The Daily Signal - TOP NEWS | Capabilities of China Spy Balloon Discovered, FBI’s Questionable Activity, Hunter Biden’s Business Dealings | Feb. 9

On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:  

 

  • New information has been released about the Chinese spy balloon.
  • House Oversight Committee Republicans file a formal request for records and information related to Hunter Biden’s business dealings abroad.  
  • The Federal Bureau of Investigation issues a report on “radical-traditionalist Catholic ideology.” 
  • Conservative groups call for state legislatures to close loopholes regarding private funding of elections.
  • Virginia Republican Gov. Glen Youngkin speaks out against Black Lives Matter content in the state's public schools.   


Relevant Links 

https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/02/09/gov-youngkin-condemns-black-lives-matter-school-push-virginia-ed-union-will-tolerated/  

https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/02/09/breaking-fbi-rescinds-radical-traditionalist-catholic-ideology-document-citing-southern-poverty-law-center/ 

 

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - THE HASH: LocalBitcoins to Close Down Amid ‘Very Cold’ Crypto Winter; Coinbase CEO Suggests SEC May Ban Crypto Staking

The most valuable crypto stories for Thursday, Feb. 8, 2023. 

"The Hash" squad discusses today's top stories, including bitcoin exchange LocalBitcoins gearing up to close this month. This comes as Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says he's heard rumors the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) would like to ban retail investors from engaging in cryptocurrency staking, the income-generating technique at the core of running proof of stake blockchains including Ethereum. Plus, Tether, the issuer of the world's largest stablecoin, reported a $700 million fourth-quarter profit.

See also: ​​

Bitcoin Exchange LocalBitcoins to Close, Citing Market Conditions

Coinbase's CEO Cites 'Rumors' the SEC May Ban Crypto Staking for Retail Customers

Stablecoin Issuer Tether Reports $700M Profit, Complete Exit From Commercial Paper

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Federalist Radio Hour - America Is Broken

On this episode of “The Federalist Radio Hour,” Christopher Bedford, executive editor at The Common Sense Society, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss what sparked the erosion of American society and the breakdown of its essential institutions.

Read “The Year America’s Basic Systems Started To Crumble” here: https://thefederalist.com/2023/02/06/the-year-americas-basic-systems-started-to-crumble/

Motley Fool Money - Disney Pops, Alphabet Drops

Disney’s latest results and plans were just what Wall Street wanted to hear.

(0:21) Tim Beyers discusses: - How the parks & experiences division drove Disney’s 1st-quarter results - ESPN+ being a bright spot among streaming properties - Alphabet shares falling over a botched AI demo and concerns about Microsoft

(13:20) Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Jason Hall and Ryan Henderson engage in a bull vs. bear debate over Match Group.

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Stocks discussed: DIS, MSFT, GOOG, MTCH

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Science In Action - Turkey-Syria earthquake

In the early hours of Monday, a powerful earthquake hit Kahramanmaras in Turkey. Nine hours later another struck. When this edition of Science in Action first aired, 19,000 people were reported to have died, but that number was expected to rise.

Back in 2016, Professor Asli Garagon and her colleagues accurately predicted that an earthquake of this size was coming. Using GPS, they were monitoring the East Anatolian fault to calculate energy building between the plates. With such accurate insight could Turkey have been better prepared?

Ross Stein, seismologist and founder of Temblor, a Californian consultancy that specialises in assessing hazard risk, estimates the plates moved at 5,000 mph. The movement of the plates may have built up pressure in other parts of the country.

And finally, Tiziana Rossetto, a civil engineer at University College London, knows better than most that earthquakes do not kill, buildings do. She tells Roland how the combination of earthquakes and subsequent aftershocks appear to have even destroyed buildings that were purposely built to withstand them.

Presenter: Roland Pease Producer: Harrison Lewis Assistant producer: Sophie Ormiston

Image: Aftermath of the deadly earthquake in Gaziantep Credit: REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya

CrowdScience - Who’s afraid of public speaking?

Why does the thought of giving a talk to an audience fill so many of us with sheer terror? Marnie Chesterton investigates for listener Nhial, who has seen his fellow students in Morocco become panic stricken at the prospect and wants to know the reason for our anxiety. According to one study, 77 per cent of us share that fear. Marnie finds out about the relationship between stress, our brains and our voices from research associate Dr Maria Dietrich at the University Hospital, Bonn University. She talks to Nhial’s tutor, Professor Taoufik Jaafari, at Hassan II University of Casablanca about the challenges facing his students. And she visits the National Theatre in London to get some expert training from Jeannette Nelson, head of voice, who works with some of the world’s leading actors.

Could there be an evolutionary explanation for the purpose of public speaking? Is it something we actually need to be good at? Marnie asks evolutionary psychologist Professor Robin Dunbar at Oxford University and gets some surprising answers. She meets psychologist Dr Preethi Premkumar at London South Bank University, who has developed virtual reality therapy with colleagues at Nottingham Trent University, and tries out the treatment herself.

Presenter: Marnie Chesterton Producer: Jo Glanville