Thursday, March 12, 2026

Very Tardy -- With Full Year 2025 Lobby Spend Disclosures, Here -- Before Q1 2026 Disclosures Appear In A Few Weeks. Grin...

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It is like wedding gifts, right? Emily Post told me I had a full year to get these out. . . so I am, now. More substantively, now -- ther...

Epilogue/Tangent: Now, Reality Is On File -- In Manhattan -- Refuting SBF's Mom's BS... Onward.

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I wanted to wait until the government had its chance to reply, before even linking SBF's mom's filing -- seeking a new felonies tr...

Keep A Positive Meditation -- That This Does NOT Turn Out To Be A NEW Ebola Flare-Up -- In Democratic Republic of Congo...

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It seems there has been a hemorrhagic fever related death (once again -- suspected to be Ebola), in Kasai Province, DRC. [You'll recall...

Hudson Tunnel Federal Slap-Down, For Tangerine 2.0 Forces... On Appeal.

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So, Tangerine's appeal of his complete loss in Manhattan's federal trial courts here will not be heard until next year -- in all l...
Wednesday, March 11, 2026

I Promise: This Is The Last One, On This Largely Trivial Topic. Truly.

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Based on the latest SpaceTrack data, Goddard's and NORAD's latest disclosures, we see that a few hours ago, whatever was left has f...

Lassa Is Running Very Hot This Year, In Nigeria -- Particularly. We Need An Approved Vaccine.

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Just two mornings ago, we mentioned the scourge of Lassa fever , now wracking four or five West African nations. Today, the excellent Outbr...
Tuesday, March 10, 2026

UPDATED -- Revised Timetable Has Van Allen Probe-A Flaming Out, At Around Noon Tomorrow -- I Think...

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In truth, I cannot be certain that I am reading this freebie-website's data correctly. It apparently collects NORAD tracking feeds, an...

More Disconcerting News, Out Of The Island Nation Madagascar: Mpox Totals Still Rising -- Significantly.

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Just one week ago, we reported on the first Mpox fatality , on the island -- a three year old little girl. Now we see that the total lab co...

Head’s Up! Van Allen Probe-A -- 1,300 Lbs. Of Metal, Burning In — Later Tuesday: NASA

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To be clear -- I am sure NASA is double-checking SpaceForce's work. And I think SAIC is generally competent -- but here less than 16 ho...
Monday, March 9, 2026

Awaiting A Mediation Schedule, Now -- In Merck v. Merck Lanham Act Litigation In USDC NJ...

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Along with Judge Hammer, we await a schedule for this colossal mediation. There are literally high-single-digit (to low double digit) bill...

Tangent: The Iran War (However Long It Lasts) Will Not Be Kind To Bitcoin -- Or The Alt-Coins. Trust That. Get... Overweighted, Into Pharma.

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Yes. . . it was a tumultuous day in the trad-fi markets. Oil was over $110 a barrel early, but as calmer heads prevailed (and realized that...

Update: Abrego's Motion For Sanctions [And Damages!] Against The Noemites -- To Be Forthcoming, In Maryland... Per This Morning's Phone Conference With USDC Judge Xinis.

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About time! This below means that the DoJ / DHS and ICE will owe Mr. Abrego Garcia a (large) payment for all the legal fees he expended, fi...

Updates, On Lassa Fever's Continued Spread, In West Africa...

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We had last reported in 2016 on an elegant knockout approach -- at Oxford University -- to subduing Ebola. Lassa is a close cousin, though...
Sunday, March 8, 2026

Geneva Convention, Art. 54: The Bombing / Destruction Of Drinking Water Facilities... Is Clearly To Be OFF-LIMITS.

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This would have been unthinkable (of LBJ / Nixon) -- even in the darkest days of Vietnam (and was last widely employed by Nazis, in 1945 -...

Trump "Couldn't Be Bothered" To Obey Military Protocol -- And Take His Hat Off. Damn.

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Though, for me -- the idea that the bodies of the fallen were "held" on the plane, on the tarmac -- from about 2 AM Friday mornin...

Updating Our Assessment -- Of Moderna’s Prospects…

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Back in November of 2024, we first offered our comprehensive assessment of what was then deeply undervalued Moderna. Our assessment is tha...
Saturday, March 7, 2026

Unfortunate News: ESA's Solar Coronagraph / Twinning Mission Has Lost Touch With The "Camera" Component / Spacecraft...

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The very bad news is. . . that the batteries are likely drained -- based on the time since a confirmed sun-facing attitude , for the heavie...

In Merck Vs. Merck Name Fight -- Global Mediation Ahead -- Trial Date Temporarily Stayed... [Power-Alley]

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I am well-gratified to see this (finally). It has been a long time coming , but it makes a lot of sense. And it may yet. . . fail. But. . ...
Friday, March 6, 2026

It Is A Complex [Indicative] Ruling -- But It Means The Minn. Federal Class Action, Against Noem/ICE Continues...

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As expected, the able District Court Judge Menendez has ruled , this evening. She has given the upper court [Eighth Cir.] the ability to di...

[U: Jurors' Notes] I'll Bet Martin Shkreli WILL NOT Be Called For The Second Trial -- Jury Deadlocked. Wow.

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Of course, since the indictment alleges a three count set of felonies -- there will be a retrial. Bank on that. [Trivially, here are the ...