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Random Notes - Idle ThoughtsJapanese government taps more benefit from Australian gas than us — Sydney Morning Herald
Japan is collecting more tax revenue from Australian liquefied natural gas than the federal government, By comparison, Australia will not receive a cent in petroleum resource rent tax from gas projects operating in federal waters over the same period.
Whowouldathunkit — Another Exploding Cigar for The Left — American Thinker
Trump needs to get himself a better accountant. Like, for example Bernie’s or Obama’s. Tax rates for Bernie Sanders 13% Barack Obama 19% MSNBC (who broke the “story”) 24%, Trump, by comparison, a whopping 38%
The Ripe Aroma Of BS and Musk — Quadrant Online
The old pea and thimble "....One hundred and thirty years ago, the renowned Thomas Edison (left) – then an American hero — pulled a stunt like Elon Musk, pretending to promise something he couldn’t deliver. Edison would press a button on his desk in his Fifth...
The Great Renewable Energy Swindle — Justin Campbell, Liberty Works
The renewable energy swindle, like all good swindles has multiple parts. First, for over a decade state governments subsidised the initial cost of solar panels. Second, many state governments guaranteed a fixed feed-in tariff rate that was well above market rates, and third, the Renewable Energy Target created an artificial demand for the electricity generated from small scale solar. The effect of of these three policies was a massive energy subsidy for wealthy individuals with solar paid for by consumers buying their electricity through the grid.
Bill Leak: funny once a day, courageous for a lifetime — Paul Kelly, The Australian
This is the progressive ideology. Its dogma, now pervasive in the academy, is that the West is founded on a bankrupt morality of imperialism, racism, exploitation, patriarchy and male violence and that these evils, still embedded in our existence, must now be identified, denounced and corrected. This is the origin of identity politics.
Idle Thought Random Note — The Reality Of Renewables
Idle Thought Random Note
Of course the hole in the renewables debate and the logical point that no one ever seems to make is that the weather, by its very nature is variable and intermittent. It therefore follows that an electricity supply relying on the weather will, by definition, also be variable and intermittent.
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Idle Thought, Random Note — Extraordinary Popular Delusions And The Madness Of Crowds, Charles Mackay
Next time you hear or read about the hysteria of climate change and the shakedown/scam of carbon trading, remember this book written in 1841....None of this stuff is new. Previous generations have been there before and got stung and cleaned out!!! This brief review...
Islam shouldn’t be an exception — Paul Monk, The Australian
“..Over the past week, the organisation hosting her — Think Inc — has been harassed. Its insurers have been contacted and warned there could be trouble. Venues where she is scheduled to speak have been contacted, warned there will be protests and urged to cancel her engagements. Bill Leak, were he still with us, would have had a field day with this. The Muslim Brotherhood, the Council on American Islamic Relations and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, all powerful international organisations, see her as a dangerous enemy and are determined to silence her..”
Bill Leak: doublespeak at freethinker trial — Jennifer Oriel, The Australian
“…Section 18C is an act of violence against those who tell the truth. It is, as the slow torture of Bill Leak revealed, a totalitarian tool fashioned by bullies determined to punish creative geniuses who refuse to toe the PC party line. Since the PC class cannot compete with creative genius on merit, it seeks to destroy it…”