New Catallaxy

  • Climate Cultism Begets Despotism

    There is one part in Homage to Catalonia when George Orwell observes that for a time he and his socialist comrades-in-arms in the Spanish civil war enjoyed true brotherhood. Socialism is an ideal where people share each other’s troubles and joys and each other’s worldly goods. You can understand its attraction. It’s just not compatible…

  • Open Thread – Weekend 16 March 2024

  • Weekend Reading #13

    Patrick Porter, The fallacy of soft power, The Critic Lafayette Lee & Darryl Cooper debate Scott Greer & Benjamin Roberts on White Identity, The American Nation: Identity, IM-1776 “Demos II”, A profile of the next Pope, writes Cardinal, New Daily Compass Ted Nordhaus, Did Exxon Make It Rain Today?, The New Atlantis Philip Pilkington, The…

  • Open Thread – Wed 13 March 2024

  • Open Thread – Labour Day 2024

  • What To Do, Hollowed Out and Still Spewing CO2?

    Our obsessive minister for climate change and energy Chris Bowen seems intent on ridding Oz of manufacturing. All unintentional mind. Collateral damage, as it were, from demolishing foul CO2-spewing coal-power stations, and marginalising and driving out its fellow pollutants oil and natural gas. Incidentally, history will thank him because it will be written current-day university…

  • Unreliable Energy projects

    Please distribute to your network those sections which may be relevant. Regards, Bob King OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS:-LOCATED or ADVISED THIS WEEK NOW       Punches Creek, Millmerran, Solar unstated Whaleback Ridge Wind, Zeehan, TAS HUGE declared 6Mar 21/3/24 Humelink changed circumstances, Transgrid 3/4/24   Humelink, Changed Circumstances, CER 4/4/24   Restart of Redbank Power Station with woodchip 11/4/24 Smart Meters 15/4/24 S.A. Hydrogen and Renewable Energy…

  • The Radio Show March 2024: Our favourite new songs

    Cats, due to popular demand, here we are. If any of you have heard a song of late that you’ve never heard before or a new cover of a song you love, then you know what to do. Post it, preferably with a film clip in the comments. Otherwise, just post your favourite songs. Given…

  • Open Thread – Weekend 9 March 2024

  • Simandou and other dark clouds

    We once proclaimed that our wealth was derived by riding ‘on the sheep’s back’. More recently, we have ridden the iron ore train but all good rides come to an end and dark clouds are gathering on the horizon. The threat to our long-term prosperity is becoming clear. Currently, China and Australia are bound together…

  1. dover0beach  September 19, 2024 11:53 pm Israel didn’t tamper with Hezbollah’s exploding pagers, it made them – New York TimesLots…

  2. Exploding pagers and walkie-talkies, eh? What will go off next? Their Sony Walkmans? The telex machine?

  3. dover0beach September 19, 2024 11:53 pm Israel didn’t tamper with Hezbollah’s exploding pagers, it made them – New York Times…

  4. Holland also produced a substantial number of volunteers for the SS. I had a workmate who told me his Grandfather…

  5. This was a cyber attack similar to the Stuxnet worm that crippled Iran’s nuclear facilities a decade or so ago.…

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