Yesterday in breathless fashion we were emblazoned with the information gay kids could be expelled from 'religious' schools. See HERE for all the actual information.
This gets a bit boring for me but here goes again in no order of importance in relation to Christian schools,
Being homosexual is NOT a sin. Having sex outside marriage ( where there is a husband and wife) is.
Thus it is very easy to see straight away many more heterosexuals are affected then homosexuals.
No-one but no-one is forced to either apply for a job in a Christian school or enrol their children.
Teachers are affected as they enter into a contract to uphold the School's values. If they lie about it or flagrantly publicises their relationship as occurred recently in WA then yes you will be sacked.
Students are a different kettle of fish. no student has ever been expelled for being gay, probably for the above reasons.
The only scenario I could foresee is if the student ( or the parents much more likely) made public the student was engaged in fornication and openly paraded such beliefs. If after counselling the student continued on this course then the School would have no option. The student and their parents would be undertaking a political exercise.
I think this is unlikely.
The whole thing is much ado about nothing.
Wednesday, 10 October 2018
Tuesday, 9 October 2018
A couple of home grown articles
Two interesting local articles from two of my favourite bloggers.
Firstly we have the kouk on the-bond-market-is-crashing-and-it-ll-affect-you.
Next we have ricardo ambivalence on here-comes-the-housing-downturn. ( more writing please)
It seems to me one thing stands out.The $A will fall.
Next financial year might not be the windfall the government expects.
Firstly we have the kouk on the-bond-market-is-crashing-and-it-ll-affect-you.
Next we have ricardo ambivalence on here-comes-the-housing-downturn. ( more writing please)
It seems to me one thing stands out.The $A will fall.
Next financial year might not be the windfall the government expects.
Monday, 8 October 2018
The IPPC Report
Sorry I have not read it. however Real Climate has done a neat job if you wish to do so.
Here is: Mark Howden and Ruth Colvin
Here is: Mark Howden and Ruth Colvin
Sunday, 7 October 2018
The US Supreme Court loses respect
When Brett Kavanaugh became a Supreme court judge the institution lost a lot of respect.
This again showed how Trump is no conservative. He clearly does not uphold institutions at all.Indeed he likes to destroy them. What is horrifying from this nomination process is that all the Republicans have joined him in desecrating important institutions.
There were the gravest of charges made against Kavanaugh. This should have involved a lengthy and quite thorough investigation. Not one that even comedians can show up as slipshod.
Imagine an investigative journalist examines these accusations in quite detail and find them corroborated at a later date!
The US Supreme court would be demeaned and the FBI been seen as a player in a political game.
The very quick investigation where the accuser was not even talked to did NOT declare Kavanugh not guilty of such charges and it never was. Yet for any person to sit on the Supreme Court that is what had to occur.
the US Supreme court has always been a political one. Now it is an overtly political one as Zack Beauchamp writes .
David Glasner criticises Kavanaugh testimony to the Senate.
Like his former boss Kenneth Starr Kavanaugh has changed his colours on whether anybody can investigate a sitting President. It seems it is dependent on whether the sitting President is a Democrat or Republican.
Kavanaugh's own testimony was very partisan and the linked article by Beauchamp shows how this will cause damage to the Supreme Court.
The Supreme court and the FBI are very important institutions of US polity. Their demeaning is not good for democracy.
Any conservative worth their salt would know and understand this.
Postscript
The President is entitled to nominate anyone he or she wants to. The Senate is entitled to accept or reject the nomination. IMHO this nomination should have been rejected because the man is clearly a political animal.
As I said previously without a thorough investigation a taint is over Kavanugh and will always be over him. I do not like it when a man cannot even admit to being drunk at either school or Uni. If he cannot admit that what can he actually admit.
I would like to see Roe V Wade overturned.I would like to see it done in a very legal way. doing it in an obvious political way will merely foster the current differences further
This again showed how Trump is no conservative. He clearly does not uphold institutions at all.Indeed he likes to destroy them. What is horrifying from this nomination process is that all the Republicans have joined him in desecrating important institutions.
There were the gravest of charges made against Kavanaugh. This should have involved a lengthy and quite thorough investigation. Not one that even comedians can show up as slipshod.
Imagine an investigative journalist examines these accusations in quite detail and find them corroborated at a later date!
The US Supreme court would be demeaned and the FBI been seen as a player in a political game.
The very quick investigation where the accuser was not even talked to did NOT declare Kavanugh not guilty of such charges and it never was. Yet for any person to sit on the Supreme Court that is what had to occur.
the US Supreme court has always been a political one. Now it is an overtly political one as Zack Beauchamp writes .
David Glasner criticises Kavanaugh testimony to the Senate.
Like his former boss Kenneth Starr Kavanaugh has changed his colours on whether anybody can investigate a sitting President. It seems it is dependent on whether the sitting President is a Democrat or Republican.
Kavanaugh's own testimony was very partisan and the linked article by Beauchamp shows how this will cause damage to the Supreme Court.
The Supreme court and the FBI are very important institutions of US polity. Their demeaning is not good for democracy.
Any conservative worth their salt would know and understand this.
Postscript
The President is entitled to nominate anyone he or she wants to. The Senate is entitled to accept or reject the nomination. IMHO this nomination should have been rejected because the man is clearly a political animal.
As I said previously without a thorough investigation a taint is over Kavanugh and will always be over him. I do not like it when a man cannot even admit to being drunk at either school or Uni. If he cannot admit that what can he actually admit.
I would like to see Roe V Wade overturned.I would like to see it done in a very legal way. doing it in an obvious political way will merely foster the current differences further
Thursday, 4 October 2018
Around the Traps 5/10/18
It is time for Around the Traps.
Aussie,Aussie,Aussie,Oy,Oy,Oy
Aussie,Aussie,Aussie,Oy,Oy,Oy
- Audrey Courtey and Halim Rane on why-the-media-needs-to-be-more-responsible-for-how-it-links-islam-and-islamist-terrorism
- Elise Bant on three-simple-steps-to-fix-our-banks
- Croaking Cassandra on what-is-the-reserve-banks-monetary-policy, the-government-keeps-film-subsidies-on, a-bare-pass-mark-for-the-board, the-prc-and-the-prime-minister, Makhlouf on China
- Ross Gittins on digital-disruption-is-changing-us-for-better-or-worse, how-better-business-culture-is-within-reach, why-so-many-businesses-are-behaving-badly
- Ian Cook on australias-obsession-with-opinion-polls-is-eroding-political-leadership
- Peter Whiteford on relax-the-divide-between-the-taxed-and-the-taxed-nots-isnt-new-and-doesnt-buy-elections
- Australian Parliamentary Library on Discount-rates-for-commonwealth-infrastructure-projects
- Tony Walker on shortens-difficult-dance-on-national-security-should-not-limit-scrutiny-of-home-affairs
- Greg Jericho on axing-the-tampon-tax-seems-a-good-move-but-is-it-the-best-move
- Andrew Samwick on fiscal-recklessness-2018-edition Thanks Mark
- Vanessa Williamson and Jackson Gode on tax-cuts-the-gift-that-keeps-not-giving Thanks Mark
- Macro Musings on et-tu-john-williams
- Barkley Rosser on i-was-wrong-us-mexico-trade-deal-lives
- Mike Callaghan on nafta-usmca-what-in-name
- Tim Duy on the-fed-s-no-longer-guided-by-concept-of-neutral-rates Rhanks Mark
- Economic Principals on the centre held in 2008 Thanks Mark
- Robert Shapiro ondont-be-fooled-working-americans-are-worse-off-under-trump Thanks Tyler Cowen
- Liberty Street on the-cost-of-regulatory-capital Thanks Mark
- Daniel Drezner on the-world-is-laughing-at-president-trump Thanks Brad
- Calculated Risk on comments-on-september-employment-report
- the comversable economist on biggest-us-export-to-china-spending-by-chinese-tourists
- promarket on uber-kill-real-cost-ride-sharing Thanks Mark
- regulatory review on moran-epa-moves-scale-back-methane-rules Thanks Mark
- Nate Silver on is-kavanaugh-helping-republicans-midterm-chances
- Mainly Macro on the-post-brexit-vote-trade-boost-that-never-was, how-media-helped-turn-worst-recovery-in-a-100-years-into -a-strong-recovery
- long and variable on guest-post-by-will-bott-on-the-democratic-legitimacy-of-a-second-referendum
- Coppolla comment on checkmate
- stumbling and mumbling on when-detail-matters
- James Chinn on najib-charged-mahathir-wins
- Robert E Kelly on fawning-and-flummery-wining-over-love-sick-donald
- Anthony Ware and Coustas Laotides on aung-san-suu-kyis-extraordinary-fall-from-grace
- the conversable economist on some-notes-on-corporations-and-social-values , when-information-flows-became-fast, latin-america-monetary-and-fiscal-history
- Kruggers on the-economic-future-isnt-what-it-used-to-be-wonkish Thanks Mark
- stumbling and mumbling on ideology-for-normal-people, what-counterfactuals-dont-tell-us
- Brad De Long on is-there-any-reason-to-fear-low-interest-rates, how-important-was-the-financial-panic-as-a-cause-of-the-great-recession
- Stochastic Change on energy-intensity-growth-and-technical-change
- Liberty Street on resolving-too-big-to-fail Thanks Mark
- IMF blog on central-bank-credibility-pays-off-in-times-of-stress Thanks Mark
- Menzie Chinn on guest-contribution-explaining-weak-investment-growth-after-the-great-recession-a-macro-panel-analysis
- Understanding society on social-mobility-disaggregated Thanks Mark
- Stephen Holden on retraction-of-a-journal-article-doesnt-make-its-findings-false
- Tyler Cowen on sokal-squared-hoax
- David Appell on sharp-sst-spike-upward-to-el-nino-state
- open mind on multiple-testing
- Giles Parkinson on tesla-big-battery-defies-skeptics-sends-industry-bananas-over-performance
- moyhu on september-ncepncar-global-surface-unchanged-from-august
- Yyler cowen on robert-pindyck-climate-change-models
- Umair Irfan on hurricane-florence-2018-devastation-climate-change-flood-sea-level-rise
- Peter Sinclair on is-china-hiding-a-renegade-coal-tsunami
- Graham Readfearn on earths-climate-monsters-could-be-unleashed-as-temperatures-rise
- people-are-missing-the-point-on-wansink-so-whats-the-lesson-we-should-be-drawing-from-this-story
- statistical-modeling-causal-inference-social-science-regrets-decision-hire-cannibal-p-hacker-writer-large
- someone-says-quote-exact-quote-misquotes
- the-2018-midterms
- moral-cowardice-requires-choice-action
- david-weakliem-points-economic-cultural-issues-can-less-moralized
- six-signs-scientism-disagree-haack
- ivy-league-football-saw-large-reduction-in-concussions-after-new-kickoff-rules
- fudged-statistics-iraq-war-death-toll-still-circulating-today
- Kaiser Fung on new-facebook-data-breach-and-the-importance-of-business-intelligence
- Mayo on excursion-2-taboos-of-induction-and-falsification-tour-i-first-stop, it-should-never-be-true-though-it-is-still-often-said-that-the-conclusions-are-no-more-accurate-than-the-data-on-which-they-are-based
- essential-fall-reading
- a-shout-out-for-replication-network
- No Hesitations on rcts-vs-rdds, tyranny-of-top-5-econ-journals
- Marc Bellamare on elasticities and the inverse hyperbolic sine transformation
- enlightened-economist-2018-prize-longlist
- once-upon-a-time-in-the-british-economy
- Tim Harford on review-of-the-cost-benefit-revolution-by-cass-sunstein
- Tyler Cowen on what-ive-been-reading
- third-party-labour-market-effects-china-s-exports
- culture-matters-saving-behaviour
- hard-brexit-hard-decisions-and-irexit
- innovating-less-developed-regions-europe-and-north-america
- 300-million-week-output-cost-brexit-vote
- adapt-or-be-flooded
- real-exchange-rate-global-value-chains-and-manufacturing-performance
- bank-performance-under-negative-interest-rates
- euro-area-reform-anatomy-debate
- how-family-planning-policies-reshape-life-chinese-elderly
- central-bank-announcements-and-transmission-monetary-policy
- impacts-export-taxes-agricultural-trade
- subsidising-long-term-care
- accounting-accountability-evolution-ecb-s-accountability-practices-during-crisis
- new-evidence-economics-immigration-uk
- finance-and-pollution
- stabilising-virtues-central-banks-haircuts
- cryptocurrency-valuation-and-roles-tokens
Wednesday, 3 October 2018
A nice Trip
I have been away for a number of days.
I went to a place called Hillview which is not far from wither Wingham or Taree. My wife has friends who have retired there there.
They have now got the internet. It is pure countryside. The air is pure , the only noise are the animals and at this time of year it isn't too hot.
On a typical afternoon it is very pleasant to sit on the porch and sip red wine whilst taking in the sensational views.
A few things in no order of importance.
I went to a place called Hillview which is not far from wither Wingham or Taree. My wife has friends who have retired there there.
They have now got the internet. It is pure countryside. The air is pure , the only noise are the animals and at this time of year it isn't too hot.
On a typical afternoon it is very pleasant to sit on the porch and sip red wine whilst taking in the sensational views.
A few things in no order of importance.
- The drive along the pacific highway is boring. Trees , more trees and even more damned trees. Oh for some green countryside or a bit of the ocean.
- The only upside of using the highway is fuel economy. Our Kia Cerato gets in the high 9s in fuel economy around the city. We got to 6 on the trip.
- The ABC is an absolute boon in the countryside. It was a great pleasure to listen to ABC classic. ABC local radio is an absolute must listen whenever there is a bushfire.
- homegrown vegetables taste way better than even those we buy at the local fruit and veg at Eastwood.
- time goes much slower in the country. you can relax very easily.
- with the advent of the NBN living in the countryside is becoming a very attractive proposition.
- the only problem in retiring to the countryside is your family cannot visit you all that often
Thursday, 27 September 2018
Around the Traps 28/9/18
It is time again for Around the Traps
Aussie,Aussie,Aussie,Oy,Oy,Oy
Aussie,Aussie,Aussie,Oy,Oy,Oy
- Peter Goss on three-charts-on-why-catholic-primary-school-parents-can-afford-to-pay-more
- Brendan Cotton on super-if-labor-really-wanted-to-help-women-in-retirement-it-would-do-something-else
- Ralph Hampson on australias-residential-aged-care-facilities-are-getting-bigger-and-less-home-like
- Kate Griffiths et al on influence-in-australian-politics-needs-an-urgent-overhaul-heres-how-to-do-it
- Croaking Cassandra on inflation-and-the-tax-system , once-were-traders, not-much-business-investment,more-on-orr, shame-on-our-mps
- Kevin Bonham on poll-roundup-current-polls-arent-all-that-meaningful
- Ross Gittins on frydenberg-must-lift-treasurys-game-on-spending-control.political-corruption-with-so-much-smoke-there-must-be-fire, how-economists-lost-their-fear-of-minimum-wages
- Peter Manning on despite-her-good-intentions-michelle-guthrie-was-never-the-right-fit-for-the-abc
- Andrew Dodd on abc-boss-michelle-guthrie-sacked-but-the-board-wont-say-why, with-justin-milne-gone-how-does-the-abc-go-about-restoring-its-crucial-independence
- Dennis Muller on michelle-guthries-stint-at-abc-helm-had-a-key-weakness-she-failed-to-back-the-journalists
- Kevin McQuillan on restoring-australia-pacific-media-presence
- Rachel Ong ViforJ et al on when-falling-home-ownership-and-ageing-baby-boomers-collide
- Christopher Standen on privatising-westconnex-is-the-biggest-waste-of-public-funds-for-corporate-gain-in-australian-history
- Rick Sarre on why-the-increased-penalties-for-strawberry-sabotage-will-do-little-to-prevent-the-crime
- Greg Jericho on should-we-worry-about-a-crash-of-the-housing-market-lets-all-take-a-deep-breath
- Mark the Ballot on aggregated-poll-update , updated-aggregation
- Warren Hogan on battle-won-our-budget-woes-are-behind-us
- Susan Hutchinson on australia-dodging-its-terrorism-obligations
- Rose O'Dea and Shinichi Nakagawa on study-of-1-6-million-grades-shows-little-gender-difference-in-maths-and-science-at-school
- Andrew Linden on abc-board-chair-over-reaches-in-a-bid-to-appease-hostile-government
- Peter Fray and Derek Wilding on how-abc-chairman-justin-milne-compromised-the-independence-of-the-national-broadcaster
- Richard Holden on vital-signs-for-all-its-worth-the-banking-royal-commission-could-hurt-a-generation-of-battlers
- The Kouk on government-debt-is-at-a-record-high
- Menzie Chinn on guest-contribution-trump-renews-charges-of-chinese-currency-manipulation, does-the-fed-care-about-the-rest-of-the-world, guest-contribution-all-in-us-trade-balance-led-by-ag-exports
- Jeremy Nalwaik on inflation expectations and alternative hypotheses Thanks Brad
- Macro Musings on fomc-preview-we-have-nerve-to-invert-the-curve
- the conversable economist on corporate-debt-and-leveraged-loans-financial-snags-ahead, rumination-why-not-military-war-on-trade, portability-of-occupational-licenses
- Calculated Risk on housing-inventory-tracking, real-house-prices-and-price-to-rent-ratio-in-august, a-few-comments-on-august-new-home-sales
- Macro Mania on what-is-yield-curve-forecasting
- Michael Strain on slow-wage-growth-is-based-on-emotions-and-economics Thanks Brad
- Robert Shiller on is-the-us-stock-market-a-bubble Thanks Mark
- Kruggers on tariffs-trump-corrupt Thanks Mark
- Thomas Wright on trump-united-nations-bolton-foreign-policy-iran-north-korea-russia
- Barkley Rosser on the-us-mexico-trade-deal-dies
- Uneasy Money on only-idiots-think-that-judges-are-umpires-and-only-cads-say-that-they-think-so
- Mainly Macro on has-qualities-but-negotiating-skills-is-not-one-of-them, the-final-deal-referendum-question
- Coppolla comment on cake-and-cherries
- Lord Keynes on austerity-in-pre-1938-fascist-austria
- Max Walden on malaysia-allowing-students-find-voice
- Nicole Talmacs on chinese-box-office-dilemma
- David Brewster on air-traffic-control-china-and-india-compete
- Benjamin Habib on economic-growth-and-trump-proofing-why-the-latest-inter-korea-summit-matters
- Jeremy Chiang and Alan Yang on china-s-divide-and-conquer-charm-offensive
- Roland Rajah on sliding-rupiah-causes-jakarta-jitters
- Brad Setser on how-did-china-manage-its-currency-over-summer Thanks Mark
- Alexia Underwood on trump-israel-palestinians-aid-cuts-un-general-assembly
- Arti Betigeri on india-game-changing-health-care-initiative
- Cassandra's Legacy on did-club-of-rome-ever-disavow-limits-to-growth
- Nic Bisley on the-risks-of-a-new-cold-war-between-the-us-and-china-are-real-heres-why
- Rodger Shanahan on eu-and-iran-push-back-against-us-sanctions
- Economic Principals on What have we learned since Bagehot Thanks Mark
- global inequality on hayekian-communism , 11/2-adam-smiths Thanks Mark
- Kruggers on steeper-versus-deeper-wonkish
- Ben Bernanke on the-housing-bubble-the-credit-crunch-and-the-great-recession-reply-to-paul-krugman Thanks Mark
- Dean Baker on response-to-bernanke-on-the-bubble-versus-financial-crisis-story-of-the-great-recession Thanks Mark
- promarket on pursuers-truth-peddlers-influence
- Alex Tabaarrok on liberal-radicalism-mechanism-producing-public-goods
- the conversable economist on some-notes-on-corporations-and-social-values
- David Logan and Stewart Nestead on ive-always-wondered-are-suvs-and-4wds-safer-than-other-cars
- Tim Harford on didyourholidaymakeyoumorecreative
- David Appell on noaa-race-track-graph
- arctic sea ice on hurricane-florence-and-arctic-sea-ice
- and Then Theres Physics on hurricanes-and-carbon-cuts
- Rabett run on while-elis-away-arctics-that-way
- skeptical science on new study reconciles a dispute global warming will happen, retraction of florides et all
- Open Mind on arctic-sea-ice-for-suckers-ron-clutz-shows-how-to-hide-the-decline
- Stoat on bob-and-richard-and-mighty-shtwit-storm
- Tyler Cowen on climate-change-may-expensive-think
- Arctic Sea Ice on 2018-arctic-sea-ice-minimum
- tweeking-big-problem-not-think
- dont-calculate-post-hoc-power-using-observed-estimate-effect-size
- youve got data on 35 countriesbut its really just N=3 groups
- potential-big-problem-placebo-tests-econometrics-theyre-subject-difference-significant-non-significant-not-statistically-significant-issue
- using-stacking-to-average-bayesian-predictive-distributions-with-discussion
- Kaiser Fung on think-twice-before-you-waze,chip-cards-example-of-predicting-invariables
- Statschat on reading-clickbait
- No Hesitations on nber-wps-hit-25000
- Tyler Cowen on what-ive-been-reading, dream-machine-j-c-r-licklider-revolution-made-computing-personal
- Kaiser Fung on a-purely-mathematical-theory-of-risk-is-not-enough
- immigrant-entrepreneurship-america
- cross-country-differences-risk-attitudes-towards-financial-investment
- do-women-anticipate-employment-effects-motherhood-evidence-and-implications
- influence-leaders-criminal-decisions
- why-friends-give-do-not-want-receive-money
- tax-bargaining
- underemployment-us-and-europe
- why-women-matter-monetary-policymaking
- central-bank-swap-lines
- heterogeneous-impact-brexit-firms
- interest-rate-expectations-and-monetary-policy-low-interest-rate-setting
- ownership-and-power-structure-together-last
- resilience-eu-member-states-global-crisis
- natural-rate-portfolio-flows
- three-tariff-lessons-us-interwar-history
- fiscal-space-government-spending-and-tax-rate-cyclicality-patterns
- europes-fiscal-policy-doom-loop
- rational-backlash-against-globalisation
- measuring-unfair-inequality
- curiously-varied-impact-recessions-political-stability
- copy-trading-platforms-and-risk-taking
- culture-matters-saving-behaviour
- third-party-labour-market-effects-china-s-exports
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