It’s a little know fact that Enabling Acts were not a particularly unusual event in early 20th Century Germany. It’s also not widely known that to bring one into existence, it took a successful two-thirds (2/3) majority vote in the Reichstag, currently known as a Super Majority. This would seem wholly appropriate, given the power…

I have it on good authority that in Victoria (at least), the government is very seriously CONSIDERING introducing a ‘No Jab, No School’ policy for kids down to 12 years old. Yes, yes, I know, we’ve heard all this before. Not from this source, I haven’t. In my opinion, it does now represent a real…

For a change of pace, let’s put Covid-19 aside and turn our attention to the subject of Art. God knows this place could do with some refinement…Arky now appears to have posting rights! These images have always been a source of wonder for me, especially considering they (supposedly) emanate from opposite ends of the political…

Inspired by a post yesterday by thefrollickingmole which read, in part: Our older nurse liked the conversation, as it brought up issues she had thought about a bit, the younger chap was full “coercion is fine for the greater good”. I thought I’d put down something that has jumped out at me during this whole,…

It’s with no sense of satisfaction that I note the materialisation of my prediction on the old Cat. As the lockdowns continue, and the ‘voluntary’ vaccination rates climb, I see the pressure mounting on the hesitant from two different directions. That is, from Governments, in the form of ever louder hints of vaccination apartheid, and…

Daughter #3 and her boyfriend found themselves legitimately in his parent’s holiday house at the start of LuckDan 6.0(b) and so, they stayed there. Now, boyfriend’s online biz needs supplies, and he finds he has to travel back into Babylon to get them. Is he legitimately allowed to do this? Who knows? So, he does,…

So let’s have a look at the scoreboard on 3 January 2021, having passed through two waves of Covid in this Country. Let’s call it a belated New Years Eve party! That’s right folks. Despite all the panic and carry on, according to their own figures and table, if you are under the age of…

My son asked me recently: “Is it true that the Kangaroo and Emu were chosen for our coat of arms because they can’t move backwards?” “Why yes, yes it is”, was my answer. That’s the official reasoning, anyway, and clearly the answer the teacher was after. The shield is held up by the native Australian…

“Oh, that is all well and good, but, voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the…

– The Gulag Archipelago, Vol 1, Part 1, Chapter 4 – The Bluecaps, p146/47 “What prompted them all to slip into harness and pursue so zealously not truth but totals of the processed and condemned? Because it was most comfortable for them not to be different from the others. And because these totals meant an…