Many believe that vaccines have 'approval'. They don't - they only have emergency use 'authorization' which will expire once the state of emergencies end. How long will these be extended? Surely some jurisdictions will lift theirs before others.

I'm not going to trust your opinion on the creator when you were created into a puddle! Re: Steven Hawkins

Jay Powell announced that he aims to taper QE by March 2022 and raise rates to 0.9% toward the end of ‘22. At least this is the objective as at December 2021, and aimed at halting rising inflation. I don’t expect he’ll carry this objective out - that is I reckon he’s bluffin’ with his muffin. The ‘everything bubble’ will be popped by inflation rather than by interest rates.

There is much more to science than reductionism.

Trump supporters know the collusion case front and back. They went from worrying the collusion must be real, to suspecting it might be fake, to realizing it was a scam, then watched as every institution - agencies, the press, Congress, academia - gaslit them for another year.

These are Tea Party people. The types who give their kids a pocket Constitution for their birthday and have Founding Fathers memes in their bios. The intel community spying on a presidential campaign using fake evidence (incl forged documents) is a big deal to them. Everyone involved lied about their involvement as long as they could. We only learned the DNC paid for the manufactured evidence because of a court order. Comey denied on TV knowing the DNC paid for it, when we have emails from a year earlier proving that he knew.

Successful barter (direct or extended) should be the only source of demand in an economy, in order to maximise the prosperity of a people.

If you can keep your head when all about you, Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too...

How do we go about understanding psychology, especially pathology? Insights from Carl Jung’s ‘Psychological Types’ are useful here, providing one has sufficient context. Hence, we shall consider that each individual is the sum and sequence of their choices. Thus, making initial choices the most significant, as in a nonlinear system adapting to feedback.

Hence, Conservatives need to distinguish between the persuasive effort and the effective effort. The first is the effort to persuade our opponents; the second involves the effort required to enact our ideals, realistic though they are. Returning to Ayn Rand once again, we must remember that it is our justified civil duty to use force upon those who initiate its use; including through redistribution or monetary debasement.

As an economics student I learned of Say’s law, the idea that production is the source of consumption, and believed it in a sincere but naive manner. So much so, that I could only scoff during a class where the professor warned that every successful entrepreneur had failed seven times (on average) before finding success.

Neo-Marxism posits that there is a part of society that oppresses the other part for their own benefit. That part of this oppressed class supports the status quo only because of false consciousness, that a revolutionary reconstitution of society is required, and the eventual disappearance of class antagonisms exists within the forthcoming utopia. We shall look at correcting this misrepresentation of reality elsewhere. First, we shall look at how Marxism has made it’s advance.

2020 will go down as a notable year. It will also be among our most difficult to explain to posterity. ‘Pandemic, panic and protest’ does well to summarize this current US election year. Politics has taken on a religious fervour all throughout the Western world. It reminds me of ‘the Troubles’ in Ireland with its ability to divide families against themselves.

2020 will go down as a notable year. It will also be among our most difficult to explain to posterity. ‘Pandemic, panic and protest’ does well to summarize this current US election year. Politics has taken on a religious fervour all throughout the Western world. It reminds me of ‘the Troubles’ in Ireland with its ability to divide families against themselves. I offer no pretence of an unbiased viewpoint. As Charles Darwin noted, “How odd it is that anyone should not see that all observation must be for or against some view if it is to be of any service!” Thus I hope to be biased toward the service of greater Truth. At the very least, I hope to acquire it for myself. 

Beginning on the first day of April 2014, various 'island' areas of lawn on a verge were subjected to different treatments. This experiment concluded on the 12th of May. This verge area is not under reticulation and usually receives only rainwater. The areas were treated as follows, and Figure 1 illustrates the location of each area:

A barrel metaphor (illustrated below) explains this point rather well. The shorter slats in the barrel (deficiencies) allow water to escape, limiting the barrels ability to store water - and so deficiencies limit a gardens ability to grow, achieve vibrancy and endure stress.

You should find a talk in which Jobs explains the philosophy behind Apple. He makes mention of an article that he read in Scientific American magazine. It ranked creatures by the amount of energy each required to get from point A to point B. He explained that human beings come about a third of the way down the list, whilst the concord is the most efficient creature. But, if you allow human beings to use a bicycle (a tool created by the species), we become 3x more efficient than even the concord.

Daily experience is filtered through our worldview with the aim of accurately predicting the future and maximising reward. The Pareto principle tells us that 20% of our mental models will do 80% of the work of filtering experience. A small number of models will support our entire worldview. The first five parts of this book represent the five most important mental models, that if established in your mind, will allow you to build a worldview through experience without further external input.

The Hortico Lawn Repair seed was then spread evenly and according to instructions over the prepared bare patch. Fertilizer is included with the seed and provides support to the new lawn in becoming established.

All plant growth originates at the roots (at the newest root tips less than 10 days old to be more specific). These root tips facilitate water and nutrient uptake, which allows hormone formation inside the plant.

You ask advice: ah, what a very human and very dangerous thing to do! For to give advice to a man who asks what to do with his life implies something very close to egomania. To presume to point a man to the right and ultimate goal—to point with a trembling finger in the RIGHT direction is something only a fool would take upon himself.

Each of our intentions carries a degree of uncertainty. A goal is a weak intention for means of achieving it aren't yet well considered. You are uncertain whether you will achieve it, and in what time frame. Once you want to do something the intention has advanced beyond a goal, through consideration of means and to a choice of specific actions. Certainty is greater, and in a much smaller time frame.

Those of us who live in Perth know very well the meaning of hot and dry. Furthermore, those of us who fall within the spectrum of house proud and avid gardener, have to deal with the added difficulty of keeping our gardens alive and healthy through the summer. And yet it is possible. Any stroll through the neighbourhood reveals the odd garden looking beautiful and lush, like an oasis amid the rest of the street whose gardens sport brown, uninviting lawns. So what can we do to avoid a scorched lawn this summer?

Wisdom is the mark of an educated man, and a fitting definition goes as follows; Wisdom is knowledge and its due use, knowledge of the best ends and best means. A bloke who is open to all possibilities, who does not disregard ends and means based on advise but rather on experience is bound to become sufficiently educated.

See how an IrriGator unit was used together with a drip setup in order to take care of a freshly planted herb garden. A tap timer ensured that the herbs were frequently watered, whilst the GelBlock ensured that in addition to water, all the plants receive vital nutrients, micro-nutrients, trace elements and bio-stimulants. The water and nutrient carrying capacity of the soil was greatly improved, thus the plants had excellent growth, vibrancy and ability to endure stress.

See how an IrriGator unit was used together with a drip setup in order to take care of a freshly planted vegetable garden. The tap timer ensures that the garden is frequently watered, whilst the GelBlock ensured that in addition to water, all the plants receive vital nutrients, micro-nutrients, trace elements and bio-stimulants. The water and nutrient carrying capacity of the soil was greatly improved, thus the plants had excellent growth, vibrancy and ability to endure stress.

It was July 2011. A group of us needed a place to watch the Super Rugby final. We were spending the uni vacation pruning vines down near Pemberton in Western Australia. After working a half day that Saturday, we got cleaned up and headed into town. Before the hotel, we replenished our supplies at the supermarket and bottle-o. Especially the bottle-o! There is nothing worse than a hard earned thirst without the beer to quench it.

Those of us who live in Perth know very well the meaning of hot and dry. Furthermore, those of us who fall within the spectrum of house proud and avid gardener, have to deal with the added difficulty of keeping our gardens alive and healthy through the summer. And yet it is possible. Any stroll through the neighbourhood reveals the odd garden looking beautiful and lush, like an oasis amid the rest of the street whose gardens sport brown, uninviting lawns.