Climate clippings 46
Herr Doktor Hüttlin’s magical Kugelmotor From Gizmag via John D comes an invention from the Black Forest area of a spherical engine that can drive directly, generate electricity or store energy from braking in the motor itself. There seems to [...]
The productivity puzzle
Glenn Dyer at Crikey (unfortunately, behind the paywall) notes an interesting analysis by Rob Brooker of the National Australia Bank of the slowing of Australia’s productivity growth. In a nutshell, both labour productivity, and multifactor productivity have been growing very [...]
Garnaut lets fly with both barrels
George Christensen, the NP Member for Dawson, is no friend of the carbon “tax”. From his first speech: “Then there is this carbon tax, the one that was twice denied during the election, the one that threatens to push up [...]
Bolt found guilty under Racial Discrimination Act
Age article here.. While the specifics of the legalities are different, my view remains the same as in 2010: Bolt is a an ugly blot on the media landscape, but that doesn’t mean that anything he wrote in those articles [...]
Weekly Whimsy
This week’s whimsy is brought to you by Robbie the dog and his persistent attempts to get a stranger to throw his stick. Please share any bits and pieces you have come across recently that have surprised, delighted, intrigued or otherwise positively engaged you.
The AFL, the pokies, and viability
According to Jeff Kennett mandatory precommitment technology will threaten the viability of some clubs, and threaten the survival of the code”. Rubbish.
Quicklink: 10 policy issues more important than asylum seekers
John D has suggested a quicklink post as below. Steven Bartos at the ABC Drum suggests 10 policy issues that he considers more important than asylum seekers. He starts by saying that: A visitor to Australia with any more than [...]
What We Didn’t Blog Lately
There are many interesting issues/events that LP doesn’t manage to blog about. Here’s a selection of topics we didn’t cover recently, but others did:
Saudi women can now vote (still can’t drive)
King Abdullah said his decision came because “we refuse marginalising women’s role in the Saudi society in all fields” and followed “consultations with several scholars”.
Spotlight the Spin
Our weekly (mostly) look at media spin tactics: the first question is always cui bono? The second question is what’s really going on?
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!
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