New Catallaxy

Did anyone see the advertisement in the Herald Sun on Sunday, 31 October thanking Brett Sutton CMO Victoria and team for keeping us safe? The text of the advertisement ran as follows: “To Prof Brett Sutton, Prof Ben Cowan and A/Prof Deb Friedman Thank you To you and the team of people you lead, For…

It’s about Daniel Andrews and the totalitarian laws Labor is trying to introduce into Victoria. The text may be found here. I particularly like that she quotes Edmund Burke, about whom you can read more about here. The Irish philosopher Edmund Burke said, ‘The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.’ Those…

“Once every single person in this state has had the opportunity to be vaccinated then we should open up for everyone… I want to see more unity and not a two-tiered society… It’s not the government’s role to provide freedom.” Dominic Perrottet talking to Joe Hildebrand on 2GB on 24 September 2021. The Berejiklian date…

The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.-G. K. Chesterton In the OT today, Calli made the following astute comment, We seem to be in a perfect storm of physical and spiritual (or, if you like, moral) degradation, without the will to tackle it in the simplest of ways. That is, starting in the home. Our telescopic philanthropy…

This is taken from Nick Cater’s article in today’s Oz: Victoria: From a state of emergency to a state of tyranny. Daniel Andrew’s level of incompetence is astonishing, but the high regard so many still have for this utterly stupid buffoon is more astonishing still. Here is the story as told by Nick. The Andrews…

I watched part of a recent press conference of Ron DeSantis introducing Florida’s new surgeon general. “No more noble lies,” he said, speaking of Covid. Apparently, in Florida at least, people can handle the unvarnished truth. And what about ignoble lies, I thought, when thinking of Australian health authorities. On 28 October in Victoria twenty-five…