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Open Thread – Weekend 11 March 2023
The Carrousel – Autumn Morning, Camille Pissarro, 1899
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‘No Vaccine Mandates?’ – Pull the other one.
This week, former Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, in the jargon of the media, sat down with Sky News journalist, Sharri Markson. Though the interview covered a range of subjects, there was only one area that interested me: vaccine mandates. In the interview, Morrison asserted that he and his Government never supported widespread vaccine mandates. Neither,…
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Open Thread – Tues 7 March 2023
New York Movie, Edward Hopper, 1939
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Some thoughts on mothers, drag queens, trans, groomers & grooming
Why are parents, and in particular mothers, taking their children to drag queen shows and drag queen story hours in public libraries? This phenomenon of provocative drag queens performing in front of children was unheard of as little as five years ago yet now, probably because we are living in the middle of a woke…
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Rafe’s Roundup 6 March
The Energy Realists of Australia Jo Nova Quadrant on line IPA Climate and energy program CIS The Sydney Institute Menzies Research Centre Mannkal Economics Education Foundation Advance Australia Taxpayers Alliance Australian Inst for Progress The Conservative Vagabond The Rathouse and The Site of Kilmeny Another Organization to Track CONNECT AUSTRALIA. Check them out, aiming to unite, not divide. Also I am Spartacus! Speak with one voice…
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Lying occasionally or for all seasons?
I was with some friends on Friday. We had difficulty on agreeing what the proposed superannuation changes were, who they affected and by how much. Consolation came via the view that Chalmers appeared not to understand them either. The Prime Minister, of course, was caught lying. I don’t make the charge lightly. Politicians often renege…
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Rabz’ Radio Show March 2023: Rock Chicks
This post will no doubt be seen as either a desperate attempt to ensure some gender balance or an exercise in unrepentant sexism. Quite frankly Cats, I couldn’t give a rodent’s. The definitive “Rock Chick” when I was growing up was one Suzi Quattro. All that leather and attitude, as well those heavy guitar chords…
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Open Thread – Weekend 4 March 2023
Place de la Madeleine, Édouard Cortès, early 1900s
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Nietzsche’s foreboding insight
From the outset, it must be said that German philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900) was a troubled individual who suffered a wide range of afflictions during his relatively short life. Having said that, in the preface to his work ‘On the Genealogy of Morality’, Nietzsche wrote: What if a regressive trait lurked in “the good…
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Open Thread – Tue 28 Feb 2023
Belisarius Begging for Alms, Jacques-Louis David, 1781