New Rule: Trump Devotion Syndrome | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
29 Mar 2025 1 Comment
in politics - USA, television, TV shows Tags: 2024 presidential election
Fast Track to Poverty: Green Energy
29 Mar 2025 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, rentseeking
At his blog, Matt Ridley explains How the Green Energy Transition Makes You Poorer. Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images. Crony capitalism at work A leaked government analysis has found that Net Zero could crash the economy, reducing GDP by a massive 10% by 2030. Yet the spectacular thing about this analysis […]
Fast Track to Poverty: Green Energy
Erick Erickson on the culture wars
29 Mar 2025 Leave a comment
in economics of education, economics of media and culture, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA Tags: free speech, political correctness, regressive left
Erick Erickson writes: The press and left call the right “culture warriors,” but we were not the ones who put pornographic material in elementary schools. We were not the ones who demanded kids in colleges attend seminars to learn about their inner racism. We were not the ones who demanded boys get into girls sports. […]
Erick Erickson on the culture wars
UK Car Industry At Risk From EV Mandates
29 Mar 2025 1 Comment
in energy economics, environmentalism Tags: British politics, electric cars
By Paul Homewood The Telegraph report: Overly ambitious sales targets and new taxes on electric vehicles (EVs) are putting more UK car plants at risk of closure, manufacturers have warned.
UK Car Industry At Risk From EV Mandates
My first trip to Haiti
29 Mar 2025 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters Tags: Haiti
This was in 1994, right after the Aristide regime was restored by Clinton. I had traveled a good deal by that time, mostly in North America, Europe, and southeast Asia. But I had never been anywhere truly dangerous. It seemed impossible to visit such places. It is not that I did any serious risk calculation, […]
My first trip to Haiti
Rep. Goldman: The FBI Investigation of Tesla Attacks is “Political Weaponization”
28 Mar 2025 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA
For many of us who were long active in Democratic politics, it is becoming increasingly difficult to recognize the party as a new generation of foul-mouthed, censorship-supporting, mob-enabling leaders take over. That sense returned this week when Rep. Daniel Goldman (D-NY) claimed that the FBI investigating attacks on Tesla cars and facilities is nothing but […]
Rep. Goldman: The FBI Investigation of Tesla Attacks is “Political Weaponization”
UK report: Wind won’t work without storage
28 Mar 2025 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: British politics, climate activists, climate alarmism, solar power, wind power
As if we didn’t know…’A large increase in energy storage will be critical to ensuring a clean power system by 2030′ – ELN summary. Two problems there: it’s unaffordable and impractical. Using words like ‘must’ and ‘critical’ is just foot-stamping, leading nowhere. Where would all the storage come from in that timescale, or any timescale […]
UK report: Wind won’t work without storage
Trump’s Energy Secretary Offers Africa Freedom from Biden’s Climate Imperialism
28 Mar 2025 Leave a comment
in development economics, economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, politics - USA Tags: 2024 presidential election, Africa
“It’s a paternalistic post-colonial attitude that I just can’t stand,” Wright said of the climate evangelism that sought to force others to abandon fossil fuels and adopt largely useless technologies like solar and wind energy.
Trump’s Energy Secretary Offers Africa Freedom from Biden’s Climate Imperialism
Climate change can teach children about race, national curriculum review told
28 Mar 2025 1 Comment
in discrimination, economics of climate change, economics of education, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: British politics, climate activists, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left
By Paul Homewood h/t Ian Cunningham Proof that the climate agenda was never really about climate: From the Telegraph: Climate change can be used to teach children about race, a national curriculum review has been told. Global warming should be used to allow teachers and pupils to “explore conversations about […]
Climate change can teach children about race, national curriculum review told
So out of touch
27 Mar 2025 1 Comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, law and order, political correctness. regressive left
Radio NZ reports: Green MP Tamatha Paul is doubling down on her comments that a “visible police presence” makes people feel “more on edge.” … The Wellington Central MP said she’d received “nothing but complaints” about police beat patrols. Paul told the event people in Wellington didn’t want to see police officers everywhere, and “for […]
So out of touch
There seems to be a pattern
27 Mar 2025 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - New Zealand Tags: crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, law and order, political correctness, regressive left
This is of course all the work of the Green Party Police and Corrections Spokesperson, Tamatha Paul. I think it is fair to conclude that there is a pattern.
There seems to be a pattern
The Keystone Cops natsec team
27 Mar 2025 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA, war and peace
In what could be a attempt to join the Keystone Cops, we have learnt that Trump’s National Security principals set up a private chat channel to discuss a US strike on Yemen, and accidentally added a journalist to it. This is exactly why you are not meant to use commercial apps for national security discussions. […]
The Keystone Cops natsec team
Arguments against ceasefires
27 Mar 2025 Leave a comment
in defence economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: game theory, Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics, regressive left, war against terror
Calls for a ceasefire in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas may stem from humanitarian concerns, but history and strategic reasoning suggest that the fastest and most enduring path to peace is through decisive victory. Drawing parallels with World War II, it becomes clear why a ceasefire at this juncture could prolong suffering rather […]
Arguments against ceasefires
Argentina’s DOGE
27 Mar 2025 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, economics of information, economics of regulation, growth disasters, health economics, industrial organisation, labour economics, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, property rights, regulation Tags: Argentina
Cato has a good summary of Deregulation in Argentina: The end of Argentina’s extensive rent controls has resulted in a tripling of the supply of rental apartments in Buenos Aires and a 30 percent drop in price. The new open-skies policy and the permission for small airplane owners to provide transportation services within Argentina has […]
Argentina’s DOGE
The Eyewatering Cost Of Heat Pumps
27 Mar 2025 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, fisheries economics, global warming Tags: British politics
By Paul Homewood h/t Ian Cunningham Heat pumps were supposed to coming down in price, we were told. Instead the opposite has occurred. The Telegraph report: “The cost of fitting a heat pump has risen by a third in six years despite generous government grants – leading critics to accuse installers […]
The Eyewatering Cost Of Heat Pumps
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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