Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:

South Korean watchdog reportedly fines Terraform Labs $78M for tax evasion

More Subprime Borrowers Are Missing Loan Payments

Consumers with low credit scores are falling behind on payments for car loans, personal loans and credit cards, a sign that the healthiest consumer lending environment on record in the U.S. is coming to an end.

Um, healthiest might be overstating it.

CFTC Charges 2 Men With Running a $44M Crypto Ponzi Scheme

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

Taiwan Hit by Record Coronavirus Cases

Taiwan, which has abandoned the zero-Covid strategy to live with the virus, hit a record number of domestic infections, rising rapidly from some 15,000 cases at the end of last month to more than 85,000 on Wednesday.

Haven't had COVID yet? It could be more than just luck

Politics:

Judge Sanctions Mike Lindell For ‘Frivolous’ Claims Against Smartmatic

Bill Barr in Talks with January 6 Committee

President Trump’s attorney general Bill Barr is in active discussions with the Jan. 6th investigative committee to appear for a formal transcribed interview.
Barr is likely to cooperate with the committee, according to a source familiar with his thinking.

Wild UFO Theories Move from Shadows to Congress

Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) says he doesn’t believe that a secret cabal of government officials and contractors are hiding a captured alien spaceship.
But he wants to make sure — so that we can all move on to more serious business.
One of the most eye-popping moments during a House Intelligence Committee hearing on UFOs on Tuesday was when the Wisconsin Republican pressed Pentagon officials on claims that a ‘glowing red orb’ once shut down nuclear weapons in Montana and that a recently leaked document revealed that other-worldly vehicles — and possibly even extraterrestrial bodies — are being kept from government leaders and the public.

Madison Cawthorn foes who published a damaging nude video say Lauren Boebert is next on their hit list

Michigan election chief: Trump suggested I be arrested for treason and executed

Jocelyn Benson said she was told that the former president made the remark in a White House meeting. A Trump spokesman accused Benson of lying.

Minnesota GOP Chair Apologizes for Antisemitic Image

The chair of the Republican Party of Minnesota apologized Thursday for an image that was projected at the party’s state convention of George Soros manipulating the strings of puppets with the faces of two prominent Jewish Democrats.

‘Our Commander Is Leaving With Us’: Putin’s Troops Openly Plot to Ditch ‘Stupid’ War

GOP Candidate for Colorado Governor Wants to Eliminate One Person, One Vote

Under Greg Lopez’s proposal, the 2018 gubernatorial race would have been a runaway win for Republicans, who lost the actual race by double-digits.

Putin is ‘Weaponizing’ Food

Jan. 6 committee evidence includes official White House photos from day of Capitol riot

Serendipity:

Oksana Linde and the forgotten pioneers of electronic music

Octopuses torture and eat themselves after mating. Science finally knows why.

Navy Desertions Have More Than Doubled

The number of sailors who deserted the Navy more than doubled from 2019 to 2021, while desertions in other military branches dropped or stayed flat, pointing to a potential Navy-wide mental health crisis amid a spate of recent suicides.

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