Odds and Ends — 31 July 2024

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

Nvidia Becoming More Volatile Than Bitcoin and Ether

Bitcoin has exhibited a strong positive correlation with NVDA since late 2022.

Russian Economy Dealt a Blow by China

$35T US national debt could bolster Bitcoin’s adoption as ‘hard money’

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

Mapped: COVID summer continues to heat up

Politics:

https://twitter.com/BrianKarem/status/1818369137317757297

Lara Trump Compares Kamala Harris to a Trash Bag

“I have to pick between a normal person who is going to have some policies I won’t like and an unhinged, deranged wannabe dictator sociopath surrounded by goons.” — Tom Nichols

https://twitter.com/teddygoff/status/1818081047302586504

The Election Is Crucial to the Supreme Court’s Future. Biden’s Reform Plans Are Not.

https://x.com/TheRickWilson/status/1818063488687767704

Attorney for Jan 6 Defendants Says Harris Victory Would End Chance for Proud Boys Pardons

Gosh, ya think?

https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1818477178595463434

Trump’s nephew declares support for Harris

https://twitter.com/thejackhopkins/status/1817673697366290762

Underestimate Kamala Harris at Your Peril

In politics, as in sports (and life), there is enormous power in being underestimated. It can be a kind of superpower. And I have a strong feeling that Donald Trump and the Republican Party have only begun to experience the potentially fatal consequences of underestimating Kamala Harris.
Many in the GOP leadership believed that they were on the verge of crushing what little political life remained in Joe Biden. Then, as the president dropped out of the race, Trump’s campaign strategists appeared to jump to the conclusion that Harris was the second-best thing. In their fever dreams, Harris was seen as a weak candidate who’d had everything in life handed to her on a DEI plate. Who reflected the most liberal dreams of San Francisco ‘radicals.’ Who was kind of ‘out there.’ (Note to Republicans: Check out Exhibit A, one J.D. Vance.)
But in politics, preconceptions can bite you pretty quickly. Harris has come out of the box roaring like a lion and is already blowing away expectations in terms of her personality, her performance, her discipline, her poll numbers, and her fundraising. And while observers have raised doubts about her management skills—and contend that she can be thin-skinned and overly defensive at times—I can assure you of one thing: Weak, she is not. And that’s key.

https://twitter.com/wontpacdown/status/1817953425558270183

Turkish President Slaps Child for Not Kissing His Hand

https://twitter.com/7Veritas4/status/1818053880451580206

Harris campaign unveils ad hitting Trump back over the border

https://twitter.com/theliamnissan/status/1818022087929585965

UAW planning to endorse Harris

https://twitter.com/tribelaw/status/1817202455626531054

Harris to Hold First Rally with Her Running Mate

Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to announce her running mate by Tuesday, when she will hold her first rally with her pick in Philadelphia,” Politico reports.
The two will barnstorm cities in seven swing states in four days. In addition to Philadelphia, they’ll hit western Wisconsin, Detroit, Raleigh, Savannah, Phoenix and Las Vegas.

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1818044973712802221

JD Vance In 2021: 'We Have To Go To War' Against The Idea That Women Don't Have To Have Kids

https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/1818380583954755765

Top Hamas Leader Is Killed in Iran

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1818437283064037617

Serendipity:

https://twitter.com/historyinmemes/status/1818154555059863602

Offshore wind farms connected by an underwater power grid for transmission could revolutionize how the East Coast gets its electricity

https://twitter.com/Super70sSports/status/1817909889211007337

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