The AI boom shares all the risk profiles of previous speculative manias but lacks society-wide benefits while generating fast-metastasizing negative consequences and costs. The idea that the current bubble in AI data centers is an echo of the railroad-construction bubble of the 1870s is appealing–but only half-right. The…
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Does Iran Have a Nuke? Well Placed Source Says, ‘Yes’
Pepe Escobar and I received the following intelligence report last Thursday, which was produced by a knowledgeable source with access. I am not reproducing the entire report, but want to highlight the issue of whether or not Iran now has, or soon will have a nuke. Let me…
Coming Soon: Canada’s 100,000th MAID Death
I was walking across the Lion’s Gate Bridge the other day when I noticed someone was about to jump to his death. I ran up to him and shouted, “don’t do it! First tell me why you want to kill yourself so I can decide if I should…
The Robot Hotdog Stand
No matter what happens with AI, it’s going to be an economic catastrophe. If AI is just a giant bubble, obviously that bubble is going to burst, and it will bring down the whole economy. Indeed, the American economy is mostly stagnant. All the growth right now is…
Wi-Fi Routers Can Scan Your Body to Identify Exactly Who You Are
These aren’t welcome findings, because almost every home in America has a Wi-Fi router. Theoretically, once you have been ID’d by your personal router (if it has built-in beam forming technology), other similar Wi-Fi signals anywhere in the world could “see” you passing by. This is the type…
Springsteen — and America — Have Lost the Spirit of Unifying Rebellion
Privileged celebrities exploit partisan outrage and pose as martyrs. Stephen Colbert is off the air. I waited to write this to make sure that our democracy, despite warnings from Colbert and his regular guest Bruce Springsteen, remains intact. It does. Colbert is widely pitied, and Springsteen…
The Number One Attraction
The president is apparently going to replace the acts that have decided not to perform at the Freedom 250 concerts that are supposed to start in June with . . . himself. I understand Artists are getting “the yips” having to do with their performance on Wednesday,…
Under Trump the U.S. is Nothing But an Israeli Puppet State
No greater shame has ever visited a country than America’s subservience to Israel. Trump fuses U.S. military with Israels: Did you know that Israel pays “social media influencers” $7,000 for every article they write, for example, to justify or legitimize the latest Israeli war crime or…
The UK is Getting Even Crazier in Defense of Israel
The UK is getting crazier and crazier in its defense of Israel. Now they’re canceling the visas of mainstream normie political pundits for criticizing the state of Israel, and investigating people for antisemitic hate crimes when they denounce Zionists who aren’t even Jewish. American progressive commentator Cenk…
Toxic Plastics Causing ‘Silent Epidemic of Kids With Lower IQs’
Dr. Leo Trasande, a leading pediatric environmental health expert, warned on “The Secretary Kennedy Podcast” that endocrine-disrupting chemicals in plastics affect health “from cradle to grave.” Dr. Leo Trasande, one of the nation’s leading experts on environmental health and toxic exposures, warned this week that plastics…