New Catallaxy

Had a quick look at the latest Australian Mortality Statistics. Hell, that looks bad. A spike in Covid infections, followed closely by a spike in deaths, well above the baseline average (let’s forget that it was clearly elevated when the new infections were flatlining). Concerned, as you can imagine I was, I immediately went to…

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…

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…

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that Putin really didn’t attack Ukraine because of the likelihood of Ukraine joining NATO, and cherry-picked an historical reference to ‘prove’ his point.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…

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…