The Journal
2009
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UN Celebrates Hitler’s 120th Birthday
With a conference to condemn Israel. You couldn’t make this up, honestly. Hitler was born on 20th April 1889. 20th April 2009 is the first day of Durban II, the second United Nations World Conference Against Racism,…
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Really Inconvenient Truths (For Liberals)
Just ordered this book from Amazon: The Really Inconvenient Truths: Seven Environmental Catastrophes Liberals Don’t Want You to Know About–Because They Helped Cause Them Like most people, I want to live in a world where we…
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Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince Trailer
A couple of posts with an entertainment theme today, so I thought I might as well include this trailer for the new Harry Potter movie – Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. David Yates, who…
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Green Lantern Gets Green Light
Sorry, that was just too hard to resist. Warner Bros will start filming the Green Lantern in Sydney in November. It wasn’t one of my favourite comics – I loved Iron Man (and enjoyed the film…
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Free Online Games
If you like the idea of becoming a hero or building an empire while interacting with people around the world, but want to play for free, these two games might be for you. Travian – start as…
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Jesus Was A Community Organisor, Pilate Was A Governor
So (blinding flash of religious insight) Barack Obama must be wonderful, and Sarah Palin is really, really bad. Just overlook the fact that Bill Clinton was also a governor. Because he was like, you know, cool…
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Free Speech, Climate Change, Fiji and Holocaust Denial
Historian and former teacher Frederick Toben has been found guilty of contempt of court because he continued to publish material claiming the Holocaust never happened, and that some people (notably some Jews) were making money out of…
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Changed Rules Encourage Immigration Queue Jumpers
With sometimes tragic results. A boat carrying illegal immigrants exploded this morning as it was being escorted to Christmas Island by Australian naval ship HMAS Albany. It is not clear yet whether the boat was deliberately…
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No, It’s Not The Hand Of God
But it is pretty amazing nonetheless. This image of a spectacular dust cloud with a pulsar at its centre, was captured by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, which orbits 580 kilometres above the Earth.
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Fir Tree Growing In Lung?
I doubt it. That was my first reaction anyway. Much like this amusing summary from The Guardian, which asks why the tree looks green and healthy if it had never seen the sunlight. Good question. Then…
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Prostate Cancer Vaccine ‘Promising’
Increasing survival rates by over 20% after three years in men with advanced prostate cancer which is no longer responding to hormonal treatments is a good result. Not dramatic or miraculous, but good. Prostate cancer is…
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Australia – More Aid For Rohingya
Good. The Rohingya are a minority Islamic people who live in the North of Burma, neighbouring Bangladesh. The Burmese military regime has treated them appallingly. $3.2 miliion in basic aid will help people to survive, and…
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Mel Gibson’s Russian Beauty?
Oh please. I have no idea of the reasons for Mel and Robyn Gibson’s planned divorce. But I’m sure it has nothing to do with blonde russian pop stars. There’s no reason why I, or anyone else,…
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This Is Sad
The body of 12 year old Brandi Allen was found by searchers yesterday afternoon. There was stil a chance, till then, that she had just gone off with a friend, or at least, that she was…
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Financial Optimism Delusional
President Barack Obama can see “glimmers of hope” on the horizon, despite the country battling its deepest depression in decades, and his own claim that most presidents don’t have to deal with as much as him even…
