What should the MPC do?

There is a full Monetary Policy Statement from the Reserve Bank and its Monetary Policy Committee tomorrow. No one expects them to do anything much, but I’m less interested in what they will do than in what they should do. It is hard to be optimistic that the Committee will do the right thing at […]

What should the MPC do?

Who booed when the wall fell

An Epiphany for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?

I’ve complained about excessive bureaucracy at the Food and Drug Administration. And this is not just run-of-the-mill grousing about red tape. The FDA actually is responsible for needless deaths because of pandemic incompetence, anti-vaping mentality, and delayed approval for life-saving drugs. Interestingly, I may now have an unexpected ally in the battle against FDA red […]

An Epiphany for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?

Land-Use Law Kills Nearly 100 People in Maui

At the latest count, 93 people died in the Maui fire that also burned most of the town of Lahaina. The blame for this fire can be traced directly to Hawaii’s 62-year-old land-use law, which was written to protect Hawaii’s agricultural industry but had the opposite result. The land-use law … Continue reading →

Land-Use Law Kills Nearly 100 People in Maui

Sherman Firefly – Tank Design & Development – Lost Aussie Connection

The Tories are trapped by net zero legislation

By Paul Homewood   The Government is facing an uprising in its own Tory heartlands against a key element of its net zero climate policy. From 2026, it will be illegal to buy a new oil boiler, and households will be encouraged to switch to heat pumps. This is especially problematic in rural areas that […]

The Tories are trapped by net zero legislation

This Puzzle Will Test If You Love chess

Protecting the Truth of the Holocaust.

+++CONTAINS SOME GRAPHIC IMAGES++++++ When Dwight D. Eisenhower entered Ohrdruf Concentration camp, after it was liberated he had the foresight to document the horrors he saw there with his own eyes. Ohrdruf was liberated on April 4, 1945, by the 4th Armored Division, led by Brigadier General Joseph F. H. Cutrona, and the 89th Infantry […]

Protecting the Truth of the Holocaust.

Concentration Camps in the Pacific

As the Nazis did in Europe, the Japanese Imperial Army had concentration camps in the Pacific. The Asian camps were nearly as horrific as the European ones, and the conditions were inhumane, nonetheless. This is just a side note, but I did notice, while researching, none of the Pacific camps were referred to as camps […]

Concentration Camps in the Pacific

The Green Party’s plans for public and private lands

The Green Party wants to facilitate the transfer of more public (or “Crown”) and private land to iwi, hapū, and whānau.  The intent is to address inequities arising from Māori land loss, especially in the 19th century.  The New Zealand Constitution Act 1986 marks the point that Parliament became sovereign and the British Crown’s role […]

The Green Party’s plans for public and private lands

Amazing skill

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Book Talk with Brad DeLong

Petula Clark – Downtown (1964) 4K

Delusional Groupthink Drives Obsession With Chaotically Intermittent Wind & SolarNick Cater

As in life, government policy is about trade-offs, which usually means plumping for the good rather than the perfect. However, in the de-industrialising West, energy policy is all about rejecting the good in favour of the unworkable. The notion that weather-dependent wind, and weather and sunshine-dependent solar (with or without pumped hydro or mythical mega-batteries) […]

Delusional Groupthink Drives Obsession With Chaotically Intermittent Wind & SolarNick Cater

New Orleans Dismantles Bike Lanes

In 2020, New Orleans planned to install bike lanes on 75 miles of streets, reducing the capacity of those streets to move cars. The residents of the first neighborhoods where they were installed strongly protested and are happy to report that, in late July and early August, all newly installed … Continue reading →

New Orleans Dismantles Bike Lanes

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