I had watched Inspector Morse decades ago when it was on broadcast TV and remembered it as a consistently excellent series. I’m now watching it again, this time with my wife who hadn’t seen it back in the day. Yes, mostly still excellent, but I’ve got to admit that there are a few stinker episodes with significant plot holes.
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, AI, and Debt:
https://x.com/_itzsammy/status/2113901206800093274
Netanyahu floats use of blockchain as solution to potential financial sanctions
Ahead of elections, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel could turn to blockchain and crypto to skirt potential international sanctions, to the dismay of opponents and the country’s central banker.
Coronavirus and Public Health:
Suicide attempts, ideation spiked significantly among older U.S. adults after COVID-19 pandemic
Iran:
Trump Has Just One Option Left On Gas Prices
…Donald Trump has just one way left to bring down gas prices: ending the Iran war.
Already, his administration has expanded access to red-dyed diesel; unlocked Russian diesel; waived the Jones Act; and tapped the U.S. strategic reserve in an effort to lower costs. Yet oil prices hit a five-month high today, even as Trump touted that Middle East exports were surpassing pre-war levels.
Politics:
Covert Russian Group Meddles in Texas Senate Race
Even as President Trump pursued a thawing of relations with the Kremlin this week, a covert Russian influence operation targeted the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in Texas, James Talarico, by spreading a fabricated claim of misconduct.
Several groups of researchers who track Russian disinformation operations attributed the claim to Storm-1516, a covert group that in 2024 peddled a similarly unfounded accusation against Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, who was the Democratic vice-presidential nominee.
https://x.com/GeoffreyLean/status/2113521741234675819
https://x.com/RyanVanHorne/status/2113393442890068049
———— Vivek ————
https://x.com/HQNewsNow/status/2113652969975550157
https://x.com/HQNewsNow/status/2113650949612810458
https://x.com/covie_93/status/2113665119221637588
https://x.com/preposterousbbg/status/2113578383397540192
https://x.com/kathrynw5/status/2113648576417165345
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2113648411324907968
———— Dementia on the Potomac ————
https://x.com/RonFilipkowski/status/2113586501921702018
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2113436640706195792
https://x.com/AmoneyResists/status/2113472957939147179
https://x.com/RichardLNewby3/status/2113442170137162211
———— The Epstein Coverup ————
Democrats Aim to Build Momentum with Epstein Ad Blitz
As the limits of where Democrats hope to win in 2026 creep further into reliably red territory, party operatives have been turning more often to a wedge issue that helped Donald Trump win in 2024 — disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
In Kansas, a state that Trump won by more than more than 16 points that is now considered a genuine pick-up opportunity for Democrats, one advertisement slams Republican Sen. Roger Marshall for his September 2025 vote to block the Epstein files release.
https://x.com/Mayoisspicyy/status/2113637076877164666
———— Jared Kushner ————
https://x.com/gtconway3d/status/2113605232328610083
https://x.com/DeanObeidallah/status/2113610384800190938
https://x.com/gtconway3d/status/2113639883075981423
https://x.com/adamscochran/status/2114187064052744446
———— Autocracy R Us ————
https://x.com/MikeNellis/status/2113700638253101218
The DOJ Just Telegraphed Trump’s Biggest Election Target
With just days to go before November’s midterms, the Department of Justice ended this week by launching its most desperate and unprofessional assaults on the American election system yet.
https://x.com/RepThompson/status/2113371942258716714
———— Blatant In-Your-Face Corruption ————
https://x.com/MikeLevin/status/2113827225418285081
———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————
https://x.com/JoJoFromJerz/status/2113658369471123919
https://x.com/JayinKyiv/status/2113911300992467391
https://x.com/anneapplebaum/status/2113888492954771539
https://x.com/Kasparov63/status/2113970289390338122
https://x.com/maria_drutska/status/2113987999306485942
https://x.com/ralexdc/status/2113668540209262606
https://x.com/TimothyDSnyder/status/2113643981926219875
———— Smoot-Hawley 2.0 ————
How Tariffs Became the Most Hated Word in Politics
…Trump once called ‘tariff’ the most beautiful word in the dictionary. He has somehow made it one of the most hated words in politics.
In their midterm ads, Democrats repeatedly bash tariffs. Republicans, by contrast, are largely silent. One exception: Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers who calls to ‘end this tariff war now,’ while gripping a Canadian-brand beer, now caught up in Trump’s trade war.
The uglification of tariffs threatens not just Republicans’ midterm chances, but Trump’s own legacy.
———— Hegseth on the Rocks ————
Military Boards Are Letting Trans Troops Serve
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used a slur to proudly announce to an auditorium of Marines in September that he was ridding the military of all transgender troops.
But just steps from the auditorium where Mr. Hegseth spoke, at Marine Corps Base Quantico, boards assigned to carry out those orders were doing the opposite. Instead of firing trans Marines, the boards were voting to keep them.
The same was happening in the Navy: Boards given strict rules instructing them to force out sailors were rebelling and voting to let them stay.
https://x.com/CubsWorld80/status/2114072656484143520
———— Mors Imperii ————
https://x.com/bourscheid/status/2113616409871696359
https://x.com/ChristopherHale/status/2113696030248288398
https://x.com/ijbailey/status/2113687518164001215
https://x.com/sector_level/status/2113380186552967648
Serendipity:
https://x.com/Todd_Spence/status/2113656711240405243
@arcangeWhen you feel insignificant… source
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