• Real Liberal Leadership

    Shame on Liberal leaders Who didn’t have the balls to say this. Something strange has been happening in conservative politics. TheLiberal Party is being told that the only way it can cling onto power(or win it back) is if the party panders to the demands of women.Women are out. Women are the reason Morrison lost…

  • Sensible Centre on The Voice

    This is another take on the situation, some of it I find agreeable and some I don’t. What about you? END THE CIVIL WAR 1. Set an end date for the culture wars on race and culture;2. Complete land claims, truth-telling exercises, and place name changes by this date;3. End the divisive practice of ‘Welcome to / Acknowledgement of Country’;4.…

  • Rafe’s Roundup 1 Feb

    Drop in and see what they are up to! The Energy Realists of Australia Jo Nova Quadrant on line IPA         Climate and energy program  CIS          The Sydney Institute Menzies Research Centre  Mannkal Economics Education Foundation           Advance Australia  Taxpayers Alliance  Australian Inst for Progress The Conservative Vagabond The Rathouse and The Site of Kilmeny Niland The menace of…

  • Open Thread – Tue 31 Jan 2023

    The Surrender of Granada, Francisco Pradilla Ortiz, 1882

  • Potential victims need cops to take out the bad guys

    Unfailingly, whenever police act violently, as in Memphis, there are calls for legislative reform by the Democrats in the US. This usually consist of measures to rein in police, banning choke holds and the like, increasing the threshold for the use of force, and making individual cops open to being personally sued for perceived misconduct.…

  • How To Cheat At Tennis

    The term “line ball” is sometimes used to indicate an argument that could go either way. In tennis, though, any part of a ball that does hit any part of the line, is “in.” At the highest level of tennis, players flirt with the lines all the time, and there are many “line balls,” or,…

  • Take the White Pill!

    A message from Michael Malice by way of Dara Macdonald. The White Pill is an alternative to the Blue Pill, the Red Pill and the Black Pill. Michael Malice traced the rise of the Soviet Union and its outposts in every country in the world, from the bloody revolution through the catalogue of horrors, the…

  • Open Thread – Weekend 28 Jan 2023

    Sailboat at Le Petit-Gennevilliers, Claude Monet, 1874

  • Parasite: Christianity with Korean characteristics

    I was struck by a particular sequence in the movie the first time I saw it (on the TV, I’m have to confess) two or three years ago. WolfmanOz’s commentaries on movies brought that sequence to mind again. If you haven’t seen Parasite, it is probably best not to read this post, which is certainly…

  • Flag flying on Australia Day

    On Australia Day I fly the national flag from our front balcony. From both directions along our street it can be seen. Never once have I thought this action is a political statement. Until now. Australians tend to shy away from overt displays of politics. Yes, we vote; that is a given in a compulsory…

  1. About 1995 years ago Pontius Pilate asked “what is truth?” A belief is true if the universe doesn’t hurt you…

  2. About 1995 years ago Pontius Pilate asked “what is truth?” Seems like a very relevant question today. Have a good…

  3. Good News. Palm Sunday mass at St Paul St Louis in Paris was packed on Sunday, with people sitting on…