Yesterday’s pepper harvest from our garden.

The two big red ones went into last night’s chicken fajitas. The others will go into tomorrow’s ratatouille, one of the dishes for my friend Larry’s memorial service.

Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:

Even a broken clock like WEF is right twice a day: Why men can (and should) participate in the care economy too

CME Bitcoin futures see record discount amid ‘very bearish sentiment’

Powell Says Bringing Down Inflation Will Require Pain

Well, it was painful on the way up, might as well be painful on the way down too? So much of the rise in inflation was caused by supply chain issues and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, things the Fed has no control over. And if you step back and you look at the big picture, all that they really do have control over is short-term interest rates. When the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

Web3 Domain Name Service Could Lose Its Web Address Because Programmer Who Can Renew It Sits in Jail

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

Moderna Sues Pfizer and BioNTech Over Covid Vaccine

Secret Service Recovers $286 Million in Stolen Covid Relief

Politics:

Classified Info on Human Sources Triggered Alarm

They risk imprisonment or death stealing the secrets of their own governments. Their identities are among the most closely protected information inside American intelligence and law enforcement agencies. Losing even one of them can set back American foreign intelligence operations for years.
Clandestine human sources are the lifeblood of any espionage service. This helps explain the grave concern within American agencies that information from undercover sources was included in some of the classified documents recently removed from Mar-a-Lago, the Florida home of former President Donald Trump — raising the prospect that the sources could be identified if the documents got into the wrong hands.

Redacted Mar-A-Lago Affidavit Gives New Details On What FBI Agents Were After

Judge Rips Fake Electors’ Claims About Testifying

Somewhat lost during a newsy day at the Fulton County special grand jury was a scathing order from Judge Robert McBurney that could have significant implications into the ongoing investigation of Donald Trump.
The three-page order demolished the argument by 11 fake GOP electors who argued prosecutors should be disqualified from seeking criminal charges against them.

Trump’s Aides Unlikely to Be Charged Unless He Is

Why should I pay the salary of a worthless traitor who ignored allegations of sexual assault against a wrestling team physician? https://t.co/wvgP9Xonyq

— Middle Age Riot (@middleageriot) August 25, 2022

Right Wingers Huff And Puff After White House’s Viral Student Loan Smack Talk

30 Of The Best Reactions From The Internet To Biden Canceling Student Loan Debt

It’s Over: Trump Will Be Indicted

I believe Trump will actually be indicted for a criminal offense. Even with all its redactions, the probable cause affidavit published today by the magistrate judge in Florida makes clear to me three essential points:

1. Trump was in unauthorized possession of national defense information, namely properly marked classified documents.
2. He was put on notice by the U.S. Government that he was not permitted to retain those documents at Mar-a-Lago.
3. He continued to maintain possession of the documents (and allegedly undertook efforts to conceal them in different places throughout the property) up until the FBI finally executed a search warrant earlier this month.
   That is the ball game, folks. Absent some unforeseen change in factual or legal circumstances, I believe there is little left for the Justice Department to do but decide whether to wait until after the midterms to formally seek the indictment from the grand jury.

Fake Heiress Infiltrated Mar-a-Lago

Biden finally busts out the F-word: MAGA is “semi-fascism” — the only problem is the use of “semi”

An activist plans to test Texas’ ‘In God We Trust’ law with signs in Arabic

Russia can’t stop war, even if Ukraine drops NATO hopes — Medvedev

Um, before Russia invaded, Ukraine was trying to join the EU, very different from NATO. Isn’t it about time that somebody put a bomb in Medvedev’s car? Asking for a friend.

Serendipity:

17 Rare Pics Reveal A Fake Rooftop Town Built To Hide Boeing’s Factory From Japanese Air Strikes

Drought threatens coal plant operations — and electricity — across the West

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