How are we searching for Extra Terrestrial messages?
24 Feb 2023 Leave a comment
in economics of education, economics of media and culture Tags: space
The Battle of Kyiv: A Tale of Russian Missteps and Ukrainian Ingenuity
23 Feb 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, International law, war and peace Tags: Ukraine
Brad DeLong on Intellectual and Technical Progress (full) | Conversations with Tyler
23 Feb 2023 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, survivor principle
John Tyler: The Most Hated President of the 19th century
23 Feb 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, politics - USA
1968: Inside the APOLLO COMMAND MODULE | Tomorrow’s World |Retro Tech| BBC Archive
23 Feb 2023 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of media and culture Tags: moon landing
Inside the Rolls Royce Armoured Car I THE GREAT WAR Special
23 Feb 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
Sean Plunket interviews Richard Dawkins on The Platform
22 Feb 2023 Leave a comment
in economics of education, economics of religion, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: free speech, political correctness, regressive left
Kacper Majewski: Re Allister: The End of ‘Constitutional Statutes’?
22 Feb 2023 Leave a comment
On 8 February, the Supreme Court handed down its unanimous judgment in Re Allister [2023] UKSC 5. What follows is an attempt to clarify the judgment’s significance for the doctrine of constitutional statutes, as first canvassed by Laws LJ in Thoburn v Sunderland City Council [2002] EWHC 195 (Admin).
I think that the Court’s remarks inRe Allistercan be read to show that there is no distinct doctrine of constitutional statutes in UK law. On one side, the Court seems to accept that the principle of legality—the interpretative presumption that Parliament does not wish to legislate against fundamental constitutional rights (R v Home Secretary, ex p Pierson[1998] AC 539;R v Home Secretary, ex p Simms[2000] 2 AC 115)—can extend to such rights even when they are created by statute. On the other side, the judgment affirms Parliament’s ability to enact ‘subject…
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Map Making (1961)
22 Feb 2023 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of education, economics of media and culture Tags: maps
Energy providers to UK government: more handouts for ‘green’ projects please
21 Feb 2023 Leave a comment
An interesting (?) concept from renewables promoters here, partly to boost ‘innovative’ (generally expensive) technologies. We’re supposed to believe that bigger subsidies, or ‘fiscal incentives’, will lead to lower bills.
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The energy sector is ramping up pressure on the government to bolster investment in green projects, with Renewable UK the latest to raise concerns the country could be overtaken by rivals such as the US and EU, reports City AM.
The industry body, which supports wind and tidal energy, has called on Downing Street to bring in fiscal incentives such as new capital allowances for renewable technology.
It also favours sustained supply chain investment in the UK to expand green jobs, and speeding up the planning process – with offshore wind developers waiting an average of five years for planning approval under current restrictions, and some projects taking up to a decade to secure a grid…
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A Vote for National is a Vote for NET ZERO 2050
21 Feb 2023 Leave a comment
Christopher Luxon has been making it very clear what the National Party in 2023 stands for, and it’s not for New Zealand. I’m not sure when National changed its reason for being, and I doubt many of it’s supporters realise it yet, but National stands for NZ the way Labour stands for the working man – not in the slightest.
There was something extremely chilling in today’s about-face declaration of loyalty to Net Zero 2050 and man-made climate from Maureen Pugh. She was a woman with her own opinion at the start of the day and merely a drone by the end. Whatever her opinion had been, it was subsumed into the collective adherence to the quasi-religious cult of climate change, a cult of which the National Party is now an overly enthusiastic participant, and likely has been for some time.
What happened today reminded me of a Bill Maher…
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Shackleton’s lost ship ‘Endurance’ discovered after 107 years
21 Feb 2023 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of media and culture
Why didn’t Vichy France join the Axis?
21 Feb 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: France, World War II
Why did the world let India annex Goa?
21 Feb 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, International law Tags: India
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