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“Vote No” Says Mrs Hanson’s Fish & Chip Shop – Peter Smith
In September 2017, during the time of the postal plebiscite on same-sex marriage (SSM), I wrote a blog for Quadrant on corporate support for the proposal. Unsurprisingly, Alan Joyce figured prominently. My theme: Corporate entities are artifacts. They have no mind of their own. Yet Joyce reportedly said, “I think it is very important for…
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Latest evidence, windpower won’t work – Rafe
Long-term trend of wind production Paul McArdle is a long-term wind-watcher and net-zero supporter. He puts on the best spin that he can manage but the data are devastating. THIS IS THE PICTURE THAT TELLS THE STORY Look at the blue bars at the bottom of the chart. That is the wind supply during wind…
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A surprising number of votes? Or not.
When in 2016 the United Kingdom voted in record numbers – 17.4 million people to be exact – to leave the European Union (EU) many head explosions on the left ensured. Everything from racism and the pejorative “little englander” to the level of education, or lack thereof, were cited subsequently as reasons why the British…
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Rafe Champion:Reviving critical thinking
John Droz is a prolific commentator on matters of education, science and policy issues like the quest for net zero that has been given legs by bad science and scientifically illiterate politicians, university administrators and journalists. This is a particulalry telling piece that he published this morning and it prompted me to suggest that a…
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WolfmanOz at the Movies #83
Tears in rain. Released in 1982, there were high expectations for Blade Runner. Directed by Ridley Scott it was his next film after the hugely successful science fiction horror classic Alien. Anticipation was extremely high but Blade Runner underperformed in North American theatres and polarised many critics; some praised its thematic complexity and visuals, while…
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Rang my Scottish friends in Edinburgh to see how they were faring in Storm Bert. They are ‘tucked up inside…
Aside from the friction between old and new names, I don’t have a problem with referring to regions by an…
Stew Peters, what a peach. https://x.com/JewsAreTheGOAT/status/1860471821264462241?t=3NpHfC4pEVXRfPh4dPdPVA&s=19
Renaming is not about fairness, it’s about power. The power to name denotes authority and it creates a historical narrative.…
I’ve always called it Fraser island and will continue to do so and what is it with the apostrophe? All…