Weekend Reading

Nov 08, 2024

The Most Opinionated Man in America by Christopher Beam
- “Solana has shared these views—and many more—on Pirate Wires, the newsletter turned website that he started in 2020, as well as on his podcast of the same name. He’s also prolific on X, where he lobs takes to his quarter-million followers and trolls his haters—mostly on the left—from behind his distinctive avatar, a portrait of Ulysses S. Grant, and where Elon Musk regularly replies to his posts…”
The Biden-Harris Iranian Spy Problem Blows Up by John Schindler
- “The first was a classified report titled “Israel: Air Force Continues Preparations for Strike on Iran and Conducts a Second Large-Force Employment Exercise, 15-16 October 2024.” This is current intelligence (released in IC channels on Oct. 16, just two days before it was leaked on Telegram) describing Israeli Air Force exercises in preparation for a major attack on Iran, presumably in retaliation for Tehran’s recent missile barrages aimed at Israel. This report is derived from NSA signals intelligence reporting in mid-October, buttressed by imagery intelligence from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Importantly, it mentions not just covert UAV activity by the Israeli military, but also IAF exercises with two kinds of air-launched ballistic missiles, which rank among the IAF’s most modern and secretive weaponry. This is detailed TOP SECRET intelligence derived from spy satellites and is meant only for U.S. audience….”

The ultimate gambler? How Denise Coates became Britain’s richest woman by Rob Davies
- “Bet365 “directly and indirectly” supports about 12,000 jobs in the city, says Mark Gregory, a former chief economist at global accounting giant EY, who was born and raised in Stoke. His estimate includes jobs at Stoke City football club, which is owned by Coates’ brother John. That’s about “10% of employment”, he says. “And because it’s a higher-wage company, even more than that in terms of value…”

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