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Top, top story:
- Israel: declares war; Hamas invades; Iran all over this
- for GOP: should Israel give up some land to stop the conflict? Maybe just negotiate surrender terms?
Top story:
- Nobel prizes announced: includes mRNA (proxy for Covid vaccine)
- rabies cure? A bridge too far for the GOP?
- Kevin McCarthy kicked out as Speaker of the House.
- 45 GOP reps now call it "grave injustice"
- first time in US history for party in power to "kick out" its Speaker
- McCarthy instrumental in preventing government shutdown
Top international non-energy story:
- Russian-Ukraine war continues
- US House refuses to provide funding that the president wanted for Ukraine
- US House seems to support Putin's invasion of Ukraine
- GOP apparently wants US to stay out of European conflicts; WWII was enough
- MAGA: "not a dollar more for Ukraine"
Top international energy story:
- Saudi Arabia and Russia say they will maintain production cuts
Top national non-energy story:
- space wars: Amazon takes on StarLink (Elon Musk)
- Biden directs money to re-start construction of unfinished "Trump" wall;
- makes it sound like decision to stop building was misunderstanding of bureaucrats in charge of funding the wall;
- certainly doesn't express it as change in policy
- Bill Maher weighs in
- GDPNow remains at 4.9% for 3Q23 estimate;
- mortgage rate trending toward 8%;
- US stock market plunges
- hard-landing anticipated by some/many/most analysts
- renewable energy transition not going well at all
- IMF says cost of transition not sustainable
- rising interest rates killing solar, wind, and EV development
- it appears BRK / Warren Buffett is liquidating his HPQ position
Top national energy story:
- WTI: drops the fastest it's dropped in recent memory -- goes from $90 to $82 almost overnight
- XOM appears to be in talks to buy Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) in $60-billion deal
Focus on fracking: most recent edition.
Top North Dakota non-energy story:
- first winter freeze warning for most off the state this past week
Top North Dakota energy story:
- DAPL: it ain't over until it's over -- new EIS to include carbon cost
- active rigs relatively unchanged; maxing out at 34, it appears
Bakken economy:
- holding in there -- but active rigs running about 34
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