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
Land-Use Law Kills Nearly 100 People in Maui
15 Aug 2023 Leave a comment
Sherman Firefly – Tank Design & Development – Lost Aussie Connection
14 Aug 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: Australia, World War II
The Tories are trapped by net zero legislation
14 Aug 2023 Leave a comment
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
Protecting the Truth of the Holocaust.
13 Aug 2023 Leave a comment
+++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
13 Aug 2023 Leave a comment
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
13 Aug 2023 Leave a comment
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
Book Talk with Brad DeLong
13 Aug 2023 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles
Delusional Groupthink Drives Obsession With Chaotically Intermittent Wind & SolarNick Cater
13 Aug 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
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
12 Aug 2023 Leave a comment
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
“Illusion of Influence”: The Media Moves the Goalpost Again on Biden Corruption Coverage
12 Aug 2023 Leave a comment
With the new disclosures in the Biden corruption scandal, the media has, again, pivoted to avoid acknowledging the obvious. It now has a new demand before it will fully recognize or report on the scandal. Of course, after long repeating denials of Joe Biden that he ever knew about his son’s foreign business deals, the […]
“Illusion of Influence”: The Media Moves the Goalpost Again on Biden Corruption Coverage
GRAHAM ADAMS: Hipkins’ Government enters election season in disarray
12 Aug 2023 Leave a comment
The Prime Minister is beginning to look like a lame duck However, he left co-governance in Three Waters and elsewhere untouched. With the media rooting for him — including blithely ignoring the fact he had been a lynch pin in Ardern’s Cabinet — Hipkins’ administration had an immediate bump in the polls. Suddenly Labour […]
GRAHAM ADAMS: Hipkins’ Government enters election season in disarray
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