• The demise of journalism has not been greatly exaggerated. Covid has finally and irrevocably done it in

    I know, I shouldn’t be writing about Covid again. They (the political knaves in charge) would like to replay 2020 and 2021. Couldn’t help it. Last week it was Henry Ergas, today it was Covid-hysteric Greg Sheridan who riled me. Apparently, a Sharon Lewis, head of the Doherty Institute, told him that “75 percent of…

  • Guest Post: thefrollickingmole – Mining sexism, etc., a problem so big it takes a whole government effort to create

    Not so long ago there were articles about how horrid life was for ladies on mining operations fly in/fly out. There’s an enormous number of strands here, not limited to ladies being the ‘koalas’ of minesites. Long swings away from family, a 90+% male workforce and increasing levels of surveillance and control over the workers…

  • Conservatives for Rampant Vaxxing

    I seldom read Henry Ergas these days. Used to, even though his obscure “learned” references were annoying. Just a little while ago he explained that Putin really didn’t attack Ukraine because of the likelihood of Ukraine joining NATO, and cherry-picked an historical reference to ‘prove’ his point. It was to my thinking intellectually dishonest. A…

  • Mater’s Musing #51: NAIDOC Lies, I’ve had enough

    After another week of listening to lies, stacked upon lies, dressed up as reconciliation speeches, I’ve simply had enough. It rates as one of the most frustrating experiences of my life to standby and watch the absolute perversion of our history as it is force-fed to well-meaning, but largely historically ignorant audiences, including many new…

  • A lament for Boris

    Firstly, let me state categorically that I’m not celebrating Boris Johnson’s resignation.  I remember the euphoria back in December 2019 when Boris and the Conservatives were elected in a landslide. Okay, okay, his opponent was Albanese’s great mate, the Jew hater and terrorist loving Jeremy Corbyn, but it was and remains an amazing win. With…

  • WolfmanOz at the Movies #28

    liberté, égalité, fraternité Before I begin on my weekly post, I thought I’d let everyone know my YouTube channel was deleted a couple of days ago care of retrospective copyright strikes against a couple of Laurel & Hardy shorts that were uploaded approximately 11 months ago ! I was initially devastated, as 11 months of…

  • Tractorpower! Dutch farmers on the streets

    Farmers, facing a genuine existential threat, push back. And the public is on side while the government shows its ugly face. On Twitter #Netherlands, massive protests are underway. Farmers have been told to shut farms to reduce nitrogen emissions and they’ve taken to the streets. (It’s not clear if this is purely about fertilizer runoff, or climate…

  • What is ‘reproductive rights’?

    What is this thing called ‘reproductive rights’? Sure, if you’re a liberal everything you want but can’t have for whatever reason is a violation of your rights. However, setting aside the other human being involved, I can’t think of an analogue to this oft-repeated claim, which is that denying someone the right to destroy the…

  1. There’s a pattern in your story, bons. Something I have noticed since Dad’s death four months ago and all the…