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Nicolai Petro’s The Tragedy of Ukraine
The above is an informative discussion of Nicolai Petro’s The Tragedy of Ukraine. It covers areas that haven’t been discussed in much detail in the West, generally, at least in the MSM, particularly the regional (Galician) character of Ukrainian nationalism, its origins in the 19th and early 20th Century, its attempt to establish a particular…
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Open Thread – Weekend 14 Jan 2023
Girl at a Sewing Machine, Edward Hopper, 1921
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South Australia does it again
Not to mention Victoria. At sunrise this morning SA was importing 40% of their power and two thirds of local generation came from gas. They are “independent” when the Capacity Factor of the wind is 40 or 50% or more, well above the average of 29%. This morning it was 12%. Victoria and Tasmania (the…
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Support for the new energy narrative
According to the new narrative, flagged here on the New Catallaxy, wind and solar power are unsustainable, dirty, expensive and catastrophic for the environment. The root of the problem is the fake science news that is put about by the collection of vested interests that apparently hate the western world and everything that makes for…
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It’s time to celebrate men and masculinity
There is a Yiddish word I am sure many here have heard of before. The word is “mensch”. Mensch, in its original meaning, is not a word to be used flippantly. Calling a man a mensch is a serious compliment, to be used sparingly, it’s a word of praise that extols the virtues of a…
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Back to the age of climate-driven superstition
In recent blog on Quadrant Online, I referred to a Mr Ted O’Connor of Prince Charles Parade, in the suburb of Kernell in Sydney, who in 1956 expressed concern about the danger of high seas eroding homes along the Parade; which runs alongside the seafront. “Fifty houses at Kurnell are in danger of toppling into…
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WIND FAILS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA
BUSINESS AS USUAL Pressing on with the new energy story that was sketched here not long ago. The so-called green energy transition has hit the wall. Worldwide, trillions of dollars of investment have shifted the contribution of organic (hydrocarbon or fossil) fuel from about 82% of total energy use to 80 or 81%. In Australia…
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The Ivermectin scandal
For 35 years, Ivermectin was hailed as a miracle drug. It had an incredible impact on millions of people’s lives around the world who suffered from diseases like river blindness, scabies, and elephantiasis, without side effects and at an affordable price. The scientists who discovered it won the Nobel Prize: Mountains of data have emerged showing…
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Open Thread – Tue 10 Jan 2023
The Siesta, Camille Pissarro, 1899
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Rabz’ Radio Show January 2023: Albums
You can write off this medium of music storage as an anachronism at your peril, Cats. I noted various recent stories in the meeja stating that sales of vinyl LPs are at their highest since the medium was declared (finally) dead upon the advent of the compact disc format in the eighties. Thirty-three and third,…