A: Japan Do we even have a government?  Maybe Trump could send Don Jr. to be proconsul?  Popular words of 2024: インバウン丼 makes the list.  Japan considers America like credit score system.  (CIC, proposes new service to gauge creditworthiness with a score from 200-800) Public servant daily stipend for official visits to US raised from 19,000JPY to 57,000JPY citing cheap JPY and inflation.  Tax free for tourists to be changed to refund style to avoid reselling within Japan.  Shohei Otani wins the World Series. B: Bitcoin  ~52 mins Orangeman pumps the orange coin  Rfk, trump, Vance friends or not of Bitcoin? C: World News ~1hr 20min NY makes jay walking legal as it was a “racist law” Germany in turmoil over sending money to Ukraine? US Dartmouth College claims 48 is the age of peak unhappiness.