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WolfmanOz at the Movies #85
Watch the skies. Was the working title for Steven Spielberg’s 1977 science fiction classic Close Encounters Of The Third Kind. Anticipation was very high for this film as it would be Spielberg’s follow-up to his hugely successful 1975 horror thriller Jaws. Was Jaws just a one-off fluke or was a new and exciting director now…
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Help wanted
Objections to wind and solar facilities The rising tide of protest against the loss of forests and farmland is strangely not reflected in a large number of people putting their hands up to lodge official submissions objecting to the proposals when they are listed for review prior to a decision on their approval. Bob King…
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Wise words from Shirley Hazzard
Speaking to our condition Dipping into Shirley Hazard’s Boyer Lectures, written in 1984, some useful thoughts about the voice debate turned up. From the chapter Australia and the Menace of Eternal Youth As Australia emerged from the first hard decades we had the experience, the inventions, and the institutions of many centuries to draw upon…as a…
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Rafe’s Roundup 24 Sept
The Free Speech Union of Australia LAUNCHING IN OCTOBER GET ON THE MAILING LIST The usual suspects THE LATEST ADDITION TO THE LIST OF DEPLORABLES The Conservative Party CPAC The Energy Realists IPA Net Zero Aust Spectator Jo Nova Centre for Ind Studies Conservative Vagabond The Monarchists Quadrant The Free Press Bettina Arndt …
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Democracy Defenestrated
Mentioned it previously, busing again on Friday. To forestall infirmity and decrepitude I go to my club’s gym on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at about four in the afternoon. This means I can feel good about drinking when I come home. How do I manage on the other evenings? Good question. Just don’t feel as…
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BUK + flechettes = contradiction
In CL’s report on the NYT’s unusual scraps of integrity in reporting on the Kostiantynivka (aka Kostyantynovka) market-place attack, the new standard story is revealed. But evidence collected and analyzed by The New York Times, including missile fragments, satellite imagery, witness accounts and social media posts, strongly suggests the catastrophic strike was the result of…
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WolfmanOz at the Movies #84
Opening Credits. Something a little different this week. There are many things I dislike about movies today and one of my pet hates is the incessant production credits at the beginning of a movie which can take around 5 minutes to unfurl. So five minutes into a movie the audience is already bored whilst they…
The Pentagon’s Lack Of Loyalty To President Trump During the Trump presidency, Pentagon officials refused to follow orders, substituting their…