Miscellaneous links 19/2-20/2

Offering counselling in the face of a crisis is about as effective offering a chocolate bar when you house is on fire. https://www.afr.com/policy/health-and-education/are-you-mentally-ill-or-just-very-unhappy-20220210-p59vhh PJW reporting contrived racial diversity on TV being noticed on reddithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl5GJQE4lCk Quite a good piece on the gas cartel at MB this week: https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2022/02/betrayed-and-abused-rex-patrick-is-aussie-gas-roadkill/ No surprise the inflation in the USA is … Read more

Why is Brittany Higgins even on TV?

This will be a brief post based upon a little thought cloud I had earlier today. I don’t know whether Brittany is an actual victim of rape or not, I don’t know whether the accused (Bruce Lehrmann) actually raped her. My question is, why are they parading her around on T.V like she is already … Read more

Weekend Links 12/2/22-13/2/22

As Sweden gets rid of restrictions, others double down. A nice summary of covid restrictions in various places: https://www.northstarmeetingsgroup.com/coronavirus-countries-cities-reopening-COVID-19-new-cases Looks like the Wall St ESG crew are not as powerful as I thought:https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/oil-nears-100-barrel-us-drillers-get-busy-costly-shale-basins-2022-02-08/ If shale oils comes back online in numbers it will keep a lid on oil price hikes, thus limiting inflation. We can … Read more

Progressive Saviour Complex?

Is it just me or as DLS ages is he increasingly transforming from a polemic ‘veteran radical centrist’ to a menopausal woman? Far from being the razor sharp observations stabbing at the heart of our political hubris that drives ALL the players in our politco-media-developer economy, DLS’s political rants bear an increasing resemblance to shrill … Read more