Odds and Ends — 6 March 2026

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Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, AI, and Debt:

The debate over Bitcoin’s four-year cycle is over: Benjamin Cowen

Nigel Farage Confidant Linked to $550K Loss On Iran Strike Polymarket Bet

Trump on rising gas prices during Iran operation: 'If they rise, they rise'

Flash Fiction:

”The quarterly figures are horrendous, with one standout exception. Our man Shobby in Peoria put the rest of you to shame. Study what he did! Internalize it! Write it all down in your book of method and underline it! Now go out there and make Shobby proud!”

Written for this prompt.

Coronavirus and Public Health:

The Covid-19 inquiry is sounding a clear warning. If it’s not heeded, yet more lives will be lost

Iran:



Trump says no deal with Iran to end war without ‘unconditional surrender’

Just spitballing here, but unless he means unconditional surrender by America, Iran probably won’t be interested in the deal.

Iran Is Built to Withstand the Ayatollah’s Assassination

The U.S. and Israeli militaries are targeting Iran’s leaders—but that may only strengthen the state.

Trump’s War

Asked whether Americans should be worried about retaliatory attacks at home, Trump acknowledges the possibility. “I guess,” he says. “But I think they’re worried about that all the time. We think about it all the time. We plan for it. But yeah, you know, we expect some things. Like I said, some people will die. When you go to war, some people will die."

The Invisible Siege: How Insurance Markets, Not Missiles, Closed the Strait of Hormuz

And Why the Disruption Will Last Four to Sixteen Months Longer Than Any Model on Wall Street Currently Prices




Politics:

The world is watching America lose its moral compass and its global credibility

The Predatory Hegemon

Trump has been called a realist, a nationalist, an old-fashioned mercantilist, an imperialist, and an isolationist. Each of these terms captures some aspects of his approach, but the grand strategy of his second presidential term is perhaps best described as “predatory hegemony.” Its central aim is to use Washington’s privileged position to extract concessions, tribute, and displays of deference from both allies and adversaries, pursuing short-term gains in what it sees as a purely zero-sum world…
If it continues to define American strategy in the coming years, predatory hegemony will weaken the United States and its allies alike, generate growing global resentment, create tempting opportunities for Washington’s main rivals, and leave Americans less secure, less prosperous, and less influential.

———— Kristi Noem————



———— Autocracy R Us ————

Lindsey Halligan Under Investigation by the Florida Bar

Lindsey Halligan, the former U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia who brought criminal cases against President Trump’s enemies over the objections of career prosecutors, is under investigation by Florida’s bar association.

———— Blatant In-Your-Face Corruption ————

Documents Reveal a Web of Financial Ties Between Trump Officials and the Industries They Help Regulate

———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————

———— Hegseth on the Rocks ————

———— Mors Imperii ————

The Humiliation of JD Vance

Vance entered the White House as a man full of ideas—about a more modest place for the United States in world affairs; a new, worker-friendly version of Republican economics; and aggressive, Teddy Roosevelt–style regulation of Big Business. Yet Iran is just the latest example of a noticeable trend: Within the Trump administration, Vance’s opinions seem to matter less and less.

Serendipity:

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