Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) might pose “significant risks, challenges, and tradeoffs,” warned Federal Reserve governor Michelle Bowman in a recent speech. It has been about a year since President Joe Biden signed an executive order that directed the federal government to examine the technological infrastructure and capacity for establishing a CBDC. Since then, the…
Digital Dollar Could Pose ‘Significant Risks’ to Americans’ Freedom, Fed Official Warns
Bombs Left Outside London Barrister’s Office on Orders of Businessman With ‘Serious Grudge,’ Jury Told
LONDON—Explosive devices were left outside the chambers of a top London barrister as part of a “campaign of intimidation” by a wealthy businessman with a “serious grudge,” a jury has been told. Prosecutor Catherine Farrelly told the Old Bailey on Monday that Jonathan Nuttall, 49, “harboured a great deal of animosity” towards Andrew Sutcliffe, KC, a…
ICU Doctor Sees Series of Medical Miracles, Says Phenomenon Is an Invitation to Be Critical but Open
Death is a phenomenon that instills fear in people, because no one knows what happens after death, and death is often linked to pain. Dr. Laurin Bellg is a critical care physician, and throughout her career she has come across several patients who died but came back. From the patients she talked to, she concluded…
Man Killed in Hwy 7 Crash Lost His Home to a Tornado Last Year
Cheri Guest of Tweed, Ont., “will never recover from this,” her daughter said after Guest’s husband was killed in a car crash just in front of their driveway on April 17. Ronald Guest, 47, was killed waiting to pull into his driveway on Highway 7. An initial police investigation suggests Guest was hit from behind…
In Praise of the Anti-Feminists Defending Domesticity
Commentary The English TV personality Susanna Reid once said, “Women telling men to step out of roles so they can step into them isn’t going to endear people to feminism,” nor “is telling women they are betraying feminism by enjoying the pleasures of being a traditional housewife.” Wise words. Sadly, in these hyper-modern, ridiculously polarizing…
US Government ‘Decades Behind’ Understanding AI: Former Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang
Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang believes the American government is years behind in understanding the consequences of artificial intelligence and warns that science fiction scenarios are now becoming real. “It can be a force for civilizational progress, but it can also destroy us at the high end. So, you would want a tailored approach. You’d…
Film Review: ‘Chevalier’: Harrison Shines Despite Shoddy Filmmaking
PG-13 | 1h 47min | Drama, History, Music, Biography | 21 April 2023 (USA) There are few lesser-known historical figures in need of becoming the subject of a sprawling screen biographical epic than Joseph Bologne. However, “Chevalier” is neither sprawling nor is it an epic and is, in effect, the cinematic equivalent of a half-complete CliffsNotes study guide. Born in 1745 to…
Journey of a Birthmark: Let’s Take a Peek Into Our Past Lives
Birthmarks are known to be a common phenomenon during or after birth. I was born with multiple birthmarks and for me it was fun to create a story about them. For example, on my forehead I have a reddish V shaped birthmark which, growing up in India, people believed to be a Trishula, a sign…
UK Exploring ‘All Routes’ to Evacuate Britons Trapped in War-Torn Sudan
The UK government is exploring “all routes” in an attempt to get British nationals out of Sudan, Downing Street has said. More than 420 people have been killed in a bloody conflict between the Sudanese army and a powerful paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces, which broke out nine days ago. Prime Minister…
REPLAY: Xi’s ‘Global Governance’ Gambit: How the CCP Resets the World for Its Hegemony—A Webinar by CPDC
In a webinar held on April 20 by the Committee on the Present Danger: China (CPDC), panelists discussed Beijing’s influence in international organizations, as well as its role in subverting U.S. sovereignty and building a new world order with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) characteristics. The panelists include Pam Pryor, senior bureau official for International Organizational Affairs—a…
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