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December 19, 2023

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CRYPTO INNOVATION IS THE PRIZE

Crypto technology represents real innovation compared to current legacy financial—and other institutions and organizational structures.

EU IMPOSES NEW SANCTIONS TO PUNISH RUSSIA AS PEACE EFFORT CRUMBLES

The European Union (EU) announced its most significant sanctions yet against Russia and countries that do business with Moscow in an effort to hurt the country’s economy over its ongoing war with Ukraine.

IRAN REPLACES DAMAGED AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS, BEGINS SENDING WEAPONS TO MILITIAS IN REGION, REPORTS SAY

The ceasefire between Iran and Israel may be holding, but the Iranians have reportedly worked to prepare for the next round of war by bolstering their air defense systems and rearming their militias in the region that have been weakened during their own fights with Israel.

WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT WAS AN ABOMINATION! WE DO NOT CONSENT!

While we slept, THEY moved. They pushed through corporate-run stablecoin legislation… handing control of your money, your future, your freedom to Wall Street, the Fed, and Babylon's digital cage.

DIGITAL CHAINS

They are embedding stablecoins, corporate issued digital tokens, into the financial system with legal backing… digital chains, programming you into compliance.

U.S. ECONOMIC BRIEFS

U.S. retail sales rose 0.6 percent in June from May, while inflation ticked up only 0.3 percent over the same period.

RESEARCHERS DISCOVER GENETIC “DIMMER SWITCH”

Bioscientists at Duke University’s MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences were delving into the mysteries of Cdx2, a gene crucial to fetal development, including of the spinal column.

IN A FEW MOMENTS, AI DESIGNS PROTEIN TO KILL RESISTANT BACTERIA

At Australia’s Monash University, biologists and computer scientists collaborated to create an AI that, in a few seconds, designed a protein that can kill e. coli and other antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

GOING OUT OF BUSINESS TRENDS

The economic landscape has presented an array of challenges that will profoundly affect the business community this year.

WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS, THEY TAKE YOU TO WAR: GERMANY THE ‘SICK MAN OF EUROPE’ AGAIN

Oliver Bäte, the CEO of Allianz, the German financial company, said last week that he believes Berlin’s social security system will “be on its knees” in about 10 years because the country’s “static” GDP is not keeping up with expenses.

MSM CONTINUES TO CATCH ON TO AI INTERNET DESTRUCTION, AND AUTHORS TELL CONGRESS TO STOP THE AI STEAL

The Economist picked up on the import of what generative AI searches are doing to the revenue model of millions of endpoint websites that have labored to create content, and which depend on traffic to sustain their business models.

SPECIAL REPORT: TRUMP’S TARIFF WAR

U.S. government revenue from import fees reached a record $64 billion in this year’s second quarter, compared to just $17 billion during the same period in 2024, the treasury department reported.

U.S. MOVES TO BACKFILL GERMANY WITH PATRIOT MISSILE SYSTEMS INTENDED FOR UKRAINE

The U.S. has given priority to Germany to deliver its Patriot missile systems so Berlin can deliver these weapons to Ukraine, which was seen as the Trump administration’s first effort to indirectly arm Kyiv since January.

ISRAEL ISSUES ADDITIONAL EVACUATION ORDERS AS IT RAMPS UP OFFENSIVE IN GAZA

The IDF ordered the evacuation of a town in central Gaza on Sunday as its troops began raids on one of the few areas inside the battered enclave that have not been invaded by the occupation army.

GERMANY, U.K. SIGN NEW DEFENSE TREATY IN LATEST EFFORT TO MILITARIZE

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz signed a mutual defense treaty last week that—in part—promised to come to each other’s aid if there’s an attack on either, which seemed redundant given that NATO is supposed to already have the same assurances under Article 5.

TRUMP SEES ‘EPSTEIN FILES’ CONTROVERSY SPLIT BASE

There is one thing for certain in the White House: President Donald Trump wants to put the Epstein Files controversy behind him as soon as possible.

ECONOMIC UPDATE—MARKET OVERVIEW

On the tariff side of life, today, the word is that Donald Trump’s tariff deadline with China will be extended, according to the U.S. Treasury Secretary mouthpiece Scott Bessent.

WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT WAS AN ABOMINATION! WE DO NOT CONSENT!

While we slept, THEY moved. They pushed through corporate-run stablecoin legislation… handing control of your money, your future, your freedom to Wall Street, the Fed, and Babylon's digital cage.

INVESTORS FLOOD MONEY INTO U.S. TECH STOCKS

Investors are snapping up U.S. tech stocks at the fastest pace since March 2009, according to a Bank of America survey.

MSM CONTINUES TO CATCH ON TO AI INTERNET DESTRUCTION, AND AUTHORS TELL CONGRESS TO STOP THE AI STEAL

IRAN MANAGED TO BREAK THROUGH ISRAEL’S VAUNTED AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS DURING LAST MONTH’S WAR, SEEN AS ‘CAUTIONARY TALE’

The Iranian military made quick work of Israel’s Iron Dome and David’s Sling anti-missile systems during last month’s 12-day war that resulted in a tenuous ceasefire after the U.S. joined the war and bombed Iranian nuclear sites.

WARMONGER GRAHAM USES U.S. BOMBING OF IRAN IN WARNING TO RUSSIA AS WAR DRUMS GROW LOUDER

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., issued a warning to Russia by invoking the Trump administration’s decision to join Israel’s war on Iran.

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Global Economy

SPECIAL REPORT: TRUMP’S TARIFF WAR

U.S. government revenue from import fees reached a record $64 billion in this year’s second quarter, compared to just $17 billion during the same period in 2024, the treasury department reported.

SPOTLIGHT: CHINA’S ECONOMIC STRUGGLE

Forty-two percent of U.S. businesses operating in China are being impacted by overcapacity as China’s domestic economy continues to deflate amid ongoing price wars, a survey by the U.S.-China Business Council found.

SPECIAL REPORT: STABLECOINS ARE TAKING CRYPTO MAINSTREAM

On 17 July, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the first federal legislation governing stablecoins, legitimizing their broad use in finance and commerce. The 308-to-122 vote was broadly bipartisan.

The Israel War

GAZA DEATH TOLL

The Israelis killed at least 59,106 Palestinians since the start of the genocide. An additional 142,511 have been injured and 11,000 missing.

ISRAEL ISSUES ADDITIONAL EVACUATION ORDERS AS IT RAMPS UP OFFENSIVE IN GAZA

The IDF ordered the evacuation of a town in central Gaza on Sunday as its troops began raids on one of the few areas inside the battered enclave that have not been invaded by the occupation army.

STAMPEDE AT GAZA HUMANITARIAN AID SITE KILLS AT LEAST 20 AS POPULATION GROWS MORE DESPERATE

A stampede outside a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) food distribution site near Khan Younis killed at least 20 Palestinians as desperation inside the enclave continues to grow.

Trends in AI

PENTAGON AWARDS CONTRACT TO MUSK’S “MECHAHITLER” AI

The U.S. defense department has awarded contracts to AI developers Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, and Elon Musk’s xAI. Each company signed deals worth up to $200 million each.

AI BOOSTS UNILEVER’S SOAL SALES

Advertising is shifting its emphasis from websites to social media influencers, as we reported in “Artificial Intelligence Eats the Ad Industry” (17 Jun 2025). Unilever, the global conglomerate owning more than 400 brands of consumer products, is using AI to make the most of the transfer.

Global Economy

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Trends in AI

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