Category Archives: Take Nanny down

Jailbreak

Posted on 1:27 am, May 15, 2020 by currencylad

Wisconsin Supreme Court Strikes Down Stay-at-Home Order. This comprehensive claim to control virtually every aspect of a person’s life is something we normally associate with a prison, not a free society governed by the rule of law.” – Justice Daniel … Continue reading →

Posted in COVID-19, Rule of law, Take Nanny down | 17 Comments

The Young Disgrace

Posted on 10:06 pm, May 14, 2020 by currencylad

MY thanks to Twostix – site master of every PR scam on the go surrounding the phony war on coronavirus – for alerting me earlier today to Dr Jeannette Young’s admission that she mum-lied to the Queensland public about the … Continue reading →

Posted in COVID-19, Ethics and morality, Take Nanny down | 46 Comments

Slip, Slop, Slap, Surrender

Posted on 1:34 pm, April 29, 2020 by currencylad

Downloading the app ‘like putting on sunscreen to go outside’, PM says. Note that this is a deliberately mendacious analogy. The app cannot protect you from catching the virus. “We are seeking the goodwill and support and participations of Australians … Continue reading →

Posted in COVID-19, Politics of the Left, Take Nanny down | 37 Comments

Autocrats of the world arise…

Posted on 8:02 am, April 25, 2020 by Rafe Champion

An Economist survey. Editor’s note: The Economist is making some of its most important coverage of the covid-19 pandemic freely available to readers of The Economist Today, our daily newsletter. To receive it, register here. For our coronavirus tracker and more coverage, see our hub … Continue reading →

Posted in Rafe, Take Nanny down | 9 Comments

“Every one of us could be devastated by it”

Posted on 6:40 pm, April 4, 2020 by currencylad

That time the Federal government’s experts told grannys and five year-olds to always use condoms. Orlwiz. Now the same “experts” are telling politicians that lone paddle-boarders will cause ventilator queues.

Posted in Australian Story, Take Nanny down | 25 Comments

Something to learn from Germany?

Posted on 10:33 am, April 4, 2020 by Rafe Champion

The Germans have been capable of making big mistakes (don’t mention two World Wars) or border controls and they are losing WW3 against CO2. But they may have gone the right way in public health policy, as this paper suggests. … Continue reading →

Posted in COVID-19, Rafe, Take Nanny down | 13 Comments

“scantily clad figures” from movies rated M

Posted on 10:09 pm, March 5, 2020 by Sinclair Davidson

The Currency Lad draws our attention to the latest sex scandal to rock the nations capital. The Australian has more information: The “scantily clad’’ figures in the office of Fair Work deputy president Gerard Boyce scantily-clad” figurines in the office of … Continue reading →

Posted in Take Nanny down, Taking out the trash | 73 Comments

David Leyonhjelm guest post. The sinister side of the nanny state.

Posted on 1:52 pm, February 17, 2020 by Rafe Champion

Not many of us like being told how to live our lives, especially by those we don’t know and trust. It gets up our nose. Yet there is an endless number of people who want to do just that. When … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Post, Take Nanny down | 38 Comments

Freedom

Posted on 9:12 pm, January 21, 2020 by currencylad

No problem. The streets of Richmond, Virginia: No helmet. The streets of Sydney, New South Wales: The ABC is perplexed by liberty: Virginia rally shows what happens when the US tries to pass gun control laws.

Posted in Libertarians don't live by argument alone, Take Nanny down | 104 Comments

Terrorists one week, tofu the next

Posted on 8:34 am, January 19, 2020 by currencylad

Trump Targets Michelle Obama’s School Nutrition Guidelines on Her Birthday. “Democrats reacted furiously.” The children’s obesity crisis is real enough but the answer lies with responsible parenting, not Stalinist control of school menus. President Trump is systematically destroying the Obamas’ … Continue reading →

Posted in American politics, Take Nanny down | 30 Comments