Odds and Ends — 25 November 2023
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, and Debt:
BitMEX co-founder predicts Bitcoin surge amid dollar liquidity rise
https://twitter.com/JoeCarlasare/status/1728077588101239231?s=20
Binance's Ex-CEO CZ 'Poses a Serious Risk of Flight,' Prosecutors Claim in Asking He Stay in U.S.
https://twitter.com/KimDotcom/status/1728117450036900100?s=20
Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:
Don't press 'pandemic panic button' scientists caution on China pneumonia report
Florida Man:
Ron DeSantis Brutally Mocked Over Florida Announcement
Politics:
Trump Says Attacks on Judge ‘Irrelevant’ to Gag Order
Donald Trump’s lawyers on Friday filed a response to prosecutors’ Thursday filing, arguing that any threats the former president could have triggered against Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron or his court staff are ‘irrelevant’ to the need for a gag order in the case Trump faces in Washington, D.C.
Mirror Sites Help Russia Evade Sanctions
The European Union promised to shut down the flow of Vladimir Putin’s propaganda after Russia invaded Ukraine, slapping sanctions on state-backed media RT and Sputnik days after the attack.
Nearly two years into the war, the Kremlin appears to have the last laugh. RT.com may be inaccessible in the EU, but a series of less popular mirror sites provides the same content, aimed at undermining the bloc’s support of Ukraine. One is swentr.site, or RT News in reverse.
Judge on Trump NY Fraud Case Receives ‘Serious and Credible’ Death Threats From MAGA
https://twitter.com/MuellerSheWrote/status/1728066683397415159?s=20
If Democrats Ran Red States Fewer People Would Die

Dean Phillips Won’t Run for Re-Election
Phillips happens to be my Congressman. Probably a smart move on his part, he almost certainly would have faced a strong primary challenge for his boneheaded plan to run against Biden.
https://twitter.com/igorsushko/status/1728175612928606574?s=20
King Charles Profits from the Assets of Dead Citizens
The king is profiting from the deaths of thousands of people in the north-west of England whose assets are secretly being used to upgrade a commercial property empire managed by his hereditary estate.
The Duchy of Lancaster, a controversial land and property estate that generates huge profits for King Charles III, has collected tens of millions of pounds in recent years under an antiquated system that dates back to feudal times.
https://twitter.com/TheFungi669/status/1728088127523168354?s=20
Serendipity:
https://twitter.com/AJemaineClement/status/1727912053334278271?s=20
Ex-officer Derek Chauvin, convicted in George Floyd’s killing, stabbed in prison
https://twitter.com/Super70sSports/status/1728115765197320513?s=20


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