Odds and Ends — 11 March 2026

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

Binance sues Wall Street Journal amid report of DOJ Iran probe

‘This cannot be sustainable’: The U.S. borrowed $50 billion a week for the past five months, the CBO says

Top Bitcoin Mining Pool Operator Foundry Is Getting Into Zcash

Flash Fiction:

”You want to retire but you have zero savings and yet you’re hoping for ‘the good life’?”

”Exactly. Travel. Fine dining. Sex with Brazilian supermodels. All part of the plan.”

”What plan? You haven’t got a plan.”

”Sure I do. I’m going to win the Powerball. Real soon, any day now.”

Written for this prompt.

Coronavirus and Public Health:

RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisers drop proposal to revisit covid-19 shot

Some members of the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel have publicly questioned the safety and manufacturing of the shots, including raising a debunked theory that DNA contaminants in the vaccines are harmful.

Iran:

https://twitter.com/shanaka86/status/2031324990717702582

https://twitter.com/20committee/status/2031387013773959522

https://twitter.com/shanaka86/status/2031360776590729239

https://twitter.com/moorehn/status/2031440128921530796

Trump Can’t Decide Whether the War Is Still Going On

The Trump administration can’t say why the United States went to war with Iran, and it can’t say what the goal of the war is. Now it can’t even decide whether the war is still going on.
During an interview with CBS News yesterday afternoon, President Trump all but declared victory. ‘I think the war is very complete, pretty much,’ he said.
This statement is so self-contradictory and confusing that one might be tempted to write it off as just riffing, except that he reiterated it at a press conference later in the day.

https://twitter.com/TheMaineWonk/status/2031171240572985469

https://twitter.com/ProfTalmadge/status/2031359553984479612
https://twitter.com/saber_k086/status/2031370595603194334

https://twitter.com/SprinterPress/status/2031400490454417752

The Iran Terror Report Trump Didn’t Want You to See

A shocking intelligence report that was blocked by the White House warns that Iran could launch waves of terrorist attacks on U.S. soil including assassinations, bombings and stabbings, because of the President’s new war.

https://twitter.com/jongambrellAP/status/2031326051801145483

https://twitter.com/Rothbard1776/status/2031201263329702248

U.S. Showers Iran With Bombs

Amid what the Pentagon said was the fiercest bombardment of Iran since the start of the war, the Pentagon’s leaders said Tuesday that American and Israeli forces were ‘winning decisively’ but declined to set a timetable for the end of the conflict, saying it was for President Trump to decide.
Iranians described a hellish night of bombs seeming to come from every direction without letup.

https://twitter.com/MarkSwanny/status/2031267637553148167

https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/2031531835453309125

https://twitter.com/MidwestHedgie/status/2031347546577154525

Politics:

Trump Pick for State Department Drops Out

A political commentator who argued that white people are the victims of racism and need help protecting their ‘identity’ withdrew his candidacy Tuesday for a senior diplomatic role in the State Department as Republican opposition placed his nomination in jeopardy.
Jeremy Carl was nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs in June, but his confirmation appeared precarious in recent weeks after Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah) vowed to vote against his confirmation.

A plunge in oil prices intensified in the early afternoon after Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on X that ‘The U.S. Navy successfully escorted an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz to ensure oil remains flowing to global markets.’ The prospect of a prolonged energy shock momentarily dimmed. Futures for oil, diesel and gasoline slid. Stocks jumped.
But the message vanished within minutes, leaving investors the world over struggling to see through the fog of war emanating from the Trump administration itself.