Odds and Ends — 16 January 2024
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, and Debt:
EU Banking Watchdog Extends Anti-Money Laundering Measures to Cover Crypto Firms
A Pessimist’s Guide to Global Economic Risks in 2024
Argentine president to allow provinces to circulate own currencies
Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:
How Covid-19’s symptoms have changed with each new variant
Florida Man:
https://twitter.com/hemantmehta/status/1746715749844980048
Politics:
From The Department of Let Them Eat Cake:
https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1746756831312069054
Judge Catches Trump Holding Rally The Day He Asked to Delay Trial For Funeral Travel
Not the best way to endear yourself to the judge.
https://twitter.com/ruthbenghiat/status/1746682162542227815
A fake 911 call that the White House was on fire sent emergency vehicles to the complex Monday morning, when President Joe Biden and his family were at Camp David.
Fire engines and other emergency vehicles responded to a report just after 7 a.m. that the White House was ablaze and a person was trapped inside.
https://twitter.com/lindyli/status/1746740148362985523
Majority of Canadians believe U.S. democracy ‘cannot survive’ another Trump term
https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/1746678016095244774
Donald Trump re-election could threaten UK's national security, claims ex-MI6 boss
https://twitter.com/7Veritas4/status/1746766639800971607
Does GOP Have Votes to Hold Hunter Biden in Contempt?
Republicans will need near unity in order to make a referral to the Justice Department that Biden be held in contempt of Congress. A swath of GOP lawmakers indicated last week that they hadn’t yet made a decision on how they would vote and Republicans are dealing with absences.
Even if they do, what are the chances that the DoJ would follow through?
https://twitter.com/lindyli/status/1746782885200232696
Why saying “I don’t see race at all” just makes racism worse
https://twitter.com/piper4missouri/status/1746907272016544177
Houthi militants struck a U.S.-owned commercial ship off the coast of Yemen
News sources keep calling them militants since they’re not the “internationally recognized” government, but since they control the part of the country with the vast majority of the population, they’re really the de facto government. Albeit a nasty bunch.
https://twitter.com/TrumpsTaxes/status/1746942436482408788
https://twitter.com/WalshFreedom/status/1746909174821159055
Ethiopia’s deal with Somaliland upends regional dynamics, risking strife across the Horn of Africa
Greg Abbott Condemned After Migrant Children Drown: ‘Murder’
https://twitter.com/JLVsTW1/status/1746864835554349250
Serendipity:
https://twitter.com/MuellerSheWrote/status/1746875092229820919
Set a goal to lose weight this year? Experts explain how to do it right to make it stick
https://twitter.com/fasc1nate/status/1746637969027744139
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And funny enough, if you correlate that map of economic activity with a voting chart, I bet those places are blue.
This is the one I have handy in my pictures folder
Love the Pessimists guide to risks link! We think it takes some pessimist to truly appreciate risks personally and business wise.
Funny you bring up fitness and weightloss as we just published our first business spotlight in many months. Hopefully many more to come as they are very valuable for small business SEO. One way to make the resolution stick must be to have fun and use accountability partners. Perfect for the business we highlighted.
Thanks for the news again!