The combination of Possibilus and Arkemis is a tough nut to crack (56 mana and Weak Magic rule set).

Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:

Remember OneCoin? Co-Founder pleads guilty to fraud and money laundering.

Hal Finney’s wife resumes activity on Bitcoin pioneer’s Twitter account to avoid potential purge

Elon Musk Kills Twitter Audio Feature After Bizarre Talk With Journalists

It’s clear Musk would rather burn Twitter to the ground than hear people question the wisdom of his choices.

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

Is Paxlovid the best treatment? Is it underused in the U.S.?

Politics:

Jan. 6 panel to vote on urging DOJ to prosecute Trump for at least three criminal charges

Among the charges that subcommittee proposes for Trump: 18 U.S.C. 2383 Insurrection; 18 U.S.C. 1512(c) obstruction of an official proceeding; and 18 U.S.C. 371 Conspiracy to defraud the United States government.

QAnon believer who led Capitol mob sentenced to five years in prison

Thousands Partied Near Secret Files at Mar-a-Lago

Judge unseals new details of contacts among Rep. Perry, Trump-connected attorneys

A federal judge revealed Friday that earlier this year she granted Justice Department investigators access to emails between three Trump-connected attorneys and Rep. Scott Perry as part of the federal investigation into election subversion efforts by the former president and others.
Investigators had prioritized accessing any emails sent to or from Perry’s account.

Former Sheriff Tried to Kill Man Who Defeated Him

He won’t do well in gen pop.

Pete Buttigieg Welcomes GOP Investigations

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has a simple message for Republican investigators lining up to grill him on climate change and electric vehicles: Bring it on.
The anticipated GOP hearings next year will give the former South Bend mayor the very thing he needs — attention — to raise his profile in a crowded Democratic field in 2024 if President Biden decides not to run.
Buttigieg is the rare Democrat who not only agrees to appear on conservative media like Fox News, but actually seems to enjoy it. The hearings will give him another platform he’s eager to use.

Leaving no wiggle room, Kentucky Supreme Court trips up GOP march to destroy public schools

They ruled unanimously that the Education Opportunity Account Act — which allows people to get tax credits for donating to organizations that then give scholarships to private schools — was completely unconstitutional. No wiggle room at all. The reason as Justice Lisabeth Hughes wrote is simple: “Applying the plain language of this section, the income tax credit raises money for nonpublic education and its characterization as a tax credit rather than an appropriation is immaterial,” Hughes wrote.

Bill Proposed to Curb ‘Obscene’ Content May Eradicate the Porn Industry

Although producing and distributing sexual content is currently legal in the U.S., Lee’s bill seeks to reinstate the obscenity rules that were established in the Communications Act of 1934.

I find it hard to believe that Lee’s bill will gain any traction.

Serendipity:

Some of America’s biggest vegetable growers fought for water. Then the water ran out

Surrender to Alejandro Iñárritu’s Netflix movie “Bardo,” a surreal “chronicle of uncertainties”

Energy Dept vacates 1950s decision revoking security clearance for ‘father of the atomic bomb’ J. Robert Oppenheimer

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