Odds and Ends — 23 December 2024

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

Spacecoin XYZ launches first satellite in outer space blockchain network

MicroStrategy unveiled a Bitcoin purchase for the seventh consecutive week, topping off its corporate coffers alongside its Nasdaq-100 debut.

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

Beyond Paxlovid: Scientists Unveil Game-Changing Antiviral That Could Combat COVID, Ebola, and More

DenyDefendDepose:


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Politics:

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NOT a hoax. I went to his Truth Social account and both posts are real.

Pissing off Canada and Panama, so why not Denmark too? Trump Says He Wants to Buy Greenland

President-elect Trump floated taking ownership of Greenland as he named PayPal co-founder Ken Howery as his pick for U.S. ambassador to Denmark on Sunday.
Trump said during his first administration that he was looking into the U.S. buying Greenland and canceled a state trip to Denmark after Danish officials said the autonomous territory that’s part of its kingdom was not for sale.

Read the room. Some Greenlanders favor independence, some favor continuing autonomous status with Denmark. I’m not aware of any desire by Greenlanders to throw their lot in with the United States.

Matt Gaetz Report Released

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Democrats Keep Mocking ‘President Musk’

From floor speeches to hallway chats to post-vote statements, Democrats have spent the past few days portraying Musk as a shadow president — a man perhaps more influential than Trump himself. Musk, you may recall, used his social media platform to start whipping Republicans into tanking the initial, bipartisan funding deal before Trump publicly nuked it.
Yes, it’s a transparent play to prey on the incoming president’s insecurities — Trump despises when people outshine him, and one of the most notable elements of his second-term team so far is that it’s filled with people who are unlikely to steal his spotlight. MAGA world is warning not to take the bait, but, nevertheless, Dems are persisting.

Republicans embrace ”our prime minister” Elon Musk

Biden commutes sentences of 37 federal death row prisoners

Serendipity:

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