What I Released This Week
- Coffee Break: Elon Musk Has a Hand in Everything from Anthropic to Skydance to Texas Politics — Naked Capitalism, Oct. 28th.
- Coffee Break: Trump’s GOP Flailing as Campaign Nears Close — Naked Capitalism, Oct. 26th.
From me as Nate Wilcox at the Let It Roll Podcast
A lot of blues this week, including a brand-new episode on St. Louis Blues (and Jazz and Ragtime).
- Robert Johnson Revised: Let It Roll From the Beginning… 4.11 — Let It Roll, Oct. 30th.
- Robert Johnson: Escaping the Delta: Let It Roll From the Beginning… 4.10 — Let It Roll, Oct. 28th.
- Devil at the Confluence: The Pre-War Blues of St. Louis: Let It Roll From the Beginning… 4.9 — Let It Roll, Oct. 26th.
From me as Nate Wilcox — The MMA Draw & the Mad Squabbles Show
- Did Dana White & the UFC Dump Trump? — The Mad Squabbles Show (YouTube), Oct. 27th.
It’s Ian’s annual fundraiser. This allows us to cover the changeover of hegemony from America to China, environmental collapse, internal US fascism, what a better society would look like, Gaza, AI, the coming stock market crash and various other issues. As of this writing we’ve raised about $5,120 out of a $14,500 goal, from 58 people. It’d be great if you can help out (please don’t donate if your financial situation is dire.) You can Subscribe or Donate here or contact Ian at admin-at-ianwelsh-dot-net if you need another way to donate (mail, usually. A lot of cash apps don’t work in Canada.)
What I’ve Been Reading and Watching
Iran War
- The Incredible Shrinking Superpower — The Intercept.
- Iran keeps humiliating USrael in the sky and in the sea! — GeoPolitiQ.
- US Army prepares for mass casualties with drill digging graves amid a looming war threat — Daily Mail.
FUTURE IRAN WAR PLAN – IT’s INSANE — Daniel Davis / Deep Dive (YouTube).
Yemen War
Yemeni-built weapons shape Saudi battle, with Jon Elmer — The Electronic Intifada (YouTube).
Israel
- “Sound and fury in Israel.” — The Floutist. “One question in my mind as the Israelis sort out their political future is how the rest of the world will respond once a new government forms and it is bitterly clear that, with Bibi or someone else in power, Israel is either incapable of taking a new course forward or has no interest in finding one. As Alastair Crooke put it the other day, there is no ‘Good Israel’ waiting to come back to life.”
- Massive influence campaign floods France with racist ads, months before 2027 presidential election — Le Monde.
- ‘Abusing and Threatening and Harassing’: Inside the Collapse of Leo Terrell’s DOJ Antisemitism Task Force — The Harvard Crimson.
Ukraine
John Mearsheimer: Russia Will Win The Ukraine War And Take More Territory — Glenn Diesen Clips (YouTube).
Latin America
- Wife of jailed Ecuadorian opposition leader slams Donroe Doctrine dictatorship — The Grayzone.
- Bolivian Attorney General Was Arrested After Investigating Trump-Aligned Operative — Drop Site News.
AI Bubble
- The Bright Side of the Dark Side of AI — God’s Spies. “AI eats what it’s fed, regardless of source. AI is now eating Adobe. And that’s just the start.”
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