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  • Rabz’ Radio Show July 2023: Music Videos

    This is a difficult one, given that these monthly threads were always meant to be about the music. As far as I’m concerned there’s a golden rule regarding music videos – ideally, they should never be more memorable than the song. Having said that, if a great song has a great video, that’s a bonus.…

  • Worldwide boom in stranded assets

    Remember the great booms and busts of history, the Dutch tulip mania, the South Sea Bubble? We will soon be privileged to see the mother of them all, the collapse of the climate and energy ponzi scheme. Buckle up! Look where the money is going! It seems that the ASX has surged this year (and…

  • Open Thread – Weekend 1 July 2023

  • Guest Post: Muddy – Eighty Years Ago

    Eighty years ago, in the first minutes of the 30th of June, 1943, two waves of United States troops of the 41st Infantry Division were thrown ashore in a shipwreck landing at Nassau Bay, south of the Huon Gulf in Papua New Guinea. The event signalled the beginning of Operation Doublet, the final stage in…

  • WolfmanOz at the Movies #77

    Charles Calthrop. From start to finish, The Day Of The Jackal (released in 1973) is one stylish thriller that qualifies among the best of its genre. Based on Frederick Forsyth’s best-selling novel and handsomely photographed it is impressively acted by the entire cast, whilst showcasing Edward Fox as The Jackal in a performance of smooth…

  • Lets build communities

    Looking for another way to promote peace, freedom and prosperity, and good living generally in addition to looking to Government and Salvation by Political Action? The Conservative Vagabond makes the case for building communities. One of a series. Worth reading and thinking about what follows.

  • Open Thread – Tues 27 June 2023

  • Well, that was a weekend to remember

    In what was probably the most enthralling weekend since the fall of the Berlin Wall (1989) and the collapse of the USSR (1991), events of this weekend again placed the Russian military, politics and intrigue squarely in front of the world. And like the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the USSR, so much could…

  • Women’s Rights Need Christian Men’s Protection

    Players in the American women’s soccer team think they are entitled to be paid the same as players in the men’s team. Silly stuff. The pay of sportsmen and women is geared to how much revenue they bring in. Generally, women’s sporting teams bring in much less revenue than do the corresponding men’s teams. No…

  • Open Thread – Weekend 24 June 2023

  1. Bruce of Newcastle April 27, 2024 7:47 am Reply to  KevinM Ah, it’s from these people:Armstrongism (wiki)Not burning eternally in…

  3. This seems like a bad economic indicator. https://www.costar.com/article/642008108/one-of-st-louis-tallest-office-towers-empty-for-years-sells-for-less-than-2-of-its-peak-price

  5. A great summary of the week in e-safety in Oz from Lauren Southern. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjdwRK5NfWI To be an elected official, you…

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