World Brief with Zach McCormick

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 Xfinity (whose parent company is Comcast), now offers a service called “WiFi Motion” which allows users (in select areas) to monitor motion inside their home using nothing more than the WiFi signals. 

Functioning like radar, the system depends upon special internet routers which have new high-performance processors.  These powerful chips have the capacity to use AI and machine learning to analyze how the WiFi signals interact when an object moves through them and generate a “motion” warning. 

Currently the tech is not that precise, requires a special WIFI router and it doesn’t work with every set-up. That said,  it’s still fairly new and refinements will undoubtedly happen quickly  as the service matures. 

Generally speaking, WiFi motion tracking has tremendous potential but whether for good or evil has yet to be seen. Legitimate privacy and security concerns clearly exist - for example, will this let governments track citizens in their own homes? Could a hacker gain critical  insight into security measures at a sensitive facility? 

Or will this simply be used to let you know when your Amazon packages have arrived or whether the dog has gotten loose in the front yard. 

What do you think the future of WiFi motion tracking will look like? 

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Can wait times at pizza restaurants predict war?

Yes but only in certain locations and at certain times of the day. 

For example a popular account on X called the “Pentagon Pizza Report” follows real-time customer traffic numbers at the restaurants around the Pentagon (the “nerve center” for the American military) and these numbers seem to correlate to heightened states of military activity at those nearby government installations. 

The theory is that, when crisis arise, the military personnel get called in to their offices at the Pentagon, usually at odd hours of the day. Naturally these folks have to eat and in emergencies, when there isn’t much time, they frequently choose pizza because those restaurants are usually open late and they offer quick and easy-to-eat food. 

In fact, as the question of whether the US will go to war against Iran looms large, the “pizza graphs” are off the charts. 

Though it’s worth noting that the data we get from this is limited — no details can be gleaned —  but while we may not know WHAT is up, if the pizza parlor traffic near the Potomac River spikes in the middle of the night, there’s a good chance SOMETHING big is about to happen. 

It’s important to note that this gauge wont really work during normally busy times of the day or in locations with no significant government presence. However, while the food may vary from place to place, this metric is probably pretty accurate in just about every major country. 

Do you think pizza can predict war or is this just an anomaly?

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 “Professional agitators” definitely get paid for stirring up trouble but it’s not clear who’s actually paying THEM. 

Following apparent top-level security briefings on the subject, President Trump branded the 2025 LA Anti-ICE riots as being fueled by “agitators”. While some dismissed these claims, they appear to have been corroborated by LAPD Chief of Police Jim McDonnell in a press interview where he acknowledged that there are people in the crowd “who do this all the time”. This tracks reports of mysterious ads offering to pay up to $12,500 a week for rioters and pallets of bricks showing up near the protest zones (without any apparent connection to known construction work). 

While it seems clear that a certain percentage of the rioters and protestors are there based upon their own personal convictions, the fact that “professional” rioters are a thing is cause for concern. Not because protesting is inherently problematic — it’s a fundamental American right — but instead because it implicates the question of “who makes money on protesting”? 

Regardless of the cause, this is a question that serves to unify the American people because we deserve to know the truth - whatever it may be. 

Who do you think is funding the professional agitators? 

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Warfare Just Changed Forever

Over the weekend the Ukraine used off-the-shelf drones hidden in semi-truck trailers to strike Russian Nuclear-capable bombers deep inside Russia. 

The operation, code-named “Spider’s Web” used drones that cost less than $500 each to destroy $100 million aircraft and according to initial reports destroyed or disabled as many as 41 airframes. This could constitute as much as a third of Russias entire airborne “nuclear triad” meaning it’s a huge setback for the  Russian military.  

Adding to this is the reality that the small and low-flying drones seem to have evaded most of the Russian air-defense systems (which appear to be designed to defend against much larger types of aircraft). 

This new “cheap beats expensive” is a “sea change” in modern warfare. Akin to how gunpowder made castle walls obsolete or how the era of carrier-based fighters brought an end to enormous battleships. The reasons are simple: spending lots of time and money making big walls or heavy armor made sense while it worked to repel attacks. But when it could all be undone by a comparatively cheap and plentiful new weapon, there is little point in spending so much money on the pricey stuff. 

The full implications of this attack are unknown but it seems certain that this is something modern militaries will have to adapt to. 

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Lost Secret Nuclear US Icebase in Greenland 

Is there a lost American nuclear-powered ice-base hidden in Greenland?

Yes. But the reactor isn’t there anymore. Camp Century as it was known, had been frozen in time until it was recently rediscovered by NASA during a  high altitude radar survey of the region. 

Like something out of an adventure novel, Camp Century was built in 1959  under the cover story that it would be used for non-military research. 

In reality it was a massive missile base with an arsenal  of at least 600 ballistic missiles and was powered by the world’s first portable nuclear reactor.

It was manned by approximately 200 soldiers who lived within the 52,000 square foot facility which contained a gym, a movie theater, a chapel as well as laboratories and a mess hall in addition to the living quarters. 

The thing is, the ice sheet moves — a lot- and in 1967 the base was abandoned after the ice-chambers started to move with the ice. At least that is the official story - some believe this to be just cover for something more insidious. 

Whatever the truth may be, the entire project was veiled in secrecy as thick as the ice that reclaimed the station. In fact it was not even publicly acknowledged as a military installation until 1996 when it was declassified.

Don’t believe the official narrative or don’t think there’s something else going on with Camp Century?

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Florida Gold Rush?

Florida is set to recognize  gold and silver as currency that can be used to pay taxes. 

Committee Substitute Bill 999 is making its way through the Florida legislature and, if passed would recognize gold and silver as legal tender. That means the shiny stuff could be used to pay taxes and, if a seller is willing, for common household items as well. 

The bill also creates the framework for depositories - facilities that hold the precious metals - and sets other rules related to what metals would be tax exempt. 

If it passes, the law could have a huge positive impact on the Florida economy. Both by linking it to a sound currency and by attracting foreign investments. 

As proposed the bill wouldn’t force anyone to accept metals and the final framework for oversight of depositories has not been completed. 

However, the future for gold and silver bugs is looking very bright in the Sunshine state. 

Would you use gold and silver to buy things in Florida?

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Did Coinbase just attack the Federal Reserve? 

Oh yeah. Big time. The crypto clearinghouse Coinbase just published an ad attacking the Federal Reserves policy of “printing” money while touting the benefit of Bitcoin (which has a set number of units). 

It’s unclear what prompted this attack on the US central bank but it’s mostly accurate and it showed in graphic detail just how much money the Fed actually “creates” at the click of a button. 

Of course the Fed doesn’t actually “print” cash - that’s the treasury’s job — but the Fed is able to make so-called money exist at its whim with just a key stroke. 

Which begs the question, how is that good for We the People?

What do you think? 

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Debt Jubilee 

What if ALL debts were forgiven and everyone just  started over?

It sounds crazy but it’s actually been done before - a lot - every 50 years in some cases. And it’s exactly what it sounds like - ALL debts are forgiven  (in modern terms that’s mortgages, car loans, student loans, credit cards, medical  - EVERYTHING). There are even examples of properties being GIVEN BACK to the former owners after jubilee. 

Critics call it socialism but a debt jubilee actually stimulates the free market system much like a forest fire clears away old brush.  It’s an economic reset that everyone benefits from. 

What’s more the system is “self curing” at each stage of the jubilee cycle. For example, in the beginning, consumption is high, credit is cheap and the economy tends to grow. As time goes by, the “party” calms down a bit, people are a little more responsible with their cash and the economy stabilizes. A year or two out from the jubilee is the “fasting phase” where spending drops  and very little lending occurs — usually only to the most qualified and reliable borrowers but the lending tends to be profitable and creditors benefit from this. This is a period where the society rediscovers  the value of thrift and the economy gets “lean and mean”. Importantly this phase also prevents giant economic bubbles from forming. 

Then, the whole cycle resets,  theres a heady period of cheap credit and massive growth and on it goes. Doing this every half century means that, no matter where someone gets born in the cycle, they’ll live to enjoy at least one period of good times. 

The net effect is healthy balance between extravagance and frugality. 

What do you think? Could a debt jubilee work in the 21st century? 

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It was just announced that the FDA will be phasing out eight petroleum-based food dyes by next year. Citrus Red No. 2 and Orange B are going to have their authorizations pulled in the next few weeks  while the FDA is asking for voluntary cooperation in removing Green No. 3, Red No. 40, Yellow No. 5, Yellow No. 6, Blue No. 1, and Blue No. 2 from the food supply. 

This js something that Europe has already had in place for a while now and really the only shocking thing is that there was petroleum in the food supply at all. Especially because many of these substances have been linked to cancer (in animals) and major behavioral issues in children. 

That said, some have voiced concerns about the “voluntary compliance” side of the plan and have expressed skepticism about the follow-though. 

Fortunately, the changes have already been seen on store shelves as some companies have been getting out ahead of the regulations and putting naturally colored products. 

Regardless it’s one of the few things that everyone can agree on and it’s certainly a step in the right direction. 

Do you think that petroleum based food dyes will actually be removed?

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Is Crypto is over-hyped?

Yes. It’s just a ledger that’s distributed to lots of other users and essentially password protected. But a ledger is nothing new - you can find them chiseled onto stone tablets going back millennia. 

What’s more, at least bitcoin is all public so you don’t even get true privacy from it. 

But cryptography makes it secure! Maybe for now…until it’s not. Remember the Titanic was billed as being “unsinkable”. The bottom line is that if man made it, than man can break it and crypto is no different. 

And remember, crypto requires hardware and software to use — passwords, internet connections (preferably secure ones), brokerage accounts, computers are all necessary to some degree to use crypto. 

Compare that to gold or silver and the difference is immediately obvious. Since the dawn of time no additional technology is required to use the money - its “operating system” is built in. 

So which do you think is worth more? Crypto or Precious  metal?