Odds and Ends — 14 July 2024

Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, and Debt:

Conduct Versus Code May Be the Defining Question in Roman Storm Prosecution

Donald Trump memecoin spikes 52% following assassination attempt

Is There a Future in the Doomsday Economy?

With Fortitude Ranch, the entrepreneur Drew Miller is betting on franchised timeshares for people who are worried about the end of the world.

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

California’s COVID positivity rate is now just shy of record high from the past 12 months

The percent of all recent deaths attributed to COVID has also risen

Politics:

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1812249329203286464
https://twitter.com/MSNBC/status/1812250887424758148

Clearly, we should all jump to conclusions and post our evidence-free findings as widely as possible. Here’s mine: since the shooter was both a registered Republican and had once donated $15 to a progressive organization, it’s safe to assume that this was a plot orchestrated by undecided voters, that most dangerous fringe group.

https://twitter.com/keithedwards/status/1812284437092307015
https://twitter.com/keithedwards/status/1812288860870549763
https://twitter.com/EdwardGLuce/status/1812405009096593577

Biden Grilled in Tense Call with Moderate Democrats

President Biden was raked over the coals by a group of center-left House Democrats on Saturday in what sources said was a ‘tense’ – even ‘awful’ – meeting aimed at stemming defections on Capitol Hill.

https://twitter.com/WillClownCar/status/1811910686848450747

Albanese tells Russia to ‘back off’ after Moscow condemns Australia’s ‘paranoia’ for espionage

“How about you get out of Ukraine and stop the illegal and immoral war that you’re engaged in and how about you try to stop interfering in domestic affairs of other sovereign nations.
“This is a country that has no respect for international law, and they should be regarded with contempt, which is what I have for them.”

https://twitter.com/Biz_Ukraine_Mag/status/1812040377597059261

German shock at reported Russian assassination plot

https://twitter.com/JayinKyiv/status/1812024449102655908

Russia loses ‘astronomical’ 70,000 troops in 60 days

https://twitter.com/Kasparov63/status/1811927137890222297

House GOP’s tanked vote signals tough path ahead on funding

At least 90 killed in Israeli military operation targeting Hamas military chief

https://twitter.com/Kentucky_Sparky/status/1812096322729558377

Russia is already fighting NATO, just not with tanks and fighter jets, argues a former top US general

https://twitter.com/lhfang/status/1812234157428445485

That WSJ article is here.

Serendipity:

311 world cities ranked by crime: Current Crime Index

Not sure of the methodology but Nizhny Novgorod safer than Luxembourg? Islamabad tied with Geneva? Tirana, Albania safer than Melbourne? Beirut safer than Denver?

https://twitter.com/Reflog_18/status/1812243009729097788

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