Human Progress

Our limitless ability to destroy, our ingenious ability to recover. Here's your daily news digest for 23 February 2023.

Human Progress
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The World Should Raise Doubts About Human Progress - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics
The World: A Family History By Simon Sebag Montefiore (Knopf, 1,344 pages, $45) Simon Sebag Montefiore’s book The World: A Family History, which will be released on May 16, is a catalog of moral, sexual, and political depravity, corruption, sadism,…

Australia

Australian universities could open campuses in India in ‘broad-ranging’ education deal
Minister Jason Clare will sign agreement on upcoming trip to India as experts point to ‘tremendous opportunities’ for Australia
An Analysis Of The Employment Consequences Of A Net Zero Emissions Target In NSW
The New South Wales Government and Opposition have both committed NSW to the policy of net zero carbon equivalent emissions by 2050. They have also both committed to the medium-term target of reducing CO2-e emissions by half of 2005 levels by 2030 – just seven years from now.
Oh dear! Vic Libs disenfranchise their own members | The Spectator Australia
The Victorian division of the Liberal Party has done it again. Instead of going into the April 1, Aston by-election with confidence, they are defending a narrow, 2.8 per cent…

International

Biden Administration Funds Anti-Netanyahu Protest Group
What none of the news reports, editorials, public letters by prominent figures or statements by officials have revealed is that the Biden administration is funding the group behind the protests. “No one is asking the organizers who finances their
UN dossier sounds the alarm : ISIS cells eye Balkan route | Free West Media
The risk that terrorists could reach the Mediterranean coasts is growing. A UN dossier has warned that jihadists have been crossing the Balkans in attempts to reach the EU.
President Trump Criticizes Biden On Ukraine And Vows To Secure a Peace Deal
President Donald Trump criticized Joe Biden for spending time in Ukraine while people in Ohio suffer, and Trump also vowed that he could get a deal done between Ukraine and Russia. Trump made the remarks in West Palm Beach, Florida. The prospect of peace between Ukraine and Russia seems like a farfe…

Business, Finance & Investment

Goldman: “No One Is Positioned For A Rally And Everyone Wants It To Roll Over, Rather Than Be Forced To Chase”
“For me 2023 has been characterized by stalemate. The bulls didn’t get a chance to buy the market and the bears are waiting for the market to correct.”
How Government Spending Hurts the Economy | Murray N. Rothbard
[In this chapter from Man, Economy, and State, Murray Rothbard explains how government employees consume productive resources, while both taxes and government spending distort the economy.] For years, writers on public finance have been searching for the “neutral tax,” i.e., for that system of taxes
Forget the Liquidity Trap—Loose Monetary Policies Cause Recessions | Frank Shostak
Advocates of Keynesian economics believe the Federal Reserve should pursue policies that will prevent the possible decline of the economy into a liquidity trap. But what is a liquidity trap? Economic activity often is presented in terms of a circular flow of money.

Culture

This, You Must Watch - Atlanta, GA, “Special Grand Jury” Foreperson Speaks to MSNBC About Their Trump Investigation - The Last Refuge
Putting aside the rules of grand juries speaking to media that do not apply because the Fulton County, GA, group was not a regular grand jury – but rather a “special grand jury”, you might be interested to watch the foreperson of the group speak to MSNBC. No, really, trust me.… you need to see […]
The EPA Has No Credibility
EPA administrator Michael Regan insists that air and water in East Palestine, Ohio is “safe” following the Norfolk Southern train derailment on February 3rd. But should anyone believe him? In 2016, Christine Todd Whitman, who was the h…
The return of gay shame
Munroe Bergdorf’s memoir provides an unwittingly tragic insight into the crisis of homosexuality.

Crypto & Blockchain

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First Mover Americas: BNB-Bitcoin Ratio Falls to Lowest Level Since August
The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Feb. 21, 2023.
Deutsche Bank Works on Tokenized Trading Platform
The Singaporean branch of Deutsche Bank has announced the successful finish of Project DAMA’s proof-of-concept phase.

Postscript

Madonna Posts New Photo Referencing Surgery After Being Called ‘Alien Freak’ at Grammys: ‘Look How Cute I Am’
Madonna posted the picture in response to criticism of her new face at the Grammy Awards earlier this month.

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