It’s been a few days since stagmal went offline and I miss him. it has got me wondering, where he might have gotten to and where he is going. My guess is that he has headed north, cruising towards the Queensland border. The weather is warmer, as are the girls. Which is good, if you’re … Read more
DLS writes today: “One of Australia’s biggest economic paradoxes is that while we have a record number of university graduates, productivity growth stinks and there are never-ending “skills shortages” https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2023/09/labor-wants-a-nation-of-toilet-paper-degrees/ I said it first. Here. I think. Apolgies for the recycled image. It was in the library begging to be seen again.
In the EZFKA we can’t ever have the real thing. We severely lack the substance but we desperately want scale. So we dilute the little substance there is, by blowing it far beyond reason, smearing it so thin, so very very thin that it would make an old homeopath blush. So EZFKA can have a … Read more
There’s a place, where nobody dared to go….. Please post all the names of people you’d like to see here from MB. That way, maybe when they search for themselves this page will come up: Also, I heard some serious chat this week about crypto likely becoming the alternative to SWIFT for the BRICS world. … Read more
With the first day of spring upon us, enjoy various memes that have been collecting in my odd file folder. Some political, some not. Add your own. And have a fun weekend! Dictators Bread and Circuses War in Ukraine ‘Straya Above caption says President (of Estonia) cannot afford to fly to Australia. Not verbatum. Family … Read more
The AFR has decided to attack Qantas’ Alan Joyce, which is fun to watch: Here: Qantas’ enviable dominance now comes with a big cost Here: Qantas says Canberra cancellations minimise network disruptions and here: Qantas CEO Alan Joyce first testimony under oath in nearly a decade Joe Aston let loose this: “Joyce answers the questions … Read more
See for yourself: I don’t have a statisica membership or the desire to collate the raw data…but if anyone here does, it’d be great to do a proper productivity growth vs population % gone to uni and get the r value.
We’ve been hearing a lot more in the media about immigration lately. Prior to the covid era, the primary approach in the media towards the issue was not to address it at all. Never talk about it, never even defend it; there was no one criticising it with any degree of public prominence anyway, so … Read more
The proles are either the offspring of legacy EZFKA units or recent imports. Recent imports will be put down if they revolt, and most are factory seconds so they are glad to be here almost regardless of conditions. Legacy EZFKA units are usually one of only one or two offspring so the inheritence will see … Read more
It really feels as though Albo is shaping up to be the most ineffectual and worst prime minister Australia has had in recent times, perhaps ever. I would say at this point he has already surpassed Scomo in his hopelessness, and with what seems to be the impending failure of the ‘Voice’ it no longer … Read more
