tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27079841894261393402024-03-18T19:06:49.166-07:00Not TrampisNot Trampishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12738633092867411422noreply@blogger.comBlogger2889125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707984189426139340.post-65691387813725320152024-03-18T15:18:00.000-07:002024-03-18T15:18:18.948-07:00Test Cricket review<p> It is time for a change of pace ( pun intended) and look at what occurred in Test cricket. We saw England V India and Australia play Pakistan, the windies and then the Kiwis.</p><p>Firstly let us go to India. A lot of people are saying 'bazball' has failed totally. Unfortunately they have not understood what 'bazball' is. It is getting your runs quickly so the team has plenty of time to get 20 wickets.</p><p>There were only two tests when the poms took 20 wickets. the 1st in which they won and the 4th which they should have. This happened because their bowlers were not up to the task. Their spinners for most of the series were very inexperienced and it showed. Despite inspired captaincy from Stokes this simply could not be overcome. What was inexplicable was after Poe's superb innings in the 1st test these tactics were never tried again. Indeed the middle order were never consistent at all. We frequently saw batting collapses. They dropped catches at critical times Robinson being the obvious culprit.</p><p>India was the mirror image. Their batting strong ( how good was the opener) and consistent. The bowling except for the 1st test always penetrative and their catching usually very good.</p><p>Australia's much vaunted batting lineup except for the very 1st test against Pakistan looked highly vulnerable to bowling lineups which at best had only 3 1/2 test bowlers. Indeed if Pakistan had not grassed ssome pretty simple chances they might have won the series. The windies had no batting depth at lla but draw the 2 test series and the Kiwis blew chances to win or at least draw their series. </p><p>I am starting to wonder whether this was merely a result of tight bowling not great bowling.</p><p>The top three cricketing nations have aging bowling lineups. australia will see if their batting can cope with India next season. India will see if their new players can succeed in Australia. England will need to see if their batsmen can regain their mojo and also whether they have bowlers who can fil in the breach of their bowlers eventually retire.</p><p><br /></p><p>It has been enjoyable to watch!</p>Not Trampishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12738633092867411422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707984189426139340.post-262378648997344512024-03-17T15:40:00.000-07:002024-03-17T15:40:00.330-07:00The Gaza disgrace<p>If you have not watched<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-11/the-forever-war/103574742"> FOUR CORNERS</a></span></b> then you should. John Lyons asked all his interviewees the same question. Why are so many palestinian women and children dying in this 'war'.</p><p>In essence the answers ranged from all palestinians support Hamas ( Hmm those demonstrations were what then? ) to there is no other way. In other words it doesn't matter how matter people are killed if all of Hamas is destroyed. That is called <b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_punishment">collective punishment</a></span></b> by the way. Yes it is a<b><i> war crime</i></b>.</p><p>If you add to that Israelis not allowing aid to get into Gaza (with the police/ military not doing anything to stop this) then what is occurring in Gaza is an absolute disgrace.</p>Not Trampishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12738633092867411422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707984189426139340.post-3777284599853602022024-03-14T14:25:00.000-07:002024-03-16T01:43:25.471-07:00Around the Traps 15/3/24<p> It is time again for <b>Around the Traps</b>.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Aussie,Aussie,Aussie,Oy,Oy,Oy</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Brendan Coates on <a href="https://theconversation.com/lets-not-kid-ourselves-that-private-investors-or-super-funds-will-build-the-social-housing-we-need-224635">lets-not-kid-ourselves-that-private-investors-or-super-funds-will-build-the-social-housing-we-need</a></li><li>Michelle Grattan on <a href="https://theconversation.com/hundreds-of-tariffs-to-go-from-july-1-in-biggest-unilateral-tariff-cut-in-decades-225444">hundreds-of-tariffs-to-go-from-july-1-in-biggest-unilateral-tariff-cut-in-decades</a></li><li>Ross Gittins on <a href="http://www.rossgittins.com/2024/03/rba-will-decide-how-long-economys-slump.html">rba-will-decide-how-long-economys-slump-lasts</a>, <a href="http://www.rossgittins.com/2024/03/well-off-baby-boomers-should-pay-more.html">well-off-baby-boomers-should-pay-more-for-aged-care</a> , <a href="http://www.rossgittins.com/2024/03/how-digital-world-is-getting-better-at.html">how-digital-world-is-getting-better-at-measuring-us-up</a></li><li>Ameeta Jain on <a href="https://theconversation.com/prefabricated-and-build-to-rent-houses-could-help-bring-rents-down-223839">prefabricated-and-build-to-rent-houses-could-help-bring-rents-down</a></li><li>Hal Swerissen on <a href="https://theconversation.com/what-will-aged-care-look-like-for-the-next-generation-more-of-the-same-but-higher-out-of-pocket-costs-225551">what-will-aged-care-look-like-for-the-next-generation-more-of-the-same-but-higher-out-of-pocket-costs</a></li><li>Greg Jericho on <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/2024/mar/14/australia-housing-price-figures-real-estate-market-affordability">australia-housing-price-figures-real-estate-market-affordability</a></li><li>Julia Cook and Peta Cook on <a href="https://theconversation.com/the-bank-of-mum-and-dad-is-exposing-older-australians-to-the-risk-of-financial-abuse-224361">the-bank-of-mum-and-dad-is-exposing-older-australians-to-the-risk-of-financial-abuse</a></li><li>Nicole Lee on <a href="https://theconversation.com/is-meth-use-really-going-up-lets-look-at-the-evidence-behind-the-latest-scary-headlines-225657">is-meth-use-really-going-up-lets-look-at-the-evidence-behind-the-latest-scary-headlines</a></li><li>David Lee on <a href="https://theconversation.com/release-of-missing-papers-from-2003-shines-a-light-on-how-australian-troops-were-sent-to-fight-the-iraq-war-225650">release-of-missing-papers-from-2003-shines-a-light-on-how-australian-troops-were-sent-to-fight-the-iraq-war</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">OZ Climate</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Terry Hughes on <a href="https://theconversation.com/the-great-barrier-reefs-latest-bout-of-bleaching-is-the-fifth-in-eight-summers-the-corals-now-have-almost-no-reprieve-225348">the-great-barrier-reefs-latest-bout-of-bleaching-is-the-fifth-in-eight-summers-the-corals-now-have-almost-no-reprieve</a></li><li>Graham Readfearn on <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/14/peter-dutton-nuclear-power-comments-csiro-small-modular-reactors">peter-dutton-nuclear-power-comments-csiro-small-modular-reactors</a></li><li>Adriamn McCallum on <a href="https://theconversation.com/tennis-anyone-bad-news-for-skiers-as-snow-season-could-shrink-by-78-this-century-225581">tennis-anyone-bad-news-for-skiers-as-snow-season-could-shrink-by-78-this-century</a></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/peter-dutton-wonders-when-batteries-will-be-discovered-and-if-wind-turbines-are-sentient/">peter-dutton-wonders-when-batteries-will-be-discovered-and-if-wind-turbines-are-sentient</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/heatwave-pushes-wind-and-solar-to-record-highs-as-renewables-share-reaches-70-pct-of-nem/">heatwave-pushes-wind-and-solar-to-record-highs-as-renewables-share-reaches-70-pct-of-nem</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/states-need-to-do-a-lot-more-in-race-to-82-pct-renewables-because-capacity-scheme-is-not-enough/">states-need-to-do-a-lot-more-in-race-to-82-pct-renewables-because-capacity-scheme-is-not-enough</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/not-enough-droughts-and-hefty-network-charges-the-big-barriers-to-grid-storage/">not-enough-droughts-and-hefty-network-charges-the-big-barriers-to-grid-storage</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/big-batteries-small-solar-the-heroes-of-2023-as-investment-in-big-wind-and-solar-sags/">big-batteries-small-solar-the-heroes-of-2023-as-investment-in-big-wind-and-solar-sags</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/csiro-notches-up-record-high-efficiency-for-printed-flexible-solar-cells/">csiro-notches-up-record-high-efficiency-for-printed-flexible-solar-cells</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/australias-biggest-smelter-to-launch-massive-wind-and-solar-tender-says-nuclear-too-costly/">australias-biggest-smelter-to-launch-massive-wind-and-solar-tender-says-nuclear-too-costly</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/solar-and-wind-farm-blockers-to-be-weeded-out-in-rule-change-to-fast-track-renewable-projects/">solar-and-wind-farm-blockers-to-be-weeded-out-in-rule-change-to-fast-track-renewable-projects</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/super-cheap-transmission-upgrades-could-double-capacity-and-open-floodgates-for-renewables/">super-cheap-transmission-upgrades-could-double-capacity-and-open-floodgates-for-renewables</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Northern America</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>finding gravity on <a href="https://www.findinggravity.net/p/most-americans-think-trump-committed?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=email">most-americans-think-trump-committed</a> Thanks Brad</li><li>Tyler Cowen on <a href="https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2024/03/which-u-s-firms-have-grown-in-profitability.html">which-u-s-firms-have-grown-in-profitability</a> , <a href="https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2024/03/the-canadian-economy-is-a-worthwhile-canadian-initiative.html">the-canadian-economy-is-a-worthwhile-canadian-initiative</a></li><li>noahopinion on <a href="https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/trump-just-rug-pulled-the-china-hawks">trump-just-rug-pulled-the-china-hawks-on-tiktok</a> , <a href="https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/what-just-happened-in-san-francisco">what-just-happened-in-san-francisco-politics</a></li><li>Frank Figluizzi on <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/republicans-fbi-budget-proposal-trump-rcna142359?cid=eml_mda_20240312&user_email=bb6acd64de0ac11d65218917bde2d37b53eefa892d2c723eb05ce12197cf3ee7">republicans-fbi-budget-proposal-trump</a></li><li>calculated risk on <a href="https://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2024/03/cleveland-fed-median-cpi-increased-04.html">cleveland-fed-median-cpi-increased-04-in-february</a></li><li>newdeal democrat on <a href="https://angrybearblog.com/2024/03/scenes-from-the-february-jobs-report-yes-the-household-survey-really-was-recessionary">scenes-from-the-february-jobs-report-yes-the-household-survey-really-was-recessionary</a></li><li>Nicole Narea on <a href="https://www.vox.com/politics/24094752/biden-trump-strong-economy-2024-inflation">biden-trump-strong-economy-2024-inflation</a></li><li>the conversable economist on <a href="https://conversableeconomist.com/2024/03/12/one-year-since-the-meltdown-at-silicon-valley-bank-commercial-real-estate-and-ongoing-threats/">one-year-since-the-meltdown-at-silicon-valley-bank-commercial-real-estate-and-ongoing-threats</a></li><li>Ian Millhiser on <a href="https://www.vox.com/scotus/2024/3/12/24098760/supreme-court-matthew-kacsmaryk-judge-shopping-republicans-judicial-conference">supreme-court-matthew-kacsmaryk-judge-shopping-republicans-judicial-conference</a></li><li>Jeet Heer on <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/katie-britt-sotu-snl/?custno=&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20Time%20of%20Monsters%20-%203.13.2024&utm_term=time_of_monsters">katie-britt-sotu-snl</a></li><li>Bill Haskell on <a href="https://angrybearblog.com/2024/03/yesterday-robert-hur-testified-to-the-house-judiciary-committee">yesterday-robert-hur-testified-to-the-house-judiciary-committee</a></li><li>Adam Serwer on <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/03/hur-report-biden-2024-election/677740/">hur-report-biden-2024-election</a></li><li>David Graham on <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/03/rnc-leadership-michael-whatley-lara-trump/677731/">rnc-leadership-michael-whatley-lara-trump</a></li><li>Andrew Prokop on <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/robert-hur-s-report-exaggerated-biden-s-memory-issues/ar-BB1jMFDc?cvid=2f72adbcb2b449b5bc6604c5512bd4ea&ei=14">robert-hur-s-report-exaggerated-biden-s-memory-issues</a></li><li>ground truths on <a href="https://erictopol.substack.com/p/covid-4-years-on?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=email">covid-4-years-on</a> thanks Brad</li><li>Rick Perlstein on <a href="https://prospect.org/justice/2024-03-06-spectacle-of-policing/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email">spectacle-of-policing</a> Thanks Brad</li><li>Joshua Keating on <a href="https://www.vox.com/world-politics/24101020/biden-netanyahu-israel-gaza-pressure-leverage-arms-un">biden-netanyahu-israel-gaza-pressure-leverage-arms-un</a></li><li>G Elliot Morris on <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/538/trump-leading-polls-plenty-time-biden-catch/story?id=108062780">trump-leading-polls-plenty-time-biden-catch</a></li><li>Paul Waldmann on <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-jan-6-hostages-rcna143441?cid=eml_mda_20240315&user_email=bb6acd64de0ac11d65218917bde2d37b53eefa892d2c723eb05ce12197cf3ee7">trump-jan-6-hostages</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Europe</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>stumbling and bumbling on <a href="https://stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_mumbling/2024/03/on-lazy-moralizing.html">on-lazy-moralizing</a>, <a href="https://stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_mumbling/2024/03/a-case-for-fiscal-austerity.html">a-case-for-fiscal-austerity</a></li><li>Anastanysia Byesyedina on <a href="https://theconversation.com/as-the-air-raid-sirens-sound-i-am-studying-ukrainian-culture-with-new-fervour-im-far-from-alone-224508">as-the-air-raid-sirens-sound-i-am-studying-ukrainian-culture-with-new-fervour-im-far-from-alone</a></li><li>Mick Ryan on <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-12/defensive-strategy-counteroffensive-ukraine-russia/103570996">defensive-strategy-counteroffensive-ukraine-russia</a></li><li>mainly macro on <a href="https://mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2024/03/on-maxing-out-credit-cards-and-magic.html">on-maxing-out-credit-cards-and-magic-money-trees</a></li><li>Liz Zhou on <a href="https://www.vox.com/world-politics/2024/3/12/24080074/germany-afd-far-right">germany-afd-far-right</a></li><li>William Partelett on <a href="https://theconversation.com/what-can-we-expect-from-six-more-years-of-vladimir-putin-an-increasingly-weak-and-dysfunctional-russia-224259">what-can-we-expect-from-six-more-years-of-vladimir-putin-an-increasingly-weak-and-dysfunctional-russia</a></li><li>Mathew Sussex on <a href="https://theconversation.com/russia-is-about-to-hold-another-presidential-election-it-neednt-bother-225645">russia-is-about-to-hold-another-presidential-election-it-neednt-bother</a></li><li>Christian Caryl on <a href="https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2024/04/04/mourning-navalny-the-dissident/">mourning-navalny-the-dissident</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Asia</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Joshua Keating on <a href="https://www.vox.com/world-politics/24094638/houthis-red-sea-yemen-gaza-israel">houthis-red-sea-yemen-gaza-israel</a></li><li>Andrew Selth on <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/myanmar-what-generals-hear-might-not-be-what-world-means">myanmar-what-generals-hear-might-not-be-what-world-means</a></li><li>Sairo Bano on <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/democracy-struggling-south-asia">democracy-struggling-south-asia</a></li><li>Sophie Yi on <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/understanding-china-s-efforts-bridge-south-china-sea-taiwan-strait-disputes">understanding-china-s-efforts-bridge-south-china-sea-taiwan-strait-disputes</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Wonk</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>porr rich nation on <a href="https://www.thepoorrichnation.blog/p/the-argument-in-a-nutshell?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=email">the-argument-in-a-nutshell</a> Thanks Brad</li><li>Ian Angus on <a href="https://climateandcapitalism.com/2014/10/22/origin-rosa-luxemburgs-slogan-socialism-barbarism/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email">origin-rosa-luxemburgs-slogan-socialism-barbarism</a> Thanks Brad</li><li>imperfect information on <a href="https://rajivsethi.substack.com/p/on-bowles-friedman-and-the-loyalty?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email">on-bowles-friedman-and-the-loyalty-oath</a> Thanks Nick</li><li>Tim Harford on <a href="https://timharford.com/2024/03/what-the-birth-of-the-spreadsheet-teaches-us-about-generative-ai/">what-the-birth-of-the-spreadsheet-teaches-us-about-generative-ai</a></li><li>Nick Gruen on <a href="https://clubtroppo.com.au/2024/03/03/the-strange-alchemy-by-which-we-built-a-menacing-world-of-bullshit/">the-strange-alchemy-by-which-we-built-a-menacing-world-of-bullshit</a></li><li>the conversable economist on <a href="https://conversableeconomist.com/2024/03/08/basic-income-proposals-labor-market-interactions-and-good-jobs/">basic-income-proposals-labor-market-interactions-and-good-jobs</a>, <a href="https://conversableeconomist.com/2024/03/11/a-slowdown-in-global-agricultural-productivity/">a-slowdown-in-global-agricultural-productivity</a></li><li>Menzie Chinn on <a href="https://econbrowser.com/archives/2024/03/monetary-policy-rates-around-the-world">monetary-policy-rates-around-the-world</a></li><li>Ngo Di Lan on <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/international-relations-changing-narrative">international-relations-changing-narrative</a></li><li>sandwichman on <a href="https://econospeak.blogspot.com/2024/03/matt-hubers-and-leigh-phillipss.html">matt-hubers-and-leigh-phillipss</a></li><li>Tyler Cowen on <a href="https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2024/03/what-are-the-exact-elasticity-assumptions-behind-the-terms-of-trade-argument-for-tariffs.html">what-are-the-exact-elasticity-assumptions-behind-the-terms-of-trade-argument-for-tariffs</a></li><li>Menzie Chinn on <a href="https://econbrowser.com/archives/2024/03/more-on-r">more-on-r</a></li><li>Eyal Press on <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/persons-of-interest/the-problem-with-defining-antisemitism">the-problem-with-defining-antisemitism</a></li><li>Karl Kautksy on <a href="https://archive.org/details/cu31924028351439/page/n7/mode/1up?view=theater&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email">the dictatorship of the proletariat</a> Thanks Brad</li><li>Selwyn Parker on <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/shipping-great-shrinking-waterways">shipping-great-shrinking-waterways</a></li><li>noahopinion on <a href="https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/three-threats-to-the-age-of-energy">three-threats-to-the-age-of-energy-abundance</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">General</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>how the world became rich on <a href="https://www.markkoyama.com/p/the-political-economy-of-dune?r=1149f&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web">the-political-economy-of-dune</a> Thanks noah</li><li>Allie Volpe on <a href="https://www.vox.com/even-better/23628917/daylight-saving-time-change-sleep-advice">daylight-saving-time-change-sleep-advice</a></li><li>Adriana Dutkiewiez et al on <a href="https://theconversation.com/new-evidence-for-an-unexpected-player-in-earths-multimillion-year-climate-cycles-the-planet-mars-225454">new-evidence-for-an-unexpected-player-in-earths-multimillion-year-climate-cycles-the-planet-mars</a></li><li>Doug Drury on <a href="https://theconversation.com/should-you-be-concerned-about-flying-on-boeing-planes-225675">should-you-be-concerned-about-flying-on-boeing-planes</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Climate</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Real Climate on <a href="https://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2024/03/more-solar-shenanigans/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more-solar-shenanigans">more-solar-shenanigans</a></li><li>David Appell on <a href="https://davidappell.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-greenhouse-effect-strikes-again.html">the-greenhouse-effect-strikes-again</a></li><li>and Then Theres Physics on <a href="https://andthentheresphysics.wordpress.com/2024/03/10/doubling-down/">doubling-down</a></li><li>ocean acidification on <a href="https://news-oceanacidification-icc.org/2024/03/12/is-seaweed-culture-a-sustainable-approach-to-climate-change-adaptation/">is-seaweed-culture-a-sustainable-approach-to-climate-change-adaptation</a></li><li>Brian Resnik on <a href="https://www.vox.com/climate/24099459/amoc-atlantic-meridional-overturning-circulation-freeze-europe">amoc-atlantic-meridional-overturning-circulation-freeze-europe</a></li><li>moyhu on <a href="https://moyhu.blogspot.com/2024/03/giss-february-global-temperature-up-by-0.html">giss-february-global-temperature-up-by-0.22-from-january</a></li><li>Benji Jones on <a href="https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/24098428/scientists-ocean-coral-spawning-bleaching-great-barrier-reef">scientists-ocean-coral-spawning-bleaching-great-barrier-reef</a></li><li>Tom Sanzillo on <a href="https://ieefa.org/articles/credit-rating-agency-evolution-climate-change-risk-and-fossil-fuel-financial-viability?utm_campaign=Weekly%20Newsletter&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=298442101&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9_uzSpqxaa0FComC5Nkd7TO_hqta8sK4vrjYDOM3SWOHAdYg9iOE4fY_gcnYLYEFi7Ybaom0Ot_f1HB15CuWQEPrpqjpF6tIlqbHXwiAxZc05eFu4&utm_content=298442101&utm_source=hs_email">credit-rating-agency-evolution-climate-change-risk-and-fossil-fuel-financial-viability</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Andrew Gelman ( mainly stats)</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/03/09/a-new-piranha-paper/">a-new-piranha-paper</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/03/10/refuted-papers-continue-to-be-cited-more-than-their-failed-replications-can-a-new-search-engine-be-built-that-will-fix-this-problem/">refuted-papers-continue-to-be-cited-more-than-their-failed-replications-can-a-new-search-engine-be-built-that-will-fix-this-problem</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/03/11/putting-a-price-on-vaccine-hesitancy-bayesian-analysis-of-a-conjoint-experiment/">putting-a-price-on-vaccine-hesitancy-bayesian-analysis-of-a-conjoint-experiment</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/03/12/zotero-now-features-retraction-notices/">zotero-now-features-retraction-notices</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/03/13/their-signal-to-noise-ratio-was-low-so-they-decided-to-do-a-specification-search-use-a-one-tailed-test-and-go-with-a-p-value-of-0-1/">their-signal-to-noise-ratio-was-low-so-they-decided-to-do-a-specification-search-use-a-one-tailed-test-and-go-with-a-p-value-of-0-1</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/03/13/you-probably-dont-have-a-general-algorithm-for-an-mle-of-gaussian-mixtures/">you-probably-dont-have-a-general-algorithm-for-an-mle-of-gaussian-mixtures</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/03/14/abraham-lincoln-and-confidence-intervals/">abraham-lincoln-and-confidence-intervals</a><br /></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Dianne Coyle</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/digital-public-infrastructure-holds-key-to-shared-prosperity-by-diane-coyle-2024-02?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&barrier=accesspaylog">digital-public-infrastructure-holds-key-to-shared-prosperity</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2024/03/ai-needs-all-of-us/">ai-needs-all-of-us</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2024/03/life-the-universe-and-everything/">life-the-universe-and-everything</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2024/03/dis-uniting-kingdom/">dis-uniting-kingdom</a><br /></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Vox Wonk</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/victim-blaming-norms-and-violence-against-women-moral-considerations-can-induce">victim-blaming-norms-and-violence-against-women-moral-considerations-can-induce</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/employment-dynamics-across-firms-during-covid-19-role-job-retention-schemes">employment-dynamics-across-firms-during-covid-19-role-job-retention-schemes</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/leniency-inflation-damages-directive-and-decrease-cartel-cases">leniency-inflation-damages-directive-and-decrease-cartel-cases</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/role-informality-shaping-magnitude-fiscal-multiplier">role-informality-shaping-magnitude-fiscal-multiplier</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/heterogeneous-impact-inflation-households-balance-sheets">heterogeneous-impact-inflation-households-balance-sheets</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/banks-responses-trade-uncertainty">banks-responses-trade-uncertainty</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/unhappy-anniversary-missed-opportunities-growth-and-convergence-portugal">unhappy-anniversary-missed-opportunities-growth-and-convergence-portugal</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/unravelling-drivers-emissions-reduction-deep-dive-national-characteristics">unravelling-drivers-emissions-reduction-deep-dive-national-characteristics</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/populism-and-skill-content-globalisation">populism-and-skill-content-globalisation</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/how-house-prices-respond-monetary-tightening-role-cyclical-conditions">how-house-prices-respond-monetary-tightening-role-cyclical-conditions</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/intergenerational-health-effects-forced-displacement-japanese-american-incarceration">intergenerational-health-effects-forced-displacement-japanese-american-incarceration</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/evidence-based-policymaking-us-and-uk">evidence-based-policymaking-us-and-uk</a><br /></li></ul><p></p>Not Trampishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12738633092867411422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707984189426139340.post-87659151910879403572024-03-13T15:44:00.000-07:002024-03-13T17:51:20.897-07:00US Politics<p> Nancy Mace got into a little trouble recently. She had said she held Trump responsible for Jan 6 but that was history. She supports him now!</p><p>Worse for a woman that has been raped she thought it outrageous she was asked how could she could be asked as a victim how could she be asked how and why she supports a man found guilty by a jury of sexual assaulting a woman. What surprised me was how totally unprepared she was for this obvious question.</p><p>I know I have talked about this before but I cannot get over how little money Trump apparently has. This makes his behaviour in the E Jean Carroll case totally unfathomable. The more he semared her the more the jury would penalise him. If he did not have the cash for the appeal why pursue such stupid behaviour. Is he that moronic?</p><p>You could say the same in the fraud case. He was daring the Judge to impose a large fine and he did.</p><p>He will need bonds in both cases and those companies providing the bond will want security to give him such a bond. A few firesales of trump property seems certain to occur.</p><p>Republican loyalist Robert Hur was shown to be a liar in congress. Biden knew exactly the day his son died. Hur even said Biden had a photographic memory of his garage. Then we learned he kept diaries there jat like Reagan did. Whoopsy</p><p><br /></p><p>I forgot to mention about the trump campaign wanting people to ask if they are better off than 4 years ago? well 4 years ago there was a pandemic. Whoopsy</p>Not Trampishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12738633092867411422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707984189426139340.post-27720400631691695372024-03-12T14:46:00.000-07:002024-03-13T15:17:49.158-07:00Aged Care<p> There has been a new report on how to deal with Aged Care</p><p> See <b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://theconversation.com/governments-aged-care-report-proposes-older-australians-pay-more-but-eschews-a-levy-225462">HERE</a></span></b> and somewhat <b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://theconversation.com/what-will-aged-care-look-like-for-the-next-generation-more-of-the-same-but-higher-out-of-pocket-costs-225551">HERE</a></span></b>.</p><p>How can anyone argue about people who can pay should pay. It is a bit like Super. Parents want to keep all of it and leave it to their children only in this case they want the government to pay for it all.</p><p>I would have thought in a civilised society people live by their own means and the government only helps people who need helping.</p><p>There are two things I worry about as I get older. Getting some form of dementia and having to live in an aged care 'home'. The royal commision has only exacerbated this worry.</p><p>We are living in a society that is aging. We need to cope with this and this report is a decent first attempt at that.</p><p><br /></p><p>See also <b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.rossgittins.com/2024/03/well-off-baby-boomers-should-pay-more.html">Ross Gittins</a></span></b></p>Not Trampishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12738633092867411422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707984189426139340.post-1640077156890239012024-03-11T14:44:00.000-07:002024-03-11T15:18:57.417-07:00Biden and his age<p> People have very bad memories. Before last year's SOTU it was argued Biden needed to get through it without any gaffes for it to be a success. Biden blew them away with his repartee. So it was again this year. the same republicans who tried to maske 'smart' interjections di so again and it ended again with Biden blowing them away.</p><p>Republicans tried to have it both ways. He couldn't say anything coherently bbut what he said was unfair!</p><p>There is very little difference in the ages between Biden and Trump yet Trump gets a free pass on his cognitive problems. He forget his own wife's name, He mistakes nikki Haley for Nancy Pelosi, he frequently believes he beat Obama and is running again against Obama!! That is merely some of it yet the media simply gloss over it.</p><p>What is the reason for this? It could be up until now Trump was merely in primaries whilst biden is the President. now they are the two nominees more analysis will be on Trump's ranting.</p><p>It could be willful. The grey Lady for example has hardly touched Trump's difficulties but highlight any Biden gaffe forgetting he has been gaffe people his whole career. </p><p>We know Churchill fell asleep in cabinet meetings because people told us. no-one has come up with any anecdote biden is in trouble as President because of his age.</p><p>Biden keeps himself fit and eats well Trump has a family history of dementia, is obese and eats like a teenager.</p><p>Neither should be a candidate for President but given a choice biden is easily the more coherent and understands policy.</p><p><br /></p><p>On another matter if Trump needs a bond to appeal in the E Jean Carroll case then his cash flow is very poor.He clearly is not a billionaire. Will he get a bond in his fraud case? Just remember if trump loses the appeals which is likely it is the company who gave the bond who pays the money. They then have to get the money off Trump which would involve distresses sales of property!</p>Not Trampishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12738633092867411422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707984189426139340.post-50604982231213841982024-03-10T14:53:00.000-07:002024-03-10T14:53:16.636-07:00Racism<p> In recent times we have seen two incidents that involves making 'racist' comments.</p><p>Let us go first to Sam Kerr. I call her the female Gerd Muller as like Der bomber she scores a lot of little goals (as Helmut Schoen used to say.) Another way would be they were in the right place at the right time. She allegedly called a policeman a stupid white barstard. Now if you think calling a black policeman s stupid black bastard is racist then she made a racist remark.</p><p>However this devalues what racism is. In this instance white is merely an adjective. She was not saying he was a bastard <b>BECAUSE</b> he was white.( It would be the same if the noun was black.</p><p>Racism is projecting a highly negative behaviour onto a person merely because of their colour of their skin. They are lazy workers, have poor morals, have little intellectual skills etc because of their skin colour. This leads to laws not allowing inter-raccial marriage etc.</p><p>The other incident was in a Thugby League match where a person was called a monkey. I have never heard in australia people using word monkey as a racist term. A long time I heard the term used in a thugby League match at the old sportsground involving Canterbury and south Sydney. The player involved was Merv Hicks who was known as the pale whale. </p><p>Calling a person a monkey is undoubtedly a derogatory term however I would like it explained on how it is racist.</p>Not Trampishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12738633092867411422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707984189426139340.post-3764803294571566602024-03-07T13:46:00.000-08:002024-03-08T16:38:02.284-08:00Around the Traps 5/3/24<p> It is time again for <b>Around the Traps</b>.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Aussie,Aussie,Aussie,Oy,Oy,Oy</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Peter Greste on <a href="https://theconversation.com/how-will-metas-refusal-to-pay-for-news-affect-australian-journalism-and-our-democracy-224872">how-will-metas-refusal-to-pay-for-news-affect-australian-journalism-and-our-democracy</a></li><li>Ben Scott on <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/asio-versus-team">asio-versus-team</a></li><li>Yogi Viddyattama on <a href="https://theconversation.com/urbanisation-and-tax-have-driven-the-housing-crisis-its-hard-to-see-a-way-back-but-covid-provides-an-important-lesson-223548">urbanisation-and-tax-have-driven-the-housing-crisis-its-hard-to-see-a-way-back-but-covid-provides-an-important-lesson</a></li><li>Ross Gittins on <a href="http://www.rossgittins.com/2024/03/contrary-to-appearances-stage-3-tax.html">contrary-to-appearances-stage-3-tax-cuts-will-leave-us-worse-off</a> , <a href="http://www.rossgittins.com/2024/03/climate-change-is-taking-over-news-in.html">climate-change-is-taking-over-news</a></li><li>Greg Austin on <a href="https://theconversation.com/over-emphasising-some-things-underplaying-others-asios-threat-assessment-is-underpinned-by-confusing-logic-224850">over-emphasising-some-things-underplaying-others-asios-threat-assessment-is-underpinned-by-confusing-logic</a></li><li>Brendan Coates on <a href="https://theconversation.com/the-governments-help-to-buy-scheme-will-help-but-it-wont-solve-the-housing-crisis-224956">the-governments-help-to-buy-scheme-will-help-but-it-wont-solve-the-housing-crisis</a></li><li>Richard Dunley on <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/after-ambition-implementation-how-australia-builds-its-new-navy">after-ambition-implementation-how-australia-builds-its-new-navy</a></li><li>Kevin Bonham on <a href="https://kevinbonham.blogspot.com/2024/03/redbridge-says-its-multi-party-mess-as.html">redbridge-says-its-multi-party-mess</a></li><li>Nick Baker and Tarryn Priadko on <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-05/aukus-set-to-sink/103534664">aukus-set-to-sink</a></li><li>Andrea Carson on <a href="https://theconversation.com/is-australias-golden-age-of-third-party-fact-checking-over-224502">is-australias-golden-age-of-third-party-fact-checking-over</a></li><li>Michelle Cull on <a href="https://theconversation.com/what-is-negative-gearing-and-what-is-it-doing-to-housing-affordability-223823">what-is-negative-gearing-and-what-is-it-doing-to-housing-affordability</a></li><li>Donald Rothwell on <a href="https://theconversation.com/why-have-anthony-albanese-and-other-politicians-been-referred-to-the-icc-over-the-gaza-war-225079">why-have-anthony-albanese-and-other-politicians-been-referred-to-the-icc-over-the-gaza-war</a></li><li>Geoffrey Watson on <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/06/walter-sofronoff-report-shane-drumgold-justice-kaye-bruce-lehrmann">walter-sofronoff-report-shane-drumgold-justice-kaye-bruce-lehrmann</a></li><li>Greg Jericho on <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/2024/mar/07/australia-economy-gdp-figures-december-quarter-result-growth-rba-interest-rates-inflation">australia-economy-gdp-figures-december-quarter-result-growth-rba-interest-rates-inflation</a></li><li>Mark Gregory on <a href="https://theconversation.com/nbn-upgrade-what-a-free-speed-increase-for-fast-broadband-plans-would-mean-for-consumers-and-retailers-225168">nbn-upgrade-what-a-free-speed-increase-for-fast-broadband-plans-would-mean-for-consumers-and-retailers</a></li><li>John Quiggin on <a href="https://theconversation.com/from-micro-to-macro-andrew-leighs-accessible-history-covers-the-economic-essentials-and-an-epic-rap-battle-221983">from-micro-to-macro-andrew-leighs-accessible-history-covers-the-economic-essentials-and-an-epic-rap-battle</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">OZ Climate</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/australias-biggest-battery-developer-plans-to-maintain-lead-despite-fall-in-storage-earnings-project-delay/">australias-biggest-battery-developer-plans-to-maintain-lead-despite-fall-in-storage-earnings-project-delay</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/absolute-smugness-australia-pioneer-laments-embarrassing-lack-of-offshore-wind-projects/">absolute-smugness-australia-pioneer-laments-embarrassing-lack-of-offshore-wind-projects</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/wind-are-solar-projects-gathering-pace-despite-coalition-campaign/">wind-are-solar-projects-gathering-pace-despite-coalition-campaign</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/agl-plans-huge-2gw-2000-mwh-wind-solar-and-battery-hub-in-nsw/">agl-plans-huge-2gw-2000-mwh-wind-solar-and-battery-hub-in-nsw</a></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/the-national-electricity-market-wasnt-made-for-a-renewable-energy-future-heres-how-to-fix-it/">the-national-electricity-market-wasnt-made-for-a-renewable-energy-future-heres-how-to-fix-it</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/australias-emissions-are-stuck-despite-best-efforts-of-renewables/">australias-emissions-are-stuck-despite-best-efforts-of-renewables</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/peter-duttons-climate-denial-is-morphing-into-a-madcap-nuclear-fantasy-the-ban-should-stay/">peter-duttons-climate-denial-is-morphing-into-a-madcap-nuclear-fantasy-the-ban-should-stay</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/australias-third-offshore-wind-zone-shrinks-dramatically-to-avoid-rock-lobsters/">australias-third-offshore-wind-zone-shrinks-dramatically-to-avoid-rock-lobsters</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/australia-nuclear-facility-installs-massive-rooftop-solar-system-to-save-2-million/">australia-nuclear-facility-installs-massive-rooftop-solar-system-to-save-2-million</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/nuclear-slow-and-expensive-renewables-fast-and-cheap-bowen-slaps-down-coalition-fantasy/">nuclear-slow-and-expensive-renewables-fast-and-cheap-bowen-slaps-down-coalition-fantasy</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/how-new-wind-solar-and-batteries-would-keep-lights-on-in-nsw-heatwave-even-without-eraring/">how-new-wind-solar-and-batteries-would-keep-lights-on-in-nsw-heatwave-even-without-eraring</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/which-crops-grow-best-under-tracking-solar-panels-an-australian-study-is-about-to-find-out/">which-crops-grow-best-under-tracking-solar-panels-an-australian-study-is-about-to-find-out</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/we-need-to-get-this-rightpressure-mounts-on-aemo-to-reform-grid-congestion-penalties/">we-need-to-get-this-rightpressure-mounts-on-aemo-to-reform-grid-congestion-penalties</a><br /></li><li>Robert Hortle and Lachlan Johnson on <a href="https://theconversation.com/in-a-dangerously-warming-world-we-must-confront-the-grim-reality-of-australias-bushfire-emissions-224745">in-a-dangerously-warming-world-we-must-confront-the-grim-reality-of-australias-bushfire-emissions</a></li><li>Adam Morton on <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2024/mar/06/evs-electric-vehicles-afforable-prices-australia-liberal-coalition">evs-electric-vehicles-afforable-prices-australia-liberal-coalition</a></li><li>Graham Readfearn on <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/mar/07/the-coalition-wants-nuclear-power-could-it-work-or-would-it-be-an-economic-and-logistical-disaster">the-coalition-wants-nuclear-power-could-it-work-or-would-it-be-an-economic-and-logistical-disaster</a></li><li>Amandine Denis-Ryan and Jay Gordon on <a href="https://ieefa.org/resources/fast-efficient-flexible-electrification-can-cut-energy-bills-and-support-shift-renewables?utm_campaign=Weekly%20Newsletter&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=297452614&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9iRH84LrhD47PF8t3KBeT9lWx4hsC1SGQpBcXtYaB84kdZ-xJem4ludLQfGV2oNgyFpu20QFwHg9fcBRuBufu6vupT4HBDk0mpB9VTV1N5QSUhhl8&utm_content=297452614&utm_source=hs_email">fast-efficient-flexible-electrification-can-cut-energy-bills-and-support-shift-renewables</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Northern America</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Menzie Chinn on <a href="https://econbrowser.com/archives/2024/03/guest-contribution-a-monthly-series-of-u-s-household-income-data">guest-contribution-a-monthly-series-of-u-s-household-income-data</a> , <a href="https://econbrowser.com/archives/2024/03/guest-contribution-occupations-and-responses-to-social-security-retirement-policy">guest-contribution-occupations-and-responses-to-social-security-retirement-policy</a></li><li>noahopinion on <a href="https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/getting-past-the-2010s">getting-past-the-2010s</a> , <a href="https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/why-small-developers-are-getting">why-small-developers-are-getting-squeezed-out-of-the-housing-market</a>, <a href="https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/did-immigration-bring-down-inflation">did-immigration-bring-down-inflation</a></li><li>the bulwark on <a href="https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/nikki-haley-hates-her-voters-and?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=email">nikki-haley-hates-her-voters-and-its-weird</a> Thanks Brad</li><li>Bill Haskell on <a href="https://angrybearblog.com/2024/03/millions-of-people-could-benefit-from-obamacare">millions-of-people-could-benefit-from-obamacare</a></li><li>Mark Stern on <a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/03/supreme-court-trump-colorado-ballot-disaster.html">supreme-court-trump-colorado-ballot-disaster</a> , <a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/03/supreme-court-metadata-sotomayor-trump-dissent.html">supreme-court-metadata-sotomayor-trump-dissent</a></li><li>Richard Hasen and Dahlia Lithwick on <a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/03/supreme-court-trump-presidency-colorado-immunity-ouch.html">supreme-court-trump-presidency-colorado-immunity-ouch</a></li><li>Eric Kramer on <a href="https://angrybearblog.com/2024/03/its-time-to-end-the-never-ending-libertarian-support-for-trump">its-time-to-end-the-never-ending-libertarian-support-for-trump</a></li><li>Noah Bookbinder and Donald Sherman on <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-colorado-supreme-courts-ruling-silver-lining-rcna141769?cid=eml_mda_20240305&user_email=bb6acd64de0ac11d65218917bde2d37b53eefa892d2c723eb05ce12197cf3ee7">trump-colorado-supreme-courts-ruling-silver-lining</a></li><li>newdeal democrat on <a href="https://angrybearblog.com/2024/03/what-real-spending-and-the-unemployment-rate-portend-for-the-2024-presidential-election-so-far">what-real-spending-and-the-unemployment-rate-portend-for-the-2024-presidential-election-so-far</a></li><li>Eric Levitz on <a href="https://www.vox.com/politics/24090534/trump-great-replacement-theory-elections-latino-voters">trump-great-replacement-theory-elections-latino-voters</a></li><li>Tyler Cowen on <a href="https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2024/03/is-bidenomics-working.html">is-bidenomics-working</a></li><li>Richard Hasen on <a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/03/supreme-court-john-roberts-trump-ballot-fail.html">supreme-court-john-roberts-trump-ballot-fail</a></li><li>Sean Wilentz on <a href="https://www.nybooks.com/online/2024/03/06/the-constitution-turned-upside-down/">the-constitution-turned-upside-down</a></li><li>Oliver Willis explains on <a href="https://www.oliverexplains.com/p/the-media-wants-liberals-to-shut?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=email">the-media-wants-liberals-to-shut-up-and-take-it. Don't</a> Thanks Brad</li><li>Lucian Truscott on <a href="https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/there-is-something-wrong-at-the-new?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=email">there-is-something-wrong-at-the-new-york-times</a> Thanks Brad</li><li>the bulwark on <a href="https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/hunter-biden-surprisingly-good-hardball-gop-lies?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=email">hunter-biden-surprisingly-good-hardball-gop-lies</a> Thanks Brad</li><li>Jeet Heer on <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/new-york-times-intercept-hamas-rape/?custno=&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20Time%20of%20Monsters%20-%203.7.2024&utm_term=time_of_monsters">new-york-times-intercept-hamas-rape</a></li><li>Marcy Wheeler on <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/merrick-garland-isnt-blame-delays-trumps-election-interference-case-rcna141213?cid=eml_mda_20240307&user_email=bb6acd64de0ac11d65218917bde2d37b53eefa892d2c723eb05ce12197cf3ee7">merrick-garland-isnt-blame-delays-trumps-election-interference-case</a></li><li>Andrew Prokop on <a href="https://www.vox.com/politics/2024/3/8/24091628/biden-state-of-the-union-age">biden-state-of-the-union-age</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Europe</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Ian Buruma on <a href="https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/navalny-faced-dissident-dilemma-stay-or-flee-by-ian-buruma-2024-03?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email">navalny-faced-dissident-dilemma-stay-or-flee</a> Thanks Brad</li><li>Alexander Clarkson on <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/why-putin-again-threatening-nuclear-war">why-putin-again-threatening-nuclear-war</a></li><li>Mainly Macro on <a href="https://mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2024/03/rishi-sunak-doesnt-want-to-talk-about.html">rishi-sunak-doesnt-want-to-talk-about-islamphobia-he-wants-to-use-it</a> , <a href="https://mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2024/03/how-14-years-have-shown-impossibility.html">how-14-years-have-shown-impossibility-of-shrinking-the-UK-state</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Asia</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Hannah Denson on <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/parts-within-whole-understanding-southeast-asia-s-economies">parts-within-whole-understanding-southeast-asia-s-economies</a></li><li>Khang Vu on <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/summit-between-japan-north-korea-about-time">summit-between-japan-north-korea-about-time</a></li><li>Joshua Hammer on <a href="https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2024/03/21/iraqs-twenty-years-of-carnage-wounded-tigris/">iraqs-twenty-years-of-carnage-wounded-tigris</a></li><li>noahopinion on <a href="https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/chinasplaining-will-backfire">chinasplaining-will-backfire</a> , <a href="https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/why-japanese-cities-are-such-nice">why-japanese-cities-are-such-nice-places-to-live</a></li><li>lost in translation on <a href="https://robertwoo.substack.com/p/it-pains-to-me-to-say-hong-kong-is?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=email">it-pains-to-me-to-say-hong-kong-is-NOT-over</a> Thanks Brad</li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Wonk</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Tim Harford on <a href="https://timharford.com/2024/02/of-top-notch-algorithms-and-zoned-out-humans/">of-top-notch-algorithms-and-zoned-out-humans</a></li><li>stumbling and mumbling on <a href="https://stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_mumbling/2024/03/youre-a-marxist.html">youre-a-marxist</a></li><li>Debalina Ghosal on <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/missile-mad-prospects-global-arms-control">missile-mad-prospects-global-arms-control</a></li><li>Mark Beeson and Van Jackson on <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/grand-strategising-view-outside">grand-strategising-view-outside</a></li><li>Ellen Ioannes on <a href="https://www.vox.com/24090710/sudan-conflict-war-crime-allegations-briefly-explained">sudan-conflict-war-crime-allegations-briefly-explained</a></li><li>the conversable economist on <a href="https://conversableeconomist.com/2024/03/05/the-psychology-of-poverty-is-there-evidence-for-a-trap/">the-psychology-of-poverty-is-there-evidence-for-a-trap</a> , <a href="https://conversableeconomist.com/2024/03/07/a-century-of-movement-toward-central-bank-independence/">a-century-of-movement-toward-central-bank-independence</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">General</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Nick Gruen on <a href="https://clubtroppo.com.au/2024/03/03/the-strange-alchemy-by-which-we-built-a-menacing-world-of-bullshit/">the-strange-alchemy-by-which-we-built-a-menacing-world-of-bullshit</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Climate</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Menzie Chinn on <a href="https://econbrowser.com/archives/2024/03/historical-data-on-temperatures">historical-data-on-temperatures</a></li><li>Peter Sinclair on <a href="https://thinc.blog/2024/03/04/prayers-for-rain-new-fires-add-to-texas-disaster/">prayers-for-rain-new-fires-add-to-texas-disaster</a></li><li>noahopinion on <a href="https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/defending-the-status-quo-is-not-environmentalism">defending-the-status-quo-is-not-environmentalism</a></li><li>Andrew Lowrey et al on <a href="https://angrybearblog.com/2024/03/what-real-spending-and-the-unemployment-rate-portend-for-the-2024-presidential-election-so-far">what-real-spending-and-the-unemployment-rate-portend-for-the-2024-presidential-election-so-far</a></li><li>skeptical science on <a href="https://skepticalscience.com/great-lakes-ice-record-low.html">great-lakes-ice-record-low</a></li><li>essays concerning on <a href="https://essaysconcerning.com/2024/03/06/how-much-energy-could-a-community-generate-itself/">how-much-energy-could-a-community-generate-itself</a></li><li>met office on <a href="https://blog.metoffice.gov.uk/2024/03/06/one-in-250-year-event-underway-high-in-the-atmosphere/">one-in-250-year-event-underway-high-in-the-atmosphere</a></li><li>Moyhu on <a href="https://moyhu.blogspot.com/2024/03/february-global-surface-templs-up-0163.html">february-global-surface-templs-up-0163-from-january. hottest-february-on-record </a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Andrew Gelman ( mainly stats)</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/03/02/how-to-code-and-impute-income-in-studies-of-opinion-polls/">how-to-code-and-impute-income-in-studies-of-opinion-polls</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/03/05/how-large-is-that-treatment-effect-really-my-talk-at-the-nyu-economics-seminar-thurs-7-mar/">how-large-is-that-treatment-effect-really-my-talk-at-the-nyu-economics-seminar-thurs-7-mar</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/03/06/mindlessness-in-the-interpretation-of-a-study-on-mindlessness/">mindlessness-in-the-interpretation-of-a-study-on-mindlessness</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/03/06/defining-optimal-reliance-on-model-predictions-in-ai-assisted-decisions/">defining-optimal-reliance-on-model-predictions-in-ai-assisted-decisions</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/03/07/with-journals-its-all-about-the-wedding-never-about-the-marriage/">with-journals-its-all-about-the-wedding-never-about-the-marriage</a><br /></li><li>Kaiser Fung on <a href="https://junkcharts.typepad.com/numbersruleyourworld/2024/02/is-waze-a-ruse.html">is-waze-a-ruse</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Dianne Coyle ( quirky + book reviews)</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2024/03/translation/">translation</a><br /></li><li>Tyler Cowen on <a href="https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2024/03/what-ive-been-reading-249.html">what-ive-been-reading</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">vox wonk</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/inflation-expectations-making-all-information-count">inflation-expectations-making-all-information-count</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/proposal-refocus-eu-carbon-border-adjustment-mechanism-preventing-carbon-leakage">proposal-refocus-eu-carbon-border-adjustment-mechanism-preventing-carbon-leakage</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/health-insurance-expansion-reduced-height-inequality-europe">health-insurance-expansion-reduced-height-inequality-europe</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/framework-geoeconomics">framework-geoeconomics</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/multi-establishment-firms-heat-insulators-economy-evidence-us">multi-establishment-firms-heat-insulators-economy-evidence-us</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/taxing-wealthy-choice-between-wealth-and-capital-income-taxation">taxing-wealthy-choice-between-wealth-and-capital-income-taxation</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/road-traffic-flow-and-air-pollution-concentrations-evidence-japan">road-traffic-flow-and-air-pollution-concentrations-evidence-japan</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/apples-exclusionary-app-store-scheme-existential-moment-digital-markets-act">apples-exclusionary-app-store-scheme-existential-moment-digital-markets-act</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/forging-sustainable-future-together-report-high-level-group-future-cohesion-policy">forging-sustainable-future-together-report-high-level-group-future-cohesion-policy</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/global-supply-chain-pressures-inflation-and-implications-monetary-policy">global-supply-chain-pressures-inflation-and-implications-monetary-policy</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/financial-crises-and-tax-havens">financial-crises-and-tax-havens</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/vulnerabilities-labour-market-new-survey-based-measure-labour-hoarding-eu">vulnerabilities-labour-market-new-survey-based-measure-labour-hoarding-eu</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/re-joining-trade-antitrust">re-joining-trade-antitrust</a><br /></li></ul><p></p><p><br /></p>Not Trampishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12738633092867411422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707984189426139340.post-2442820491041881752024-03-06T13:47:00.000-08:002024-03-06T13:47:36.498-08:00I simply cannot believe this<p> Walter Sofronoff led a royal commision for the ACT government. It was all about the prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann.</p><p>Read <b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/06/walter-sofronoff-report-shane-drumgold-justice-kaye-bruce-lehrmann">Geoffrey Watson</a></span></b> and get angry. </p><p>Sofronoff got very close to a culture war warrior called Janet Albrectson. This utterly destroyed his independence. He actually gave her a copy of his report <b>BEFORE</b> the ACT government who were paying him.</p><p>This was a disgrace. How could the man be so stupid as not to see this as compromising his report? The ACt government has spent a lot of money on essentially nothing.</p>Not Trampishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12738633092867411422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707984189426139340.post-66634911823346948772024-03-05T13:56:00.000-08:002024-03-05T13:56:09.019-08:00nuclear power again<p> The Opposition is a big supporter of nuclear power.</p><p>On nuclear power see:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/peter-duttons-climate-denial-is-morphing-into-a-madcap-nuclear-fantasy-the-ban-should-stay/">renew energy</a></span></b></li><li><a href="https://johnquiggin.com/2024/03/04/dutton-wants-a-mature-debate-about-nuclear-power-by-the-time-weve-had-one-new-plants-will-be-too-late-to-replace-coal/" style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;">John Quiggin</a><b style="font-size: x-large;"> </b>read the comments</li><li><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/29/the-australian-newspoll-survey-small-modular-nuclear-reactors-smr-energy-grid-plan">Graham Readfearn</a></span></b></li></ul><div><br /></div><div>Just a few quick comments. Coal plants are so much cheaper than nuke ones and take half the time to build yet the private sector does not want a bar of them. Ipsofacto supporting nuclear power is simply a de facto way of re-nationalising the grid with the taxpayers to take all the risks. Once going they would have to subsidise the nuclear power prices for some 40-50 years and force retailers to take their energy</div><div><br /></div><div>No-one has solved the problem of nuclear waste either. Where is it going to go?</div><div><br /></div><div>We aint going to build a power station quicker that the UAE so what is going to happen to the grid in the meantime.</div><div>If you want to put SMRs into old coal fired power stations then the taxpayer is going to have to buy them off their owners!</div><div><br /></div><div>Base load power is unwanted when the wholesale marker is owned by the private sector . They want dispatchable power so demand can match supply.</div><div><br /></div><div>Nuclear power just does not make economic sense.</div><p></p>Not Trampishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12738633092867411422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707984189426139340.post-30514859807728186132024-03-04T13:45:00.000-08:002024-03-04T15:21:08.395-08:00Film Review Dune 2 <p> Although I am not as bad as <b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2024/03/dune-2.html">Tyler Cowen</a></span></b> like the first movie I was very disappointed in the second.</p><p>The reason is perhaps the same. They have changed far too much from the book.</p><p> I confess that I read the dune series every Christmas holidays as it is a great read except for the dreadful God Emperor book.</p><p>Chani is very different as is the Princess Irulan but at least unlike Kynes they have not changed sex! Stilgar is not the religious fanatic in the film I could go on about changes from the book but it would be boring.</p><p>It could be because I know the book so well this means I will never like the movie. however I did like david Lynch's movie and I did like the LOTR movies des[ite the changes they made.</p><p>I am not sure I just know I came out of a poorly attended cinema at Top Ryde very disappointed.</p><p>My eldest son has asked me about the ending. He thinks it is ambiguous. Is Chani leaving everyone? Is she giving herself up to a worm? Why is she using a worm when Dune is now rules by the Fremen? In the books she has twins but here she is leaving everyone which includes Paul.</p><p>It is merely just another change from the books which make little sense.</p>Not Trampishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12738633092867411422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707984189426139340.post-38485729283758989882024-03-03T13:44:00.000-08:002024-03-03T13:44:52.244-08:00The US Supreme court is a disgrace<p> I will say a few things but see <b><i>Ian Millhiser<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.vox.com/scotus/2024/2/28/24086046/supreme-court-donald-trump-sabotage-delay-dc-trial-judge-chutkan"> </a></span></i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.vox.com/scotus/2024/2/28/24086046/supreme-court-donald-trump-sabotage-delay-dc-trial-judge-chutkan">HERE</a></span></b> and <b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.vox.com/scotus/24086594/donald-trump-supreme-court-trial-immunity-never-going-to-save-us">HERE</a></span></b> and <i><b>Mark Stern</b></i> <b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/02/supreme-court-donald-trump-trial-january-6.html">HERE</a></span></b>.</p><p><br /></p><p>They could have heard this 'bananas' case well before this but said it should go to the court of appeals. The Cof A wrote an unanimous very well written opinion that the Supreme court could have left. No they left it two weeks to say they would hear opinions on this crazy case . All in all it is unlikely this case will finish as ALL yanks need to hear from a jury on this until AFTER the election.</p><p>Just remember it takes 5 members to stay the present case. ( Why would they stay the case when everyone knows it is bonkers???) Also remember the disgraceful Clarence Thomas has not recused himself despite his wife being up to her neck in the insurrection.</p><p>There are two reasons why this went ahead. They are Thomas and alito. Neither wants to die in office like Ginsberg. The Supreme Court has allowed Trump the best of circumstances so he might get elected.</p><p>Just remember who resigned after the Supreme court elected George Bush</p><p>It is disgraceful.</p><p>don't expect this supreme court to rein in legally Trump if he does get elected.</p>Not Trampishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12738633092867411422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707984189426139340.post-44621429748258385532024-02-29T13:33:00.000-08:002024-03-02T18:50:41.930-08:00Around the Traps 28/2/24<p> It is time for <b>Around the Traps</b> again.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Aussie,Aussie,Aussie,Oy,Oy,Oy</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Ross Gittins on <a href="http://www.rossgittins.com/2024/02/two-class-school-system-great-way-to.html">two-class-school-system-great-way-to-entrench-low-productivity</a> , <a href="http://www.rossgittins.com/2024/02/paying-for-cowpat-sandwich-morrison.html">paying-for-cowpat-sandwich-morrison-handed-albo</a> , <a href="http://www.rossgittins.com/2024/03/good-news-our-falling-productivity-is.html">good-news-our-falling-productivity-is-too-bad-to-be-true</a></li><li>croaking cassandra on <a href="https://croakingcassandra.com/2024/02/27/goodbye-to-the-productivity-commission/">goodbye-to-the-productivity-commission</a></li><li>Rosie Shorter on <a href="https://theconversation.com/who-cares-for-men-like-brian-houston-the-hillsong-leaders-rise-and-fall-is-a-gripping-story-but-how-was-it-allowed-to-happen-222810">who-cares-for-men-like-brian-houston-the-hillsong-leaders-rise-and-fall-is-a-gripping-story-but-how-was-it-allowed-to-happen</a></li><li>Greg Jericho on <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/2024/feb/29/australia-gas-export-tax-system-prrt-lng">australia-gas-export-tax-system-prrt-lng</a></li><li>Brendan Walker-Munro and Sarah Kendall on <a href="https://theconversation.com/explainer-what-is-sabotage-and-why-is-the-asio-chief-worried-about-it-224731">explainer-what-is-sabotage-and-why-is-the-asio-chief-worried-about-it</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">OZ Climate</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/massive-nsw-wind-and-battery-project-gets-federal-approval-to-replace-coal-drought-proof-farms/">massive-nsw-wind-and-battery-project-gets-federal-approval-to-replace-coal-drought-proof-farms</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/aemc-seeks-to-loosen-monopoly-grip-on-grid-connection-for-solar-wind-and-batteries/">aemc-seeks-to-loosen-monopoly-grip-on-grid-connection-for-solar-wind-and-batteries</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/heatwave-smashes-grid-demand-records-as-batteries-come-out-to-play/">heatwave-smashes-grid-demand-records-as-batteries-come-out-to-play</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/nsw-planning-gives-green-tick-to-another-wind-farm-in-new-england/">nsw-planning-gives-green-tick-to-another-wind-farm-in-new-england</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/south-australia-fast-tracks-100-pct-renewables-target-to-2027/">south-australia-fast-tracks-100-pct-renewables-target-to-2027</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/arena-hails-grid-forming-inverters-as-another-big-battery-takes-shape/">arena-hails-grid-forming-inverters-as-another-big-battery-takes-shape</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/the-network-of-conservative-think-tanks-out-to-kill-the-switch-to-renewables/">the-network-of-conservative-think-tanks-out-to-kill-the-switch-to-renewables</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/victoria-solar-farm-goes-from-standing-start-to-commissioning-in-just-12-months/">victoria-solar-farm-goes-from-standing-start-to-commissioning-in-just-12-months</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/australias-biggest-battery-developer-plans-to-maintain-lead-despite-fall-in-storage-earnings-project-delay/">australias-biggest-battery-developer-plans-to-maintain-lead-despite-fall-in-storage-earnings-project-delay</a></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/australia-to-seek-10-gw-of-wind-and-solar-this-year-in-biggest-ever-tenders/">australia-to-seek-10-gw-of-wind-and-solar-this-year-in-biggest-ever-tenders</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/latest-heatwave-smashes-energy-demand-records-in-nsw-but-rooftop-pv-eases-stress-on-grid/">latest-heatwave-smashes-energy-demand-records-in-nsw-but-rooftop-pv-eases-stress-on-grid</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/fear-of-inflation-from-renewables-spend-unfounded-experts-say/">fear-of-inflation-from-renewables-spend-unfounded-experts-say</a><br /></li><li>Timothy Weber and Andrew Blakkers on <a href="https://theconversation.com/researchers-found-37-mine-sites-in-australia-that-could-be-converted-into-renewable-energy-storage-so-what-are-we-waiting-for-223978">researchers-found-37-mine-sites-in-australia-that-could-be-converted-into-renewable-energy-storage-so-what-are-we-waiting-for</a></li><li>John Quiggin on <a href="https://theconversation.com/dutton-wants-a-mature-debate-about-nuclear-power-by-the-time-weve-had-one-new-plants-will-be-too-late-to-replace-coal-224513">dutton-wants-a-mature-debate-about-nuclear-power-by-the-time-weve-had-one-new-plants-will-be-too-late-to-replace-coal</a></li><li>Laura Poncet and Andrew King on <a href="https://theconversation.com/what-we-know-about-last-years-top-10-wild-australian-climatic-events-from-fire-and-flood-combos-to-cyclone-driven-extreme-rain-224614">what-we-know-about-last-years-top-10-wild-australian-climatic-events-from-fire-and-flood-combos-to-cyclone-driven-extreme-rain</a></li><li>David Bowman on <a href="https://theconversation.com/victorias-fire-alert-has-knocked-australians-out-of-complacency-under-climate-change-catastrophic-bushfires-can-strike-any-time-224636">victorias-fire-alert-has-knocked-australians-out-of-complacency-under-climate-change-catastrophic-bushfires-can-strike-any-time</a></li><li>Graham Readfearn on <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/29/the-australian-newspoll-survey-small-modular-nuclear-reactors-smr-energy-grid-plan">the-australian-newspoll-survey-small-modular-nuclear-reactors-smr-energy-grid-plan</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Northern America</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Frank Figliuzzi on <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/alexander-smirnov-fbi-russia-republicans-rcna140079?cid=eml_mda_20240225&user_email=bb6acd64de0ac11d65218917bde2d37b53eefa892d2c723eb05ce12197cf3ee7">alexander-smirnov-fbi-russia-republicans-rcna</a></li><li>Menzie Chinn on <a href="https://econbrowser.com/archives/2024/02/guest-contribution-six-explanations-for-misperceptions-regarding-the-strong-economy">guest-contribution-six-explanations-for-misperceptions-regarding-the-strong-economy</a></li><li>Zack Beauchamp on <a href="https://www.vox.com/politics/2024/2/24/24080974/south-carolina-gop-primary-results-2024-trump-haley-trumpism">south-carolina-gop-primary-results-2024-trump-haley-trumpism</a></li><li>Jim Newell on <a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/02/south-carolina-primary-results-donald-trump-nikki-haley-analysis-takeaways.html">south-carolina-primary-results-donald-trump-nikki-haley-analysis-takeaways</a></li><li>noahopinion on <a href="https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/this-is-not-a-good-way-to-fight-racism">this-is-not-a-good-way-to-fight-racism-in-USA</a></li><li>Lester Munson on <a href="https://theconversation.com/should-world-leaders-worry-about-another-trump-presidency-224245">should-world-leaders-worry-about-another-trump-presidency</a></li><li>Andrew Prokop on <a href="https://www.vox.com/politics/2024/2/28/23852847/mitch-mcconnell-steps-down-ukraine-trump">mitch-mcconnell-steps-down-ukraine-trump</a></li><li>the conversable economist on <a href="https://conversableeconomist.com/2024/02/28/pricing-at-wendys-a-surge-or-a-discount/">pricing-at-wendys-a-surge-or-a-discount</a></li><li>Ian Millhiser on <a href="https://www.vox.com/scotus/2024/2/28/24086046/supreme-court-donald-trump-sabotage-delay-dc-trial-judge-chutkan">supreme-court-donald-trump-sabotage-delay-dc-trial-judge-chutkan</a> , <a href="https://www.vox.com/scotus/24086594/donald-trump-supreme-court-trial-immunity-never-going-to-save-us">donald-trump-supreme-court-trial-immunity-never-going-to-save-us</a></li><li>Mark Stern on <a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/02/supreme-court-donald-trump-trial-january-6.html">supreme-court-donald-trump-trial-january-6</a></li><li>Norman Eisen and Jonathan Kolb on <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/supreme-court-trump-immunity-timeline-rcna141053?cid=eml_mda_20240229&user_email=bb6acd64de0ac11d65218917bde2d37b53eefa892d2c723eb05ce12197cf3ee7">supreme-court-trump-immunity-timeline</a></li><li>Umair Irfan on <a href="https://www.vox.com/climate/24086774/texas-wildfire-smokehouse-creek-panhandle-oklahoma">texas-wildfire-smokehouse-creek-panhandle-oklahoma</a></li><li>Liz Zhou on <a href="https://www.vox.com/politics/24080265/trump-immigration-policies-2024">trump-immigration-policies-2024</a></li><li>slow boring on <a href="https://www.slowboring.com/p/how-ira-results-are-stacking-up-to?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=email">how-ira-results-are-stacking-up-to</a> Thanks Brad</li><li>Jan Meyer on <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-scandal-of-clarence-thomass-new-clerk">the-scandal-of-clarence-thomass-new-clerk</a></li></ul><b><span style="font-size: large;">Europe</span></b><br /><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Menzie Chinn on <a href="https://econbrowser.com/archives/2024/02/the-uk-in-recession-expected-or-unexpected">the-uk-in-recession-expected-or-unexpected</a></li><li>Alex Erskine on <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/02/22/ukraine-war-pentagon-lessons-learned/">ukraine-war-pentagon-lessons-learned</a> Thanks Tyler</li><li>Mainly Macro on <a href="https://mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2024/02/detoxifying-government-debt-part-3.html">detoxifying-government-debt-part-3</a></li><li>Stephen Hall on <a href="https://theconversation.com/in-putins-russia-the-death-of-navalny-has-left-the-opposition-demoralised-but-not-defeated-224303">in-putins-russia-the-death-of-navalny-has-left-the-opposition-demoralised-but-not-defeated</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Asia</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Lyanna Kayali on <a href="https://theconversation.com/why-egypt-refuses-to-open-its-border-to-palestinians-forcibly-displaced-from-gaza-223735">why-egypt-refuses-to-open-its-border-to-palestinians-forcibly-displaced-from-gaza</a></li><li>Ben Scott on <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/israel-hamas-globalised-conflict">israel-hamas-globalised-conflict</a></li><li>Robert Waldmann on <a href="https://angrybearblog.com/2024/02/clueless-in-gaza-ii">clueless-in-gaza-ii</a></li><li>noahopinion on <a href="https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/japan-and-south-korea-need-nuclear">japan-and-south-korea-need-nuclear-weapons</a></li><li>Amrite Jash on <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/numbers-china-s-nuclear-inventory-continues-grow">numbers-china-s-nuclear-inventory-continues-grow</a></li><li>Gabriela Bernal on <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/can-south-korea-become-global-pivotal-state">can-south-korea-become-global-pivotal-state</a></li><li>Ellen Ioannes on <a href="https://www.vox.com/world-politics/2024/2/27/24084233/why-palestinian-authority-government-dissolved">why-palestinian-authority-government-dissolved</a></li><li>Henry Storey on <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/could-myanmar-become-beijing-s-quagmire">could-myanmar-become-beijing-s-quagmire</a></li><li>Shane Bauer on <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/03/04/israel-west-bank-settlers-attacks-palestinians">israel-west-bank-settlers-attacks-palestinians</a></li><li>Martin Indyk on <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/reports-two-state-solution-dead-are-greatly-exaggerated">reports-two-state-solution-dead-are-greatly-exaggerated</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Wonk</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>institutional economics on <a href="https://stephenkirchner.substack.com/p/australia-not-the-canary-in-the-coal?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=15240&post_id=141944329&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=25p6t&open=false&utm_medium=email">australia-not-the-canary-in-the-coalmine</a></li><li>Tim Harford on <a href="https://timharford.com/2024/02/the-secret-to-finding-the-best-idea-ever-first-think-about-the-absolute-worst/">the-secret-to-finding-the-best-idea-ever-first-think-about-the-absolute-worst</a></li><li>stumbling and mumbling on <a href="https://stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_mumbling/2024/02/on-unequal-sympathy.html">on-unequal-sympathy</a></li><li>Jeffrey McGhee and Richard Rowe on <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/antarctic-diplomacy-critical-role-inspection-mechanisms">antarctic-diplomacy-critical-role-inspection-mechanisms</a></li><li>noahopinion on <a href="https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/new-technologies-new-totalitarians">new-technologies-new-totalitarians</a></li><li>John Quiggin on <a href="https://johnquiggin.com/2024/02/27/back-to-the-office-a-solution-in-search-of-a-problem/">back-to-the-office-a-solution-in-search-of-a-problem</a></li><li>Erin Hurley on <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/when-war-planning-politics-collide">when-war-planning-politics-collide</a></li><li>the conversable economist on <a href="https://conversableeconomist.com/2024/02/29/the-oddness-of-february/">the-oddness-of-february</a></li><li>Tyler Cowen on <a href="https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2024/02/this-kind-of-macro-theory-is-underrated.html">this-kind-of-macro-theory-is-underrated</a></li><li>Dan Davies on <a href="https://backofmind.substack.com/p/why-and-when-what-works-wont-part?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=email">why-and-when-what-works-wont-part</a> Thanks Brad</li></ul><b><span style="font-size: large;">General</span></b><p></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Liz Zhou on <a href="https://www.vox.com/24081504/moon-landing-nasa-odysseus-intuitive-machines-artemis-mars">moon-landing-nasa-odysseus-intuitive-machines-artemis-mars</a></li><li>Hayley O'Neil on <a href="https://theconversation.com/i-want-to-eat-healthily-so-why-do-i-crave-sugar-salt-and-carbs-212114">i-want-to-eat-healthily-so-why-do-i-crave-sugar-salt-and-carbs</a></li><li>Themiya Nannayakarra on <a href="https://theconversation.com/what-ended-the-dark-ages-in-the-early-universe-new-webb-data-just-brought-us-closer-to-solving-the-mystery-224525">what-ended-the-dark-ages-in-the-early-universe-new-webb-data-just-brought-us-closer-to-solving-the-mystery</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Climate</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>essays concerning on <a href="https://essaysconcerning.com/2024/02/22/greening-our-energy-how-soon/">greening-our-energy-how-soon</a></li><li>skeptical science on <a href="https://skepticalscience.com/at-a-glance-greenland.html">at-a-glance-greenland</a></li><li>open mind on <a href="https://tamino.wordpress.com/2024/02/27/optimism-of-the-will/">optimism-of-the-will</a></li><li>Benji Jones on <a href="https://www.vox.com/climate/2024/2/28/24085691/atlantic-ocean-warming-climate-change-hurricanes-coral-reefs-bleaching">atlantic-ocean-warming-climate-change-hurricanes-coral-reefs-bleaching</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Andrew Gelman (mainly stats)</span></b></p><ul><li><a href="https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/02/22/why-we-say-that-honesty-and-transparency-are-not-enough/">why-we-say-that-honesty-and-transparency-are-not-enough</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/02/23/the-new-york-young-republican-club/">the-new-york-young-republican-club</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/02/24/science-as-verified-trust/">science-as-verified-trust</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/02/25/not-once-in-the-twentieth-century-has-a-single-politician-actor-athlete-or-surgeon-emerged-as-a-first-rate-novelist-despite-the-dismayingly-huge-breadth-of-experience-each-profession-affor/">not-once-in-the-twentieth-century-has-a-single-politician-actor-athlete-or-surgeon-emerged-as-a-first-rate-novelist-despite-the-dismayingly-huge-breadth-of-experience-each-profession-affor</a></li><li><a href="https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/02/26/when-steve-bannon-meets-the-center-for-open-science-bad-science-and-bad-reporting-combine-to-yield-another-ovulation-voting-disaster/">when-steve-bannon-meets-the-center-for-open-science-bad-science-and-bad-reporting-combine-to-yield-another-ovulation-voting-disaster</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/02/27/on-the-border-between-credulity-and-postmodernism-the-case-of-the-ufos-as-space-aliens-media-insiders/">on-the-border-between-credulity-and-postmodernism-the-case-of-the-ufos-as-space-aliens-media-insiders</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/02/28/free-online-book-by-bruno-nicenboim-daniel-schad-and-shravan-vasishth-on-bayesian-inference-and-hierarchical-modeling-using-brms-and-stan/">free-online-book-by-bruno-nicenboim-daniel-schad-and-shravan-vasishth-on-bayesian-inference-and-hierarchical-modeling-using-brms-and-stan</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/02/28/blog-is-adapted-to-laptops-or-desktops-not-to-smartphones-or-pads/">blog-is-adapted-to-laptops-or-desktops-not-to-smartphones-or-pads</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/02/28/a-suggestion-on-how-to-improve-the-broader-impacts-statement-requirement-for-ai-ml-papers/">a-suggestion-on-how-to-improve-the-broader-impacts-statement-requirement-for-ai-ml-papers</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/02/28/exclusive-embattled-dean-accused-of-plagiarism-in-nsf-report-yup-its-the-torment-executioners/">exclusive-embattled-dean-accused-of-plagiarism-in-nsf-report-yup-its-the-torment-executioners</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/02/29/leap-day-special/">leap-day-special</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/03/01/barnard-college-update-respect-empathy-kindness-and-censorship/">barnard-college-update-respect-empathy-kindness-and-censorship</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/03/01/minor-league-stats-predict-major-league-performance-sarah-palin-and-some-differences-between-baseball-and-politics/">minor-league-stats-predict-major-league-performance-sarah-palin-and-some-differences-between-baseball-and-politics</a><br /></li><li>Patrick Vu on <a href="chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.patrickhvu.com/assets/files/vu_jmp_clustering_publication_bias.pdf">do standard error corrections exacerbate publication bias</a> Thanks Tyler</li><li>Kaiser Fung on <a href="https://junkcharts.typepad.com/numbersruleyourworld/2024/02/p-esteem-bosom-peril-flag-to-clamor-and-anti-tech-tech.html">p-esteem-bosom-peril-flag-to-clamor-and-anti-tech-tech</a> , <a href="https://junkcharts.typepad.com/numbersruleyourworld/2024/02/know-your-data-34-think-before-you-scan.html">know-your-data-34-think-before-you-scan</a></li></ul><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Dianne Coyle ( quirky + book reviews)</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Tyler Cowen on <a href="https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2024/02/how-life-works.html">how-life-works</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">vox wonk</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/yield-curve-momentum-implications-theory-and-practice">yield-curve-momentum-implications-theory-and-practice</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/wealth-generations">wealth-generations</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/what-would-you-do-if-you-found-mountain-gold-and-silver-exorbitant-privilege-then-and">what-would-you-do-if-you-found-mountain-gold-and-silver-exorbitant-privilege-then-and</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/why-wto-moratorium-digital-tariffs-should-be-extended">why-wto-moratorium-digital-tariffs-should-be-extended</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/monetary-policy-strategy-and-natural-rate">monetary-policy-strategy-and-natural-rate</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/recent-trends-central-bank-independence">recent-trends-central-bank-independence</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/why-reduction-european-workers-hours-after-pandemic-here-stay">why-reduction-european-workers-hours-after-pandemic-here-stay</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/canary-coal-mine-bank-liquidity-shortages-and-local-economic-activity">canary-coal-mine-bank-liquidity-shortages-and-local-economic-activity</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/effect-european-carbon-border-adjustment-mechanism-asia-and-pacific">effect-european-carbon-border-adjustment-mechanism-asia-and-pacific</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/relationship-stickiness-international-trade">relationship-stickiness-international-trade</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/quantifying-link-between-educational-policies-and-macroeconomic-productivity">quantifying-link-between-educational-policies-and-macroeconomic-productivity</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/fiscal-deteriorations-around-elections-emerging-market-and-developing-economies">fiscal-deteriorations-around-elections-emerging-market-and-developing-economies</a><br /></li></ul><p></p>Not Trampishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12738633092867411422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707984189426139340.post-82079279814457910702024-02-28T13:42:00.000-08:002024-02-28T13:42:14.444-08:00Name Him<p> The Head of ASIO asserted last night a former politician was essentially in the employ of a foreign nation and tried to get a family member of a PM to join him ( I assume its him.)</p><p>Name him. Every former politician is besmirched until this occurs. Every Australian deserves to know. either pollical party deserves to know. This person cannot remain anonymous.</p>Not Trampishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12738633092867411422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707984189426139340.post-63354070579900905182024-02-27T13:43:00.000-08:002024-02-27T13:43:03.939-08:00Taylor Swift and Morrison<p> Can someone please tell me why Taylor Swift is popular.</p><p>She is not attractive, her songs are banal, she writes songs about breakups she has had with her umpteeen boyfriends ( Fleetwood Mac did that years ago as poorly as her).</p><p>There is no comparison with Joni Mitchell for example. That woman had talent , a lot of it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Scott Morrison eventually resigned. It took a lot of time for him to find a job outside of politics. given his skillset no surprises there. Before he went to Cronulla to be the local member he was a rugby loving man from the Eastern Suburbs. Consistency was never his forte. Neither was his understanding of Christianity. If he was alive at the time he would have denied entry to Jesu's family to Egypt when they were refugees!</p>Not Trampishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12738633092867411422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707984189426139340.post-71057972254365957052024-02-26T13:46:00.000-08:002024-02-26T13:46:46.503-08:00Sport<p><b><i> Football</i></b></p><p>I forgot some time ago to comment on the socceroos performance at the Asian Cup. They played three poor teams and struggled. This is because we have little creativity in the midfield. Unil this can change it will be always the case.</p><p>Against south korea we were much better as we did not dominate and could counter attack. We were up 1-0. It should have been 3-0. A poor tackle led to a penalty and then a superb free kick allowed south korea to win the match.</p><p>I do not know why Arnold selelcted some players as clearly they will not be at the next world cup. I would also argue they did not deserve their place.</p><p>It is up to Arnie to change the team sso we can play with a decent performance at the next world cup.</p><p><b><i>Cricket</i></b></p><p>I have been watching the England V India series. I never expected bazball to succeed in India and it hasn't. The fact England has pushed India all the way with a very inexperienced spinning lineup is a credit to Stokes. However when they have lost tests it was because of their batting. Apart from Crawley there has been no consistency.</p><p>Surely ball tracking is at an end. Balls that spin suddenly on ball tracking do not spin. Balls on the rise when they hit Crawley's kneeroll (the same height as the bails) somehow hit the bails!</p>Not Trampishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12738633092867411422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707984189426139340.post-91395084291026166532024-02-25T14:51:00.000-08:002024-02-25T14:51:14.726-08:00Book Review The Palestine Laboratory<p> This book which I got for Christmas by Anthony Lowenstein is very disappointing. It has a lot of information but there is no order to the book. You go here you go there.</p><p>It reminds me of a book by Jonah Goldberg on Nazi Germany. It could have been a good book but it wasn't. We had to wait for Robert Gellately to write the book it could have been. hopefully this will occur in this instance</p><p>Israeli firms which a very close to government make both weapons and surveillance which appear to be world class. They are tested in the laboratory of Gaza. They thus sell very well.</p><p>The information gained is interesting but possibly the best thing about the book is telling why the jews hate people in Gaza with a passion (that people in Gaza hate the jews).</p><p>I don't recommend you buy the book but if it is in the library it could be worth a read.</p>Not Trampishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12738633092867411422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707984189426139340.post-10473278257009614962024-02-22T13:38:00.000-08:002024-02-22T13:38:30.221-08:00Around the Traps 21/2/24<p> It is time again for <b>Around the Traps</b>.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Aussie,Aussie,Aussie,Oy,Oy,Oy</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Brendan Coates on <a href="https://theconversation.com/labors-stage-3-changes-arent-genuine-tax-reform-heres-what-would-be-223547">labors-stage-3-changes-arent-genuine-tax-reform-heres-what-would-be</a></li><li>Sam Roggeveen on <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/right-lessons-australia-s-future-warships">right-lessons-australia-s-future-warships</a></li><li>Ross Gittins on <a href="http://www.rossgittins.com/2024/02/lest-we-forget-unknown-public-servant.html">lest-we-forget-unknown-public-servant</a> , <a href="http://www.rossgittins.com/2024/02/why-fixing-negative-gearing-would-be.html">why-fixing-negative-gearing-would-be-a-positive-for-our-kida</a></li><li>Peter Franklin on <a href="https://theconversation.com/asbestos-in-mulch-heres-the-risk-if-youve-been-exposed-223729">asbestos-in-mulch-heres-the-risk-if-youve-been-exposed</a></li><li>Jason Dutton on <a href="https://theconversation.com/fire-is-a-chemical-reaction-heres-why-australia-is-supremely-suited-to-it-217275">fire-is-a-chemical-reaction-heres-why-australia-is-supremely-suited-to-it</a></li><li>Peter Layton on <a href="https://theconversation.com/the-government-has-unveiled-its-navy-of-the-future-will-it-solve-our-current-problems-or-just-create-new-ones-223846">the-government-has-unveiled-its-navy-of-the-future-will-it-solve-our-current-problems-or-just-create-new-ones</a></li><li>Brendan Coates and Joey Maloney on <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/21/australia-rental-crisis-prices-labor-policy-cost-of-living-rent-assistance">australia-rental-crisis-prices-labor-policy-cost-of-living-rent-assistance</a></li><li>Greg Jericho on <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/2024/feb/22/australia-wages-data-inflation-rba-statistics-rising-interest-rates">australia-wages-data-inflation-rba-statistics-rising-interest-rates</a></li><li>Simon McKenzie on <a href="https://theconversation.com/australia-wants-navy-boats-with-lots-of-weapons-but-no-crew-will-they-run-afoul-of-international-law-223980">australia-wants-navy-boats-with-lots-of-weapons-but-no-crew-will-they-run-afoul-of-international-law</a></li><li>Robin Smit on <a href="https://theconversation.com/australian-passenger-vehicle-emission-rates-are-50-higher-than-the-rest-of-the-world-and-its-getting-worse-222398">australian-passenger-vehicle-emission-rates-are-50-higher-than-the-rest-of-the-world-and-its-getting-worse</a></li><li>Peter Roberts on <a href="https://theconversation.com/brad-banducci-checks-out-from-woolworths-signalling-a-business-out-of-touch-with-its-customers-224066">brad-banducci-checks-out-from-woolworths-signalling-a-business-out-of-touch-with-its-customers</a></li><li>Raymond Evans on <a href="https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-neither-a-monster-or-a-saint-sir-samuel-griffith-queenslands-violent-frontier-and-the-rigours-of-truth-telling-222262">friday-essay-neither-a-monster-or-a-saint-sir-samuel-griffith-queenslands-violent-frontier-and-the-rigours-of-truth-telling</a></li><li>Lauren Kelly on <a href="https://theconversation.com/the-secret-sauce-of-coles-and-woolworths-profits-high-tech-surveillance-and-control-224076">the-secret-sauce-of-coles-and-woolworths-profits-high-tech-surveillance-and-control</a></li><li>Mick Ryan on <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/two-years-war-ukraine-lessons-australia">two-years-war-ukraine-lessons-australia</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">OZ Climate</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/sauce-for-the-goose-if-i-owned-a-coal-fired-power-station-id-announce-its-closure-straight-away/">sauce-for-the-goose-if-i-owned-a-coal-fired-power-station-id-announce-its-closure-straight-away</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/aemo-says-wind-farm-responded-as-designed-in-victoria-storms-as-conservatives-pile-into-renewables/">aemo-says-wind-farm-responded-as-designed-in-victoria-storms-as-conservatives-pile-into-renewables</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/four-reasons-rooftop-solar-will-grow-to-dominate-australias-electricity-market/">four-reasons-rooftop-solar-will-grow-to-dominate-australias-electricity-market</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/rio-signs-australias-biggest-wind-energy-deal-to-help-power-giant-smelter-and-refineries/">rio-signs-australias-biggest-wind-energy-deal-to-help-power-giant-smelter-and-refineries</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/bowen-unveils-new-offshore-wind-zone-with-room-for-up-to-20gw-of-turbines/">bowen-unveils-new-offshore-wind-zone-with-room-for-up-to-20gw-of-turbines</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/can-australias-biggest-manufacturing-assets-be-saved-by-biggest-wind-and-solar-farms/">can-australias-biggest-manufacturing-assets-be-saved-by-biggest-wind-and-solar-farms</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/obvious-solution-nsw-urged-to-unlock-demand-side-potential-ahead-of-eraring-closure/">obvious-solution-nsw-urged-to-unlock-demand-side-potential-ahead-of-eraring-closure</a><br /></li><li>Bruce Mountain on <a href="https://theconversation.com/victorias-power-outage-could-have-been-far-worse-can-we-harden-the-grid-against-extreme-weather-224142">victorias-power-outage-could-have-been-far-worse-can-we-harden-the-grid-against-extreme-weather</a></li><li>Stephen Kenway et al on <a href="https://theconversation.com/emissions-from-households-water-use-are-on-a-par-with-aviation-the-big-cuts-and-savings-they-can-make-are-being-neglected-221853">emissions-from-households-water-use-are-on-a-par-with-aviation-the-big-cuts-and-savings-they-can-make-are-being-neglected</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Northern America</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Emma Shortis on <a href="https://theconversation.com/donald-trump-faces-half-a-billion-dollars-of-debt-and-several-court-cases-but-that-may-not-stop-him-from-becoming-president-again-223813">donald-trump-faces-half-a-billion-dollars-of-debt-and-several-court-cases-but-that-may-not-stop-him-from-becoming-president-again</a></li><li>Abdallah Fayad on <a href="https://www.vox.com/24073920/trump-financial-new-york-trouble-fraud-e-jean-carroll-civil-suit-damages-debt">trump-financial-new-york-trouble-fraud-e-jean-carroll-civil-suit-damages-debt</a></li><li>the conversable economist on <a href="https://conversableeconomist.com/2024/02/16/us-consumers-goods-shrink-services-rise/">us-consumers-goods-shrink-services-rise</a> , <a href="https://conversableeconomist.com/2024/02/19/the-pickle-poetry-antitrust-case/">the-pickle-poetry-antitrust-case</a> , <a href="https://conversableeconomist.com/2024/02/20/three-snapshots-of-where-us-population-is-headed/">three-snapshots-of-where-us-population-is-headed</a></li><li>Pinelopi Goldberg on <a href="https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/us-economy-strong-so-what-explains-bidens-low-approval-by-pinelopi-koujianou-goldberg-2024-01?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&barrier=accesspaylog">us-economy-strong-so-what-explains-bidens-low-approval</a></li><li>the big picture on <a href="https://ritholtz.com/2024/02/cpi-shelter-measures-6-12-month-lag/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email">cpi-shelter-measures-6-12-month-lag</a></li><li>Arin Dube on <a href="https://arindube.substack.com/p/how-a-tight-labor-market-helped-narrow?r=os6na&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email">how-a-tight-labor-market-helped-narrow-the-racial-divide</a></li><li>Ian Millhiser on <a href="https://www.vox.com/scotus/2024/2/19/24062437/supreme-court-garland-cargill-bump-stocks-machine-guns-automatic">supreme-court-garland-cargill-bump-stocks-machine-guns-automatic</a> , <a href="https://www.vox.com/scotus/2024/2/20/24026603/supreme-court-george-w-bush-woke-coalition-tj-fairfax-affirmative-action-race-alito">supreme-court-george-w-bush-woke-coalition-tj-fairfax-affirmative-action-race-alito</a> , <a href="https://www.vox.com/2024/2/20/24078513/supreme-court-alabama-ivf-roe-wade-dobbs-abortion-child-embryo">supreme-court-alabama-ivf-roe-wade-dobbs-abortion-child-embryo</a></li><li>Hayes Brown on <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/joe-biden-hunter-investigation-alexander-smirnov-fbi-rcna139204?cid=eml_mda_20240220&user_email=bb6acd64de0ac11d65218917bde2d37b53eefa892d2c723eb05ce12197cf3ee7">joe-biden-hunter-investigation-alexander-smirnov-fbi-rcna</a></li><li>Norman Eisen and Joshua Kolb on <a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/02/aileen-cannon-trump-classified-disqualification.html">aileen-cannon-trump-classified-disqualification</a></li><li>Mark Stern on <a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/02/ketanji-brown-jackson-supreme-court-public-defender-win.html">ketanji-brown-jackson-supreme-court-public-defender-win</a></li><li>Druv Khullar on <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/02/26/how-joe-biden-could-address-the-age-issue">how-joe-biden-could-address-the-age-issue</a></li><li>new deal democrat on <a href="https://angrybearblog.com/2024/02/perceptions-of-inflation-vs-wage-growth-why-the-divergence">perceptions-of-inflation-vs-wage-growth-why-the-divergence</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Europe</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Regina Smyth on <a href="https://theconversation.com/navalny-dies-in-prison-but-his-blueprint-for-anti-putin-activism-will-live-on-223774">navalny-dies-in-prison-but-his-blueprint-for-anti-putin-activism-will-live-on</a></li><li>Robert Horvath on <a href="https://theconversation.com/alexei-navalny-had-a-vision-of-a-democratic-russia-that-terrified-vladimir-putin-to-the-core-223812">alexei-navalny-had-a-vision-of-a-democratic-russia-that-terrified-vladimir-putin-to-the-core</a></li><li>Mathew Sussex on <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/putin-unrivalled">putin-unrivalled</a> , <a href="https://theconversation.com/why-2024-could-be-a-grim-year-for-ukraine-with-momentous-implications-for-the-world-223096">why-2024-could-be-a-grim-year-for-ukraine-with-momentous-implications-for-the-world</a></li><li>Jon Richardson on <a href="https://theconversation.com/unmarked-graves-violent-repression-and-cultural-erasure-the-devastating-human-toll-of-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-223337">unmarked-graves-violent-repression-and-cultural-erasure-the-devastating-human-toll-of-russias-invasion-of-ukraine</a></li><li>institutional economics on <a href="https://stephenkirchner.substack.com/p/the-russian-economy-under-sanctions?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=15240&post_id=141841375&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=25p6t&utm_medium=email">the-russian-economy-under-sanctions</a></li><li>Mainly Macro on <a href="https://mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2024/02/detoxifying-government-debt-part-2.html">detoxifying-government-debt-part-2</a></li><li>Anne Applebaum on <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/02/navalny-death-russia-prison/677485/">navalny-death-russia-prison</a></li><li>stumbling and mumbling on <a href="https://stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_mumbling/2024/02/labour-office-vs-opposition.html">labour-office-vs-opposition</a></li><li>Joshua Keating on <a href="https://www.vox.com/2024/2/22/24079595/avdiivka-ukraine-russia-war-artillery">avdiivka-ukraine-russia-war-artillery</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Asia</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Arkprabho Hazra on <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/curbing-foreign-voices-continues-india-s-election-looms">curbing-foreign-voices-continues-india-s-election-looms</a></li><li>Richard Heydarian on <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/japan-shadow-china">japan-shadow-china</a></li><li>Khang Vu on <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/open-business-north-korea-welcomes-back-visitors">open-business-north-korea-welcomes-back-visitors</a></li><li>Zack Beauchamp on <a href="https://www.vox.com/24055522/israel-hamas-gaza-war-strategy-netanyahu-strategy-morality">israel-hamas-gaza-war-strategy-netanyahu-strategy-morality</a></li><li>Claire Young on <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/china-has-fifth-station-antarctica">china-has-fifth-station-antarctica</a></li><li>Dereck Tonkin on <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/defence-aung-san-suu-kyi">in-defence-of-aung-san-suu-kyi</a></li><li>Buu Nguyen on <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/can-vietnam-cambodia-build-lasting-peace">can-vietnam-cambodia-build-lasting-peace</a></li><li>noahopinion on <a href="https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/japan-isnt-quite-back-but-it-has">japan-isnt-quite-back-but-it-has-a-fighting-chance</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Wonk</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Cassandra Steer on <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/there-really-nuclear-weapon-space">there-really-nuclear-weapon-space</a></li><li>Tim Harford on <a href="https://timharford.com/2024/02/are-economists-selfish-not-according-to-monopoly/">are-economists-selfish-not-according-to-monopoly</a></li><li>noahopinion on <a href="https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/were-entering-a-golden-age-of-engineering">were-entering-a-golden-age-of-engineering</a></li><li>Menzie Chinn on <a href="https://econbrowser.com/archives/2024/02/the-dollars-role-as-international-currency">the-dollars-role-as-international-currency</a></li><li>Mohan Yellishetty on <a href="https://theconversation.com/whats-behind-the-collapse-in-the-price-of-nickel-and-how-can-the-industry-survive-223814">whats-behind-the-collapse-in-the-price-of-nickel-and-how-can-the-industry-survive</a></li><li>Henry Farrell on <a href="https://crookedtimber.org/2024/02/21/52438/">platforms polarisation and democracy</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">General</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Matt Williams on <a href="https://theconversation.com/out-of-the-rabbit-hole-new-research-shows-people-can-change-their-minds-about-conspiracy-theories-222507">out-of-the-rabbit-hole-new-research-shows-people-can-change-their-minds-about-conspiracy-theories</a></li><li>Christian Wolff on <a href="https://theconversation.com/the-brightest-object-in-the-universe-is-a-black-hole-that-eats-a-star-a-day-222612">the-brightest-object-in-the-universe-is-a-black-hole-that-eats-a-star-a-day</a></li><li>Laura Marchese and Katherine Livingstone on <a href="https://theconversation.com/we-looked-at-700-plant-based-foods-to-see-how-healthy-they-really-are-heres-what-we-found-222991">we-looked-at-700-plant-based-foods-to-see-how-healthy-they-really-are-heres-what-we-found</a></li></ul><b><span style="font-size: large;">Climate</span></b><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>open mind on <a href="https://tamino.wordpress.com/2024/02/18/__trashed/">trashed</a> , <a href="https://tamino.wordpress.com/2024/02/20/accelerations/">accelerations</a></li><li>met office on <a href="https://blog.metoffice.gov.uk/2024/02/15/a-precautionary-approach-required-to-avoid-large-scale-collapse-of-the-amazon-forest/">a-precautionary-approach-required-to-avoid-large-scale-collapse-of-the-amazon-forest</a></li><li>ocean acidification on <a href="https://news-oceanacidification-icc.org/2024/02/21/multi-month-forecasts-of-marine-heatwaves-and-ocean-acidification-extremes/">multi-month-forecasts-of-marine-heatwaves-and-ocean-acidification-extremes</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Andrew Gelman ( mainly stats)</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/02/17/the-lakatos-soccer-training/">the-lakatos-soccer-training</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/02/18/success-has-many-fathers-but-failure-is-an-orphan/">success-has-many-fathers-but-failure-is-an-orphan</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/02/18/lefty-driesell-and-bobby-knight/">lefty-driesell-and-bobby-knight</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/02/19/a-gathering-of-the-literary-critics-louis-menand-and-thomas-mallon-meet-jeet-heer/">a-gathering-of-the-literary-critics-louis-menand-and-thomas-mallon-meet-jeet-heer</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/02/20/stabbers-gonna-stab-fraud-edition/">stabbers-gonna-stab-fraud-edition</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/02/20/when-do-we-expect-conformal-prediction-sets-to-be-helpful/">when-do-we-expect-conformal-prediction-sets-to-be-helpful</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/02/21/hey-a-new-to-me-text-message-scam-involving-a-barfing-dog/">hey-a-new-to-me-text-message-scam-involving-a-barfing-dog</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/02/21/scientific-publishers-busily-thwarting-science-again/">scientific-publishers-busily-thwarting-science-again</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/02/22/michael-lewis/">michael-lewis</a><br /></li><li>statschat on <a href="https://www.statschat.org.nz/2024/02/16/say-the-magic-word/">say-the-magic-word</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Dianne Coyle ( quirky + book reviews)</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2024/02/a-supply-side-prime-minister/">a-supply-side-prime-minister</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2024/02/7575/">markets won't save humanity</a></li><li>Brad De Long on <a href="https://braddelong.substack.com/p/on-michael-manns-on-wars?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=47874&post_id=141792011&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=hky3q&utm_medium=email">on-michael-manns-on-wars</a></li><li>Freakometrics on <a href="https://freakonometrics.hypotheses.org/71726">history of insurance</a></li><li>noahopinion on <a href="https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/book-review-power-and-progress">book-review-power-and-progress</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Vox Wonk</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/carbon-leakage-additional-argument-international-cooperation-climate-policies">carbon-leakage-additional-argument-international-cooperation-climate-policies</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/evaluation-protected-area-policies-eu">evaluation-protected-area-policies-eu</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/central-bank-digital-currency-and-operational-framework-monetary-policy">central-bank-digital-currency-and-operational-framework-monetary-policy</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/managers-say-working-home-here-stay">managers-say-working-home-here-stay</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/digital-euro-after-investigation-phase-demystifying-fears-about-bank">digital-euro-after-investigation-phase-demystifying-fears-about-bank</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/why-we-need-green-land-value-tax-and-how-design-it">why-we-need-green-land-value-tax-and-how-design-it</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/determinants-and-impact-cross-border-patents-evidence-new-dataset">determinants-and-impact-cross-border-patents-evidence-new-dataset</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/impact-global-covid-19-vaccination-campaign-all-cause-mortality">impact-global-covid-19-vaccination-campaign-all-cause-mortality</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/value-wto-commitments-along-global-supply-chain">value-wto-commitments-along-global-supply-chain</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/political-trenches-war-can-create-both-political-solidarity-and-extreme-polarisation">political-trenches-war-can-create-both-political-solidarity-and-extreme-polarisation</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/inflation-differentials-euro-area-time-high-energy-prices">inflation-differentials-euro-area-time-high-energy-prices</a><br /></li></ul><p></p></div>Not Trampishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12738633092867411422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707984189426139340.post-41536773695657428392024-02-21T13:49:00.000-08:002024-02-21T15:18:38.157-08:00The Putin branch of the Republican party<p><b><i> Liz Cheney</i></b> over the weekend talked about the Putin branch of the Republican party.</p><p>This manifests itself in various ways.</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Since Trump like him and Ukraine di not provide 'evidence' to get Biden they like Putin</li><li>Putin is a 'strong man' read authoritarian and they do like authoritarian types think Tucker Carlson</li><li>They cannot get themselves to criticise Putin over the obvious murder of Navalny</li><li>They get used by the Kremlin over an obvious lie to believe Biden took bribes in Ukraine. Think about it they could not even do the basics to find out Hunter Biden was not in Ukraine at the time. Have these clowns ever heard of forensic accounting?</li></ul><div><br /></div><div>Ronald Reagan must be squirming in his grave. He would be horrified just how successful Putin has been at turning the Republican party from seeing Russia at is is to being a fan of it.</div><p></p>Not Trampishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12738633092867411422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707984189426139340.post-26613554299536810552024-02-20T13:46:00.000-08:002024-02-20T13:46:45.971-08:00Just let Assange go<p> The US government is still after Julian Assange. It is a disgrace. Under any definition he is a journalist so they are are prosecuting because he is a journalist. Holy Putin Batman!</p><p>At his trial in the UK the USA could not pinpoint anyone who had lost their life because of wikileaks. He is clearly being prosecuted because of the embarrassment of the leaked documents. Holy Putin again Batman!</p><p>Just let him go!</p><p>The ironic thing it was always the rape allegations that looked more convincing and these have been dropped.</p>Not Trampishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12738633092867411422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707984189426139340.post-18954078039179074592024-02-19T13:42:00.000-08:002024-02-19T13:42:07.223-08:00Aussie Politics<p> Two things have become paramount this week.</p><p><b><i>Asylum Seekers</i></b></p><p>A boast containing some 40 people got to a northern part of Western Australia. The coalition said this would encourage people smugglers and an armada of boats would come here. Hang on how can people smugglers get any encouragement when the government whisked everyone off to Nauru? Boats did arrive in Western Australia under the previous government and no am,arda was forthcoming. We also found out the Opposition cannot count. money for border Force has increased not decreased!</p><p><b><i>Emission Standards</i></b></p><p>The Australian government has announced new emission standards for automobiles. Previously like Russia we had none! It was stated this would massively increase the price of several models including utes. Hand on If we are replicating the EU and the USA then surely Utes in both jurisdictions would be much dearer. Whoopsy they are cheaper.</p><p>Moreover if you are producing more vehicles at the same standard then costs would fall not increase!</p>Not Trampishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12738633092867411422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707984189426139340.post-45788120270601427882024-02-18T13:53:00.000-08:002024-02-18T13:53:11.241-08:00International events<p><b> Russia</b></p><p>The Opposition Leader mysteriously dies at 47 one day after appearing in robust health. Funny how people opposing Putin mysteriously die. We should be grateful to Navalny. He di show everyone in the world just how much Putin stole from his countrymen. On Navalny see <b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://theconversation.com/navalny-dies-in-prison-but-his-blueprint-for-anti-putin-activism-will-live-on-223774">HERE</a></span></b> and <b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://theconversation.com/alexei-navalny-had-a-vision-of-a-democratic-russia-that-terrified-vladimir-putin-to-the-core-223812">HERE</a></span></b></p><p><b>Ukraine</b></p><p>Russia gains territory as the US does not give more aid to the country. ( NATO does give more than the US.) The Republicans are a disgrace in essentially helping Putin. Ukraine needs more and better weapons.</p><p>Biden has been far to timid in helping Ukraine. do you remember him vetoing Poland giving Ukraine some MIGs?</p><p><b>Gaza</b></p><p>Israel continues on killing innocent Palestinians in the hope of killing Hamas personnel. It is an evil policy. It is plainly based on retribution where they believe Palestinians support Hamas. If only they read their Hebrew bible they would know how evil it is.</p><p>It is all very depressing.</p><p><br /></p>Not Trampishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12738633092867411422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707984189426139340.post-52060988532525490332024-02-15T13:31:00.000-08:002024-02-16T14:30:50.187-08:00Around the Traps 14/2/24<p> It is time again for <b>Around the Traps</b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Aussie,Aussie,Aussie,Oy,Oy,Oy</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Institutional Economics on <a href="https://stephenkirchner.substack.com/p/the-rbas-new-board-meeting-format?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=15240&post_id=141515150&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=25p6t&utm_medium=email">the-rbas-new-board-meeting-format</a></li><li>Anika Stobart on <a href="https://theconversation.com/if-we-want-more-australian-students-to-learn-to-read-we-need-regular-testing-in-the-early-primary-years-223180">if-we-want-more-australian-students-to-learn-to-read-we-need-regular-testing-in-the-early-primary-years</a></li><li>Stephane Bouchoucha on <a href="https://theconversation.com/vaccination-testing-clean-air-covid-hasnt-gone-away-heres-where-australia-needs-to-do-better-222889">vaccination-testing-clean-air-covid-hasnt-gone-away-heres-where-australia-needs-to-do-better</a></li><li>Ross Gittins on <a href="http://www.rossgittins.com/2024/02/lets-stop-using-interest-rates-to.html">lets-stop-using-interest-rates-to-throttle-people-with-mortgages</a></li><li>Dron Parashar on <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/australia-s-nuclear-energy-debate-doesn-t-have-be-partisan">australia-s-nuclear-energy-debate-doesn-t-have-be-partisan</a></li><li>Peter Martin on <a href="https://theconversation.com/what-would-a-vehicle-efficiency-standard-for-new-cars-cost-or-save-australian-drivers-223334">what-would-a-vehicle-efficiency-standard-for-new-cars-cost-or-save-australian-drivers</a></li><li>Ross Gittins on <a href="http://www.rossgittins.com/2024/02/want-better-productivity-start-by.html">want-better-productivity-start-by-getting-our-kids-to-read</a></li><li>John Quiggin on <a href="https://johnquiggin.com/2024/02/12/for-corporations-greed-is-good-so-how-can-australia-really-tackle-price-gouging/">for-corporations-greed-is-good-so-how-can-australia-really-tackle-price-gouging</a></li><li>Greg Jericho on <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/2024/feb/15/the-awful-truth-at-the-heart-of-australian-housing-policy">the-awful-truth-at-the-heart-of-australian-housing-policy</a></li><li>James Blackwell on <a href="https://theconversation.com/the-government-is-well-behind-on-closing-the-gap-this-is-why-we-needed-a-voice-to-parliament-223309">the-government-is-well-behind-on-closing-the-gap-this-is-why-we-needed-a-voice-to-parliament</a></li><li>Paul Strangio on <a href="https://theconversation.com/a-blood-sport-feigning-as-government-what-the-abcs-nemesis-taught-us-about-a-decade-of-coalition-rule-223002">a-blood-sport-feigning-as-government-what-the-abcs-nemesis-taught-us-about-a-decade-of-coalition-rule</a></li><li>Hugh Breakey on <a href="https://theconversation.com/doxing-or-in-the-public-interest-free-speech-cancelling-and-the-ethics-of-the-jewish-creatives-whatsapp-group-leak-223323">doxing-or-in-the-public-interest-free-speech-cancelling-and-the-ethics-of-the-jewish-creatives-whatsapp-group-leak</a></li><li>David Walker on <a href="https://clubtroppo.com.au/2024/02/13/figuring-out-the-strange-new-rules-of-resource-constraint/">figuring-out-the-strange-new-rules-of-resource-constraint</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">OZ Climate</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>John Quiggin on <a href="https://johnquiggin.com/2024/02/10/labors-fuel-efficiency-standards-may-settle-the-ute-dispute-but-there-are-still-hazards-on-the-road/">labors-fuel-efficiency-standards-may-settle-the-ute-dispute-but-there-are-still-hazards-on-the-road</a></li><li>Roger Dargaville on <a href="https://theconversation.com/a-major-blackout-left-500-000-victorians-without-power-but-it-shows-our-energy-system-is-resilient-223494">a-major-blackout-left-500-000-victorians-without-power-but-it-shows-our-energy-system-is-resilient</a></li><li>Graham Readfearn on <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/15/victorias-blackout-wasnt-the-fault-of-renewables-but-a-sign-of-a-system-working-as-it-should-temperature-check">victorias-blackout-wasnt-the-fault-of-renewables-but-a-sign-of-a-system-working-as-it-should-temperature-check</a></li><li>Gabrielle Kuiper on <a href="https://ieefa.org/articles/consumer-owned-energy-assets-could-provide-19-billion-economic-boost-2040?utm_campaign=Weekly%20Newsletter&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=294488639&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8aD9DH1HyPxNeaBnl8Bz8YGKBorX9TSeMFfAYVtBQDKowCR8aje80jC6ZvyuPcbrFqUGLlJzANMwVNLDhSwOyVYp5sTJw8v7cf-pGGzGj9rT2dkZs&utm_content=294488639&utm_source=hs_email">consumer-owned-energy-assets-could-provide-19-billion-economic-boost-2040</a></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/bushfire-survivors-bring-home-renewable-energy-message/">bushfire-survivors-bring-home-renewable-energy-message</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/south-australia-enjoyed-82-pct-wind-and-solar-for-entire-december-quarter-so-it-can-be-done/">south-australia-enjoyed-82-pct-wind-and-solar-for-entire-december-quarter-so-it-can-be-done</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://switchedon.reneweconomy.com.au/content/electricity-networks-lack-accountability-on-rooftop-solar-integration?_gl=1*p7c4rw*_ga*NjM0MzEyMDU1LjE3MDczNDE0MTI.*_ga_DRD8REHMVH*MTcwNzc3MjkwNS40LjEuMTcwNzc3Mjk1My4xMi4wLjA.">electricity-networks-lack-accountability-on-rooftop-solar-integration</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/giant-four-hour-battery-lands-biggestdebt-financing-for-an-australia-big-battery/">giant-four-hour-battery-lands-biggestdebt-financing-for-an-australia-big-battery</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/price-the-damage-garnaut-and-sims-reboot-calls-for-carbon-fee-for-big-polluters/">price-the-damage-garnaut-and-sims-reboot-calls-for-carbon-fee-for-big-polluters</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/grid-drama-as-multiple-coal-units-and-lines-trip-in-midst-of-heatwave/">grid-drama-as-multiple-coal-units-and-lines-trip-in-midst-of-heatwave</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/agl-and-aemo-search-for-answers-on-loy-yang-outage-but-woke-energy-not-to-blame/">agl-and-aemo-search-for-answers-on-loy-yang-outage-but-woke-energy-not-to-blame</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/massive-victoria-blackout-underlines-need-to-accelerate-transition-to-firmed-renewables/">massive-victoria-blackout-underlines-need-to-accelerate-transition-to-firmed-renewables</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/wind-and-solar-records-tumbled-as-storms-ripped-through-victorias-grid/">wind-and-solar-records-tumbled-as-storms-ripped-through-victorias-grid</a><br /></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Northern America</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Calculated Risk on <a href="https://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2024/02/by-request-public-and-private-sector.html">by-request-public-and-private-sector-jobs-under-various-presidents</a>, <a href="https://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2024/02/cleveland-fed-median-cpi-increased-05.html">cleveland-fed-median-cpi-increased-05</a></li><li>Menzie Chinn on <a href="https://econbrowser.com/archives/2024/02/guest-contribution-the-federal-funds-rate-fomc-projections-policy-rules-and-futures-markets">guest-contribution-the-federal-funds-rate-fomc-projections-policy-rules-and-futures-markets</a></li><li>Dennis Aftergut and Frederick Baron on <a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/02/special-counsel-robert-hur-biden-hit-job.html">special-counsel-robert-hur-biden-hit-job</a></li><li>macromania on <a href="https://andolfatto.blogspot.com/2024/02/does-high-interest-policy-constitute.html">does-high-interest-policy-constitute-fiscal-stimulus</a></li><li>the conversable economist on <a href="https://conversableeconomist.com/2024/02/09/three-long-term-shifts-in-the-us-budget-picture/">three-long-term-shifts-in-the-us-budget-picture</a></li><li>Ian Millhiser on <a href="https://www.vox.com/scotus/2024/2/12/24070539/supreme-court-donald-trump-election-theft-jack-smith-immunity-stay-dc-circuit">supreme-court-donald-trump-election-theft-jack-smith-immunity-stay-dc-circuit</a></li><li>David Frum on <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/02/republicans-character-ukraine-russia-trump/677431/">republicans-character-ukraine-russia-trump</a></li><li>new deal democrat on <a href="https://angrybearblog.com/2024/02/january-2024-consumer-inflation-still-a-tug-of-war-between-gas-and-housing">january-2024-consumer-inflation-still-a-tug-of-war-between-gas-and-housing</a></li><li>Dahlia Lithwick on <a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/02/biden-age-controversy-vs-trump.html?pay=1707946754025&support_journalism=please">biden-age-controversy-vs-trump</a></li><li>Roge Karma on <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/04/consumer-sentiment-economy-inflation/677440/">consumer-sentiment-economy-inflation</a></li><li>Sean Wilentz on <a href="https://www.nybooks.com/online/2024/02/12/a-historic-abdication-trump-supreme-court/">a-historic-abdication-trump-supreme-court</a></li><li>Felicia Kornbluh on <a href="https://www.nybooks.com/online/2024/02/14/abortion-rights-as-equal-rights-pennsylvania/">abortion-rights-as-equal-rights-pennsylvania</a></li><li>Eric Lach on <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-local-correspondents/migrant-crisis-fear-mongering-wasnt-enough-to-hold-george-santoss-old-seat">migrant-crisis-fear-mongering-wasnt-enough-to-hold-george-santoss-old-seat</a></li><li>Jeet Heer on <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/biden-age-democrat-problem/?custno=&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20Time%20of%20Monsters%20-%202.15.2024&utm_term=time_of_monsters">biden-age-democrat-problem</a></li><li>Andrew Prokop on <a href="https://www.vox.com/2024/2/15/24072068/trump-trials-fani-willis-alvin-bragg-hearings">trump-trials-fani-willis-alvin-bragg-hearings</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Europe</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>noahopinion on <a href="https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/the-ukraine-war-is-ultimately-about">the-ukraine-war-is-ultimately-about-Poland</a> ,<a href="https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/russia-is-not-actually-a-very-nice">russia-is-not-actually-a-very-nice-pleasant-place-to-live</a></li><li>Menzie Chinn on <a href="https://econbrowser.com/archives/2024/02/is-germany-in-a-recession-and-if-so-would-we-have-predicted-it">is-germany-in-a-recession-and-if-so-would-we-have-predicted-it</a></li><li>Selwyn Parker on <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/russia-s-shadow-tanker-fleet-runs-trouble">russia-s-shadow-tanker-fleet-runs-trouble</a></li><li>Fred Kaplan on <a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/02/trump-russia-comment-nato-biggest-problem.html?pay=1707791217830&support_journalism=please">trump-russia-comment-nato-biggest-problem</a></li><li>Mainly Macro on <a href="https://mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2024/02/detoxifying-government-debt-part-1-debt.html">detoxifying-government-debt-part-1-debt-it-is-also-an-asset</a></li><li>Stefan Wolff and Tetanya Malyarenko on <a href="https://theconversation.com/ukraine-war-kyiv-needs-a-fundamental-rethink-of-its-strategy-not-just-a-reshuffle-of-military-leadership-223236">ukraine-war-kyiv-needs-a-fundamental-rethink-of-its-strategy-not-just-a-reshuffle-of-military-leadership</a></li><li>Zack Beauchamp on <a href="https://www.vox.com/24070998/ukraine-war-russia-us-foreign-aid-trump-congress">ukraine-war-russia-us-foreign-aid-trump-congress</a></li><li>Ian Hill on <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/putin-believes-time-russia-s-side-sadly-he-has-point">putin-believes-time-russia-s-side-sadly-he-has-point</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Asia</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Ian Parmeter on <a href="https://theconversation.com/israel-gaza-war-why-did-the-ceasefire-negotiations-collapse-and-can-they-be-revived-223175">israel-gaza-war-why-did-the-ceasefire-negotiations-collapse-and-can-they-be-revived</a></li><li>Tim Lindsey on <a href="https://theconversation.com/cute-grandpa-or-authoritarian-in-waiting-who-is-prabowo-subianto-the-favourite-to-win-indonesias-presidential-election-221858">cute-grandpa-or-authoritarian-in-waiting-who-is-prabowo-subianto-the-favourite-to-win-indonesias-presidential-election</a></li><li>Lydia Khalil on <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/gaza-domestic-politics-regional-war">gaza-domestic-politics-regional-war</a></li><li>Jared Mckinney on <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/what-constrains-restrains-china-taiwan">what-constrains-restrains-china-taiwan</a></li><li>Ayesha Jalai on <a href="https://theconversation.com/pakistans-post-election-crisis-how-anti-army-vote-may-deliver-an-unstable-government-that-falls-into-the-militarys-hands-223287">pakistans-post-election-crisis-how-anti-army-vote-may-deliver-an-unstable-government-that-falls-into-the-militarys-hands</a></li><li>Sarah Phillips on <a href="https://theconversation.com/america-is-the-mother-of-terrorism-why-the-houthis-new-slogan-is-important-for-understanding-the-middle-east-222865">america-is-the-mother-of-terrorism-why-the-houthis-new-slogan-is-important-for-understanding-the-middle-east</a></li><li>Nicole Narea on <a href="https://www.vox.com/world-politics/2024/2/12/24071274/israel-rafah-gaza-strikes-hostages-ground-invasion">israel-rafah-gaza-strikes-hostages-ground-invasion</a></li><li>John West on <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/how-fix-japan">how-fix-japan</a></li><li>Tim Lindsey on <a href="https://theconversation.com/prabowo-subianto-is-poised-to-succeed-in-lifelong-quest-to-become-indonesias-president-this-is-why-its-so-worrying-223637">prabowo-subianto-is-poised-to-succeed-in-lifelong-quest-to-become-indonesias-president-this-is-why-its-so-worrying</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Wonk</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Brad De Long on <a href="https://braddelong.substack.com/p/paul-schmelzing-is-coming-to-berkeley?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=47874&post_id=141575686&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=hky3q&utm_medium=email">paul-schmelzing-is-coming-to-berkeley</a></li><li>Tim Harford on <a href="https://timharford.com/2024/02/the-planets-got-99-problems-but-exponential-growth-isnt-one/">the-planets-got-99-problems-but-exponential-growth-isnt-one</a></li><li>noahopinion on <a href="https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/2024-could-be-the-pivotal-year-for">2024-could-be-the-pivotal-year-for-cold war2</a></li><li>Roland Raja and AhmedAlbayrek on <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/global-poverty-still-massive-problem-no-matter-how-you-count-it">global-poverty-still-massive-problem-no-matter-how-you-count-it</a></li><li>the conversable economist on <a href="https://conversableeconomist.com/2024/02/14/pay-transparency-whats-good-to-know/">pay-transparency-whats-good-to-know</a> , <a href="https://conversableeconomist.com/2024/02/15/provision-of-care-a-challenge-for-economics/">provision-of-care-a-challenge-for-economics</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">General</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Nial Wheate et al on <a href="https://theconversation.com/why-its-a-bad-idea-to-mix-alcohol-with-some-medications-223293">why-its-a-bad-idea-to-mix-alcohol-with-some-medications</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Climate</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>David Appell on <a href="https://davidappell.blogspot.com/2024/02/breaking-michael-mann-wins-defamation.html">breaking-michael-mann-wins-defamation</a></li><li>open mind on <a href="https://tamino.wordpress.com/2024/02/12/pre-industrial-sclerosponges/">pre-industrial-sclerosponges</a></li><li>noahopinion on <a href="https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/a-bunch-of-handy-charts-about-climate">a-bunch-of-handy-charts-about-climate-change</a></li><li>Benji Jones on <a href="https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/24065214/polar-bears-climate-change-shrinking-sea-ice">polar-bears-climate-change-shrinking-sea-ice</a></li><li>skeptical science on <a href="https://skepticalscience.com/at-a-glance-arctic.html">at-a-glance-arctic-sea-ice</a></li><li>Moyhu on <a href="https://moyhu.blogspot.com/2024/02/giss-january-global-temperature-down-by.html">giss-january-global-temperature-down-from-december</a></li><li>Mitchell Lyons and Stuart Phinn on <a href="https://theconversation.com/the-worlds-coral-reefs-are-bigger-than-we-thought-but-it-took-satellites-snorkels-and-machine-learning-to-see-them-223322">the-worlds-coral-reefs-are-bigger-than-we-thought-but-it-took-satellites-snorkels-and-machine-learning-to-see-them</a></li><li>real climate on <a href="https://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2024/02/new-study-suggests-the-atlantic-overturning-circulation-amoc-is-on-tipping-course/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-study-suggests-the-atlantic-overturning-circulation-amoc-is-on-tipping-course">new-study-suggests-the-atlantic-overturning-circulation-amoc-is-on-tipping-course</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Andrew Gelman (mainly stats)</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/02/11/clinical-trials-that-are-designed-to-fail/">clinical-trials-that-are-designed-to-fail</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/02/12/torment-executioners-in-reno-nevada/">torment-executioners-in-reno-nevada</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/02/13/i-love-this-paper-but-its-barely-been-noticed/">i-love-this-paper-but-its-barely-been-noticed</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/02/14/those-annoying-people-are-stupid-narratives-in-journalism/">those-annoying-people-are-stupid-narratives-in-journalism</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/02/15/uncertainty-in-games-how-to-get-that-balance-so-that-theres-a-motivation-to-play-well-but-you-can-still-have-a-chance-to-come-back-from-behind/">uncertainty-in-games-how-to-get-that-balance-so-that-theres-a-motivation-to-play-well-but-you-can-still-have-a-chance-to-come-back-from-behind</a><br /></li><li>Freakometrics on <a href="https://freakonometrics.hypotheses.org/71511">discrimination by proxy</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Dianne Coyle ( quirky + book readings)</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2024/02/a-bit-less-random-reading/">a-bit-less-random-reading</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2024/02/be-happy-think-about-the-nash-equilibrium/">be-happy-think-about-the-nash-equilibrium</a><br /></li><li>Joel Eissenburg on <a href="https://angrybearblog.com/2024/02/review-of-beyond-the-wall-a-history-of-east-germany-by-katja-hoyer">review-of-beyond-the-wall-a-history-of-east-germany-by-katja-hoyer</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Vox Wonk</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/sleeping-our-way-being-productive">sleeping-our-way-being-productive</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/out-pocket-payments-nursing-home-residents-balancing-financial-protection-incentives">out-pocket-payments-nursing-home-residents-balancing-financial-protection-incentives</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/two-tier-system-reserve-requirements-fight-inflation-more-fairly-and-effectively">two-tier-system-reserve-requirements-fight-inflation-more-fairly-and-effectively</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/give-recovery-chance-containing-runs-solvent-banks">give-recovery-chance-containing-runs-solvent-banks</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/pervasive-influence-political-composition-circuit-court-decisions">pervasive-influence-political-composition-circuit-court-decisions</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/economics-and-implications-compliance-minimum-wages">economics-and-implications-compliance-minimum-wages</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/monetary-policy-responses-post-pandemic-inflation-challenges-and-lessons-future">monetary-policy-responses-post-pandemic-inflation-challenges-and-lessons-future</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/pandemic-consumption">pandemic-consumption</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/double-faced-demand-bank-reserves-and-its-implications">double-faced-demand-bank-reserves-and-its-implications</a><br /></li></ul><p></p><p><br /></p>Not Trampishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12738633092867411422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707984189426139340.post-32881443228000714602024-02-14T14:14:00.000-08:002024-02-14T14:14:50.801-08:00The Republicans keep on winning<p> What we call by-elections the yanks call special elections. There have been quite a few of them on a state level and yesterday our time George Santos's ols district flipped to the Democrats. It went from a 8% win to a 8% loss.</p><p>the democrats also won a state seat in Pennsylvania.</p><p>There has been a clear pattern in special elections.It is a large swing to the Democrats.</p><p>Abortion is usually a major issue although it wasn't in New York (because no-one thinks it is threatened.)</p><p>Major thinking has the big issue was immigration and the republicans in the house rejecting a bi-partisan bill from the Senate ( which was very 'republican' in its nature.</p><p>The republicans and trump just keep on winning. Trump does get out his base to vote and but he also gets out people who want to vote against him.</p><p>These special elections and not the polls at present which are notoriously unreliable this far out from the election is the better guide on where voters are headed.</p>Not Trampishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12738633092867411422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707984189426139340.post-69809333826594999772024-02-13T13:47:00.000-08:002024-02-14T14:04:22.246-08:00Drama in Victoria<p> Plenty of <b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/grid-drama-as-multiple-coal-units-and-lines-trip-in-midst-of-heatwave/">drama </a></span></b>in Victoria with regard to electricity. One coal fired power station completely stopped as all their units broke downs when transmission lines were torn apart by strong winds. See <span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/15/victorias-blackout-wasnt-the-fault-of-renewables-but-a-sign-of-a-system-working-as-it-should-temperature-check" style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;">Graham Readfearn</a><b style="font-size: x-large;"> </b>and<b style="font-size: x-large;"> <a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/agl-and-aemo-search-for-answers-on-loy-yang-outage-but-woke-energy-not-to-blame/">THIS</a> </b><span>and even</span><b style="font-size: x-large;"> <a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/massive-victoria-blackout-underlines-need-to-accelerate-transition-to-firmed-renewables/">THIS</a></b></span></p><p>Funny how I heard this was not possible tp coal fired power stations when this occurred in SA a while ago. Naturally they ignored this and the collapse of Loy Yang and blamed you guessed it renewables!</p><p>Ironically SA shows <b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/south-australia-enjoyed-82-pct-wind-and-solar-for-entire-december-quarter-so-it-can-be-done/">the way</a></span></b> though.</p><p>I should add one more thing. Batteries are getting much larger. They have enough electricity stored in them for 4-6 sometimes 12 hours. As more come on board firming becomes easy to see.</p>Not Trampishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12738633092867411422noreply@blogger.com0