Speed was a huge factor in this battle (Silver, 54 mana, Lost Magic and What Doesn’t Kill You rule sets, only Fire splinter available).

Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:

CZ predicts ‘existential implications’ for anti-crypto traditional finance

The Decline of the Nice-to-Have Economy

DOJ Claims Sam Bankman-Fried Tried to Influence Witness Testimony, Asks for Communications Ban

A court document filed by prosecutors on Friday alleges that Bankman-Fried messaged FTX US General Counsel Ryne Miller on Signal, asking to reconnect and “vet things with each other.”

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

No, Project Veritas Video Doesn’t Prove Pfizer Is Mutating Covid-19

China’s healthcare system still plagued by ‘serious deficiencies’ despite Covid spending spree

Politics:

What Defaulting On Our Debt Would Actually Look Like

Trump Delivers Bitter Speech Filled With Falsehoods in New Hampshire

Trump’s Speech Showed He’s Unsure of What Base Wants

It was, in essence, a standard Trump speech, but with a more uneven pacing, and a little weirder and meandering.
For a fragile frontrunner facing criticism for the shaky start to his third bid for the White House, Trump’s initial showing did little to calm the skittishness that the candidate himself acknowledged.

Biden’s Justice Department Finally Stands Up to Out-of-Control Texas Judges

Trump appointees keep playing along with Texas’ brazen judge-shopping. The Biden administration finally said: enough.

Kennan’s Warning on Ukraine

After Bolsonaro, Can Lula Remake Brazil?

Following a prison term, a fraught election, and a near-coup, the third-time President takes charge of a fractured country.

Iran ‘foils drone attack’ on military facility in Isfahan

Gosh, I wonder where those could have come from.

Serendipity:

Seeking Seekins

Scott Seekins is the guy everybody knows, but knows nothing about. And he isn’t at all what you’d expect.

Back in the eighties and early nineties, I was in some of the same social circles as Seekins and would run into him at parties, bars, and galleries. It seemed like every time I did, he was with a different beautiful woman.

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