Weight loss drugs benefit heart: https://www.wsj.com/health/pharma/novo-nordisks-wegovy-shows-heart-benefits-beyond-weight-loss-new-data-suggests-8171a32a . Wegovy and Ozempic are the same drug, semaglutide.
WSJ: Bayer yanks lymphoma drug Aliqopa: https://www.wsj.com/health/pharma/bayer-pulling-lymphoma-drug-aliqopa-from-u-s-9f49dcdf .
Leading contenders for next pandemic: https://fortune.com/well/2023/11/10/viruses-future-pandemic-filoviruses-ebola-marburg-sars-nipah-machupo/ .
WSJ: Lessons from crypto bankruptcies: https://www.wsj.com/articles/ftx-marks-a-year-in-bankruptcy-what-weve-learned-from-crypto-restructurings-f2e19753 .
WSJ: Commercial real estate foreclosures rise: https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/the-clearest-sign-yet-that-commercial-real-estate-is-in-trouble-cb8dfafa . The US real estate market faces similar problems to those in China. However, because real estate is a smaller part of the US economy than in China, we do not face the same economic risk.
WSJ: Israel pushes toward largest hospital in northern Gaza: https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israel-warns-of-wider-war-as-it-presses-on-in-gaza-65e8bef8 . If there are no signs of a Hamas operation, the outcry against Israel’s campaign will explode.
Latest legislative dud from Speaker Who: https://thehill.com/homenews/4305611-speaker-johnson-moves-on-two-step-stopgap-to-avoid-shutdown/ . This will not pass the Senate, and Speaker Who apparently can’t even count noses in the House GOP. The shutdown has many known consequences, all of them bad: https://thehill.com/business/4297992-government-shutdown-thanksgiving-flights-faa-airports/ . UPDATE: Johnson’s bill does not cut spending; Democrats look to sign on: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/government-shutdown-plan-house-republicans-speaker-mike-johnson-rcna124892 . Johnson is backing away (for now) from the Freedom Caucus loonies who ultimately doomed Kevin McCarthy’s speakership. In my view, that is a wise move.
Supreme Court adopts ethics “rules”: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-code-of-conduct-rcna124951 . Utterly pathetic. The Court is being dragged, kicking and screaming, into enunciating its ethics rules. As noted, these lack enforcement procedures. So why is it that they refuse to apply the Judicial Code of Conduct to themselves? It appears they don’t want some of the rules to apply to them. The Court should say which ones, and why. WSJ: More: https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/supreme-court-code-of-conduct-scandals-5d8be723 .
Redistricting fight continues: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4305285-appeals-court-louisiana-enact-new-congressional-map-mid-january/ .
Tennessee man pleads guilty to conspiracy to kill FBI agents: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/tennessee-man-says-conspired-jan-6-defendant-kill-fbi-agents-rcna124683 . Even though stupidity has no limits, sometimes a complete idiot shocks the conscience.
Tim Scott drops out of presidential race: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/tim-scott-drops-2024-presidential-race-rcna124836 . Respectfully, this was a really dumb idea from the start. The best Scott could finish in his home state was third, and right now he was looking fourth behind Orange Julius, Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley …
OJ Jr. takes the stand, again: https://www.aol.com/donald-trump-jr-returns-york-180958306.html . Uh huh. So none of this is relevant to fraudulent financial statements. Engoron is letting this in to limit the issues on appeal.
Another loyal OJ appointee comes out against him: https://www.rawstory.com/trump-stupid-ignorant-traitor-book/ . Jonathan Karl’s book comes out at midnight, so we’ll know soon enough who’s saying these things.
Is New York’s mayor a crook?: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/10/report-fbi-seizes-electronic-devices-from-nyc-mayor-00126663 . This time, we’re not discussing Rudy, but the current mayor, Eric Adams. Adams’ attorney indicates that this may have been motivated by proactive reporting by Adams about another individual. We’ll have to wait for this to play out.
More on Colorado funeral home cremation fraud: https://apnews.com/article/funeral-home-colorado-decaying-bodies-5748f57f94c8ae5365f2e950f56f5061 . Previously, I wondered why these criminals did such a poor job of executing this crime. However, they apparently got away with it for 4 years …
Egg-laying mammal seen again for first time in 60 years: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/animal-news/endangered-egg-laying-mammal-seen-first-time-60-years-rcna124670 .
The Harbaugh suspension: https://people.com/tom-brady-reacts-suspension-michigan-coach-jim-harbaugh-8400745 . Look, the evidence is that a staff person directed a yearslong sign-stealing program using illegal tactics. So the coach has to be held responsible, period.
Meanwhile, Michigan is overrated: https://www.aol.com/michigan-holds-off-georgia-no-114132199.html . This article correctly notes that Michigan has not faced meaningful competition (mostly other Big 10 teams!). I would add that Penn State is overrated, so this victory was not that great.
Oregon, Oregon State both in Top 10: https://www.aol.com/louisville-oregon-state-crash-top-175402586.html . Likely the last Civil War game, which was going to be a barn burner anyway, will now be all-out by both sides. Also, Oregon State is #9 in other polls, including the one in the previous paragraph.