Odds and Ends — 9 September 2022
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, and Debt:
Shock Waves Hit the Global Economy, Posing Grave Risk to Europe
France clamps down on delivery depot ‘dark stores’
Which countries are the worst for crypto taxation? New study lists top five
Why Argentina Is turning to Crypto as Inflation Rates Accelerate
Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:
How Does a Variant-Specific Covid Booster Work?
Millions in China’s Chengdu thrown into extended COVID lockdown
Politics:
Fusion Reactor in Elizabeth II Cyborg Fails
I’ve seen America’s future if the Trumpers win: It’s what Lebanon looks like right now
Trump Threatens to Sue Fox News Over Lincoln Project Ads
Trump threatens. Trump mocks. Trump lashes out. The headlines almost write themselves.
A Republican judge in Texas ruled that requiring employee coverage for drugs that prevent the transmission of HIV violates the religious rights of employers.
— Middle Age Riot (@middleageriot) September 7, 2022
Just when you think Republicans have run out of new ways to be assholes, they come up with another one.
GOP Response to Biden’s Speech Proved His Point
Last week, President Biden delivered a speech warning that Donald Trump’s authoritarian movement posed a threat to American democracy. The Republican response did more to confirm his point than anything he said.
Trump’s PAC Now Focus of Criminal Probe
Trump Pushed Officials to Prosecute His Critics
Republicans Dodge Security Implications of Trump Actions
Republican defenders of Donald Trump won’t or can’t answer the questions that are at the root of the intrigue over why classified documents were at Mar-a-Lago and the troubling question of whether national security was put at risk.
The fact that top Senate Republicans are continuing to downplay Trump even having the documents, in favor of casting doubt on the conduct of the Justice Department and FBI, speaks to his enduring clout in the party, regardless of the depth of his legal issues and the potential national security implications for the country.
Sanders vows to oppose controversial Schumer-Manchin side deal
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Thursday blasted the side deal that Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) struck earlier this summer to pass a controversial proposal to make it easier to develop fossil fuel-based energy projects.
Schumer told reporters Wednesday that he plans to attach Manchin’s permitting reform bill to the stopgap spending measure that needs to pass by Sept. 30 to prevent a government shutdown.
Well, he can oppose it, but the stopgap spending measure (i.e. Continuing Resolution) is all but certain to pass.
Justice Department Appeals Ruling on Special Master
Trump Is Caught in a Double Bind
The former president’s winning strategy is also a losing one.
Michigan Supreme Court Puts Abortion Before Voters
Chief Justice Bridget Mary McCormack called the effort by board members to keep the abortion rights question off the ballot “a game of gotcha gone very bad.”
”What a sad marker of the times.”
Justices held that more than enough signatures were collected (about 750,000 signatures, far more than the 425,000 signatures required) and that other matters were not up to the board to decide.
South Carolina senators reject a near-total abortion ban
Serendipity:
With Stable Diffusion, you may never believe what you see online again
One in Ten U.S. Households Struggle to Afford Food
One in 10 American households struggled to feed their families last year, with more than 5 million families missing meals and cutting portions due to poverty.
Image credit: CC BY-SA 2.0 (West Midland Police), modified with Deepdreamgenerator
Excellent rundown of world events again my friend. Elizabeth II cyborg fusion reactor fails ;)
Hope you are doing well old friend.