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December 19, 2023

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MORE TRUMP LIES: PRESIDENT CARRIES OUT STRIKES ON IRAN’S NUCLEAR SITES HOURS AFTER GIVING TEHRAN ‘TWO WEEKS NOTICE’

U.S. President Donald Trump announced late Saturday that his military carried out heavy strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities, which he called “very successful.”

TRUMP FAMILY CLAWS DIG DEEPER IN CRYPTOS, NOW FOCUS ON BITCOIN MINING

The Trump family has been busy working overtime to be positioned to make a windfall in cryptocurrencies during its patriarch’s reign as President of the United States—even creating a new bitcoin mining venture that’s been pitched to investors.

TRUMP TAKES AMERICA TO WAR

There is a somewhat troublesome backstory to President Donald Trump’s glorification of how Saturday’s U.S. forces attack on three Iranian nuclear sites that “completely obliterated” their targets was carried out without any declaration of war against a country that has not attacked and was not in any way threatening the United States.

TRUMP’S OPERATION ROUGH RIDER WAS DEADLY FOR CIVILIANS IN YEMEN

The eight-week military conflict between the U.S. and the Houthis that ended with a ceasefire last month resulted in nearly double the number of civilian casualties than in all other strikes by Washington inside the country since 2002, according to research by Airwars.

U.K. SHORT ON COMPUTING POWER TO DEVELOP AI, HUANG SAYS

The U.K. is putting together the pieces of a first-rate AI ecosystem but still lacks the computing infrastructure to make the most of it, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said earlier this month.

ECONOMIC UPDATE—MARKET OVERVIEW

As we have been forecasting since Donald Trump won the race to the White House in 2024, round-and-round it goes, and where it stops nobody knows. Again, by the facts, it is a pure guessing game as to what Trump Cards and Wild Cards will be played next.

AN EV BATTERY THAT RECHARGES IN 18 SECONDS

The VarEVolt battery, made by Britain’s RML Group, charges to full in 18 seconds and has just been approved by U.K. regulators for mass production for electric vehicles (EVs).

SOFT CORAL’S GENES MAY PROVIDE A NEW WONDER DRUG

For more than 50 years, scientists have known that soft corals produce substances called diterpenoids that mimic key human hormones essential in a range of functions, from clotting blood and reducing inflammation to inducing labor at the end of a pregnancy.

TRUMP ATTACKS POWELL AGAIN AFTER FED HOLDS RATE STEADY

On 19 June, Donald Trump again assailed U.S. Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, holding him personally responsible for the unanimous decision by the central bank’s Open Market Committee to leave interest rates where they are.

U.S. PREPARES FOR POSSIBLE CONFRONTATION IN STRAIT OF HORMUZ

The U.S. Navy is preparing to respond to the possibility that the Iranian military attempts to close down the Strait of Hormuz amid its ongoing war with Washington and Israel.

RALLIES BREAK OUT ACROSS TEHRAN IN OPPOSITION TO ISRAELI STRIKES

Massive protests broke out across Iran last week to demonstrate against Israel’s decision to go to war with the country over its nuclear program that Tel Aviv insisted was a threat to its survival.

PERFORMATIVE STRIKES, PERFORMATIVE PRESIDENT

The Times of Israel’s headline today said it all: “In a foul-mouthed tirade, Trump savages Israel for striking Iran, says it violated ceasefire.”

AI BRIEFS

Amazon will put at least $20 million into building out its AI infrastructure in Pennsylvania, the company has announced.

U.S. FDA ISSUES FIRST APPROVAL FOR ALZHEIMER’S BLOOD TEST

In what some are calling a “milestone moment” in medicine, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has, for the first time, approved a simple blood test to detect the early stages of Alzheimer’s Disease.

CHINESE STARTUP SAYS IT’S BETTER THAN DEEPSEEK

MiniMax, yet another Chinese AI developer, says its new, open-source MiniMax-M1 model, is more efficient than closed-source Chinese competitors and also bests DeepSeek's latest R1-0528 model in several standard tests.

WHEN THE ECONOMY FALLS, JOBS GO WITH IT

U.S. companies have reduced their workforces by 3.5 percent over the past three years as AI takes over human jobs and companies are demanding that employees work harder and take on additional responsibilities, according to employment data provided by Live Data Technologies.

ECONOMIC UPDATE—MARKET OVERVIEW

CRITICAL BREAKDOWN: STAGES OF THE SETUP—THE 5 DOMAINS OF CONTROL

Let’s break all this down. Destabilize. Goal. To break the old structure so people cry out for “order.”

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LEADING INDICATORS SHOW A WEAKENING U.S. ECONOMY

The Conference Board’s Leading Economic Index (LEI), a broad survey of economic signals, ticked down in May from 99.1 to 99 to match economists’ forecasts.

MIT STUDY CONFIRMS PERILS FOR ‘GENERATION AI’

Young people may be the most at risk from negative effects of generative AI use, including diminishing of critical thinking and other skills.

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TRUMP, NETANYAHU CLAIMED IRAN WAS CLOSE TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS, EXPERTS DISAGREE

U.S. President Donald Trump ordered strikes on Iranian nuclear sites in a surprise attack on Saturday and justified them by insisting that Tehran was close to developing a nuclear weapon.

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A COUNTRY DIVIDED: MORE THAN 40 PERCENT OF AMERICANS BELIEVE THERE WILL BE CIVIL WAR IN NEXT DECADE

A newly released poll found that 43 percent of Americans believe the U.S. is “somewhat” or ”very likely” to experience a civil war within the next decade, which underscored the stark political divide in the country during U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term.

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Global Economy

SPOTLIGHT: BIGS GETTING BIGGER

After awakening from a post-COVID lull last year, the pace of M&A deals slowed again this year as investors waited to see Donald Trump’s plans for tariffs and how they would impact the economy.

TOP TREND 2025, WILD CARD: BANK OF ENGLAND HOLDS INTEREST RATE STEADY

The day after the U.S. Federal Reserve decided to keep its interest rates where they are, the Bank of England (BoE) did the same, holding its policy rate at 4.25 percent.

FUEL PRICES SPIKE IN EUROPE AS MIDEAST WAR HEATS UP

Since Israel escalated its attacks on Iran on 13 June, the price of jet fuel has rocketed up 45 percent and diesel fuel by volume costs 60 percent more than crude oil, the Argus data service reported.

The Israel War

A Gazan Youth Carries a Mattress On His Head Through The Ravaged Landscape

GAZA DEATH TOLL

While much of the world’s attention was on Israel’s war against Iran, which the U.S. officially joined on Saturday, the IDF continued its massacre campaign across Gaza with a special focus on shooting starving Palestinians at humanitarian aid distribution centers.

TRUMP, NETANYAHU CLAIMED IRAN WAS CLOSE TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS, EXPERTS DISAGREE

U.S. President Donald Trump ordered strikes on Iranian nuclear sites in a surprise attack on Saturday and justified them by insisting that Tehran was close to developing a nuclear weapon.

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IRANIANS REJECT TRUMP’S CLAIM THAT STRIKES ON NUKE FACILITIES WERE ‘SPECTACULAR’ SUCCESS

U.S. President Donald Trump joined Israel’s war against Iran on Saturday when he deployed B-2 bombers to strike three major nuclear facilities across Iran, which he called a “spectacular military success.”

Global Economy

The Israel War

Trends in AI

Hi-Tech Science

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