Odds and Ends — 25 December 2023

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

Japan's Cabinet Proposes Scrapping Corporate Tax on Unrealized Crypto Gains

Turkey’s Erdogan picks crypto professor for central bank board

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

COVID-19 v. Flu: A ‘much more serious threat,’ new study into long-term risks concludes

Florida Man:

Politics:

The Only Thing More Dangerous Than Authoritarianism

The forces of Christian nationalism are now ascendant both inside the Church and inside the Republican Party.

How Trump Is Laying The Groundwork For A Coopted Military, Now And In 2025

“Consider it: would you be willing to have people try to kill you and your family just to do your job right? Keep an eye on this; replacement of duty with fear is how democratic governments fall.” — Thom Hartmann

5 ballot measures to watch in 2024

House GOP Traps Itself in Impeachment Box

Now that House Republicans have formalized the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, anything less than voting to remove him could look like failure.
Right now, though, they don’t have the votes to do that — putting them in a bind of their own making.

A new Minnesota law prevents potential employers from asking about past or current pay

The Political Extinction of the White American Male Dinosaur

Jack Smith’s Case Against Trump Is ‘Deep’ and ‘Sprawling’

Inside the MAGA Plan to Attack Birth Control, Surveil Women and Ban the Abortion Pill

Republicans’ Project 2025 blueprint spells out how they’ll leverage virtually every arm, tool and agency of the federal government to attack abortion.

Iowa won't participate in federal program giving low-income kids grocery money

Serendipity:

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