Odds and Ends — 13 July 2022
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, and Debt:
How I Became a Bitcoin Developer Fresh Out of High School
Founders of bankrupt crypto hedge fund 3AC go missing, as investors try to recoup assets
Heathrow tells airlines to stop selling summer tickets
Nikon will reportedly join Canon in ending development on high-end DSLR cameras
Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:
Stunning spread of BA.5 shows why this California COVID wave is so different
White House Expected to Warn That Covid Is Not Over
President Biden’s coronavirus response team is planning to warn Americans on Tuesday that they must do more to protect themselves against Covid-19, as the highly transmissible BA.5 subvariant of the coronavirus fuels a new wave of infections, re-infections and hospitalizations across the country.
Politics:
Trump Allies Are Changing Their Defense of Trump
Liz Cheney just made an absolutely critical point about Donald Trump’s responsibility on January 6
Peter Navarro Accuses Mike Pence of Treason
Jake Tapper: "One doesn’t have to be brilliant to attempt a coup."
— Justin Baragona (
John Bolton: "I disagree with that. As somebody who has helped plan coup d’etat, not here, but other places, it takes a lot of work." pic.twitter.com/REyqh3KtHi@justinbaragona) July 12, 2022
Hearings Show Trump Lied During Impeachment Trial
In determining whether to bring charges, prosecutors have to assess not merely the quality of the evidence against Trump but also the national interest in a prosecution of the former president. Trump’s lies in the impeachment process should properly figure into prosecutors’ deliberations on this point. After all, this was the constitutional proceeding by which he was supposed to be held accountable, and a conviction would have included a Senate judgment of his ineligibility to ever again seek office again.
Corrupting the trial compounded the underlying conduct which prompted the impeachment by helping sap the adjudication of its value—thus making prosecution arguably a more important mechanism for holding the president accountable.
Inside the 'unhinged' West Wing meeting on Dec. 18
”What they were proposing, I thought, was nuts,” said Herschman, and recalled an exchange with Powell about the integrity of judges who had ruled on the Trump team’s legal challenges.
”She says, ‘Well, the judges are corrupt,’ “ he recounted. “I’m like — ‘Every one? Every single case in the country you guys lost? Every one of them is corrupt? Even the ones we appointed?’ I’m being nice, I was much more harsh to her.”
Ron DeSantis is Donald Trump on better meds.
— Middle Age Riot (@middleageriot) July 12, 2022
Steve Bannon’s Gambit Put Him in New Legal Jeopardy
Bannon Vows to Go ‘Medieval’ on His Enemies
“Pray for our enemies, because we’re going medieval on these people. We’re gonna savage our enemies. Who needs prayers? Certainly not Steven K. Bannon.”
He’s watched Pulp Fiction too many times?
Beware Of The ‘Recent Monticello Visitor’
Did he take too many blows to the head, or has he always been this stupid? Herschel Walker Explains Climate Change
Half of GOP Voters Ready to Leave Trump Behind
What does it say that Joe Biden, the least popular President in modern times, still beats Donald Trump?
Pat Cipollone Corroborated ‘Virtually Everything’
White House Privately Signaling It’s Moving Forward With Anti-Abortion Court Pick
But why? Opposition to Meredith among Senate Democrats seems pretty strong so it’s unlikely he’d make it past the Judiciary Committee, let alone win Senate confirmation.
We don’t need no education: Now Arizona says teachers don’t require college degrees
Who Was Trump Trying to Influence?
US warns it will defend ally if China breaks sea ruling
Sri Lanka: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees the country on military jet
Too bad, so sad: Another Russian General Killed
Serendipity:
Sir Mo Farah reveals he was trafficked to the UK as a child
World Population Day: India will overtake China in 2023, says the UN
@arcangeImage credit: I created Everybody Wants to Rule the World using WOMBO Dream, inspired by the song of the same name by Tears for Fears.
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