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A man’s body is a well-oiled machine, not a distorted ideal. Here's your daily news digest for 19 December 2022.

Yukio Mishima
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The men who worship Yukio Mishima
Bodybuilders are in love with an unattainable goal

Australia

Reforming Australia’s child support system | The Spectator Australia
Australia’s child support system was introduced by the Hawke government in 1988. Since that time, it has undergone various incremental reforms such that the system as it stands in 2021 at times seems…
IPA Poll: Australians Do Not Believe It Is Racist To Oppose The Voice To Parliament
“Mainstream Australians have shattered the elitist disinformation campaign that says, ‘if you oppose the Indigenous-only Voice to Parliament you are a racist’,” said Morgan Begg, Director of the Legal Rights Program at the Institute of Public Affairs.
‘Our game is in tatters’: Australian football reacts with shock to Melbourne derby violence
Chaotic scenes that resulted in the abandonment of Aami Park match condemned

International

Namibia sees opportunity to attract German energy refugees | Free West Media
Namibia sees opportunity to attract German energy refugees |
Journalist is arrested under Turkey’s new anti-misinformation law
The first charged under the new law.
Iran Authorities Arrest Actress of Oscar-Winning Movie
CAIRO—Iranian authorities arrested one of the country’s most renowned actresses Saturday on charges of spreading falsehoods about nationwide ...

Business, Finance & Investment

London’s IPO market dries up – report
Britain’s IPO market has plummeted this year amid recession fears, according to services network KPMG
Gold dawn approaching $2,500
Gold has been stabilising and attempting to rally in recent weeks, but keeps getting dragged back down in the volatility surrounding inflation and the
Global Rate Hikes Hit the Wall of Debt Maturity | Daniel Lacalle
More than ninety central banks worldwide are increasing interest rates. Bloomberg predicts that by mid-2023, the global policy rate, calculated as the average of major central banks’ reference rates weighted by GDP, will reach 5.5%.

Culture

Pandemic Preparedness: The New Parasite ⋆ Brownstone Institute
Smart public health would adopt a measured approach and ensure their policies benefit the public more than themselves. That would require a moral code and courage.
Liberate America’s Children from Leftism
I saw some commie ninny praising the enlightened brilliance of child activists advocating for left-wing causes, and my eyes nearly rolled back far enough in my skull to leave me blind. Only cultists and communists hang on to every utteranc...
The insufferable snobbery of Harry and Meghan
Their ghastly Netflix weep-fest was an act of slander against the British people.

Crypto & Blockchain

Learning Bitcoin For Newbies In Fifteen Minutes
Here are the basic facts you need to relay to newbies when they’re wanting to know about Bitcoin.
Let Crypto Implode - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics
Sam Bankman-Fried’s arrest makes for a fitting final act to this chapter of cryptocurrency history. The internet prodigy-turned-supervillain had been at large for a whole month since the spectacular collapse of his crypto trading platform, FTX. But Sam is no...
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Postscript

The Portuguese Digital Nomad Visa we’ve all been waiting for
As of October 31, 2022, Portugal now has an actual Digital Nomad Visa (DNV). Let’s get into the details below…

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