The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (No. 66)

February 6, 2024

The Good

IT’S A THING: First-time fathers experience shift to ‘dad brain’ when they meet their child

ON MY CHRISTMAS WISH LIST: Cheers! A bottle of Scotch whisky sells for a record $2.7 million at auction

I WISH THEY’D HAD THIS DRUG FOR OUR BELOVED “CURDIE,” WHO DIED THIS SUMMER (CURDIE WAS A SMALL DOG, THOUGH): A Radical New Drug Is Poised to Extend The Life of Large Dogs. 

STATING THE OBVIOUS: An interesting look at who raises more well-adjusted kids.

IT’S ON, FOLKS, AND THE MOVEMENT IS BEING LED BY OUR FRIENDS AT EDWATCHDAILY.COM: The Rapid Growth of Educational Freedom Is Unprecedented.

EXCELLENT ESSAYS:

• The Wisdom of Our Ancestors

• How Project Fear and the vaccine rewrote the software of the brain.

MILEI UNLEASHED: Artificial Intelligence Tool Translates Argentinian President Milei’s Freedom Address in Real Time.

SCIENCE ROUNDUP

• Scientists discover dopamine at the heart of desire.

• We’ve been ‘close’ to achieving fusion power for 50 years. When will it actually happen?

• Family Sizes to Dramatically Decline in The Near Future, Scientists Predict.

• Ultra-Large Structure Discovered in Distant Space Defies Our Current Understanding of the Universe. 

• Study reveals a universal pattern of brain wave frequencies across mammalian species.

MEDICINE/HEALTH ROUNDUP:

• Amazing Tiny Brain Implant Translates Brain Signals Into Speech

• For the first time, gene-editing provides hints for lowering cholesterol.

• Programmed DNA nanorobots to shrink cancer tumors by cutting off their blood supply.

• A woman did more than 100 stool transplants to treat her ulcerative colitis — and it worked. What to know about fecal microbiota transplantation.

• Study reveals surprising link between malnutrition and rising antibiotic resistance.

• Revolutionizing Amputee Care: Spinal Cord Stimulation Alleviates Pain and Enhances Balance.

• Just One Drug Could Treat America’s Top Two Killer Diseases.

ARCHEOLOGY ROUNDUP:

• Archaeologists unearth 4,000-year-old 'Stonehenge of the Netherlands'

• 'Atlantis of the North Sea' found 600 years after it allegedly disappeared beneath the waves

• Scientists Studied 3,000 Viking Teeth And Discovered Surprisingly Advanced Dentistry.

• An ancient, massive urban complex has been found in the Ecuadorian Amazon

• Cluster of Ancient Lost Cities in The Amazon Is The Largest Ever Found. 

NEWS YOU CAN USE: These small towns and cities are ranked the safest in America, study shows

MAKES PERFECT SENSE: Study Finds Key To Healthier Life Could Be Fleeing Cities

PARENT POWER FOR THE WIN: Victory in war against library promoting leftist ideologies

The Bad

CANADA WATCH: THE COUNTRY OF MY BIRTH, IS A JOKE.

• Canadian military to provide tampons for male soldiers

• 50-year-old man who 'identifies' as 13-year-old girl allowed to shower with teens

ASKING FOR A FRIEND: AT WHAT POINT DO DEMOCRAT VOTERS SAY, “ENOUGH ALREADY”?!?!? After Congress Allocated $7.5 Billion for Electric Vehicle Chargers, Exactly Zero Have Been Built.

THIS IS MY SHOCKED FACE:  Children with liberal parents more likely to suffer mental health problems: Study.

NICE OF YOU TO NOTICE: America is Failing Young Men.

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT:

MAYBE IT’S TIME TO GO TO WAR (INTELLECTUALLY AND MORALLY, OF COURSE) WITH THE NIHILISTS: Civilization Versus the New Nihilists.

THIS WOULD OTHERWISE BE GOOD NEWS, BUT WHY DO ACADEMICS KEEP LYING TO US ABOUT THIS? Mega-Study Finds That Minorities Don’t Receive Harsher Criminal Punishments, But That Academics Said So Anyway.

WHAT BIDENOMICS IS DOING FOR YOU:

• The ‘Bidenomics’ Honeymoon Is Officially Over.

• Average American’s retirement balance falls 4% as more and more savers dip into their later life savings to make ends meet.

• ‘Funflation’ drives sporting event ticket prices up a whopping 25%

• Bidenomics: Here's how much extra cash Americans need today just to afford the basics

• Bidenomics hits Americans: Mortgage payments UP 90%

• The key feature of Bidenomics: Regulatory overreach.

• ‘Prices Really Hurt’: Public Sees Economic Doom In Bidenomics

THE CURE TO INFERTILITY IS TO END SOCIALISM. Is there anything freedom can’t do? The Fertility Crisis – There Is No Cure In A Free Country.

IS THIS WHAT YOU MEANT BY JOE BIDEN’S “STATESMANLIKE” QUALITIES WHEN YOU VOTED FOR HIM? EXCLUSIVE: Biden Admin Adds LGBTQ Strings to Foreign Agriculture Grants

CIVILIZATIONAL DECLINE AND FALL IS A CHOICE: Voters See American Dream Slipping Out of Reach, WSJ/NORC Poll Shows: Fewer believe that anyone who works hard can get ahead.

I’LL LEAVE THIS ONE TO THE LADIES TO SORT OUT: Feminists are to blame for the falling birth rate.

AND RISING HEART ATTACKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AS WELL . . . .Cancer Is Striking More Young People, and Doctors Are Alarmed and Baffled.

THE CALCULUS OF CONSENT: MORE SEX + FEWER BABIES = CIVILIZATIONAL DECLINE: Sexual freedom and the collapse of civilisation.

THERE ARE ALMOST NO GREAT HISTORIANS ANY MORE. Most are just second-rate propagandists. Take the state of early American history, for instance. Where is the next Perry Miller, Edmund Morgan, Bernard Bailyn, or Gordon S. Wood? HOW THE AHA KILLED VIEWPOINT-NEUTRAL HISTORY TEACHING. 

NEVER FORGET: CIVILIZATIONAL DECLINE AND FALL IS A CHOICE. And to all those fair-weather “Republicans” who voted for Joe Biden in 2020 because of his. . . blah . . . “statesmanship,” just know you voted for this: ‘War On Families’: Federal ‘Home Visiting’ Program Classifies Parents Who Don’t Let Young Kids Cross-Dress As Potentially Abusive

NEVER FORGET (BUT I REPEAT MYSELF): CIVILIZATIONAL DECLINE AND FALL IS A CHOICE. And to all those fair-weather “Republicans” who voted for Joe Biden in 2020 because of his . . . blah . . . “statesmanship,” just know you voted for this: FAA’s Diversity Push Hiring ‘Severe Intellectual’ And ‘Psychiatric’ Disabled

READ OF THE WEEK: Soviet machinations benefited from the same mixture of philo-communism among New Deal liberals and outright Soviet espionage that shaped Oppenheimer’s milieu.

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: House of Horrors: An exclusive in-depth exposé of the illegal California biolab.

AMERICA’S SOCIAL DYNAMICS HAVE CHANGED. A new techno-Ivy ruling elite wants to control every aspect of your life: Survey: Two-Thirds Of Elites Say There’s Too Much Freedom In America.

SURE SIGN OF A DYING CULTURE: SURVEY: Just 19% Of Young Adults 'Definitely' Want Kids...

THE PHARMACEUTICAL-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IS A SOCIAL MENACE: 

• Exposed: Moderna's Vaccine Against Vaccine Dissent

• Pharmaceutical Giant Monitored Online Content Of Popular COVID-19 Vaccine Critics: REPORT

THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ARE TURNING THEIR COUNTRY OVER TO THESE PEOPLE. This is what national suicide looks like: EXCLUSIVE: Top Trans Doctor Bemoans How ‘White’ The Sex Change Industry Is In Unearthed Video

CHINA WATCH:

• Red State Officials Move To Block CCP-Linked Manufacturing Plant Following DCNF Report

• Major Liberal Charities Funneling Millions Into Arms Of Chinese Government, Documents Show

• Biden’s China Wild Card

• U.S., Chinese Researchers Wanted to Engineer Virus Similar to Covid One Year before Pandemic Outbreak, Internal Docs Show.

• ‘Slow-Motion Heist’: Midwestern Farmers Accuse Chinese Communist Party Of Stealing Valuable American Seeds

• China’s Stock-Market Rout Has Become a Political Problem.

• How Primed for War Is China? 

AMERICA’S BLUE CITIES ARE IMPLODING:

• They Did It! Chicago Crime To Hit Post-COVID Record, Up Nearly 60%

YUP, I WOULD MUCH RATHER BE GOVERNED BY MY FRIDAY DRINKING BUDDIES AT THE LOCAL TRAILER PARK THAN BY THE DWEEBS FROM THE SO-CALLED “IVY” LEAGUE: America’s richest 1% and Ivy Leaguers say the rest of the country has TOO much personal freedom and want to ration food and electricity, shocking poll finds.