SNB & CHF

Many conservatives, in trying to steer the USA away from "wokeism," fail to understand that their “national greatness” schemes are just as harmful. Original Article: ""National Greatness" Is Not the Appropriate Response to "Wokeism"" [embedded content] Tags: Featured,newsletter

Technology is the main reason why so many of us are still alive to complain about technology. —Garry Kasparov If I take 30 steps linearly, I get to 30. If I take 30 steps exponentially, I get to a billion. —Ray Kurzweil While world leaders try to decide whether their interests are best served by World War III or some other imposed atrocity, various forces have states targeted for extinction. Chief among these forces is the exponential nature of evolution and...

Overview:  Disappointing data in Asia and Europe has sent the greenback broadly higher. The strong gains posted before the weekend were mostly consolidated yesterday when the US and Canadian markets were on holiday. The rally resumed today. The Antipodeans and Scandis have been hit the hardest (-0.7% to -1.25%) but all the G10 currencies are down. The Swiss franc and yen are off the least (-0.35%-0.45%), and the euro and sterling have taken out their recent lows....

The rioting in France is not due to racism nor is it the logical end of immigration. Instead, it is rooted in France's minimum wage and other labor restrictions that lead to unemployment and resentment. Original Article: "France's Unrest Has Deep Roots. Proposed Immigration Restrictions Will Make Things Worse" [embedded content]...

Homeless foreign nationals (i.e., "illegal aliens") began arriving last week at a makeshift shelter in a Staten Island neighborhood. The arrivals come after New York City Mayor Eric Adams decided that a shuttered Catholic school on Staten Island would be used to house some of the more than 100,000 migrants who have arrived in New York City since the spring of 2022.  Staten Islanders, however, were given no veto and no role in determining the location of the shelter...

According to the American Medical Association, physician burnout “is a long-term stress reaction which can include the following: Emotional exhaustionDepersonalization (i.e., lack of empathy for or negative attitudes toward patients)Feeling of decreased personal achievement”The article goes on to say: Physician burnout is an epidemic in the U.S. health care system, with nearly 63% of physicians reporting signs of burnout such as emotional exhaustion and...

In 2015, Sergei Pugachev, Vladimir Putin’s former adviser, filed a $12 billion compensation claim against Russia at the Hague for expropriation of his assets. Since then, he fears for his personal security. Check out his full interview with our journalist Elena Servettaz to see what he had to say about Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get notified when the full video goes live. --- swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss...

While many economists claim that high overall debt levels can lead to economic recessions, irresponsible government spending and money expansion are the real culprits. Original Article: "Easy Money Is a Much Bigger Economic Problem than Debt" [embedded content] Tags: Featured,newsletter

On we go, further and further into the era of post-journalism, where outlets survive not on the accuracy and honesty of their reporting but on the appeal of their narrative. —Fred Skulthorp, The Critic Nobody has missed that the West suffers from a credibility problem. Its institutions—by which we mean the media, government officials, academia, teachers’ unions and other joint societal “stuff” —hold less and less of our collective trust (business excepted, it seems)....

Modern American media has become so politicized that a once-venerable institution now cannot be trusted. Original Article: "Politics Has Infected Everything in Our Society, Especially the Media" [embedded content] Tags: Featured,newsletter