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Auron MacIntyre on The Rise of the Midwits
This is an excellent and brief presentation of midwits as a new political and social class in the early 21st century. Conservatives would do well to consider how to circumvent such behaviour which can really only occur by removing the incentives and/ or by imposing higher costs because we are typically its target. I heartily…
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Meme of the Day #44
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Open Thread – Weekend 28 May 2022
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Meme of the Day #43
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Guest Post – Twostix – How many voters boycotted the Fed Election 2022 ?
The voter turnout numbers from the AEC site are astonishing. Nearly 30% of Australian voters boycotted the election. The lowest turnouts are in the inner city seats consecutively, look at the comparisons to 2019: Electorate, Turnout %, Enrolled, Marked Off, Turnout % Relative to 2019Melbourne 61.4 114447 70270 -28.22Sydney 61.83 125421 77550 -24.47Brisbane 62.46 125241 78223 -28.05Perth 62.63 122719 76856 -26.9 The highest turnout in all of Australia…
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Open Thread – Tues 24 May 2022
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Federal Election Night 2022
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Open Thread – Weekend 21 May 2021
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Who is ‘culminating’ in Ukraine?
Armchair Warlord recently posted an interesting thread on Twitter on the current military situation in the Ukraine. I would direct you to the thread for his brief account, but, in summary, his speculation is that the Ukrainian strategy appears to be to allow RuAF (Russian Armed Forces) to attempt to establish several ‘cauldrons’ in the…
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Open Thread – Tuesday 17 May 2022