitter.com/IAmPoliticsGirl/status/1780303909967286626
Russia’s meat grinder soldiers - 50,000 confirmed dead
https://twitter.com/BillKristol/status/1780697805662630067
Democrats Urge End Run Around Johnson on Ukraine Aid
Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) delay in holding a foreign aid vote is prompting furious Democrats to redouble their pressure on Republicans to do an end-run around him – and it might work.
Moderate and hawkish Republicans are growing more restless and desperate by the hour with urgent aid to Ukraine poised to fall by the wayside until May if it isn’t passed this week.
https://twitter.com/JasmineForUS/status/1780628690755371489
Jamie Raskin Went Up Against James Comer. Guess Who Came Out Ahead?
A House hearing was derailed when Raskin and Comer couldn’t stop sniping at each other.
Myanmar refugees take shelter in Thailand’s Mae Sot
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1780653808676163630
Thomas Massie, Long a Friend to Russia, Votes Against Resolution Supporting Ukraine
Biden calls for tripling tariffs on Chinese metals
https://twitter.com/MuellerSheWrote/status/1780676928774795454
Secret Russian Document Urges Action to Weaken the U.S.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has been drawing up plans to try to weaken its Western adversaries, including the United States, and leverage the Ukraine war to forge a global order free from what it sees as American dominance, according to a secret Foreign Ministry document.
Well, duh. I’d be surprised if the U.S. didn’t also have plans to weaken Russia.
https://twitter.com/Fritschner/status/1780749668021850506
https://twitter.com/JaredEMoskowitz/status/1780766179881058352
Serendipity:
U.S. to Pay Victims of Larry Nassar $100 Million Over FBI Failures
https://twitter.com/youwouldntpost/status/1780731828875469083
Dubai's record-shattering "rain bomb" has clear climate change ties
Want a free Hive account? Join Hive using my referral link.