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December 19, 2023

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U.S. TARGETS AIRPORT IN YEMEN AS BOMBING CAMPAIGN CONTINUES

The U.S. military said Tuesday that it is continuing its campaign against the Houthis in Yemen to punish the group in a way that it no longer threatens maritime navigation in the Red Sea.

EU PLANS MAJOR WEAPONS SHOPPING SPREE AMID SO-CALLED THREAT FROM RUSSIA

European countries see the potential of revitalizing their economies as they plan to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on military advancements amid what they see as a direct threat from a resurgent Russia.

THE BLACKROCK-MICROSOFT AI PARTNERSHIP JUST GOT BIGGER

Market-leading chipmaker Nvidia and Elon Musk’s xAI have joined the partnership between Microsoft and private equity giant BlackRock to build up to $100 billion worth of AI data centers and electricity supplies to power them.

PRINTING YOUR NEXT MEAL

3D printing is building everything from entire houses to detailed anatomical models for medical research. Now it’s printing food.

“DISTILLATION” IS AI’S NEW THING

On 20 January, Chinese start-up DeepSeek revolutionized the AI industry by unveiling a new, world-class platform that it had created for a fraction of the cost that Western industry giants had spent.

A “SUPERINTELLIGENCE” TO SPEED SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY

Behind closed doors near Boston, Lila Sciences has worked for more than two years to fashion a “superintelligence” to automate scientific progress.

TOP U.S. COLLEGE GRADS SEND THEIR RESUMES TO CHINA

New graduates from Harvard, Stanford, and other leading U.S. universities are applying for work at China’s Manycore AI company, Bloomberg reported.

INDONESIA’S STOCK MARKET DIVES AS CONSUMER SPENDING SLOWS

Indonesia’s Jakarta Composite Index plunged 7.1 percent last week to its lowest level in almost four years.

IDF DESTROYS GAZA’S ONLY CANCER HOSPITAL

Another day, another atrocity committed by Israel, and no outrage.

IDF HEAD SAYS ISRAEL WILL BEGIN ANNEXING PARTS OF GAZA IF HAMAS DOES NOT RELEASE HOSTAGES

Israel Katz, the head of the IDF, said last week that Tel Aviv will begin evicting Gazans and annex parts of the enclave if Hamas continues to hold the remaining hostages—stating that the longer the group continues to keep the hostages, the “more territory, it will lose and be annexed to Israel.”

FREE SPEECH DEAD: COLUMBIA BOWS TO PRO-ISRAEL TRUMP AFTER FUNDING CUT

Columbia University, which was called ground zero in the anti-genocide protests last spring, announced last week that it will bow down to the Trump administration and implement free-speech-killing policies in the hopes of getting the White House to reconsider the $400 million funding cut for allegedly allowing antisemitism run amok on campus.

U.S. CONSUMERS CUT SPENDING AS MOOD CONTINUES TO DARKEN

Foot traffic in American brick-and-mortar stores was 4.3 percent less in early March than a year earlier, continuing a reduction in shopping that began early this year, research service RetailNext reported.

A RE-MILITARIZING EUROPE LOSES ITS “PEACE DIVIDEND”

As Europe prepares to spend trillions of euros more to arm itself, it loses the “peace dividend” it has been banking since the Cold War ended 35 years ago.

YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE U.S. ARE UNHAPPY AND DON’T HAVE FAITH IN THE GOVERNMENT, SURVEY SAYS

A newly released survey found that young people in the U.S. are not excited about their future and have little faith in the government.

BLOCKCHAIN BATTLES

For anyone reading these pages still wondering what makes Bitcoin a compelling phenomenon, there’s no one in the world who explains it quite like Michael Saylor.

FOX NEWS ALUM MORGAN ORTAGUS—THE DEVOUT ZIONIST—SAYS TRUMP GAVE ISRAELIS WHAT THEY NEED TO SMASH GAZA

Morgan Ortagus, the former Fox News contributor who served under former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, told Fox News in an interview Sunday that the Trump administration has “unleashed Israel” by giving the country all the weapons it needs to punish Gaza.

ECONOMIC UPDATE—MARKET OVERVIEW

Another day in the U.S.A. is another day of economic and political uncertainty. And where it starts and stops nobody knows. As we continue to note, two of our Top Trends for 2025 are the Trump Card and the Wild Card, both of which are being played day-in and day-out.

DYSTOPIANISM: HUNKER DOWN, BECAUSE THE WORST IS YET TO COME

For many years, and for those who follow my work, I have attempted to explain that there is a deliberate and extremely methodical new order or “transition” happening worldwide.

Stacks Of U.S. Currency On Red Background With Note That Reads "Cut Your Expenses"

U.S. CONSUMERS CUT SPENDING AS MOOD CONTINUES TO DARKEN

FROM DENIAL TO ARROGANCE: WORKERS TOLD TO ‘GET OVER’ AI TAKING THEIR JOBS

Legacy media still mostly spouts the lines of tech CEOs (at least the ones who haven’t politically transgressed) concerning both the inevitability and the general gee-whiz awesomeness of AI and fast approaching AGI and ASI.

Aerial View Of Northern Gaza Destroyed By The Israel War

HAARETZ BLAMES ISRAEL FOR ‘DERAILING’ GAZA CEASEFIRE—NOT HAMAS

Haaretz, a top newspaper in Israel, ran an editorial last week that placed blame squarely on the Israeli government for the Gaza ceasefire’s undoing—challenging the propaganda from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and repeated in the Western media that the collapse was the result of an obdurate Hamas.

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TRUMP VOWS TO ‘COMPLETELY ANNIHILATE’ HOUTHIS AFTER VOWING NOT TO GET U.S. ENSNARED IN ANOTHER WAR

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Global Economy

SPOTLIGHT: BIGS GETTING BIGGER

Google is paying $32 billion in cash to buy Wiz, a noted cybersecurity startup. The purchase not only improves Google’s cloud services’ security but also leads the company beyond its search engine and Internet services businesses.

TOP TREND 2024, OFFICE BUILDING BUST: SEATTLE DEVELOPER DEFAULTS ON $135 MILLION IN OFFICE BUILDING LOANS

Martin Selig Real Estate, a commercial property developer in Seattle, has defaulted on $135 million in loans against three office buildings after failing to secure refinancing.

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INDONESIA’S STOCK MARKET DIVES AS CONSUMER SPENDING SLOWS

Indonesia’s Jakarta Composite Index plunged 7.1 percent last week to its lowest level in almost four years.

The Israel War

HAARETZ BLAMES ISRAEL FOR ‘DERAILING’ GAZA CEASEFIRE—NOT HAMAS

Israeli Army M109 155mm Self-Propelled Tank Cannon On Alert At Israel's Northern Border

IDF DESTROYS GAZA’S ONLY CANCER HOSPITAL

Another day, another atrocity committed by Israel, and no outrage.

Composite Image Of Fighter Jets In Formation With An Israeli Flag Flying In The Foreground

ISRAEL KEEPS VIOLATING CEASEFIRE DEAL—INTENSIFIES DEADLY STRIKES ON LEBANON

The IDF on Saturday carried out a massive wave of airstrikes inside Lebanon on Saturday after accusing Hezbollah of lobbing rockets into northern Israel—a claim that the group denied, accusing the Israelis of using the allegation to justify its latest round of aggression.

Trends in AI

AI BRIEFS

Scientists at Imperial College London worked for 10 years to figure out exactly how a superbug virus—one that has become drug-resistant—gained its ability to infect a range of kinds of bacteria instead of just one or a related few.

YUM BRANDS IS IN THE CHIPS

The conglomerate that owns KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell has partnered with Nvidia, the world’s dominant maker of AI chips, to ease and improve customers’ experiences, boost franchisees’ technological infrastructure, and earn more money for shareholders, Joe Park, the company’s chief technology officer, said in a statement.