Regardless of the merits of the arguments, a day to celebrate Australia has to be a day that everyone can participate willingly in. It’s clear that 26th January cannot be that day anymore. I think that there should be a random number drawn from on New Year’s Eve to allocate the public holiday. It should … Read more
So, I just got back from holiday with the family to this email from a very well politically connected ex-colleague in the legal circles down in Canberra: “As we were talking about the other day regarding the federal court Pearson decision, I have learned that Immigration Minister Andrew Giles is allegedly planning to give permanent … Read more
“Every time one of the international community of instructors has tried to take a lesson, they have been harassed, to the extent that they can’t teach their lesson,” Mr Todd said. “They’re physically intimidating us, threatening us, trying to take away our lift passes, trying to remove our ski equipment and stopping us from being … Read more
Part 2 Time for a wider lens to see what things are happening outside of the immediate SMO zone, and implications thereof. I welcome your comments / debate. Geopolitics Negotiations As many of you will know, the first and only opportunity for a true peace settlement was in March 2022. Following three rounds of negotiations … Read more
Is there price discovery behind BTC or is it just insiders jimmying the price higher to get some money out? Is there a diffference? My hunch is that $20k is the new base for BTC like $5k was after the 2018 massacre. It gets a bit below, it goes a bit above, until the next … Read more
Minns has also hired Meriton’s Harry Trigaboff as his campaign manager with the aim of making housing affordability the #1 issue.
The last thread was getting pretty long and hard to read, so I thought I would start a new one. I’ve been so inspired by the meme’s produced by the @auseconomicunit EZFKA account that I’m going to do a homage to them. I’ll start with one of my recent favorites: It is simple but effective, … Read more
Part 1 Muscling in on stagmal’s turf here…. There is a lot of ground to cover, so I will break this piece in a couple of parts. My information comes from a variety of sources, both Western MSM, Russian MSM (if available in English), independent blogs, and a variety of Telegram channels. For Russian side … Read more
Most commentary I’ve been following says that an American recession is on the cards, but they argue about its depth. Nouriel Roubini (https://nourielroubini.com/a-stagflationary-debt-crisis-looms/) says that the world is in deep shit….but he always says that. I think it’s too early to call inflation baked in. We’re only just exiting the post-covid boom…and China is just … Read more
The ban comes into effect immediately, with Chinese buyers set to return to Australia next week.
