Odds and Ends — 24 January 2025
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, and Debt:
MasterCard DNS Error Went Unnoticed for Years
Sam Altman has once again put himself in a position of power—this time by sidling up to President Trump.
https://twitter.com/SawyerHackett/status/1882077918316429571
Amazon to close Quebec facilities, insists it's not because of new union
Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:
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Politics:
Well, that didn’t take long: Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order
In a hearing held three days after Mr. Trump issued his executive order, a Federal District Court judge, John C. Coughenour, sided at least for the moment with four states that sued. “This is a blatantly unconstitutional order,” he said.
https://twitter.com/hissgoescobra/status/1882507099495969020
Trump orders release of last JFK, RFK and MLK assassination files
https://twitter.com/acnewsitics/status/1882589348023136346
Trump Demands That Interest Rates ‘Drop Immediately’
“I’ll demand that interest rates drop immediately. And likewise, they should be dropping all over the world. Interest rates should follow us all over.”
In related news, Canute demands that the tide not rise.
https://twitter.com/BladeoftheS/status/1882216036487078285
A Terrifying New Chapter in Blurring the Past
Anyone who treats or talks about history as a fixed narrative knows nothing about history at all. History yields to fresh insights and new research. It’s hijacked by agendas. After being written by the victors, it sometimes allows the losers a few edits. It’s reinvestigated, relitigated, recast.”
But the makeover of Jan. 6, 2021, just four short years later stands disturbingly apart from that. It adds a chilling contemporary twist: What happens when a demagogue with grandiose ambitions, few if any scruples and little regard for honesty has, at his disposal, an utterly corrupted information environment like ours? When he enjoys a playing field so ideally suited for lies?
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1882254349453144476
Johnson aide discouraged Hutchinson subpoena over concerns about lawmakers’ ‘sexual texts’
https://twitter.com/DrJanKirsch/status/1881891683845165134
https://twitter.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1882359575330107726
Mississippi politician files ‘Contraception Begins at Erection Act’
As written by Sen. Bradford Blackmon, the bill would make it “unlawful for a person to discharge genetic material without the intent to fertilize an embryo.”
https://twitter.com/WarMonitor3/status/1882384335128666602
https://twitter.com/golub/status/1882315848029028565
https://twitter.com/United24media/status/1882348322402271438
https://twitter.com/NatalkaKyiv/status/1882446359829106985
Rep. Ogles Proposes Amending the 22nd Amendment to Allow Trump to Serve a Third Term
He’s angling for a Brown Nose Award? Zero chance this happens. Zip, zilch, nada.
https://twitter.com/RepJamesClyburn/status/1882549196559188038
“Donald Trump has, time and again, convinced me that he is the most dishonest elected official that I have ever — excuse me — that the public has ever had to interact with. And the paradox with Donald Trump is he seems to make dishonest statements just for the fun of it, as a challenge to see if anybody has the gumption or the wherewithal to take him to task for the dishonest statements he makes.” — Former Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL)
Vulnerable Republicans Warn About Cutting Obamacare
House Republicans in competitive districts warned GOP leaders Thursday: We could lose our seats if you gut Obamacare to pay for a massive border, energy and tax bill.
GOP members are already concerned that they’re poised to lose their trifecta and a swath of seats in the 2026 midterms — they worry GOP efforts to pare back the Affordable Care Act could pour fuel on the fire.
Trump moves to close Pentagon office focused on curbing civilian deaths
The Trump administration is moving to abolish a Pentagon office responsible for promoting civilian safety in battlefield operations, suggesting incoming Defense Department leaders may attempt to loosen restrictions on U.S. military operations worldwide.
Pete Hegseth paid $50,000 to a woman alleging 2017 sexual assault
US climate denial group working with European far-right parties
Serendipity:
Even before the LA fires, Californians fled for 'climate havens'
https://twitter.com/Sarahhuniverse/status/1882458927671181336
Ozempic and similar weight loss drugs may lower risk of 42 health conditions, but also pose risks
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Federal District Court judge, John C. Coughenour is a Regan Appointee from 1981. I'd speculate he has a traditionally conservative interpretation of the Constitution.
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