The Friday Flyover Replay : Gaetz Withdraws, Bitcoin Nears $100,000, and a “Glicked” Double Feature

The Friday Flyover Replay : Gaetz Withdraws, Bitcoin Nears $100,000, and a “Glicked” Double Feature

Presented by Russell Sherrard,

Narrated by Artificial Intelligence, Our Hosts are Christopher and Jenny,

THE FLYOVER REPLAY,

Friday, November 22, 2024,

Good Morning! On this day in 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated at 12:30 p.m. while riding in a motorcade in Dallas during a campaign visit.

Today we have an unusual story: a Welsh man’s ex-girlfriend unknowingly tosses away a hard drive containing Bitcoin cryptocurrency that’s now worth $800 million. That’s just the beginning, as you can read below.

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TAKEOFF,

Gaetz Withdraws, Trump Nominates Bondi,

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration as President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general nominee on Thursday, saying his nomination was becoming “a distraction” to the transition.

Trump then nominated former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi for the post. Bondi served as Florida’s AG from 2011 to 2019 under then-Governors Rick Scott and Charlie Crist.

Several Republican senators expressed relief at Gaetz’s withdrawal, with Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) saying the confirmation hearing would have been “like (Supreme Court Justice Brett) Kavanaugh on steroids.”

GOP Wins Final Senate Seat in Pennsylvania,

Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. Bob Casey conceded his reelection bid to Republican David McCormick on Thursday, giving the GOP a 53-47 majority in the U.S. Senate next year.

The Associated Press projected McCormick as the winner of the tight race on Nov. 7, but Casey refused to concede for over two weeks, following a slow ballot-counting process marked by lawsuits and accusations of law violations.

The slim margins triggered an automatic recount, with results expected next week, but Casey’s surprise concession interrupted the process. McCormick will now be sworn in as Pennsylvania’s junior senator in January.

Man Sues For $800 Million Tossed in Dump,

A man from Wales is launching his final legal battle against a local council for the right to search a landfill for his hard drive containing 8,000 Bitcoins, worth close to $800 million today.

James Howells, 39, whose partner mistakenly discarded the hard drive at the dump in 2013, faces an initial hearing next month, where the council will attempt to dismiss his case.

Despite offering the council up to 25% of the recovered value and claiming he has narrowed the search area to 100,000 tons of waste, town officials maintain his proposed excavation is “not possible” due to environmental concerns.

Howells, a systems engineer, mined Bitcoin in 2009 when it was virtually worthless but quit after his then-partner complained about his noisy laptop keeping her awake. Bitcoin neared a record high of nearly $100,000 yesterday.

POLITICS,

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, ex-minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas chief Mohammed Deif, citing war crimes in Gaza. Israel denied the court had any jurisdiction.

President-elect Donald Trump plans to sign a flurry of executive actions on his first day in office, focusing on more conservative healthcare policies and initiating large-scale deportations of illegal immigrants, sources say.

FBI and DHS officials declined on Thursday to testify publicly at a Senate committee hearing on national security threats, breaking a tradition of open testimony at the annual committee hearing.

Texas authorities have offered 1,400 acres of land along the US-Mexico border to President-elect Donald Trump for constructing detention facilities to process and deport undocumented migrants, particularly violent criminals.

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Now, back to the News.

SPORTS,

UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma became the NCAA’s winningest coach on Wednesday, earning the “Greatest of All Time” title—and a literal goat to celebrate the achievement.

Chris Sale and Tarik Skubal were awarded the National and American League Cy Young Awards on Wednesday. Skubal won the award unanimously, while Sale gathered 26 of 30 first-place votes.

Bryce Underwood, the No. 1 recruit in the country, flipped his commitment from LSU to Michigan on Thursday. Also, five-star quarterback Julian Lewis, the No. 2 recruit, committed to the Colorado Buffaloes that same day, shortly after de-committing from the University of Southern California on Sunday.

The Holiday Section

The cost of a traditional Thanksgiving dinner for 10 people fell 5% to $58.08 this year from $61.17 last year, though prices remain elevated compared to pre-2022 levels.

America boasts a variety of major Thanksgiving parades, including Philadelphia’s (the oldest, since 1920), Chicago’s (90th year), Detroit’s (98th year), and Houston’s (75th year)—all featuring marching bands, balloons, and festive floats.

Want to avoid awkward silences at Thanksgiving dinner without diving into politics? This list of 80 conversation starters might save your turkey day.

FINANCE,

Big Stock Move: Shares of Montana-based Snowflake surged 33% Thursday after the data analytics company raised its revenue forecast and announced a partnership with AI firm Anthropic.

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler will resign on Jan. 20, making way for President-elect Donald Trump’s replacement.

Bitcoin surged to a record $98,349 Thursday, nearing the $100,000 milestone as cryptocurrency markets rally following Trump’s election victory. The price has jumped 40% in two weeks.

A Detroit meat company, Wolverine Packing Co., recalled 167,277 pounds of ground beef nationwide after 15 people in Minnesota fell ill with E. coli.

SCIENCE AND TECH,

NASA’s SWIM program has developed a prototype swimming robot to explore the subsurface of icy moons and planets for signs of life.

Astronomers have captured, for the first time, a zoomed-in image of a red supergiant star outside the Milky Way, revealing a circle around the star that may signal material ejection before a supernova.

Neuralink, Elon Musk’s neural implant company, received approval from Health Canada to begin its first clinical trials outside the U.S., with Toronto Western Hospital selected as the exclusive surgical site.

THE ROTATOR,
ENTERTAINMENT,

Movie theaters are pushing the idea of a “Glicked” double feature as Wicked and Gladiator II open this weekend, with theaters offering themed tie-ins like photo ops, singalongs, and creative drinks.

The Kansas City Chiefs partnered with Hallmark for Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story, the first NFL-themed holiday movie, featuring a superfan falling in love with the team’s fan engagement director.

Comedian Jay Leno was injured after tumbling 50 feet down a steep hillside in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, while walking to a restaurant near his hotel before a stand-up show. Despite a broken wrist and eyepatch, the show still went on.

ET CETERA,

A London-based startup developed a “pressure cage” that can levitate small objects using sound waves.

The world’s tallest woman (7’0.7″) and shortest woman (24.7″) met for afternoon tea in London during Guinness World Record Day 2024.

Minnesota wildlife officials launched a new live eagle camera, featuring a different nesting pair after their previous monitored nest collapsed in 2023.

Daily Quote,

“I just called David McCormick to congratulate him on his election to represent Pennsylvania in the United States Senate.”

— Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) on Thursday finally conceded the US Senate race in Pennsylvania to Republican David McCormick.

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