The Journal
2009
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Turkemenistan’s Palace of Happiness
The Republic of Turkmenistan is to build a $133 million wedding hall, to be called the Palace of Happiness, as part of $1 billion in stimulus spending, most of which will go to infrastructure and beautification…
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Climate Science is Wrong. Yes, We Know – But This Is On The ABC!
Bob Carter has been challenging the popular media/political view of climate science for years. So have I. Bob Carter even linked to my introduction to Global Warming Theory on his website. Thanks Bob. But no one at the ABC has…
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Beautiful – Susan Boyle at Britains Got Talent
Boy does Susan Boyle have talent. I was in tears as I watched this. Click that link right now. And watch right to the end. Talk about lessons learned. Wow!
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If Republicans Are In it, It Can’t Be Grassroots
That seems to be the message from some liberal commentators on the protests about Obama’s spending-spree and high-tax policies, which are occurring around the US as I write. Nope. Not grassroots. Nope. They’ve been organised. Those…
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Interesting Video
Showing the sheer amount of debt being incurred to get the US out of a crisis that was caused by debt in the first place. The same sort of thing is being done in Australia –…
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If Intel’s Profits Have Dropped by 55%
Because of lower margins… Why have chip prices gone up? Or when they say lower margins do they just mean that PC sales have been down in the first quarter? I hope Intel CEO Paul Otellini is…
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What Works and What Doesn’t
According to protestors at the G20, capitalism doesn’t work. It certainly works better than anything else that has ever been tried. It seems odd to me that people complain endlessly about the government, and then some of…
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Obama Stands Firm On House Built On Sand
Well, that’s not quite what he said. Jesus said that people had a choice about building their lives on the rock foundation of truth, or on the shifting sands of fashion and desire. Obama said people had a…
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Mary MacKillop’s Second Miracle?
David Keohane, 29, was on his way home from a party in Coogee in Sydney when he was beaten beyond recognition in August last year. He had been in a coma in a hospital in his…
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Christian Hostage Beheaded In Southern Philippines
Cosme Aballes was beheaded shortly after being kidnapped on Good Friday by a group of bandits consisting of members of Abu Sayyaf and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. The kidnapping took place on the island of…
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Two Dead in Thailand Protests
I was sorry to read this story of casualties in demonstrations in Bangkok – two dead and 113 injured. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva imposed a state of emergency in the capital, but was claiming by last…
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Geriatric Porn Star an Inspiration?
Not to me. Thanks anyway. 75 year old Shigeo Tokuda started in the porn business when he was 59. He was interviewed last Monday on the set of his latest film in which he is shown as a master…
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Safran Crucifixion Offends Villagers
I have enjoyed some of Safrans’ work. He can be genuinely funny. But when people are kind and harm no one, mocking their values and beliefs is not funny. It’s just try-hard. I can sort of understand the…
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I Am No Fan Of Gordon Brown
The Prime Minister of England. But he seems a decent enough bloke. I find it difficult to believe he would ever have countenanced the kind of deliberate and malicious smearing of poltical opponents that one of his…
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Angel Cabrera Earns More Than Parking Meter
And is the first South American ever to win the US Masters golf tournament. Angel Cabrera’s US Master’s prize money is a $1.35 million share of the $7.5 million dollar purse That’s enough to park in Sydney for…
