What a load of crap. I produce the report on a yellow memo pad. How AI may be gradually winning over creatives Creative professionals were among the first to speak out against AI. Now, that resistance may be fading. The Deep View July 20, 2026 George Lucas, creator of Star Wars and Lucasfilm, recently compared AI to the horse and buggy in an interview. He acknowledged the risks. Just as cars, born from that shift, eventually brought breakdowns, fuel dependency, and even wea

This isn't about antitrust per se; it's about politics. Until recently, social and mainstream media were pretty much exclusively left-leaning (except for Fox News). Then Voldemort made a deal with Zuck, Musk etc to allow them to proceed without much regulation in return for making social media neutral. The Dark Lord's buddies then bought the parent of CBS and, through this merger, wants CNN. Ergo, the Dem states don't want the media to the center. They want the news in the ha

Sound like fun. Elect a progressive democrat! London Needs 1.1 Million Homes. Its 1940s Planning Rules Stand in the Way. Home construction is nearing a standstill, thanks to a toxic mix of Byzantine regulations, increased building costs and politics; ‘It’s strangling the city’ By Natasha Dangoor, WSJ July 19, 2026 9:00 pm ET LONDON—Shoreditch Works is the kind of real-estate project big cities say they need: It aims to revitalize a rundown block in east London, delivering ab

Thomas Spritzler, CEO of the Vince Lombardi Institute, is turning healthcare on it's ass and shining a light where the sun doesn't normally shine. "We take away your alcohol, tobacco, that Colombian hash you enjoy and administer electric shocks if you don't exercise sufficiently. Oh, yeah...there's sex. A lot of sex". The Case for Preventive Healthcare Atria targets a system in which ‘both sides of the marketplace are wildly unhappy.’ By Andy Kessler, WSJ July 19, 2026 4:08 p

No I am not sick of the Chinese, thank you! In fact you sound like bigot. Stop that! The Key to Solar and Wind Power Is Battery Storage, and China Is Dominating Beijing pushes technology transformation of its grid and Chinese suppliers take 90% of U.S. market, generating geopolitical concerns By Raffaele Huang, WSJ July 19, 2026 12:02 pm ET The world’s top 10 battery-cell suppliers of energy-storage systems were all Chinese in the first quarter of this year. Imagine a group

I know you're inclined to think these robbers barons of modern tech are creating a oligopoly of sorts. Nothing could be further from the truth. You need to stop subscribing to conspiracy theories and subscribe instead to the Report. It's true we receive a small honorarium from Zuckerberg each year...what of it? Anthropic is in talks to lease AI computing power from Meta in a $10 billion deal The AI startup proposed the deal in June; the talks are at an early stage and may no

Good points. I had Claude review(below in purple). Bottom line: If a data center coming to your area it's a mixed bag. Negotiate smartly. Real benefits, while they last: Sales tax revenue spikes hard during construction — Abilene saw a 40% jump in 2025 — because thousands of workers are spending locally on food, housing, gas, services. Property tax revenue, even discounted under Chapter 313/353 abatements, is new money a rural county wouldn't otherwise see — Abilene's projec

Honestly, I prefer the NHL. Brawling on ice seems more authentic. Punches thrown as wild brawl breaks out after final World Cup whistle By Christian Arnold, NY Post Published July 19, 2026, 9:47 p.m. ET Argentina nearly landed as many punches as shots on goal in the World Cup final Sunday. Before Spain could celebrate its 1-0 win over Argentina to capture its first World Cup title since 2010, it had to fight off an enraged Leandro Paredes on the pitch at MetLife Stadium. The

Listen, I know you're going to be skeptical about this but the secret to the Report's success stems from my ability to multi-task. I am literally in deep REM sleep while I write the morning edition. BTW, the Europeans are a bunch of lazy slackers! The Global Sleep Gap No One Talks About Why where you live may shape how well you sleep—and how you feel. World Population Review July 19, 2026 Have you ever wondered whether people in other countries sleep more than you do? As it

61% of Americans have an unfavorable opinion of the Spritzler Report. Experts have called that metric into question as they believe few have every heard of the Report. Said the Report's CEO, "It is better to be hated than ignored. I stand by the polling results". Israel’s $50 Million Experiment to Change U.S. Public Opinion The Israeli government is trying to shore up its U.S. reputation with help from influencers, Trump insiders and millions of AI-driven texts By Maggie Se

I'll tell you why! Systematic racism. Because you're Jewish! BTW, I love big data. Even small insignificant data. If it involves anything metric I'm all in. The chart below is interactive. Click the link below to waste another 5 minutes on this crap. https://flowingdata.com/2026/03/05/unemployment-reasons/ Unemployment reasons, by age and education By Nathan Yau, Flowing data About eight million Americans reported being unemployed, based on the Current Population Survey fr

Hey, what if Trump had actually won (assumed office) in 2020 and he therefore wasn't President right now. And the ratings of the Spritzler Report plummeted as a result. OMG. Unthinkable! The SAVE America Act Backfire Trump’s speech didn’t make the case, while sowing voting distrust. By The Editorial Board, WSJ July 17, 2026 President Trump broke into prime-time TV on Thursday night to talk to the nation about election security, but it must have been a letdown for anybody expe

Hey, I never met a missile depot that wasn't asking to get blown up. Hello! US blitzes Iranian missile depots, air defenses on 8th consecutive night of strikes after two servicemembers killed in Jordan By Nicholas McEntyre, NY Posts Published July 19, 2026 US forces launched their eighth consecutive night of attacks targeting Iranian military infrastructure late Saturday. The latest round of strikes struck coastal surveillance and air defense facilities, maritime capabilities

OMG, for a minute I thought the state was helping the kids juice for competitive sports. Hey, maybe that's a good idea? Oregon Is Pumping Children Full of Hormones The state pushes teens toward ‘transgender-related diagnoses’ and dangerous treatments. By Leor Sapir and Paul Terdal July 17, 2026 If you live in Oregon and your child is confused about her sex, the state is ready to medicate her and perhaps even put her under the knife. The Beaver State has become a national lea

Kleiner Perkins helped launch the Report in 2020 with $5 billion in late stage financing. The Investors With a New Way to Win in Silicon Valley How venture-capital firms are rewriting the rules in a once-in-a-lifetime IPO boom By Kate Clark and Gregory Zuckerman, WSJ July 17, 2026 Yasmin Razavi holds an unusual position: She is the only outside investor on Anthropic’s board of directors. The general partner at Spark Capital invested in Anthropic relatively late by traditional

I have decided to become a health influencer, given I'm a political, military strategy, and economics influencer. And mindfulness! Did I mention I offer a 10 week course in understand your homicidal tendencies? Moms, Coaches, Doctors, Entrepreneurs: Who Are America’s Health and Wellness Influencers? Half of U.S. adults under 50 say they get health and wellness information from social media influencers or podcasts. About 4 in 10 of these influencers describe themselves as hea

You what happens to people who don't care for the US? They get visited by his Lordship Voldemort. People in Many Countries Now View China More Positively Than the U.S. More also have confidence in Xi than Trump, according to a survey in three dozen countries By Jonathan Schulman, Laura Silver, Laura Clancy and William Miner, PEW Research July 18, 2026 Global views of the United States worsened last year as President Donald Trump’s second term began, though most people still

Said Bill Clinton yesterday, "hey let's not rush to judgement"! Highest-ranking woman in House calls for ban on sex with Capitol staff after The Post’s Ruben Gallego exposé By Steven Nelson and Marisa Schultz, NY Post Published July 17, 2026 WASHINGTON — The highest-ranking woman in the House of Representatives is calling for a “bright-line rule” prohibiting lawmakers from having sexual relationships with congressional staff after The Post revealed Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.

Listenl, I don't know Bandar Abbas from Camden, New Jersey, but I like the idea of blowing up bridges. Maybe some power generation plants. Any of those on tap to get smacked? Bring on Operation Beach Slap! Of course we know what we're doing? I don't want to hear one word of that unpatriotic blasphemy. US hammers bridges around key Iran port of Bandar Abbas on seventh straight night of airstrikes By Samuel Chamberlain and Caitlin Doornbos, NY POst Published July 17, 2026 Am