Call me Artie ‘main power amps’ ‘vinyl turntable’ ‘speaker system’ Boomengineering ‘Homemade hang glider made in the late 1970s’ LeMon3 ‘First up a couple for Boom. – Mill & MillWiring show the mill I picked up last year. 1980 build, 110hrs on the clock –
‘Tritons’ Rupert Bunny, 1890, Art Gallery of NSW Macro & Markets Fed may run fast on long road to normal balance sheet – Reuters Great disconnect: The world may not be ready for looming economic trouble – Ninefax, El-Erian The Oil Market Is At The Whim Of Geopolitical Disputes – OilPrice Why the
Military parade, Red Square with Kremlin in the background, May 2020. Once upon a time photos just like this were essential for any discussion of Russian military risk. After a hiatus, they are back. The Backdrop – January 2022 The world has stepped back in time. It is 1970s all over again. Last week in
‘At Templestowe’ 1889 Arthur Streeton, Art Gallery of South Australia Macro & Markets U.S. Says Russia Is Preparing Operations to Justify Ukraine Attack – Bloomberg Cyberattack hits Ukraine as U.S. warns Russia could be prepping for war – Reuters What to expect in a year of policy tightening and US interest rate rises – SCMP
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Jason ‘SCG Late on day 4’ LeMon3 ‘The maggies really hate the wedgetails.’ ‘Full moon rising a couple of weeks ago and crescent moon setting a couple of days ago. Plus a sequence I put together of the last lunar eclipse we had here.’ Boomengineering ‘Made this speargun when I was
‘Barwon Heads Road Connewarre, facing West 2040Hrs, 31 December 2021’ Macro & Markets Inflation and China Failed to Rattle Markets. 2022 Might Be Different. – Bloomberg Coronavirus: worst stage of the pandemic may end in 2022, WHO chief says – SCMP From bust to boom: How the 2020s economy could resemble the 1980s – Ninefax
Geoff McVeigh Red Bellied Black Snake at the Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Gardens Red Bellied Black Snake at Broulee Horses cantering Lake Road at Bungendore Peewee on nest Lake Road Bungendore Galah and young at Broulee Galah and young at Broulee 2 Boomengineering ‘Home made speargun 25 years ago. 4
‘Australia Felix’ Arthur Streeton, 1907, Art Gallery of South Australia Macro & Markets How 2021 became the year of ESG investing – Reuters How Covid Arbitrage Became the Trade of the Year – Bloomberg Ministers under pressure to protect consumers from energy price crisis – Guardian Inflation Bites Us All Again After the Economy
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has extolled the ‘Mad Gladys’ line that it is ‘we’ who must ‘Learn to Live’ with the virus – including the latest Omicron variant sweeping the world. With this emphasis ScoMo is walking away from his Government’s responsibility for it being in Australia, and for the health of Australians, after spending
call me Artie ‘Mining Bogan posted an interesting MB weekend link to a youtube regarding city noise.’ ‘I went outside into my NE Vic front yard and measured the sound at 11:45 am on Saturday. It’s less than my meter can measure. Even so, I could hear distant sounds of civilisation like cars and farm
For months the electorate has known that the only plan the government has for bringing life back to the Australian economy was to open the population Ponzi floodgates afresh. That expectation has been surely based. Australia has about the word’s most expensive people, the world’s most expensive land and housing costs, the world’s most expensive
LeMon3 ‘This one is titled “The old warrior awaits the ancient enemy” It was taken in November 2019 and the sky is being lit up by the Bretti fire, which came and visited us the next morning.’ ‘This little guy lives just outside the bedroom window.’ Jigga ‘Recipe’ ‘But its Aunty’s canning of a
LeMon3 ‘One of the reasons I live in the country is this photo. Night skys are the most relaxing thing I know – I love to be out there and just look at them. Sometimes I pull out the telescope and look closely, sometimes the camera to get the colour I can’t see by eye
Gavin ‘I managed to dig out footage of Albert Tucker with my grandparents in the 1940s (Paris). I have uploaded the footage to Youtube. My Grandmother is in the dark (black-ish colour coat) and my grandfather is wearing a tie and proper receding hairline with thin moustache. The blonde woman is my grandmothers sister, she
Camels in the rain at Mogo Wildlife Park – Geoff McVeigh Lion playing with ball at Mogo Wildlife Park – Geoff McVeigh Rhinoceros peeing Mogo Wildlife Park – Geoff McVeigh Kent Ridge MTB Track, Singapore – P13 Boomengineering Geo Fibonacci ‘The world renowned British artist, Antony Gormley, has fused nature and art in
Population Ponzi and foreign student articles are back in the mainstream media this week as the Morrison Government prepares to resume an open borders policy. The ABC is leading: Australia’s education sector at a crossroads to keep its place in the global market The Business By business reporter Samuel Yang Zarana Patel never thought her decision
Boomengineering ‘Half of 3 home workshops. 1st pic, foreground, milling machine Bottom left power Pac ( made every component). Next 100 ton press ( made it all,) Top of press dividing heads. Next small mill drill. Left lathe. 2nd pic Yellow German bandsaw Left manual drilling machines Background lathe.’ ‘Flowers outside and in.’
Louis Buvelot, ‘Goodman’s Creek Bacchus Marsh, Victoria’ 1876, Art Gallery of NSW Macro & Markets What Nutella Teaches Us About Global Supply Chain Risks– Bloomberg Shooting the messenger? Shipping carries the can as investors shun coal – Reuters Carbon superpowers – U.S.-China deal seen as symbolic but not sufficient – Reuters Inflation Is Now
OK, lets try a weekend gardening post. Those interested in sharing their garden pics please beam them to [email protected] C’est de la folie, Geelong, Victoria Call Me Artie, NE Victoria Gavin, Melbourne suburbs Alterbrain Bills, Melbourne LSWCHP, ACT ….’the front yard a few weeks ago’ ‘and another of the
‘The Creek’ 1925, Arthur Streeton, Art Gallery of NSW Macro and Markets The power trap: Why the energy crisis is a crisis of politics – New Statesman OPEC+ caution and money behind reluctance to pump more oil-sources – Reuters European gas prices slide back after Putin hints Russia may help “stabilise” the market –
Macro & Markets In the ‘Yes, But’ Recovery, Conviction Is a Curse – Bloomberg Clock is ticking: the walls are closing in on the $2.8tr crypto market – Ninefax Central Banks Want to Issue Digital Coins But There’s a Major Trade-Off – Bloomberg Buckle up because global markets are in for a bumpy ride in
Jason Falinski MHR put a piece into our mainstream media this week – about housing affordability. Sometimes we need to think about our political representatives. And whenever they put something into our mainstream media we should ask about the process which has got it there. Policy priests should tell young Australians the truth about homeownership
Macro & Markets It’s Time to Watch the Bond Market Closely Again – Bloomberg How to control a consumer panic – BBC U.S., EU to discuss global trade and tech cooperation as they seek to counter China – CNBC China’s power cuts may foreshadow shortages of global goods – AP Goldilocks Is Dying – Project-Syndicate,
Macro & Markets Central bankers should work to serve the people, not the markets – SCMP Pandemic has changed travel forever, says AirBnB boss – BBC Inflation to remain higher for two years, warns OECD – BBC The global supply chain crisis could fuel a severe dose of stagflation – Guardian, Roubini Global Traders Given
Macro & Markets Global energy shortage looms as investment in fossil fuels slides – Nikkei Asia US-China tensions tug at Pacific internet cables – Asia Times The global economy could feel the effects of China’s Evergrande crisis. Here’s what investors should know – CNBC China Evergrande fears grip markets as Beijing stands back, for now
HL Van den Houten, ‘Bush Farm, Victoria’ 1876, Art Gallery of NSW Macro & Markets Big Oil boss warns of high energy prices ‘for a long time’ – Ninefax Get Ready for an Expensive Revenge Christmas – Bloomberg Bring out the central bank heavies – Reuters US-China decoupling: if it comes down to a
The Conversation teed off over the weekend with a piece by long term Population Ponzi spruiker Peter Martin, again touting rebuttal of the idea that Australian immigration volumes and income increases are related – Top economists say cutting immigration is no way to boost wages. That would be all good and well – insofar as it
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