Odds and Ends — 3 December 2025

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

UK Passes Law Formally Recognizing Crypto as Property

https://twitter.com/adamscochran/status/1995501382171025884

Bitcoin Bollinger Bands repeat ‘parabolic’ bull signal from late 2023

Coronavirus and Public Health:

The FDA’s Leaked Covid Memo Is Reckless and Dangerous

Politics:

Trump Wants Jack Smith’s Report to Remain Secret

Yeah, well, I want a pony.

https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/1995986060073935089

Trump-Backed Candidate Slips Behind Rival in Honduras Vote Count

NOW HEAR THIS: Suprise! SEAL Team Six on Ground in Venezuela

We are already living in a bad Tom Clancy novel!
Welcome to The War on Drugs 2.0-Trumpy Murder edition.
The Washington Post article states that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered the commanding admiral of the US Special Operations task force to sink small boats to not only attack vessels suspected of smuggling drugs, but to “kill them all“ when survivors were seen in the water. These are clearly war crimes because the Geneva Convention says armed conflicts start when one side attacks, even if the other side doesn’t recognize it.
However, an essential part of the article has been misstated. SEAL Team 6 is NOT the force carrying out armed attacks on boats from the air or sea. That was done by a US Air Force AC-130J Ghostrider gunship firing Hellfire missiles or laser-guided rockets.

https://twitter.com/gtconway3d/status/1995862159486537854

…as Vice President JD Vance banged the table in encouragement.

ICE Will Target Somali Immigrants

A new Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, will target undocumented Somali immigrants, as the president has ramped up attacks against the community in recent days.

This won’t go over well in the Twin Cities.

https://twitter.com/jimstewartson/status/1995937288220803349

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1995942229165125648

———— Blatant In-Your-Face Corruption ————

https://twitter.com/joerglau/status/1995826777239736598

———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————

https://twitter.com/Daractenus/status/1995860754961182757

https://twitter.com/AdamKinzinger/status/1995895428617851066

https://twitter.com/michaeldweiss/status/1995861308349333614

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1995933985906856325

https://twitter.com/shashj/status/1995964696596447291

Antony Beevor: For Russia, conspicuous cruelty is a necessary weapon of war

The leading historian of conflict says the atrocities in Ukraine are rooted in a uniquely brutal mindset that can be traced back centuries

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1995751032559726929

https://twitter.com/maria_drutska/status/1995849388380549601

https://twitter.com/PrezLives2022/status/1995925839242842356

https://twitter.com/DrAnnaOdesa/status/1995877230640054628

———— Melon Husk ————

https://twitter.com/STEFANIANIGHT/status/1995651533313376689

———— Hegseth on the Rocks ————

https://twitter.com/JBThinkin/status/1995745954905923735

An Illegal Strike By Any Definition

https://twitter.com/rgoodlaw/status/1995855614149280182

https://twitter.com/KwikWarren/status/1995713260134302034

Trump White House Throws Military Under the Bus For Lawless Attack

https://twitter.com/allenanalysis/status/1995920719646224722

https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/1995831248837902639

https://twitter.com/gtconway3d/status/1995860666461421606

———— Mors Imperii ————

https://twitter.com/amitylee13/status/1995607124047790266

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1995852224787087657

GOP frets ‘dangerous’ result in Tennessee

Republicans won Tuesday’s special election in Tennessee. But instead of celebrating, many are dreading what it means about the midterms.
Republican Rep.-elect Matt Van Epps’ roughly nine point win marks a massive shift toward Democrats from 2024, when President Donald Trump carried the district by 22 points.
That double digit swing — on the heels of crushing losses in off-year elections in November — could be a harbinger of what House Republicans will face in the midterms next year, members and strategists warned, as they seek to hold on to their narrow control of the chamber.

https://twitter.com/BulwarkOnline/status/1995915789249986639

https://twitter.com/rgoodlaw/status/1996038068055539724