Good morning and welcome to another week. Thankfully, nothing overly large happened between the U.S., Israel, and Iran this weekend. Sure, things are still blowing up over there with some regularity, but at least the proposed major US-Israeli offensive didn’t take place.
We’re in deep fall now, with only the oaks still clinging to their leaves. Less flashy than the maples, but one of my favorite colors of fall is the subtle red-orange of the Red Oak. Yes, we remain dozens of unfinished projects away from being ready for winter. No, we really do not want to be forced to become subsistence farmers.

The Surprising Reason No Iran Attack Happened This Weekend
All the signs I track for war were lit up on Thursday and Friday of last week, prompting me to issue an ALERT via a Wake-Up Call (audio) episode.
Frankly, I was surprised that nothing much happened Friday night. Or Saturday. As we all know, Israel has been driving this war from the beginning, which is to say Bibi Netanyahu has been driving the war he’s been pushing for over 30 years.
It is now revealed that Bibi ordered the IDF to attack Iran before the elections to be held tomorrow (Tuesday, Oct 27). And the IDF openly rebelled.
The head of the IDF said, “No way, Jose!”

Grok from this morning:

Here’s the statement from Lieberman:

That’s a pretty serious fracture between Bibi and the IDF. The fact that