Odds and Ends — 7 March 2024
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, and Debt:
BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Added a Record 12.6K BTC in Tuesday's Carnage
El Salvador Bitcoin holdings hit record $164M as BTC profits pass $50M
El Salvador gets a lot of attention for holding BTC but it holds “only” a few thousand Bitcoin. BlackRock gobbled up that much in a few hours.
https://twitter.com/samstein/status/1765398015882199326
Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:
Free at-home COVID tests are going away. How to order before they’re gone
https://twitter.com/CheriJacobus/status/1765438110551232558
Politics:
Russian Missile Strike Hits Near Zelensky Motorcade
A Russian missile strike appeared to target Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday, landing near his motorcade in the Black Sea port city of Odessa, where the president was meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
Was this a random terror attack, or were they specifically targeting the two leaders? If the latter, imagine a scenario where Zelensky survived (perhaps wounded), but a NATO Prime Minister had been killed.
https://twitter.com/TeaPainUSA/status/1765418644937331090
Biden’s New Doomsday Option Against Israeli Settlers
How an executive order takes aim at Netanyahu’s coalition.
https://twitter.com/Mikel_Jollett/status/1765411507205235176
https://twitter.com/acnewsitics/status/1765415152839729262
https://twitter.com/ZaleskiLuke/status/1765433111150575639
Arizona Investigators Issue Grand Jury Subpoenas
Arizona prosecutors in recent weeks issued grand jury subpoenas to multiple people linked to Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign, a sharp acceleration of their criminal investigation into efforts to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in the state.
https://twitter.com/MuellerSheWrote/status/1765421728367575237
Justices Schedule Trump Hearing for Last Day of Term
https://twitter.com/Jose_Pagliery/status/1765385170889171018
National Guard and State Police Will Patrol the NYC Subways and Check Bags
https://twitter.com/MarkJacob16/status/1765379409215668466
The Unprecedented Crisis at Europe’s Largest Nuclear-power Plant
At Zaporizhzhia, a facility occupied by Russia for the past two years, employees describe a regime of torture and abuse—and a growing threat of disaster.
https://twitter.com/AdamParkhomenko/status/1765192475826671864
”They frankly laugh behind the backs of their own voters”: How Republicans bamboozle rural whites
In “White Rural Rage,” Paul Waldman and Thomas Schaller reject the narrative that treats Trump voters like children
Every new Trump endorsement is a story of profound moral collapse
https://twitter.com/MarkJacob16/status/1765525893194059867
Trump challenges Biden to debates ‘anytime’ after Super Tuesday wins
The candidate on track to lose always needs to debate. The candidate on track to win, not so much.
https://twitter.com/ememess/status/1765438428022505915
Serendipity:
Gabriel García Márquez: Sons publish last novel that late author wanted destroyed
I’m sorry, but if an author wants their work destroyed, they should really do it themselves rather than instruct others to do so. If Max Brod hadn’t disobeyed Kafka’s instructions, we would’t have Amerika, The Castle, or The Trial.
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