AI Surveillance Should Scare Both Democrats And Republicans

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he gave orders to the IDF to increase control of Gaza from 60% to 70% of the Palestinian enclave. He went on to suggest that Israel could seize the entire Palestinian territory. “We are currently squeezing Hamas,” the Israeli leader explained at a conference hosted in a West Bank […]

Macron's AI Clown Show: Europe's Digital Dilemma Submitted by Thomas Kolbe The European Union has lost its place in the global race for artificial intelligence. In a single tweet on platform X, France’s President Emmanuel Macron inadvertently outlined the convoluted situation while simultaneously revealing his personal emotional fragility. The leading representatives of the European Union like to present themselves as emotionless technocrats. Maintaining the greatest possible distance from citizens, they execute their agenda of societal transformation toward what they understand as a net-zero transformation economy.  This ostentatious distance from the citizenry acts as...

Open Sesame Submitted By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities This week’s market behavior had a mythical, almost magical tone to it. In Arabian Nights, Ali Baba was able to open a cave of riches by uttering the phrase “Open Sesame.” Markets responded to any and every sort of connotation of “The Strait is Open” by rewarding participants with riches. We started this week bright and early, kicking off Bloomberg TV, and then moving on to Bloomberg Radio, and Tom Keene’s Best Ideas. At the time we were all trying to understand what “Blockade” meant....