Category Archives: Daily Digest

• Full Disclosure: News Pundits’ Hidden Arms Industry Ties (Sparky1)
• Hedge Fund CIO: Will The Fed Ever Be Held Accountable For Turbocharging Inequality That Poisons America (nickc)
• Consumer electronics and Africa drive the top biometrics and digital ID stories of the week
• These ‘artificial humans’ could be our distant future
• Fortnite made $1.8 billion in 2019
• Milk 2.0: How the dairy industry plans to save milk
• Record earnings at big banks could keep the stock rally alive
• Don’t abbreviate 2020. It’s for your own good
• Publicly owned utilities ‘not a panacea’ but can produce customer benefits
• GM is giving Hummer a second life as an electric pickup
• Imperial Oil, Canada’s Exxon Subsidiary, Ignored Its Own Climate Change Research for Decades, Archive Shows

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• Women Overtake Men as Majority of U.S. Workforce
• Trump’s Iran adventure has Japan over a barrel
• What 2020 has in Store for Global Markets: Jim Rogers
• How to return to sound money
• Trump’s tariffs cost U.S. companies $46 billion to date, data shows
• Here’s What Happens When You Go Without Power for 7 Days
• The AngloZionist Empire vs Iran: a discussion of the recent events
• New research finds Jupiter is flinging asteroids at Earth
• American firefighters arrive in Australia and get cheered at the airport

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• These Dow stocks hold up the most during rough times for the market
• Talk Less. Listen More. Here’s How.
• We love to criticise the United States, but guess what? Their public schools are better than ours
• JetBlue announces plans to become carbon neutral on domestic flights in a first for the US airline industry
• What if Democrats Tried Real Outreach?
• Shutdown of US coal power facilities saved over 26,000 lives, study finds
• Study reveals what causes type 2 diabetes and how to reverse it
• Having A Plant On Your Office Desk Helps Reduce Daily Stress, Study Finds
• I spent half my life on antidepressants. Today, I’m off the medication and feel all right.
• Eating in a 6-hour window and fasting for 18 hours might help you live longer
• Clever “Flying-V” plane design is more fuel-efficient than today’s most advanced aircraft
• Have you heard of microgreens? Two high school buddies with no farming background have turned them into a business.
• Low Carbon Life: How We Reduced the Environmental Impact of (Almost) Everything We Buy

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• Nearly all corporate CFOs say the economy is going to slow and the stock market is overvalued
• The College Wealth Premium Has Collapsed
• Disinformation For Hire: How A New Breed Of PR Firms Is Selling Lies Online
• The Nasdaq soars past 9,000 for the first time ever, fueled by Amazon’s holiday sales boom
• Facts and Speculations – Next Decade
• Samsung shows off bizarre fitness exoskeleton and rolling robot at CES
• Past Point of No Return –John Rubino
• Americans in China warned over spreading mystery illness
• Cancer group finds biggest 1-year drop in US death rate
• Facebook’s deepfakes ban has some obvious workarounds
• Toyota plans to build ‘city of the future’ with housing, robots and autonomous vehicles in Japan
• Oil plummets to its lows of the day after President Trump says Iran ‘appears to be standing down’ in the Middle East
• Texan wind power grows again as huge turbines start spinning
• Trump Moves to Exempt Big Projects From Environmental Review
• When wildlife safety turns into fierce political debate
• Why Are So Many Earthquakes Happening in Puerto Rico?

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• The U.S. Spends $2,500 Per Person on Health Care Administrative Costs. Canada Spends $550. Here’s Why
• Kansas governor turns to pensions for budget breathing room
• Pension costs could erase the impact of Arizona’s teacher raises. What will we do about it?
• Record bond defaults as China lifts credit allocation
• 2 U.S. cities are not prepared for a recession, Moody’s finds
• Big Week for NJ’s Debt: State to Issue $800M+ in Bonds for Transit, Libraries, Schools, More
• A Borrower Will Be 114 When Bonds Backed by Her Student Loans Mature
• Ben Bernanke says the Fed shouldn’t rule out using negative interest rates
• Fed Adds $76.9 Billion in Overnight Money to Markets
• Risk of pension meltdown grows as Congress fails to act
• The Deeper Story Behind the Assassination of Soleimani
• Dow jumps 100 points as Trump speaks after Iran attack on Iraqi bases
• Iranian missiles target U.S. troops in Iraq, Trump consults advisers
• US air force says fighter jet test is ‘coincidence’ after Trump’s Iran threat
• Airlines avoid Iranian airspace, cancel flights as Middle East tensions spike
• Iranian state TV says 80 “American terrorists” killed in Iran missile strikes
• Trump to address nation after Iran’s retaliatory attacks against Iraqi bases housing US troops
• One More Trip
• Fake Wealth Exposed
• Strong earthquake leaves widespread blackout, damage in Puerto Rico
• Future Navy, Marine Corps aircraft spending estimated at $11 billion per year
• Goldman Sachs restructures to create consumer lending division
• Report: Ransomware takes down online currency exchange
• Tens of thousands strike in India as slowdown hits jobs
• Middle East tensions have put a floor under oil prices, says Marathon Oil CEO
• California considering statewide ban on gas-powered gardening equipment

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• “On the Edge of a Precipice”​ – A Challenging Decade is Upon Us
• The Future of America’s Contest with China
• Man who called Dow 20,000 says one of the biggest stock-market dangers in 2020 is ‘people could be throwing risk to the wind’
• Esper contradicts Trump on targeting Iranian cultural sites: We ‘follow the laws of armed conflict’
• US-Iran tensions send gold to its highest level in nearly 7 years
• U.S.-led coalition says it will withdraw from Iraq -letter
• A Terrorist Attack Against Eurasian Integration
• SpaceX is now the world’s largest satellite operator
• Dozens of Iranians and Iranian Americans report being detained at US border crossing
• Iraqi parliament passes resolution to end foreign troop presence
• Why Americans Fear Trial By Jury
• Unjust Deserts
• Risk of pension meltdown grows as Congress fails to act
• Chilling assessment: BEE has de-industrialised SA, pushed it backwards in time
• Will Oil Prices Crash Or Rally When Iran Reacts?
• Australian bushfires: Cops and arson unit round up 24 alleged firestarters in NSW
• Bushfires: Firebugs fuelling crisis as arson arrest toll hits 183

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• What stock market investors need to know about intensifying U.S.-Iran tensions
• Iranian-Americans in California React to Suleimani’s Death
• Saudi Aramco hits new low amid US-Iran tensions
• Iraqi parliament votes to expel US troops from country (video)
• As 3,500 Soldiers Deploy, a ‘Whirlwind’ Whips Through Fort Bragg
• It’s Not Just Software: New Safety Risks Under Scrutiny on Boeing’s 737 Max
• Samsung sheds light on its ‘artificial human’ project
• Deceased GOP Strategist’s Daughter Makes Files Public That Republicans Wanted Sealed
• Meth use up sixfold, fentanyl use quadrupled in U.S. in last 6 years
• Why Are Young Americans Killing Themselves?
• Russian government to ‘use the advantages’ of climate change
• How Australia’s massive bushfires are generating thunderstorms
• ADF in seven-day race to help bury hundreds of thousands of farm animals killed in bushfires, amid biosecurity fears
• A statement about the 480 million animals killed in NSW bushfires since September
• Beekeepers traumatised and counselled after hearing animals screaming in pain after bushfires
• Australia bushfires: Which animals typically fare best and worst?
• Bushfire preparations stymied by climate change deniers in Government, says small business lobby

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• What war with Iran could look like
• For Trump, a Risky Decision on Suleimani Is One Other Presidents Had Avoided
• With Suleimani Assassination, Trump Is Doing the Bidding of Washington’s Most Vile Cabal
• The US and Israel reportedly signed a secret pact to take on Iran
• McClatchy freezes some pension benefits
• Revenge Of The Gammons
• Gold nears six-year high, miners rally on Middle East turmoil
• Big Pharma Continues New Year’s Tradition of Squeezing U.S. Sick for Every Last Dime
• Hate Crimes Against Religious Groups Up Nearly 35% Between 2014-2018: FBI
• Seattle passed a $15 minimum wage law in 2014. Here’s how it’s turned out so far
• Venezuela’s Latest Problem Is There Are Now Too Many Dollars
• The Decade of Mars: How the 2020s May Be a New Era of Red Planet Exploration
• Alzheimers can be predicted before symptoms show as new test detects spread in brain
• Molecular Coffee created in lab goes ‘beanless’
• Oil Prices Climb Higher On Huge Crude Inventory Draw
• Australians Trying to Flee Wildfires Are Getting Stuck in Massive Traffic Jams
• Indonesia seeds clouds to keep them away from flooded capital

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• January will feature one of best astronomy shows of the year
• Live Your Best Life With These 5 Financial New Year’s Resolutions
• Meet the scientist trying to travel back in time
• How to Be Healthy, in Just 48 Words
• ‘Hero’ 12-year-old saves great-grandparents from stabbing: ‘Truly prevented a double-murder’
• White Extremism Faces a Subversive Foe Online: Google Ads
• Elf hunt comes to an end; Stitches in custody
• Prince William launches ‘Earthshot Prize’ to help speed climate solutions
• The 100 Best Science Photos of 2019

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• PHOTOS: Iraqi Shiites break into U.S. Embassy in Baghdad
• The Major Discoveries That Could Transform the World in the Next Decade
• Here’s What the World Will Look Like in 2030 … Right?
• Global ETFs accumulate a record $6T in assets under management
• Why stock market traders should be terrified of robots in the next decade
• Putin Reminds the West: Those Who Ignore History Are Doomed to Repeat it
• Jimmy Stewart’s Not-So-Wonderful Life With PTSD
• The Human Tool
• ‘It’s Creepy’: Unexplained Drones Are Swarming by Night Over Colorado
• 2019 Was a Bad Year for the “Only Cops Should Have Guns” Narrative
• Russia’s Hypersonic ICBM Is Operational. So What?
• Why Did One-Quarter of the World’s Pigs Die in a Year?
• The Scientist Still Fighting for the Clean Fuel the World Forgot
• NSW bushfires burn an area greater than Wales, the result of an exceptional spring
• Australia scrambles to reach thousands stranded by bushfires
• UK snow forecast: Nordic blast bringing up to 20 INCHES of snow ready to blanket Britain
• A plateful of plastic

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