The Trump investigations you should actually care about
09 Apr 2023 Leave a comment
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Fischer’s Aggressive Attack in the Bishop’s Opening | TRAP To Win Fast
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How is over- population going
08 Apr 2023 Leave a comment
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Proving the Big Bang and beyond with Planck
08 Apr 2023 Leave a comment
in economics of education, economics of media and culture Tags: space
Legendary Streak Begins! | Fischer vs Rubinetti | Palma de Mallorca Interzonal (1970)
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Permitting reforms
07 Apr 2023 Leave a comment
Over at Kiwiblog the latest proposed reforms to the godawful Resource Management Act (RMA), were reviewed in terms of the massive attacks being made on them.
The three strikes against the RMA reform
Now Iâve long thought the RMA was a disaster area, and in this Iâve often drawn not just upon my personal experiences trying to get anything done in the face it, but on those of Peter Cresswell (Not PC), who has been banging the drum about the awfulness of the RMA for nigh on two decades:
But it was this comment from DPF that I thought notable, especially since National Party criticisms of Parkerâs proposed âreformsâ have made exactly the same point.
Even the Greens have worked out this new law is a dog. The renewable energy sector have said it will mean no new renewable energy project will get consented for ten years.
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Part II: The Libertarian Paradise of…South Africa?
07 Apr 2023 Leave a comment
Governments oftentimes are spectacularlyincompetent. And when thathappens, it creates an opening for the private sector to step up in rather unexpected ways.
Iâve even created a semi-serious, semi-satirical series to commemorate these examples.
The libertarian paradise of Mexico- The libertarian paradise of Nigeria
- The libertarian paradise of Somalia
- The libertarian paradise of Germany
- The libertarian paradise of Argentina
- The libertarian paradise of South Africa
None of these places are libertarian, of course, but each of them illustrate how markets can provide surprising benefits. In most of the examples, markets are even providing so-called public goods.
Today, weâre going to revisit South Africa because of a remarkable report in the Wall Street Journal.
Written by Alexandra Wexler, it shows how the private sector is providing road repair, fire protection, and traffic control.
South African insurers are joining other private companies in taking over public servicesâŠ
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A State of Collapse: South Africa
07 Apr 2023 Leave a comment
Given events in France and other nations perhaps this should become a series.
It seems that the Rainbow Nationâs problems are escalating rapidly across many areas of society, with the latest one being their energy system, which this article argues is at the heart of things.
But I donât think thatâs true, especially when you track down the roots of their energy system woes, which is basically what a former CEO of the giant state-run energy company Eskom, Andre de Ruyter, said in an interview following his quitting the job in December, 2022.
But before getting into that, hereâs a quick synopsis of the conditions, which only really grabbed the attention of people outside South Africa when this was announced:
On February 15, the U.S. embassy in PretoriaadvisedAmericans in South Africa to have at least seventy-two hoursâ worth of food, water, medicine, and hygiene supplies in caseâŠ
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Vote them out #8
07 Apr 2023 Leave a comment
Restructuring the health system during a pandemic was an act of madness.
Wasting money on a transition unit that did little, if anything useful makes it worse:
. . . It will take until next yearâs Budget for the public to discover how the overhauled health sector will be funded, despite more than $30 million being spent on a âtransition unitâ within the Prime Ministerâs own department.
Thatâs left health industry insiders and watchers worried about the time and energy required to establish the new system, while, at the same time, itâs struggling with workforce issues, Covid-induced backlogs, and creaking infrastructure. . .Â
The Health and Disability System Review Transition Unit, within the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC), was established in August 2020.
The following month, then-minister Chris Hipkins announced former director-general of health Stephen McKernan, head of consultancy EYâs government and public sector practice, would leadâŠ
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How Bill Maher defines ‘woke’
07 Apr 2023 Leave a comment
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Diplomacy is about surviving until the next century | Yes Prime Minister
07 Apr 2023 Leave a comment
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