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  • Beware of pink and green Liberals

    Using nuclear power as a trojan horse The Liberal Party has been plagued by pink and green rats in the ranks since the first emergence in the 1960s of the self-style “moderates” in NSW fighting the so-called “Uglies” for control of the party. Possibly the most destructive blow struck by the rats was the assassination…

  • Rafe’s Roundup 4 Sept

    Reminder Coming soon The Free Speech Union of Australia! Sign up here, don’t delay, Get your free speech while there is still some left. STOCKS LIMITED The usual suspects THE LATEST ADDITION TO THE LIST OF DEPLORABLES The Conservative Political Action Conference CPAC Classical liberalism rebadged as bohemian or hippie conservatism. Inspired by a long lost…

  • Open Thread – Mon 4 Sept 2023

  • Digital Banking: Swings and Roundabouts – Peter Smith

    I am treasurer of my church. Most people now give via online banking but there is still cash and cheque giving on Sundays. I used to bank the offering each week but Westpac closed its local branch earlier this year, as did St George owned by Westpac some months before. Now, because I have to…

  • Rabz’ Radio Show Spring 2023 – Jazz

    Many people would describe this as the perfect music when one would like to kick back and relaxatrate (or Relaxin’). They would not be incorrect. Jazz, by its very nature, is unpredictable, with the emphasis on the concept of “improvisation”. Jazz is “a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana,…

  • Windwatching Sept 2023

    In case you were wondering SEPT 1 NEM Wind at 7.20am providing 3% of demand at Capacity Factor 11%. (CF is the % of installed capacity. 29% is the average.) SA the wind leading state, wind generating 4% of demand operating with CF 4. Victoria, wind providing 3% of demand with CF 4. NSW ,…

  • Open Thread Weekend 2 Sept 2023

  • Wednesday, not the day, the girl …

    Tim Burton’s Wednesday, Cats – I was hugely sceptical until having realised the immensely talented adidas fan Miss Jenna Ortega had also appeared in various other televisual feasts I’d recently seen, most notably the second season of “You”. Spoiler Alerts, Cats … “Wednesday” may be among the last few gasps of Hollyweird greatness, which of…

  • Open Thread – Tues 29 Aug 2023

  • Kenny’s Voice for Simpletons

    I see that the Voice of distraction and misdirection was at it again in the Weekend Australian. Chris Kenny lays bare the No campaigns “Hateful Eight” scare tactics. I can’t cover them all. Here are the first three. I’m sure you can as easily knock down the other five. According to Kenny, it is a…