Odds and Ends — 6 August 2024
The Sad Truth:
At 20, you know it all. At 30, you have a lot of questions. At 40, you don’t have a clue. And it’s all downhill from there.
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, and Debt:
Google Loses Federal Antitrust Case
The ruling is the most significant victory to date for American regulators who are trying to rein in the power of tech giants in the internet era. It is likely to influence other government antitrust lawsuits against Google, Apple, Amazon and Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.
Attention, jittery investors: Stop panicking … this is what a soft landing should look like
Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:
Director David Lynch says he can’t leave LA home over fear he’ll catch COVID-19
Is that any way to live?
Politics:
Harris decides on Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as running mate
”How often in 100 days do you get to change the trajectory of the world? How often in 100 days do you get to do something that’s going to impact generations to come?” Walz asked. “And how often in the world do you make that bastard wake up afterwards and know that a Black woman kicked his ass, sent him on the road?”
Hey, that’s my governor.
Trump at center of 'most serious allegation of a bribe in White House history'
Jenna Ellis Agrees to Cooperate in Arizona Elector Case
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes (D) reached a cooperation agreement Monday with Jenna Ellis, who was a legal adviser to Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign and was one of 18 defendants indicted in April on felony charges related to alleged efforts to try to subvert President Biden’s victory in the state four years ago.
We think we know what an autocratic state looks like: There is an all-powerful leader at the top. He controls the police. The police threaten the people with violence. There are evil collaborators, and maybe some brave dissidents.
But in the 21st century, that bears little resemblance to reality. Nowadays, autocracies are underpinned not by one dictator, but by sophisticated networks composed of kleptocratic financial structures, surveillance technologies, and professional propagandists, all of which operate across multiple regimes, from China to Russia to Iran.
Mali cuts diplomatic ties with Ukraine over Wagner ambush claims
Republicans Cringe at Trump’s Undisciplined Attacks
Republicans on Monday reeled from Trump’s undisciplined approach to the opening stages of his new general election matchup with Harris — following a weekend that saw him praise Russian leader Vladimir Putin while smearing Harris as ‘low IQ,’ and ‘dumb’ and attacking a popular swing-state GOP governor whose turnout operation he may need in November.
Said GOP strategist Matthew Bartlett: “This is what you would call a public nervous breakdown. This is a guy who cut through the Republican primary like a knife through butter. This is a guy who pummeled a semi-conscious president in a debate and literally out of a race.”
He added: “And now this is a guy who cannot come to grips with a competitive presidential race that would require discipline and effective messaging. And we’re seeing a candidate and a campaign absolutely melt down.”
https://twitter.com/f_giugliano/status/1820612342012416179
Trumpworld Trashes Kellyanne Conway
Donald Trump’s inner circle is seizing on the news that Kellyanne Conway has registered as a foreign agent for a Ukrainian oligarch to argue she has no loyalty to the MAGA movement.
Said a source close to the Trump campaign: “Nobody has any respect for her.”
An informal adviser to Trump who also spoke to NOTUS argued Conway’s decision would ruin her standing with the former president.
Bangladesh protesters want Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to lead government
Serendipity:
Readers trust journalists less when they debunk rather than confirm claims
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