ELECTORAL POISON : All Around The Globe, The Silent Majority Are Rejecting Climate Change Hysteria And The Ruinous UNreliables Agenda
19 May 2019 1 Comment
Labor’s election strategy to make climate alarmism the key issue has backfired | CLIMATISM
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed
(and hence clamorous to be led to safety)
by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins,
all of them imaginary.”
– H.L. Mencken
“The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.” – Bertrand Russel
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DAY by day, all around the globe, Global Warming Climate Change is being exposed as simply a moral issue for the wealthy urban elite.
BLUE collar workers and the silent majority are not buying into the relentless fear-mongering and warming hysteria driven by climate theory-obsessed politicians, propped up by a compliant mainstream media.
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Spot on on the viciousness of the woke left (who live to seize on what are often slips of the tongue or the beer talking)
19 May 2019 Leave a comment
in law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: political correctness
Respected Writers Who Were Actually Terrible People
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in economics of media and culture
How effective are abortion activists at crafting arguments that win over new supporters since Roe v. Wade?
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in health economics, law and economics, liberalism, politics - USA Tags: abortion law reform
From https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/how-has-public-opinion-about-abortion-changed-since-roe-v-wade
Movie review: “Spotlight”
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I’ve just seen the new movie “Spotlight,” about the Boston Globe‘s coverage of the Catholic child-rape scandal in their city, and how their stories shed light on not only pervasive priestly pedophilia, but its coverup by the Church hierarchy. Their reporting eventually not only led to the criminal conviction of several priests, but brought down Cardinal Law, the Archbishop of Boston (after resigning he was, as “punishment”, given a cushy sinecure in the Vatican). It also won the paper a well deserved Pulitzer Prize.
I’ve posted about this movie twice before, once with a preliminary and positive review by a reader, and another in which I discuss Frank Bruni’s high praise for the film in the New York Times and his criticism of the privileging of faith in America.
Although I haven’t watched a ton of movies this year, I have no qualms about recommending “Spotlight’ as one…
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How Many Digits of Pi Do We Really Need?
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in economics of media and culture
Thomas Sowell on the Origins of Economic Disparities April 2019
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in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, discrimination, economic history, economics of education, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, health economics, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, minimum wage, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, Thomas Sowell
SOLDIER, SAILOR, FROGMAN, SPY, AIRMAN, GANGSTER, KILL OR DIE: HOW THE ALLIES WON ON D-DAY by Giles Milton
18 May 2019 Leave a comment
(US troops waiting to leave southern England)
Next month will be the 75th anniversary of the allied landing in Normandy. As with most major historical commemorations people will flock to the beaches off the French coast. In addition, the anniversary has produced a plethora of new books to go with the classic works that have been written in the past, including; Cornelius Ryan’s THE LONGEST DAY, Max Hasting’s OVERLORD, John Keegan’s SIX ARMIES IN NORMANDY, Carlo D’Este’s DECISION IN NORMANDY, Anthony Beevor’s D DAY and Stephen Ambrose’s D DAY:JUNE 6TH 1944. New books published in the last two months include COUNTDOWN TO D DAY: THE GERMAN PERSPECTIVE by Peter Margaratis, NORMANDY ’44: D DAY AND THE EPIC 77 DAY BATTLE FOR FRANCE by James Holland, SAND AND STEEL: D DAY AND THE LIBERATION OF FRANCE by Peter Caddick-Adams, THE FIRST WAVE:THE D DAY WARRIORS WHO…
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How David Seymour’s railing against censorship and a Green MP resulted in The Standard praising Judith Collins
18 May 2019 Leave a comment
A headline in the left-leaning The Standard – In praise of Judith Collins – caught us by surprise.
The author of The Standard’s post criticised ACT leader David Seymour for “being a dick” about Green MP Golriz Gharaman and for tweeting:
“Golriz Ghahraman is a real menace to freedom in this country.” @dbseymour spoke to @SeanPlunket about the dangers facing free speech in New Zealand and the political theatre of Jacinda Ardern’s Christchurch Call.”
Let’s check out what’s going on here and why – on this matter, at least – Collins is being praised by a left-wing blogger.
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Philippines: Owning a Toilet is a Sign of Progress
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in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: The Great Escape
Thomas J. Sargent speaks on Euro Crisis
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in applied price theory, budget deficits, business cycles, currency unions, economic growth, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of information, economics of regulation, Euro crisis, financial economics, fiscal policy, global financial crisis (GFC), great recession, history of economic thought, international economics, International law, law and economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: moral hazard, sovereign debt crises, sovereign defaults, Thomas Sargent
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