New Catallaxy

  • Gigi Foster fires up

    A powerful conversation with a hero of the resistance to Covid insanity. At the end of the day, power is with the people’ — Gigi Foster and Rinat Strahlhofer take viewers to Australia for a look at pandemic policies and their impacts. They explore concepts related to the building of a parallel society and consider…

  • WolfmanOz at the Movies #57

    A love caught in the fire of revolution A couple of weeks ago on the Weekend Open Thread there was a some discussion in regards to David Lean’s film Doctor Zhivago. I had briefly touched upon the movie on my post on David Lean a few couple of months ago but given the interest in…

  • Energy News

    Wind and solar, brown scum The picture below shows unreliable energy as a thin, dirty brown scum on top of all the other cleaner and cheaper energy sources. A comprehensive account of the failure of the Energiewende, the so-called green energy dream, not new, just a very good piece for people who want a single…

  • Targa rallying and the death of Peter Brock

    Targa rallying is a unique form of motorsport where purpose-built rally cars compete on (normally public) bitumen roads that have been closed for competition.  Starting at 30-second intervals, the cars race against the clock with the winner being the fastest car over all the special (closed road) competition stages.  A typical Targa event will usually…

  • Open Thread – Tues 7 Feb 2023

    Daedalus and Icarus, Charles Le Brun, 1645

  • What is this shift to wind & solar?

    How many times have you read something like this? Written by an experienced member of the press corps. The shift to renewable energy is unstoppable and accelerating. The role for gas and coal will rapidly diminish as renewable technology advances to ensure a cheap, clean and reliable supply of power. Fact checking: Where in the…

  • Greens mugged by reality

    In north Queensland the useful idiots of the not-so-green environmental movement have been mugged by reality at Chalumbin. After spending years closing down forest-related industries and putting their neighbours out of work they find that the not-so-green wind industry is coming to get their trees and wildlife. You could say it serves them right. Short…

  • Rabz’ Radio Show February 2023: Electronica

    The term “electronica” is used in this thread to define music that largely utilises electronic instruments, as opposed to placing it in any particular timeframe or referring specifically to any group of artists (as Wikipedia does). The use of electronic instruments and the creation of synthesised music has it roots in the early twentieth century.…

  • TEALS

    Traitors to Everything Australians Love. Discuss.

  • Open Thread – Weekend 4 Feb 2023

    The Bazincourt Steeple, Camille Pissarro, 1895

  1. It’s almost hilarious that Sir Robert Menzies’s Liberal Party (what was he thinking when he came up with that?) is…

  2. Steve…. I’m sure that Cash dawg is lovely… but all he does is stand around, panting. Let me know if…

  4. At 12, Jaiswal moved from rural Uttar Pradesh to Mumbai for cricket. He slept in tents and sold pani puri to earn…

  5. It’s not commonly known, but Teslas use Righteous Electrickery (RE), so all is balanced with Gaia. Namaste.

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