How the U.S. Snagged All These Islands
02 Mar 2021 Leave a comment
in defence economics, International law, politics - USA
The PM was angry – but her halo is slipping and Aucklanders are riled, too, by roadblocks and closed businesses
02 Mar 2021 1 Comment
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has admitted to the NZ Herald’s Claire Trevett that ”Covid is constantly in my mind”.
In an interview at the weekend, extending over two pages of the newspaper, Trevett observed:
“Ardern is now very confident in her Prime Ministerial skin. There is nothing tentative about her leadership.
“She has admitted suffering from a touch of self doubt in the past— but if she, or others, ever thought she was not up to the job, the past year has dispelled it completely. There is also optimism in her.”
Trevett went on to assert –
“The most recent community cases have been dealt with, with limited disruption to people’s lives” .
On that, there may be a question mark. The interview appeared the very day another community Covid case had led to a fourth lockdown of Auckland. The decision had been taken by Cabinet on Saturday afternoon …
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Hadrian’s Wall: The Mysterious 38th Parallel for Roman Legionaries and British Barbarians
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in defence economics, war and peace Tags: British history, Roman empire
Strikes and Mutiny I THE GREAT WAR Week 184
02 Mar 2021 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
Don’t Believe The Hype: Britain’s Power Price Hike All Due to Subsidised Wind Power
01 Mar 2021 Leave a comment
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Brits are already paying the price for its suicidal renewable energy policies. Under ‘Bonkers’ Boris that price will be positively murderous. His plan to squander a further £50,000,000,000 on subsidies and over-the-market contracts for intermittent offshore wind power beggars belief. And will turn many on the lower rungs into beggars, proper.
Every good socialist reset requires a healthy dose of positive propaganda; especially those involving state-mandated crony capitalism. Which is where Britain’s energy miss-regulator, Ofgem comes in.
Packed with policy wonks and wind industry rent seekers, it’s an outfit as practised in the art of subterfuge as Sherlock Holmes’ arch-nemesis, Moriarty.
The Global Warming Policy Forum launches a Holmes-like attack on Ofgem’s latest effort to keep Brits in the dark as to what’s driving their power prices through the roof.
Ofgem condemned for misleading the public about energy price rises
The…
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Environment Humor
01 Mar 2021 Leave a comment
I very much enjoy political satire, so I appreciate that some topics create endless opportunities for mockery
Heck, I even have a collection of libertarian-themed humor.
Today, we’re going to share some examples of environmentalism humor, starting with this clever (and surprising, considering the source) video from the BBC.
Speaking of Ms. Thunberg, she also is the star of the following meme (she’s also appeared in one of my columns on socialism humor).
The theme of that meme, as well as the one that follows, is that some environmentalists don’t understand that there are costs and benefits for different sources of energy.
And that makes them susceptible to charges of “virtue signalling” and hypocrisy (and maybe ignorance).
P.S. I don’t have a big collection of environment-themed humor, but you can click here, here, here, here, and here for previous examples.
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Glasses: A Brief History of Vision correction
01 Mar 2021 Leave a comment
in economic history, entrepreneurship, health economics
Armistice – But Peace? I THE GREAT WAR Week 225
01 Mar 2021 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
Catching plastic bag dealers – Scot squad
01 Mar 2021 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, television
Submarine Warfare WW1 vs WW2 – Differences & Commonalities
01 Mar 2021 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I, World War II
Revolution in Germany – Armistice in Austria I THE GREAT WAR Week 224
28 Feb 2021 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
Richard III – Identifying the Remains
28 Feb 2021 Leave a comment
in economic history Tags: British history
Optimal Targeted Lockdowns in a Multi-Group SIR Model
28 Feb 2021 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, econometerics, health economics Tags: economics of pandemics
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