The Journal
2009
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Work Conspired Against Me
A couple of busy days, lots of catching up to do, plus a headache today, have meant that I have not had an opportunity to post today. A couple of beers and an early night should help. In…
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Time Machine For Sale
Last year a time machine was listed for sale on Trademe, the very successful New Zealand competitor to Ebay. That link will open a PDF file of the listing (now closed). Read the comments. Wonderful!
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Samson And Delilah
I would really like to believe that Samson and Delilah, a new Australian film produced on a very low budget with inexperienced actors, is the masterpiece some reviewers claim it is. But I am not hopeful. A…
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Carrie Prejean’s Boobs
Actually, I don’t think she’s made any. Apart from some very mild topless photos with not a nipple in view anywhere. Miss Rhode Island – Alysha Castonguay – also had some semi-semi nude shots taken. But no…
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Windows 7 Release Candidate
I have been running the Windows 7 beta on my home computer for the last month. Last night I updated my main work computer from Vista Business to the release candidate of Windows 7. It is…
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Hawaii Islam Day To Be September 11th?
Hawaii has no Christianity Day, no Judaism Day, no Buddhism Day. But it is going to have an Islam Day. Well, fair enough, maybe. Most major public holidays are based around Christian holy days, so I…
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Selling Panties And Fixing Economies
If you can buy the same product or service from two different suppliers, and one is cheaper than the other, which do you choose? If you can set up a business in two different states, and one has tax…
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President Obama’s Urinal Prompter
A little tasteless, perhaps. But funny? I thought so!
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Global Warming – The Science Is Settled
It really might be so – just not the way Al Gore thinks. Via Jennifer Marohasy. Measurements show that global atmospheric temperature has been static or cooling for the last ten years, despite increasing levels of…
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President Obama Hard To Keep Up With
From the Beaufort Observer. Is he for releasing Guantanamo prisoners, or not? Is he for higher taxes, or not? Is he for Israel, or not? This excerpt is a good summary of why higher taxes and…
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Government – New Boat Still Someone Else’s Fault
Another boat load of illegal immigrants has been interecpted of the coast of Australia – the 12th boat this year. According to Home Affairs Minister Bob Doofus, all the passengers are male, and all are from…
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Labor Party – John Howard To Blame
But of course. Australian treasurer Wayne Swan says that tough measures to be introduced in tomorrow’s federal budget, are the fault of John Howard’s big spending policies. When John Howard and Peter Costello’s government left office…
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DDT – From De Facto Ban To Real Ban
And more people, possibly millions, will die as a result. Every 30 seconds someone dies from Malaria. The same number as were killed in the 9/11 attacks every day and a half. Most of these deaths…
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Pakistan – Possible Good Outcomes
Possible good outcomes for everyone except the bad guys, that is. There is strong local support for the government’s attack on islamic extremists in the North West Frontier province of Pakistan. Army chief General Ashfaq Kayani…
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Federal Opposition To Offer Alternative ETS Scheme
The Australia Federal Opposition (The Liberals, which means the conservatives, or would do if they had any backbone) is planning to offer an alternative to the government’s proposed emissions trading scheme. Unless their proposed alternative is…
