The Journal
2009
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The Gods Are Coming Back
Crop circles with an appealing Mayan theme have appeared in Wiltshire. On second thoughts, I’m not sure that the phoenix is part of Mayan mythology (it’s Persian). But the whole ‘The Mayans believed the world would end in…
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No Gayness For Guru
Last week India passed legislation decriminalising homosexual acts between consenting adults. This has not been entirely popular. The world’s most popular guru, Swami “Baba” Ramdev, (he has an international TV audience numbering about 85 million) has said a number…
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Frost Makes A Horror Day In Tasmania
Tasmania is Australia’s smallest state, with just 500,000 people. On Friday, nine people were killed in twelve hours on Tasmanian roads. Many roads around the state are again covered by ice and frost this morning. Acting Sergeant Scott…
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Was Obama Checking Out A 17 Year Old’s Backside?
A picture has been circulating around the web over the last few days which seems to show President Obama stealing a longing look at a 17 year old girl’s rear end. I don’t think Obama is…
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World Leaders: Tide Must Not Come In More Than 2 Metres
Well, almost. World leaders have decreed global temperature must not increase by more than 2 degrees over pre-industrial levels. How realistic this is depends what they mean by ‘pre-industrial.’ Generally that term would be taken to…
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Sunset at Second Valley
Last Monday I had half an hour to spare on my way from Adelaide to catch the ferry back to KI. I stopped at Second Valley, which is about five minutes off the main road. It was…
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Vista Service Pack Two
Vista SP2 was released on June 30th, and appears an an ‘Important Update’ in the Windows update list. It is a dangerous update. SP2 updates some 50,000 files. If any one of them is corrupt, your…
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Buzz Aldrin Says ..
The climate’s been changing for billions of years, and there’s no evidence anything humans have done has changed those natural cycles. Here’s what Buzz had to say (from the Telegraph, via Watts Up With That): ..…
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I Like Trains
This story about the ernormous cost (over $1,000 per taxpayer) of the US’ proposed fast rail system is a few days old. And I like trains. Oh, I said that. But even so, it is more…
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When It Is Ok To Meddle
Not in Iran, obviously, even though that election was almost certainly rigged, hundreds of protestors have been killed, arrested or simply ‘disappeared,’ and British embassy staff are to be tried on trumped up charges of stirring up…
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Sarah Palin To Resign As Alaska Governor
Maybe she is looking ahead to the 2012 presidential election. Good luck to her if so. She has vastly more experience of real life and of running things, making decisions and managing budgets that work than…
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Spam and Bing
Yesterday I was at the number one position on Bing for the phrase ‘leading conservative blog.’ Now Qohel cannot be found in Bing at all. What gives? Google at least seems more consistent – I never…
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Presstitutes
Ha, ha. I don’t know who invented this word, noted here by Michalle Malkin, but it describes some of the mainstream media perfectly. Except prostitutes only sell their bodies to make a living. Many journalists seem…
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Frank Devine
Frank Devine, Christian and journalist, is dead at age 77. Frank was born in New Zealand (as I was) but was a genuine Australian. Like his adopted country, he was dry, beautiful (for his character and his writing), harsh (sometimes)…
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Two Interesting Articles
One by Dennis Prager on the cowardice of Hollywood, and why you should go and see The Stoning Of Soraya M. And one by Christina Hoff Summers (and yes the articles are related) on the entrenched…
