Why didn’t the USA annex all of Mexico in 1848?
15 Dec 2022 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: Mexico
Nuclear’s Cheap: French Power Prices Half That Suffered In Wind & Solar ‘Powered’ Germany
14 Dec 2022 Leave a comment
That the nuclear-powered French pay prices around half that suffered by their wind and solar-obsessed German neighbours is the kind of barebones fact the wind and sun cult absolutely hate.
The French set the benchmark for generating clean, safe and reliable nuclear power; they’ve been doing so for nearly 60 years and still get over 75% of their electricity from their nuclear plants, and export large volumes of what they generate to power-starved Germans and Brits.
The French put paid to the lie that nuclear power is expensive; the French power consumer pays around half what wind and solar-powered Danes and Germans do (see above). Since Vladimir Putin’s adventure in Ukraine, German power prices have rocketed, further still, recently hitting a record 40 US cents per kWh.
And the French don’t suffer the indignity of routine power rationing and blackouts like their German neighbours, when the sun sets and/or…
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The 5 Hardest British Accents to Understand!
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in economics of education, economics of media and culture Tags: economics of languages
SA80: Is This The Worst Rifle Ever Made?
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in defence economics Tags: Gulf war
Why didn’t Italy join the Central Powers in World War One?
14 Dec 2022 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
Fight For Air Supremacy – Bloody April 1917 I THE GREAT WAR Special feat. Real Engineering
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in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
When does a coalition partner have a veto?
13 Dec 2022 Leave a comment
Does entering into a coalition government imply that a political party is a “veto player”? Some scholars would say yes, while others raise cautions about such a generalization. I would side with those who sound the caution and say that it depends.
The issue arises because in Israel, the Otzma Yehudit party leader, Itamar Ben Gvir, has issued another demand that is gumming up the process of forming what in theory should be a highly compact minimum winning coalition of the right–orthodox bloc in Israel.
According to the Times of Israel, Ben Gvir said “We want a deputy in the Ministerial Committee for Legislation” and without this, “we can’t form a government.” The news update notes that a spokesman has clarified that he means that veto power is his intention with this demand.
As the article notes, the rules of procedure for the Ministerial Committee for Legislation are subject…
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Why testing Concorde took 7 years
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Ultra High Speed Cameras: Filming the Impossible
12 Dec 2022 2 Comments
in economics of media and culture
Ladies and Gentlemen, your Prime Minister
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in constitutional political economy, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left
Not So Cheap: You’re Paying Colossal Cost Of Climate Cult’s Wind & Solar Obsession
11 Dec 2022 Leave a comment
Their self-inflated ‘virtue’ has a price, and you’re paying it, every red cent of it. That last jaw-dropping power bill has their fingerprints all over it. So do the occasions when thousands are left sitting freezing or boiling in the dark; when cash-strapped businesses are forced to sack staff to cut their overheads so they cover their escalating power bills; when struggling families power forced to choose between food on the table and light and power.
The moment when neo-Marxist ideologues grabbed the tiller and engineers were relegated to the pages of history, things were never going to pan out all that well for power consumers.
The destruction of reliable and affordable power supplies was inevitable; but that result was as perfectly predictable, as it was perfectly avoidable.
Alexandra Marshall explains precisely why.
This is war: Renewables vs the West
Spectator Australia
Alexandra Marshall
14 November 2022
The future of…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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