The Journal
2009
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Talk About a Storm in a Theacup
Kiwis clash over whether there should be an ‘h’ in Wanganui or not? I don’t think so. I was in Wanganui at the time this issue was being debated. There was very little acrimony, and most…
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Teen Prostitute Paid With Chicken Nuggets
This is sad. Some ratbag by the name of Ronald Gander and his equally disgusting girlfriend (who is not named and does not seem to have been charged) lived in an expensive inner city apartment. They…
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New Idea is a Sleazy Rag
In latest inventions by New Idea magazine (your celebrity news!) Bec Hewitt, wife of Australian tennis player Leighton Hewitt, is accused of having an affair with ‘minder Mark,’ a ‘special kind of guy’ who is a fitness…
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Nearly $1 Million Stolen from Brisbane Parking Meters
A crime gang (OK, two guys) which stole over $800,000 from Brisbane city parking metres has been busted, according to Queensland police. How do people think of these things? How did they do it? Why didn’t…
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Australia’s Minister of Defence Must Answer Questions
Andrew Bolt points out that Chinese born Australian business woman Helen Liu is a leading member of organisations dedicated to promoting the Chinese military and Chinese re-unification (which means the absorption of Taiwan). Joel Fitzgibbon has lied about…
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Virtue Refuses to Comment on Ladettes Boob
The delightfully named Heidi Virtue, Australian Channel Nine’s director of publicity, has declined to comment on very un-ladylike behaviour by all but one of the stars of Aussie Ladette to Lady. This show takes ordinary sheilas…
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Bagle Worm, or Beagle Worm, Whatever
Got back to find my home computer (on which I am running the beta of Windows 7, not that that has anything to do with it) is multiply infected with the bagle worm, and various other…
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Dud Priest Continues to Damage the Church
It is hard to see how rebel catholic priest Peter Kennedy can believe he is doing the right thing. For years he has refused to teach the catholic faith, offering instead his own version of easy…
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$1 Million Ring Grabbed Through a Window
A man stole a ring worth a million dollars by breaking a hole in a shop window and reaching in. The shop is in the Melbourne CBD and was open at the time. I’m guessing their…
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Microsoft puts Bounty on Conficker Worm Creators
The Conficker Worm itself does not seem to do much harm. It’s just a competent piece of programming which is hard to detect, and which so far, seems not to be malicious. It sounds to me like…
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Back on Kangaroo Island
Amanda and I are back home in American River. I thank God for the healing work he has done in Amanda over the last two months, and for safe travelling and the kindness of friends. It’s good…
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Cancer Doctor Not Fit to Practice
Gold Coast GP Michael Tait, 76, is accused of flouting Queensland Medical Board guidelines by administering the worthless anti-cancer drug Ukrain to almost 150 terminally ill cancer sufferers. I don’t know enough about this case to…
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Students Urged to Promote Climate Awareness
Well they would be, wouldn’t they, given that public education in Australia seems to be about developing the ‘right’ opinions rather learning to think. New Zealand isn’t much better. While there I heard a radio ad for…
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Back in Oz
I love New Zealand, and still consider it home, even after having lived in Australia for the last 30 years. But I love Australia too. After all the struggles to get Amanda well over the last…
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Dalai Lama Ban Delays Conference
If it is true that maintaining good trading relationships with China is more important to South Aftica than an open commitment to human rights, and that this was the reason the Dalai Lama’s visa was refused, then…
