November 2025 – THE BLOT REPORT

Range anxiety

By adminScience, Technology5 Comments

I read an article a day or so ago, mostly about the development of a new type of battery in China, which it was said could give your average electric…

November 29, 2025

You used to be called antisemitic if you denied a holocaust, now you are called antisemitic if you don’t support one in Palestine.

Blot Report

November 29, 2025

The biggest insult to the memory of the Holocaust, is not denying it, but using it as an excuse to justify the genocide of the Palestinian people.

Norman Finkelstein

November 29, 2025

Civil propaganda

By adminAustralian Politics, Society, US Politics3 Comments

I bumped into a quote by Frank Zappa on Sunday. It was: “The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it’s profitable to continue the illusion. At the point…

November 19, 2025

The great overtaking

By adminEconomics, US PoliticsNo Comments

China has a population of just over 1.4 billion people with a density of 151 people per square kilometre, while the United States has a population of just over 347…

November 14, 2025

I think I’m beginning to get it. If it’s a policy that benefits the rich, then it doesn’t have to be paid for, should last forever and is good for America. But if it benefits the poor, we can’t afford it, we should end it as soon as possible and it will destroy our nation from within.

Jon Stewart

November 9, 2025

Addiction manipulation

By adminSociety, TechnologyNo Comments

I have been reading the book ‘The Great Wave’1 by Michiko Kakutani which was given to me by a mate who thought I would enjoy it. Kakutani is an American Pulitzer…

November 9, 2025

AEC envy

By adminAustralian Politics, US PoliticsNo Comments

As conservative commentator David Frum said several years ago: “If conservatives become convinced that they can not win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will reject democracy”1. This, in the…

November 7, 2025

Dinosaur revolution

By adminScience7 Comments

Like many inquisitive kids, I was fascinated with dinosaurs and knew the names of lots of them. When I was employed, I’d commonly see kids as young as 5, who…

November 3, 2025

Boyer boy

By adminAustralian Politics, Education, Environment, Media, SocietyNo Comments

The Boyer Lectures are a series of talks by prominent Australians, presenting ideas on major social, scientific or cultural issues, and broadcast on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s (ABC) Radio National….

November 1, 2025