Odds and Ends — 19 October 2021


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Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:

Bitfury CEO confirms IPO considerations are part of expansion plans

Back in blue https://t.co/ikLpgKX5gi pic.twitter.com/oVavXRQXFi

— PlanB (@100trillionUSD) October 18, 2021

Blockchain ‘Blank Check’ SPAC Announces $100M IPO to Fund Business Combinations

It sure looks like the Biden administration is more and more anti-crypto: Treasury Warns That Digital Currencies Could Weaken U.S. Sanctions

A senior Treasury official told reporters on Monday that one important measure to prevent the evasion of sanctions was greater coordination with other countries to make it more difficult for cryptocurrencies to be converted into government-issued money.

Looking on the bright side, these dinosaurs are doomed; they just don’t know it yet.

Sinclair Hit by Ransomware Attack

”Still no email, phones, file video or graphics,” a reporter said Monday.
”They expect us to keep broadcasting as if we aren’t down,” a reporter at a different station said.

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

CDC: Unvaccinated are over 11 times more likely to die from COVID

Colin Powell's death doesn't contradict efficacy of coronavirus vaccines

Crucially, Powell suffered from a blood cancer known as multiple myeloma — precisely the kind of “immunocompromised” condition experts have said from the start could lead to lower vaccine efficacy.

Governor Defends Policies as Montana Remains Hotspot

As the rest of the U.S. begins to refer to the second ‘summer surge’ of the coronavirus pandemic in the past tense, Montana has for weeks stood out as one of the nation’s hotspots, with no sign of a slowdown as statewide COVID-19 hospitalizations set a new record this week.
Gov. Greg Gianforte (R) defended his administration’s policies toward the pandemic, which have included signing into law the nation’s only prohibition on private businesses requiring vaccines in the workplace, and several measures that limited the power of local health departments to implement measures to curb the virus’ spread.

Politics:

Trump sues Jan. 6 committee, National Archives

Donald Trump is suing the Jan. 6 select committee and the National Archives to block the release of his White House’s records related to the Capitol attack.
The former president’s lawyers filed the 26-page suit in D.C. district court on Monday, declaring the committee's investigation “a vexatious, illegal fishing expedition.” It names the Jan. 6 panel’s chair, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), and the national archivist, David Ferriero, along with the committee and the archives themselves.

Oh yes, of course, that’s what any innocent person would do.

Put these grifting scumbags in jail, THEN you can talk about Hunter Biden. pic.twitter.com/39Au8sv9Dc

— Middle Age Riot (@middleageriot) October 17, 2021

Bannon Was a Frequent Guest of Jeffrey Epstein

Journalist Smeared as ‘Special Ops’ Temptress

Russian State media pundits and personalities are claiming that the experienced CNBC journalist, who interviewed President Putin last week, was part of an American ‘special operation’ designed to sway and tantalize the Russian leader.
Putin started the pile-on himself by implying that Hadley Gamble was too beautiful to understand his remarks during an on-stage interview at a Russian Energy Week panel in Moscow.

Christopher Steele said the infamous Trump pee tape ‘probably exists’ but Russia hasn’t needed to release it yet

Trump Faces a Pile Up of Civil Lawsuits

At least 10 civil cases are pending against Trump, whose ability to delay them has been curtailed since he left office in January. Trump had argued in some of the cases that as a sitting president he was immune from civil lawsuits. His office didn’t respond to a request for comment on the cases.

Five Lawmakers Accuse Amazon of Lying to Committee

Serendipity:

The Pathetic Details at the Heart of the Suburban Couple Spy Case

Cellphone data shows that people navigate by keeping their destinations in front of them – even when that’s not the most efficient route. Not that efficient is always the goal, but interesting nonetheless.

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