Kagro in the Morning - November 18, 2022

<p><strong>David Waldman</strong> refers to himself in the third person at the beginning of today’s <em>KITM</em> show summary! No particular reason for it, though.</p> <p>Twitter continues to <a href= "https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/18/twitter-planned-to-close-offices-friday-but-musk-asks-engineers-in.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href= "https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/18/twitter-planned-to-close-offices-friday-but-musk-asks-engineers-in.html"> implode</a>, but <a href= "https://twitter.com/anothercohen/status/1593404311832338442" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href= "https://twitter.com/anothercohen/status/1593404311832338442">not this way</a>.</p> <p>New Members-elect are in DC for orientation. Gen-Z (and Gen-Z leaning) Members finally <a href= "https://twitter.com/maxwellfrostfl/status/1593445202198413313" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href= "https://twitter.com/maxwellfrostfl/status/1593445202198413313">learn the answer</a> to question, “Why do I need to learn to write in cursive?”</p> <p>We’ve managed to avoid discussing the FTX collapse because there may be no point in understanding it, anyway. But today we learn it may be <a title="" href= "https://twitter.com/AP/status/1593239814790590465" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href= "https://twitter.com/AP/status/1593239814790590465" data-original-title="">worse than Enron</a>, and also perhaps <a href= "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/vegan-canapes-fat-donations-sam-bankman-fried-won-washington-lost-ever-rcna57551" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href= "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/vegan-canapes-fat-donations-sam-bankman-fried-won-washington-lost-ever-rcna57551"> particularly smarmy</a>.</p> <p>Up in New Hampshire (down, if you’re in Maine, or Canada, or if you’re Santa Claus), the <a href= "https://twitter.com/Taniel/status/1592927337989156866" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href= "https://twitter.com/Taniel/status/1592927337989156866"