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Random Notes - Idle ThoughtsMelanie Phillips on Palestinianism
This is a history lesson like no other. As Melanie Phillips points out, this is not about land or a two state solution. The Palestinians don’t want a two state solution.This is about “writing the Jews out of their own history and a de-judeafication and an ethnic...
Random Note — Casual Indifference
On a theme in a Random Note earlier about bludgers, which seems to becoming more and more a policy position of the Albanese government, this extract from Chris Uhlmann in Saturday's Weekend Australian 9/8/25 is coming from a similar direction and flagging a...
Random Note — Energy and the new dark ages.
Cutting through all the bullshit over energy, the future looks grim. Gas is already banned in all new homes in Victoria and the Sydney City Council has banned gas appliances in all new residential developments, effective from January next year. This makes them the...
Random Note — Bludger (PM Albanese)
The word bludge or bludger is quite an onomatopoeic word and uniquely Australian in origin. It has a particular resonance probably stemming from the struggling early years of the colony when in a nascent and emerging nation, everyone, men women and children were...
Random Note — Demos and Feelgood drugs
Thinking about what it is, in the face of the horrific recorded deeds of Hamas has me wondering what it is that drives the activists and the useful idiots. If you really want understand from where they derive their moral certitude and their virtue signalling, the way...
Random Note — The Nation State
A nation is not just a legal document called a constitution. In the final analysis, a constitution of a bowling club or a nation is just the “how to” owners manual. A document of idealistic words and noble sentiments. A nation is built on a shared culture, a shared...
Random Note — The 10 Most “impossibly unaffordable housing markets in the world”
Take a bow Sydney and Melbourne, for all the wrong reasons. This is a global measure. The 10 most ‘impossibly unaffordable' housing markets in the world Note numbers, 2, 6 and 9. Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne. Sydney’s housing is 13.8 times average gross earnings. When...
Random Note — Unpacking, Analysing and Parsing.
Chris Uhlman’s eloquent unpacking, parsing and studied analysis of key words, phrases and euphemisms of the treasurer is indeed as illuminating as it is disturbing and it seems that we have to start reframing and thinking about this insane pursuit and attachment net zero through the lens of a mass psychological disorder.
Random Note — Tolerance and Respect
At what point does respect and tolerance evaporate? As Alexis de tocqueville noted, “tolerance is nothing more than indifference” I don’t actually agree that it’s indifference. That’s like pretending you don’t care when actually you do care but are intimidated and...
Random Note — Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions
Something I wrote back in a previous life the early 2000’s on tolerance. Tolerance, is essentially a character flaw of weak minded, weak spirited societies and individuals who do not want to confront or deal with their deficiencies, so they therefore redefine their...