We had a bit of a spat her not long ago about the use of Certain Terms of Abuse. I was deeply disappointed to see valued contributors and commenters threatening to leave and not come back because of mere words. The storm has blown over, but to avoid a repetition, I thought it would be nice if … Continue reading
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Notes from Under the Great Reset
The Great Reset holds no fears for me. As someone who has never owned a car and has been working from home since the sixties, I can afford to feel superior as the future tries hard to catch up with me. The private jet set at Davos can preach all they like about the need … Continue reading
Beware, Parents, Your Kids Are Being ‘Scootled’
When I noticed that a top-tier federal-state education body is providing lesson materials for teachers, I decided to take a look. The body is Education Services Australia (ESA), a company set up by federal-state education ministers. ESA provides free supplementary online materials for teachers via 20,000-plus pages on its Scootle portal. No mickey-mouse operation, it’s all keyed precisely … Continue reading
The Other Climate Swede
It’s a year since the founder of the White Helmets James le Mesurier took his own life by jumping from the third floor bedroom window of his Istanbul flat. The Daily Mail and the Guardian both have long articles this week on the subject, which is not surprising. The rightwing Daily Mail is naturally sympathetic … Continue reading
Jit’s Lost Comment
I can’t get this comment out of “pending” so I’m publishing it here. The Survey link worked for me. It may work for you. Engaging in a bit o’ resurrection here because I got an email this morning. You recently signed the petition “Hold a referendum to scrap the UK’s policy of Net Zero CO2 … Continue reading
Raising the Stakes for the Great Reset
Post-election Quiz: Joe Biden named four members of his family “Beau,” “Champ,” “Hunter,” and “Major”. Two were his sons, and two are dogs.Can you guess which are which? * An article by Diana Kimpton at Conservative Woman poses a good question and provides some pithy answers. Thank you Diana. She also provides a link to … Continue reading
The Things Kids Learn from Their Australian Broadcasting Commission
Australia’s ABC rivals BBC as a projector of all things leftist especially global warming hysteria. This article attacks the ABC from another viewpoint: as massive hypocrites on feminism. In 2019-20, the team’s focus was to reach younger Australians, their families and their wider communities in a way that was both meaningful and beneficial. — ABC annual … Continue reading
Don’t tell him, Pike!
As Cliscep goes deep into endorsing WW2 analogies, with Gove as Goebbels just the latest, I propose Jaime Jessop as Captain Mainwaring: Mainwaring sincerely believes he’s fighting the good fight but what he says is totally counterproductive. This applies to James Delingpole’s tweets I embedded two days ago as well, in my view. Persuasive not. … Continue reading
Malicious Intent on Climate and Covid
[Follow on from the discussion at Climate, Covid, Brexit, Peace Prize and Bikeshedding and Baloney – Trump Edition] What JAIME said (31 Oct 2020 2.56 pm): There is no direct evidence of ‘malicious intent’ in this government’s or any other government’s actions. If such existed, they’re hardly likely to leave it lying around are they? What there is is … Continue reading
Charisma in a Time of Covid
This article from WattsUpWithThat: has been picked up by Lockdown Sceptics. Do read it if you haven’t already. It refers in passing to this article by our old friend Professor Raoult: Y. Roussel, Y.; Raoult, D.; “Influence of conflicts of interest on public positions in the COVID-19 era, the case of Gilead Sciences, New Microbes … Continue reading
