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Category Archives: Finance and Economics
may memories / 22
NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN (ALMOST) 22nd May, 1914 : The federal Government is offering 233 square miles of pastoral land in the Northern Territory for lease over 42 years. The rent will be set at three shillings per square … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Bureaucracy, Finance and Economics, History
Tagged dairy industry, Federal Government, Northern Territory
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may memories / 21
NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN (ALMOST) 21st May, 1903 : The Tariff League was launched today in London at a meeting to promote a preferential trading system within the Empire. Joseph Chamberlain, the Colonial Secretary, is its sponsor and he … Continue reading
Posted in Finance and Economics, History
Tagged British colonies, British Empire, Joseph Chamberlain, Winston Churchill
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may memories / 20
NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN (ALMOST) 20th May, 1907 : Thousands of wine growers rampaged through the streets of Perpignan last night, burning down the town hall and police station in a protest at high taxes and the adulteration of … Continue reading
Wayne’s escapist fiction
…from the quill of Antisthenes the Younger Yesterday we were regaled with another, already fifth?sixth? instalment of an escapist fiction from the World’s Greatest Treasure, Wayne Swan. Colloquially and euphemistically know as “The Budget”, it has nothing to do … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Finance and Economics, Fraud, Labour Party, Socialism
Tagged Federal budget, Labor mismanagement, Wayne Swan
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may memories / 11
NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN (ALMOST) 11th May, 1921 : With only a few hours to go before the expiry of the Allied ultimatum, the German Government has finally agreed to pay the war reparations. The issue had threatened to … Continue reading
Posted in Finance and Economics, History
Tagged Allied occupation, Germany, WW I reparations
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may memories / 09
NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN (ALMOST) 9th May, 1950 : M. Robert Schuman, the French Foreign Minister, today took a first step towards creating a European Federation, by proposing a combined “High Authority’, to control the coal and steel production … Continue reading
Posted in Bureaucracy, Conspiracy, Corruption, Finance and Economics, Fraud, History
Tagged European Union, Robert Schuman
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may memories / 03
NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN (ALMOST) 3rd May, 1929 : The mass attacks on police in Berlin, launched by Communist demonstrators on May Day last Wednesday, have now lasted three days and show no sign of abating. Nine people were … Continue reading
Posted in Communism, Finance and Economics, History
Tagged Communist riots, Germany, unemployment
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The end of the cycle?
Posted in Australia, Finance and Economics, Labour Party, Liberal Party
Tagged ALP, Julia Gillard, Wayne Swan
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Needle in a haystack
…from the quill of Antisthenes the Younger Even Blind Freddie and some Australian journalists can see that the World’s Best Treasure(r) Wayne Swan had abandoned looking for that “no ifs, no buts” surplus, and now he is just looking for … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Election, Finance and Economics, Labour Party
Tagged Craig Emerson, Julia Gillard, The Twilights, Wayne Swan
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Common Criminals
Posted in Bureaucracy, Corruption, Euro-Bond crisis, Finance and Economics, Fraud, HyperInflation, The EU
Tagged Communism, Criminals, drugs, EU, Godfrey Bloom, HSBC, Money Laundering, Nigel Farage, william Black
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My modest planet saving suggestion
…from the quill of Antisthenes the Younger No, no tax on oxygen. That is the province of gores, flanneries, gillards and similar intellectual giants. I contribute modestly to mankind’s survival by consuming less and less; and paying for it more … Continue reading
Posted in Finance and Economics, History, Military
Tagged ALP dishonesty, B-17, Made in China
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A Market Clearing Event
Gordon T. Long and Charles Hugh Smith talk about market clearing events.
A different perspective
…from the quill of Antisthenes the Younger Simple people of the universe unite once again this Saturday at 8.30 p.m. Australian Eastern Standard Time so it’s time to reminisce about the success of the previous Earth Hour. Apparently it is … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Finance and Economics, History
Tagged climate change, CO2, economics
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The Taxwoman
…from the quill of Antisthenes the Younger It ought to be “no tax-woman”, because Mademoiselle Christine Lagarde pays no tax whatsoever on her $500 000 p.a. remuneration, but I think you know how I mean it. In May last year, … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Finance and Economics
Tagged Christine Lagarde, Julia Gillard, Wayne Swan
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Other people’s money
…from the quill of Antisthenes the Younger “I love money. I love money more than the things I can buy. There is only one thing I love more than money. You know what that is? Other people’s money.” So says … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Finance and Economics, Labour Party, Socialism
Tagged green movement, superannuation
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Goldman Sachs
The banks are the government. Look no further than the revolving door. Where former bureaucrats from government regulators such as the SEC and CFTC work for Goldman Sachs. The last couple of US secretary of treasury are from Goldman Sachs. … Continue reading
Posted in Bureaucracy, Corruption, Fascism, Finance and Economics, Uncategorized
Tagged CFTC, Fascism, Goldman Sachs, SEC
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