Odds and Ends — 14 April 2024


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

Tupperware Is in Trouble

We’re in a golden age for food storage. So why is America’s paradigmatic container brand failing?

BingX exchange openly supports Iranian users, defying sanctions

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

Biotech Exec Gets 7 Years in Prison for False Claims About Rapid Covid-19 Test

Politics:

Trump Takes Aim at Two Witnesses Despite Gag Order

Donald Trump on Saturday took aim at two likely witnesses in his upcoming New York hush money trial, testing the boundaries of a gag order that prohibits such public statements.

’Beat them in a circle’: Robinson touts corporal punishment but won’t say if it belongs in schools

Misjudgments About the War in Europe

U.S. Military Isn’t That Concerned About War With Iran

Trump Says He Plans To Testify In New York Trial, Calls Jury Selection “Largely Luck”

Trump Could Lose the Right to Vote If Convicted

One unprecedented oddity lost in the mix is that just a single conviction in any of the cases that Trump faces could put his ability to cast a general election ballot for himself at risk.
The cases will play no role in whether Trump can run for federal office, but there’s a real chance they affect whether he can vote in the 2024 race.

Serendipity:

Sweden has long opposed nuclear weapons – but it once tried to build them

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