Odds and Ends — 24 July 2024
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, and Debt:
Ether ETFs See $107M Inflows on Day One as Trading Volume Tops $1B
FWIW, Bitcoin ‘massive rally’ due as buy signal hits for 1st time in a year
Putin ‘peddling lies’ about ailing Russian economy, say EU ministers
Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:
COVID-19 devastated teacher morale − and it hasn’t recovered
The Last Thing America Needs Right Now Is Bird Flu
Whatever the virus does next probably won’t be good.
Politics:
It’s just one national poll taking no account of swing state issues but Harris leads Trump 44% to 42% in US presidential race
https://twitter.com/michaeldweiss/status/1815762499033079992
JD Vance repeatedly indicated in 2016 that he believed Donald Trump had committed sexual assault
https://twitter.com/YourAnonTV/status/1815549600263979279
Secret Service Director Resigns
https://twitter.com/AesPolitics1/status/1815884299859792066
Netanyahu will have a mostly GOP audience today
https://twitter.com/AidanCTweets/status/1815619650513744203
A Reader’s Guide To MAGA’s Racist And Misogynistic Attacks On Kamala Harris
GOP Leaders Urge Members to Stop Attacking on Race
House Republican leaders told lawmakers to focus on criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris’ record without reference to her race and gender, following caustic remarks from some Republicans attacking her on the basis of identity.
During a closed-door meeting Tuesday morning, chair of the House GOP campaign arm Richard Hudson (R-NC) and others issued the warning after a series of comments by their members that focused on Harris’ race as well as claims she is a ‘DEI’ pick, according to two people in the room.
Oh, good luck with that. The core of Trump’s base is deeply racist and misogynistic. The leaders may be able to somewhat rein in a smattering of House members, but that’s about it.
And House leaders certainly aren’t going to tone down the Trump campaign:
Trump Camp Is Planning to ‘Willie Horton’ Kamala Harris
Donald Trump’s campaign is preparing a full-scale blitz on Vice President Kamala Harris, with broadsides on her record that borrow from the ad that came to define dog-whistle politics.
https://twitter.com/rogertansey/status/1815411192594317721
Suddenly Trump Looks Older and More Deranged
Now the Republicans are the ones saddled with a candidate who can’t make a clear argument or finish a sentence.
Trump Files Complaint Over Transfer of Biden Funds
Donald Trump’s campaign filed a complaint on Tuesday with the Federal Election Commission against President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, accusing them of violating campaign finance laws by rolling Mr. Biden’s campaign funds over to Ms. Harris.
Complain all you want, the FEC will not help.
https://twitter.com/CWJediMaster/status/1815764336616358009
Top Sinclair anchor resigned over concerns about biased and inaccurate content
https://twitter.com/DonLew87/status/1815834278804217917
The Trump Campaign Is Lowering Expectations
https://twitter.com/youwouldntpost/status/1815822210940219880
Missouri prison ignores court order to free wrongfully convicted inmate for second time in weeks
https://twitter.com/fakedansavage/status/1815917572308775244
Nancy Pelosi: How She Got the Job Done
https://twitter.com/JaneotN/status/1815787730552451476
Serendipity:
https://twitter.com/amazingmap/status/1815821084836651146
Louis Armstrong: The US jazz icon with a controversial legacy
How the CIA 'kidnapped' a Soviet moon probe during the space race
Sunday Was the Hottest Day Ever Recorded
Global temperatures hit the highest levels in recorded history on Sunday, according to preliminary data from Europe’s top climate monitor — another worrying sign of how human-caused climate change is pushing the planet into dangerous new territory.
Climate change is wishy-washy; global warming is more honest.
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