Odds and Ends — 8 March 2026

The campaign, undertaken side by side with the Americans, would transform the region’s strategic landscape with Israel as an unrivaled military power. And it would mark a stunning success for Netanyahu, who has long argued that the threat from Tehran isn’t only Israel’s problem but America’s as well. Central to that success was Netanyahu’s belief that the most important audience for Israel’s case against Iran was the American president.
The strategy helped bring the U.S. directly into Israel’s confrontation with Iran. But it also leaves both leaders exposed if the campaign falters.

https://twitter.com/donwinslow/status/2030427572425916498

https://twitter.com/NiallStanage/status/2030266670271361501
https://twitter.com/matthew_petti/status/2030325112658932018

https://twitter.com/gtconway3d/status/2030630495243977133

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/2030073736943075785

Politics:

https://twitter.com/DemetriusRO6/status/2030188178670580137

https://twitter.com/MarkSeddon1962/status/2030237714931490892

China Suspected in Breach of FBI Surveillance Network

U.S. investigators believe hackers affiliated with the Chinese government are responsible for a cyber intrusion on an internal Federal Bureau of Investigation computer network that holds information related to some domestic surveillance orders.
The scope and severity of the intrusion aren’t known, and the investigation is in its early stages, the people said. Any preliminary conclusions could change as investigators gather more information.
If China is confirmed to be responsible for the breach, it would signal the latest intrusion by Beijing’s hackers of computer systems related to law-enforcement surveillance orders, which contain highly sensitive material.

https://twitter.com/covie_93/status/2030464365422334370

When I look at Donald Trump as a person, I see a failed real estate guy from Queens with a lot of natural showman talent, whose obviously poor physical condition is covered by terrible, ill-fitting suits and a lot of makeup. When I listen to him I hear incoherent bluster and self-absorbed whining. None of this makes me experience him as strong…
The strongman is strong because of the law of transitivity. If you accept at a certain point that he is stronger than you, then you are accepting that you are weaker than him. You are joining in the collective creation of the strongman.

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Odds and Ends — 8 March 2026

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

Flash Fiction:

Coronavirus and Public Health:

Iran:

Politics:

———— Stark. Raving. Mad. ————

———— Autocracy R Us ————

———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————

———— Hegseth on the Rocks ————

———— Mors Imperii ————