Monthly Archives: August 2021

Guest post: Speedbox – Electric vehicles and inevitablity

Posted on August 13, 2021 by Adam D

In 2019 on the old Cat I submitted a guest post about electric vehicles. I was neither pro nor con towards electric (or other zero emission vehicles) and merely pointed to their inevitability. Part of that post said: We will … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Energy | 91 Comments

Guest post: Speedbox – Climate change winners and losers

Posted on August 12, 2021 by Adam D

Every game has winners and losers and so it is with climate change. In 1961 the Institute of Geography at the Russian Academy of Sciences, said that up to 63% of Russia’s territory had climatic conditions deemed adverse for humans. … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | 17 Comments

Guest Post: A Lurker – This Modern Madness

Posted on August 12, 2021 by Adam D

“Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, one by one.” ― Charles MacKay, ‘Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Covid | 49 Comments

Guest Post: Denis HArdiman – None of the Above

Posted on August 12, 2021 by Adam D

Why is it that there is no provision on any Australian Electoral Commission vote card whereby a voter can mark “None Of The Above” nor write in the name of a proferred candidate? Why is it that the Australian High … Continue reading →

Posted in Misc | 27 Comments

Open Thread – Thursday 12 August 2021

Posted on August 12, 2021 by Adam D
Posted in Open Forum | 3,003 Comments

Guest Post: Bill Muehlenberg – Statism and Surveillance Culture

Posted on August 12, 2021 by Adam D

It is not just in places like Communist China that we find the surveillance state in full swing. Sadly the so-called free West is not far behind. Sure, surveillance can be used for good or ill. The problem is, as … Continue reading →

Posted in Government | 25 Comments

Guest post: Speedbox – India, China and the Indo Pacific

Posted on August 10, 2021 by Adam D

China have a number of foreign policy issues confronting them not least of which is the emerging cold war between China and the United States. Meanwhile, on China’s southwest border in the Himalayas, the world’s two most-populous countries are keen … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | 33 Comments

Only Just Satire

Posted on August 9, 2021 by Adam D
Posted in Humour | 9 Comments

Guest Post: Vikki Campion – Real abusers of power

Posted on August 9, 2021 by Adam D

In 1689 parliamentary privilege under the Bill of Rights was established so kings couldn’t accuse parliamentarians of treason and execute them when they refused to raise taxes for royals – it was not so Blue Mountains MP Trish Doyle could … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | 8 Comments

Guest Post: Arky – Parallel Instituions

Posted on August 9, 2021 by Adam D

The migration of the Catallaxy readership to new sites has highlighted the crisis created by big tech de-platfoming, the polarisation of society and the question of “Who can I trust with my online identity”. There is an urgency to build … Continue reading →

Posted in Misc | 43 Comments

Catallaxy crowdsource – Ivermectin

Posted on August 6, 2021 by Adam D

The most recent google result for ivermectin was from a site called “the scientist” with a post titled – Ivermectin (still) lacks scientific support as a covid-19 drug. I won’t do the honour of linking to it but to see … Continue reading →

Posted in Covid | 137 Comments

Guest post: Speedbox – The new cold war

Posted on August 5, 2021 by Adam D

Relations between two of the world’s superpowers have fallen to their lowest level in decades. The United States has criticised China for the treatment of the Uyghurs; lobbied allies to ban various Chinese firm considered a security risk; imposed visa … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | 41 Comments

I am not … in the business of satisfying customers

Posted on August 5, 2021 by Adam D

Not sure how familiar you Cats are with the comic book world. I don’t partake myself but have enjoyed the political theatre of it over the last year or so, culminating in the latest offering from DC comics: I am … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture Wars | 45 Comments

Open Thread – Thursday 5 August 2021

Posted on August 5, 2021 by Adam D
Posted in Open Forum | 5,078 Comments

(2 + 2 = 5) Calculating the cost of lockdowns

Posted on August 3, 2021 by Adam D

From the Daily Mail (because local media won’t dare touch it) How Sydney’s lockdown broke Dieter Brummer: Home and Away star, 45, took his own life after construction ban left him without hope and money – as his tragic final … Continue reading →

Posted in Covid, Freedom | 86 Comments