New Catallaxy

  • 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

  • Tom Wills, pioneer of reconcilliation

    Warning. This is the answer to a question about Tom Wills addressed to Chat GPT, an AI platform. Some of the details are wrong, see if you can pick them. I will fix this when time permits after a busy day. Tom Wills was born on August 19, 1835, in New South Wales, Australia. He…

  • WolfmanOz at the Movies #76

    The Return of the Great Adventure With the impending release of Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny it’s opportune to look back at the film that started it all Raiders Of The Lost Ark released way back in 1981. Nowadays we keep forgetting how magnificent blockbusters can be. Too much CGI makes everything possible…

  • Open Thread – Tues 20 June 2023

  1. At 6.30am AET, a total of 70% of the electricity used across the five states in the Eastern grid was…

  2. Our resident Maggies are rearing their second fledglings this year. Hope they get rid of them earlier than last year’s…

  4. In local bird news, just watched my resident rail pass the window with a tiny black puffball chick in its…

  5. Looks like the phantom downticker found a new victim. How childish can you get? So be it, I can live…

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