Odds and Ends — 8 January 2026

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Renee Nicole Good 1988–2026

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

Tokenized Brazilian credit card debt offers 13% yield through BlackOpal's GemStone platform

Florida narrows scope of revived Bitcoin reserve proposal for 2026

Wyoming's 'Frontier' Stablecoin Debuts—Will It Offer Yield?

Coronavirus and Public Health:

New Dietary Guidelines Abandon Longstanding Advice on Alcohol

Now the government’s recommendation is to “limit” drinking, without specifying safe amounts for men and women. The guidelines no longer warn of risks like cancer.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Be Declared Honorary Virus

Politics:

The world has too much oil right now. Will companies want Venezuela's?

Trump says he will not permit dividends and stock buybacks for defense companies

Um, I’m pretty sure that’s up to Congress.

The Great Unraveling Has Begun

Last year marked the 80th anniversary of the 1945 United Nations Charter, a document signed by 51 nations at the close of World War II. The signatories pledged to act ‘to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.’ The great powers have not gone to war with one another since, and no U.N. member state has disappeared as a result of conquest.
But over the past decade, that peace has begun to unravel. Today, it is on the precipice of collapsing altogether. If that happens, the consequences will be catastrophic.

———— Murder in Minneapolis ————

Minneapolis Public Schools cancel classes for rest of the week



Trump Isn’t Just Defending ICE for Killing a Woman. He’s Taking It a Chilling Step Further.



———— The Epstein Coverup ————

Massie: Trump officials could be prosecuted over Epstein files

———— Autocracy R Us ————

The Attempt to Silence Veterans

The Uniform Code of Military Justice should not suppress free speech.

Key airline used by Trump for deportations cuts ties with ICE

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

———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————

———— Mors Imperii ————

Trump administration tells 5 states their child care funds have been frozen

Does Congress Even Exist Anymore?

The fast fade of a co-equal branch of government

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