DAILY DOSE: November 30, 2020
Posted on 11/30/2020
1. Yesterday, Joe Biden “slipped while playing with his dog Major, and twisted his ankle,” according to the transition team.
Biden’s foot is being examined by an orthopedist. Biden Dr. Kevin O’Connor disclosed that a CT scan confirmed hairline (small) fractures of President-elect Biden’s lateral and intermediate cuneiform bones, which are in the mid-foot. It is anticipated that he will likely require a walking boot for several weeks.
2. A Judge Timothy Batten, a federal judge presiding over a major election lawsuit in Georgia on Sunday, issued and then reversed an order directing the state to cease and desist wiping or resetting election machines. U.S. President Trump expressed doubt in T.V. interview on whether U.S. Supreme Court will hear any appeal of his election case defeats.
3. According to SWFI data, California public pension assets are beyond US$ 1 trillion in assets. US$ 1,018,503,317,601.
SWFI Terminal: Type: Public Pension and Safety Pension.
4. Jiangsu Shagang Group is China’s biggest private steel producer. Jiangsu Shagang Group plans to invest 14.8 billion yuan in buying up and modernizing steel mills in central Henan province. The project is being led by Anyang Yongxing Special Steel Co Ltd, a unit of Jiangsu Shagang Group. According to China’s National Bureau of Statistics Henan produced 32.99 million tonnes of crude steel in 2019.
5. Social media giant Twitter suspended a Thai pro-royalist account “@jitarsa_school” linked to the palace. The account was connected to thousands of others created in recent weeks spreading posts in favor of King Maha Vajiralongkorn and the monarchy. Protesters and royalists have cited the importance of social media in propelling the protest movement.
6. Iran claims an Israeli assassination team used a remote-control machine guns in the back of a Nissan pickup truck to kill Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Iran’s key nuclear scientist, last Friday. Israel has not acknowledged the killing.
