Blogotariat

Trump’s actions were neither ‘spur of the moment’, nor whimsical. The ‘tariff solution’ had been pre-prepared by his team over years.

Bernie Sanders has been repeatedly uttering the phrase “Israel has a right to defend itself” on his “Fighting Oligarchy” tour with Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, which in the year 2025 can only be interpreted as blatant genocide apologia. 

Singaporean developer Aquila has reportedly started work on its long delayed wind project in Tasmania, after a reprieve from the state government.

The problem with the US political system is that every four years they elect a president whose power is almost unlimited. Now the US Supreme Court has granted presidents immunity from prosecution for criminal acts committed while in office. This not only gives Donald Trump a free pass for his past crimes, but sets a dangerous precedent for all future presidents. Before Trump, no one had even argued that presidents are absolutely immune from criminal liability after they leave office. Indeed, every president – including Trump himself – assumed the opposite.

FOLLOWING THE FAILED PEACE TALKS OF ISTANBUL BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE — DUE TO WESTERN INTERVENTION (BORIS JOHNSON IN KIEV) DEMANDING THAT THE WAR CONTINUED UNTIL THE KIEV REGIME “WON” (WEAKENED RUSSIA POSSIBLY TO THE POINT OF SURRENDER), THE WEST HELPED UKRAINE TO FIGHT ON AGAINST THE RUSSIANS. 

Achieving NET ZERO is a complex issue…

GUS LEONISKY HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF EXPLAINING GLOBAL WARMING SINCE 1979. ON THIS SITE, WE STARTED 20 YEARS AGO WE EXPLAINED HOW today's CLIMATE CHANGE, A RESULTANT OF GLOBAL WARMING, PRESENTS MANY CHALLENGES AND DOUBTS THAT WE HAVE TO OVERCOME. 

UNFORTUNATELY, MANY HONEST ALTERNATIVE AND MAINSTREAM COMMENTATORS WILL ERRONEOUSLY LUMP OTHER CONSPIRACIES AND GLOBAL WARMING IN THE SAME BASKET. 

CoreLogic released its final auction results for last weekend. The clearance rate was just 59.9% nationally, the second time in three weeks it has been below 60%. The following chart plots the monthly average final auction clearance rate across the major markets. As you can see, the decline in the national final clearance rate has

The post Aussie housing market stalls awaiting rate cuts appeared first on MacroBusiness.

Essential Guide: Choosing the Perfect Payroll and Super Processing System for Your Business

“Unlock business growth with our essential guide to choosing the perfect payroll & super processing system! #BusinessSuccess”

I managed to get some writing done while I was wandering through the brain fog after melanoma surgery, but I wasn't allowed to do any kind of exercise. And honestly, I wasn't in much of a mood for it. I felt pretty demotivated.

My PT, Darren, came around this afternoon, however, and we loaded up the barbell for a deadlift session. It feels like the engine has kicked over again.

I did a bit of a climb up the ladder and back down again.

Nobody is really interested, but I'll post the sequence here because it makes it more likely I’ll do something tomorrow when I wake up and see this.

Warm up sets.

Zenobe's Gareth Ridge on providing electric trucks as a service, using old batteries and what the grid makes of it all. Plus: News of the week.

Australia's first offshore wind energy auction is set for September this year, with contracts expected to be awarded before October next year.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its March labour force report, which was steady as she goes. There were 32,230 jobs created over the month, below economists’ expectations of a 40,000 increase. The national unemployment rate remained fairly steady at 4.1% thanks to a slight increase in the participation rate. The underemployment rate was

The post Job market leaves door open for rate cuts appeared first on MacroBusiness.

Over five weeks after the state election was held, the WA Electoral Commission has finally concluded the counting procedure for the WA Legislative Council, with the button pushed yesterday afternoon. This resulted in the full distribution of preferences, electing the 37 members for the chamber.

We now know the final primary votes for each party statewide and in each electorate, and how the final rounds of the distribution of preferences played out. For this blog post I’m going to run through some of the key stats and show how close the final rounds of the count were.