Woke Fantasy

Carbon capture revenues rely heavily on woke, federal incentives. Here's your daily news digest for 13 January 2023.

Woke Fantasy
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Carbon Capture Is a Woke Fantasy
Let’s say you’re brainstorming with some friends, trying to figure out how to cash in on the woke green wave. It would probably not occur to the less boldly imaginative among us to propose 1) capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from agr...

Australia

‘A common determination to shape our own futures’: PM to become first foreign leader to address PNG parliament
Anthony Albanese will touch down in Papua New Guinea’s capital today; the first Australian prime minister to visit the country in more than four years.
How Can Anyone Take This Charlatan Seriously? – Quadrant Online
Pensioner Power Beats Migrant Workers
A poll of 1000 Australians last year asked their opinions on the best way to overcome the worker shortage. Four options were offered: allowing more pensioners to work; increasing labour market flexibility; bringing in more migrants; and “None of the above”. The responses for each option were respect…

International

Zero accountability: Dutch Deputy Prime Minister unaffected by transgressions | Free West Media
On Friday, Dutch data analyst Wouter Aukema published the research he and others conducted into government documents released after a FOI request, on an ancillary position of minister Sigrid Kaag. She is the Minister of Finance and First Deputy Prime Minister in the Fourth Rutte cabinet.
Palestinians Recruit Minors as Terrorists, Then Condemn Israel for Shooting ‘Innocent Children’
Palestinian terror groups are recruiting minors to carry out terrorist attacks while Palestinian leaders and international organizations are screaming that “innocent children are being killed.” The Palestinian Authority... glorifies terrorists and
Decline of Empire: Parallels Between the U.S. and Rome, Part II
Doug Casey: Like the Romans, we’re supposedly ruled by laws, not by men.

Business, Finance & Investment

A Country Can’t Save Both Its Currency And Its Bonds
US households’ debt rises to $16.5 trillion
Story at a glance A new NerdWallet study found that the U.S. households have reached a total debt of $16.5 trillion, 7.65 percent increase from the year before. That number means the …
Liquidity Management: A New Challenge for Banks
Stories of liquidity pressures have dominated the headlines recently as banks and other financial institutions feel the strain of current market challenges. Even market favourites, such as fast growing fintechs, are feeling the pain of the liquidity shortage. For years, the benefits of abundant and…

Culture

Early retirees: your country needs you | The Spectator Australia
Bank of England chief economist Huw Pill had an unusually hard act to follow when he was appointed – after stints at Goldman Sachs, the European Central Bank and Harvard – to succeed the…
How Long Did It Take Them Realize that Human Rights Matter? ⋆ Brownstone Institute
We face the question of how to purity test our leaders—both official and unofficial—in light of all the devastation we’ve witnessed during the response to COVID-19
The Digitization Of Humanity Shows Why The Globalist Agenda Is Evil - Alt-Market.us
By Brandon Smith In recent weeks I’ve been seeing an interesting narrative fallacy being sold to the general public when...

Crypto & Blockchain

FTX has recovered over $5B in cash and liquid crypto: Report
FTX reportedly recovered $5 billion in cash and liquid cryptocurrencies but is still working to rebuild transaction history. The total customer shortfall remains uncertain.
El Salvador passes landmark crypto bill, paving way for Bitcoin-backed bonds
The El Salvador legislature has passed a landmark bill which will allow it to issue Bitcoin-backed bonds, or Volcano Bonds, in addition to establishing a new regulatory body and legal framework for all digital assets other than Bitcoin.
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Postscript

Celebrating Self-Destruction | National Review
A swimmer’s essay inadvertently helps exemplify how trans ideology thwarts women’s potential.

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