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A constitutional change that we all can agree on.
This year, constitutional change is in the air. But like so many previous attempts to alter the Australian Constitution, this one – the creation of an Aboriginal Voice – is being shown to be every bit as controversial as most earlier attempts at change. In medical parlance: “the patient is not looking good.” But the…
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Cool Hand Karl is back
Sheriff Popper has come to town to gun down the historicists and restore law and order on the streets of the Open Society. He has opened a Facebook account, set up a substack and hangs out with his deputies in a smoke-free salon to drink weak tea, and shoot the breeze with Bach and Mozart…
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RIP NET ZERO
Wind-leading states show the way On Wednesday morning, before breakfast, South Australia and Victoria demonstrated why the net zero dream is actually a nightmare. The logic of the Iron Triangle of Power Supply signals that there must be a continuous delivery of power to the grid to meet demand. Ignore the peaks of wind and…
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Meme of the Day #67
h/t: Aimee Terese
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Jeff Grimshaw, NotKean for Hornsby
Support Jeff Grimshaw, taking on the Green Blob Matt Kean for the seat of Hornsby in the NSW election. As the east coast of Australia stares down the barrel of blackouts and brown outs, with an electricity grid on the verge of imploding, the NSW Government continues to charge towards the precipice of an energy disaster.…
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Open Thread – Tue 14 March 2023
Extreme Unction, Nicolas Poussin, 1646
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Despicable or Disastrous. That’s the choice
It’s never been about the Marxist thugs on the left. The Daniel Andrews types. It’s always been about the growing number of rats on the right. The rats have taken over. So now it’s take your pick between the awful and bloody awful. Not giving up, but it’s time to be realistic. Nothing is in…
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A few racy things
The Voice within. Meet NIAA The Voice that we didn’t know about. Now we know, thanks to Rowan Dean. This is the National Indigenous Australians Agency. Your taxes at work! According to the NIAA’s annual report, last year Jody and her team spent nearly 290 million dollars on expenses. That’s a lot of dosh, so…
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Rafe’s Roundup 13 March
Drop in and see what is going on The Energy Realists Jo Nova Quadrant on line IPA Climate and energy program CIS The Sydney Institute Menzies Research Centre Mannkal Foundation Advance Australia Taxpayers Australian Inst for Progress The Conservative Vagabond The Rathouse Rafe’s Readers If you want to buy from the reading list, be sure to…
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Evil, lunacy, stupidity. Take your pick
This is the BBC News today (11 march), commenting on the tragic shootings in Hamburg: “Seven people, including an unborn baby, were killed in Thursday’s attack which unfolded at a Jehovah’s Witness meeting hall in the city.” An unborn baby killed. What do you make of that? An unborn baby. A contradiction in terms, surely.…