Giving away the pokies?
If you take the figures in the Victorian Auditor-General’s report on the auction of pokie licenses as gospel, it’s arguably the most single most financially costly mistake the Bracks-Brumby government made. The report estimates that a fair market value for [...]
A whimper rather than a bang
It started with Holden 48-215 or FX, followed by the famous FJ. Others followed. According to The Volkswagenwerk Classic and Vintage Club of Australia: By 1962, Volkswagen was the 3rd largest producer of cars in Australia behind only GM and [...]
Weekly Whimsy
This week’s whimsy is brought to you by something you could do for AIDS charities in September – dress as Freddie For A Day. Please share any bits and pieces you have come across recently that have surprised, delighted, intrigued or otherwise positively engaged you.
More on renewables
Deep in the Saturday Courier mail was an article plugging coal seam gas and interviewing the author of a “new report”, one Matt Ridley. The report was easily run down. It can be downloaded from here. If you noticed a [...]
Johann Hari’s interview “augmentation”
Most Larvatus Prodeo readers at some point will have come across the writings of Johann Hari, a freelance journalist who writes regularly for The Independent here in the UK. Hari has a distinctive, uncommonly direct writing voice; he is known [...]
Rudd, Gillard, the CPRS and public opinion
Rudd was probably wounded by [the] failure of …the Copenhagen conference in December 2009…Gillard has also failed to understand the nature of climate denialism and the effectiveness of forces who only need to induce doubt in the science.
Banning: what is it good for?
Currently being floated as candidates for banned from advertising and/or sale:
Spotlight the Spin
Ooh look! A Big Distracting Thing!
Our weekly (mostly) look at media spin tactics.
Lazy Sunday
Since we don’t live by politics alone (I sincerely hope), what did people get up to this weekend? Join in, share some tales, regulars and lurkers all!
I won’t add my condemn to your condemn LI
We haven’t had a ‘condemnation’ thread this year and it’s been noticed. What’s worthy of condemnation as we reach mid-year?
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