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Open Thread – Mon 31 Jan 2022
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Australian media blockades the truth
As I write this there’s a convoy of trucks that are effectively blockading Ottawa, Canada. It has been brewing for a week now and has been pretty hard to miss but then, I don’t take any of my news from local news sources. On Friday I worked with my business partner who is a very…
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Environmental Issues with Construction of RE Facilities
Briefing Note 22.1 February 2022 Background Serious environmental issues arise at ten stages of RE production, from mining raw materials to the disposal of turbines, batteries and solar panels at the end of their working lives. Critical issues at the phase of construction RE facilities, including the poles and wires required to carry the power…
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“A tiny minority with unacceptable views”
There is some resistance growing to the insanities associated with Covid across the world, with the Canadian truck convoys leading the pack. It’s not even that they are anti-vaxxine as such, just anti being forced to take the vaxxines and then each of the mandated “boosters” to participate in normal life, like going to the…
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Open Thread – Weekend 29 Jan 2022
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Guest Post: Speedbox – A Disturbing Trend
Over the past few years the trend to hold ‘candlelight vigils’ for child victims of crimes or accidents seems to have accelerated. Within hours of the admittedly terrible event, the media announce that a vigil will be held at the local school, footpath, bush setting or other nearby/relevant location to where the event occurred. At…
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It’s all about unifying the community
At the beginning of November, and after former NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian had announced previously that on 1 December unvaccinated residents of NSW would be able to re-join the social fabric of the State, the new Premier, Dominic Perrottet, reneged, saying that the date would be changed to 15 December. In doing so, Perrottet explained…
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Meme of the Day #11
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Guest Post: Speedbox – The Putin Gambit
Gambit (?æm·b?t): noun; a clever action in a game or other situation that is intended to achieve an advantage and usually involves taking a risk. For the past several weeks, in particular, the Ukrainians, the EU, the USA among others have been speculating and commenting on the Russian troop build-up on the eastern border of…
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WolfmanOz at the Movies #6
The Gunfight One of the stables of the Western genre is the showdown/gunfight, often between the main protagonists. The fate of those involved is settled within a split second as to who was fastest on the draw. Of course, the reality in the old West was that it was nothing really like this. Often gunfights…