• Mater’s Musings #19: If only it had a QR Code attached

    I’ve seen plenty of these in my travels in less than salubrious locations (the military tend not to send people to London, Paris or the Greek Islands). It’s indeed unfortunate that the governments of these places didn’t have the electronic means to attach a QR Code to this sign and link it to every tourist’s…

  • The Melbourne Syndrome revisited

    This was an article I wrote exactly a year ago: The Melbourne Syndrome which was published at the American Institute for Economic Research. What remains the most astonishing part is how little has changed. Victoria is still governed by our own version of Captain Bligh who knows only how to order others about while understanding

  • Lockdowns our fault, apparently

    “The reality is that we can’t live in lockdown forever. We have to live with Covid and that means getting vaccinated as quickly as possible.” Reportedly, said Josh Frydenberg, taking aim on Monday at Australians who refuse to get the jab. Of course, name most every politician and their media cheerleaders from the left or…

  • The ongoing woke undermining of Australia’s economy

    The march of the woke inspired destruction of the free-market economy continues apace. The additional baggage it is being required to carry is evident from articles and views from the past couple of day’s media. The Business Council of Australia continues to call for additional costs to be imposed on the firms it is supposed…

  • “Ivermectin is an effective treatment for COVID-19.”

    In regard to Ivermectin, you really need to read this: Ivermectin for COVID-19: real-time meta analysis of 63 studies. Very long, very detailed, but this was the bottom line. “Ivermectin is an effective treatment for COVID-19.” Anyone who says anything else is [you tell me].

  • Mater’s Musings #18: More Perspective

    2020 2017 Let’s put that side by side to make it as clear as we can (noting the slight variation of the 0-44 age bracket): Yes, yes, I know – ‘But…but…but the lockdowns prevented greater deaths!’. How do we know it wouldn’t have just dwindled away like every other one before it, just like the…

  • They don’t seem to be very worried about covid spreading any more

    VIRGINIA TECH.ENTER SANDMAN. ABSOLUTE CHILLS. @HokiesFB pic.twitter.com/jRnd97Xs1R — ACC Network (@accnetwork) September 3, 2021 They’re not even wearing masks. More here, some of it even very rude: VIDEOS: Multiple Stadiums Break Into ‘F**k Joe Biden’ Chants At NCAA Division 1 Football Games. I don’t approve of what they say, of course, but will defend to the…

  • Wind power fails in SA & Victoria

    SA took the lead in the green power race, blowing up their last two coal stations and achieving accolades as a “clean energy superpower”. Victoria caught up quickly to take the lead with by far the most installed capacity. The numbers are changing all the time but these are quite recent figures for the installed…

  • Matthew Guy for Victorian Leader of the Opposition

    And after that, for Premier. So here’s some positive news: Matthew Guy launching leadership coup to oust Michael O’Brien.  FORMER opposition leader Matthew Guy will launch a sensational bid to overthrow Liberal leader Michael O’Brien. Mr Guy’s camp was trying to convince Mr O’Brien to stand down over recent days but will now seek a…

  • Mater’s Musings #17: Resistance to Interrogation

    Despite what you see in the movies, modern methods of interrogation are more about psychology and less about violence and pain. It aims to maximise the ‘shock of capture’ (which is always an unbalancing experience), and build on that through complete disorientation and disconnection from reality. This they do in order for you to do…

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