Category Archives: Libertarians don’t live by argument alone

Australians will be among the first to get a vaccine …

Posted on February 21, 2021 by Sinclair Davidson

Well … one Australian anyway. I have two minds on this sort of thing – I’m always happy to see medical experiments being conducted on politicians. But, on the other hand, is this queue jumping? More seriously, I’m seeing a … Continue reading →

Posted in Libertarians don't live by argument alone | 357 Comments

Trump was a unionist

Posted on February 5, 2021 by Sinclair Davidson

I’ll have to downgrade my opinion of the man.

Posted in Libertarians don't live by argument alone | 24 Comments

US Election Thread 2020

Posted on November 4, 2020 by Sinclair Davidson

Update 2.24pm:

Posted in American politics, Elections, Libertarians don't live by argument alone | 5,955 Comments

Alan Jones on the haka

Posted on October 30, 2020 by Sinclair Davidson

Alan Jones has a piece on the haka in The Australian to day: The British empire was thriving and those living in the British Isles enjoyed the novelty of seeing visiting teams from the colonies. The All Blacks, Springboks and … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Issues, Libertarians don't live by argument alone | 32 Comments

You can’t trust government research

Posted on September 29, 2020 by Sinclair Davidson

Over the past 12 years or so, I’ve had a nice side gig going where I have replicated and critiqued modelling that underpins government policy. To that end I have critiqued the FuelWatch scheme, the GFC stimulus, the mining tax, … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and economy, Libertarians don't live by argument alone, Plain Packaging, Politics | 26 Comments

Freedom Slipping Away

Posted on September 17, 2020 by Sinclair Davidson

Well done to the Cats who produced this. Many thanks to the people who have sent this to me.

Posted in COVID-19, Libertarians don't live by argument alone | 65 Comments

911 Tribute

Posted on September 11, 2020 by Sinclair Davidson

https://youtu.be/b0kPQBAHep0

Posted in Libertarians don't live by argument alone | 14 Comments

The good news. Lets hear it for Ron Manners!

Posted on June 8, 2020 by Rafe Champion

Ron gets a gong! Never was an honour more deserved! The story from Andrew Pickford. It is fitting that Mannkal’s Chairman, Ron Manners, is included on the Queen’s Birthday list and made an Officer (AO) in the General Division of … Continue reading →

Posted in Australian Story, Libertarians don't live by argument alone, Rafe | 3 Comments

Let’s not overreact

Posted on May 22, 2020 by Sinclair Davidson

So it turns out the ATO and Treasury ‘miscounted’ the number of JobKeeper recipients. In a joint statement released on Friday afternoon, Treasury and the ATO said they now expected the number of employees likely to be covered under the … Continue reading →

Posted in COVID-19, Libertarians don't live by argument alone | 44 Comments

Adam: Adding fuel to the fire.

Posted on April 2, 2020 by Guest Author

I haven’t had any posts up for the last few days as I haven’t had anything to talk about. There is only so much discussion of the current virus situation that my patience can put up with. What I have … Continue reading →

Posted in COVID-19, Cross Post, Libertarians don't live by argument alone | 28 Comments