Why the dreadnoughts barely fought in WW1
23 Apr 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: World War I
All Downside: Energy & Mineral Hungry Wind & Solar Are Simply Not Sustainable
22 Apr 2023 Leave a comment
There is no such thing as a ‘free’ lunch, some one always pays. Wind and sun may be free, the occasional power they produce is anything but.
The economic choices we make (and the policies that surround, support or reflect them) are driven by a simple equation: that the economic cost should be outweighed by the benefits on offer. And, until very recently, that equation applied with equal force to energy use and production.
As Euan Mearns puts it: “The Energy Return on Energy Invested (ERoEI or EROI) of any energy-gathering system is a measure of that system’s efficiency. The concept was originally derived in ecology and has been transferred to analyse human industrial society. In today’s energy mix, hydroelectric power ± nuclear power have values >50. At the other end of the scale, solar PV and biofuels have values <5. It is assumed that ERoEI >5 to 7 is…
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Philippe Petain: From French Hero to Nazi Collaborator
22 Apr 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: France, World War I, World War II
Top 5 Chess Opening Traps in the Scandinavian Defense [White & Black]
22 Apr 2023 Leave a comment
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The NZDF has had Vaccine Mandates since 1903
21 Apr 2023 Leave a comment
The COVID vaccine mandate for the NZDF is rearing its head again. It was last in the news in February last year, when the group ‘United we Stand NZ’, represented by lawyer Matthew Hague of Frontline Law fought against the mandate instituted in the Police and Defence Force:
On 6 January [2022], three unvaccinated staff sought a judicial review of the mandate.
They were supported by affidavits from 37 of their colleagues in the same situation.
Justice Cooke today released his decision which upheld their claims the vaccination order breached their rights under the Bill of Rights Act.
While the judge did not accept some of the applicants’ arguments, he agreed the mandate infringed on section 11 and section 15 of the Act.
“The order limits the right to be free to refuse medical treatment recognised by the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act (including because of its limitation on…
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More Hypocritical Leftists
21 Apr 2023 Leave a comment
I shared a clever video in 2011 exposing the hypocrisy of rich leftists. They claimed to support higher taxes, but refused to put their money where their mouths were.
Now we have a new version.
One difference is that the first video asked them on the spot to pay more tax. This time, Steve Moore merely asked them to pledge to voluntarily cough up some extra cash to the IRS.
And they refused. How predictable.
Steve should have further exposed their hypocrisy by directing them to Uncle Sam’s website that exists to accept voluntary payments.
Not that it would have made a difference. These leftists are engaged in moral preening, not serious policy.
Incidentally, I have debated rich statists on TV, telling them not to make the rest of us victims of their neurotic guilt feelings.
For what it’s worth, if they feel guilty having so…
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The OIA, the RB, and the MPC
21 Apr 2023 Leave a comment
One comes to take for granted the gross inadequacies of the Official Information Act, including the systematic under-resourcing of the Ombudsman’s office, which just reinforces the incentives on officials to play fast and loose with the spirit of the law, banking on the fact that if their agency ever loses at the Ombudsman it will be so far down the track that most people – possibly including the requester- will have lost interest in whatever it was the agency didn’t want to release.
But just occasionally it still gets to one. No doubt many requesters have this sort of experience.
I had an email this afternoon from the Ombudsman’s office
It didn’t sound like much of an update – “we are writing to tell you that we have still done nothing about your complaint and have no idea when we will”. I couldn’t even remember what I’d made a complaint…
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Top 10 Worst Things The Seinfeld Friends Have Done
21 Apr 2023 Leave a comment
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The Muddy Graves of Russia and Kut I THE GREAT WAR Week 91
21 Apr 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
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