The Journal
2009
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Backseat Bonking Backfires
Well, it was either that or ‘Big Banana Bonks Barmaid.’ I am no fan of Mike Rann. His is a government that has achieved very little at great expense. But I am less than impressed by…
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Karma Neutral – Somebody Would Fall For it
He, he. This is hilarious. The first street guy interviewed has no idea how indulgences work – they are not about buying the right to sin, which is exactly what Karma Neutral and carbon neutral trading schemes…
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UN Official – Be Like Cuba, For Children’s Sake
Jose Juan Ortiz, UNICEF’s representative in Cuba, clearly knows what side his bread is buttered on. In ceremonies in Cuba yesterday to celebrate Universal Children’s Day, Mr Ortiz said: Cuba is among the countries that have best implemented…
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Telling Lies For God, Sorry, Cash
It is looking more like the email and document files taken from the Hadley Cimate research Centre, and now confirmed as genuine, were leaked by an insider rather than hacked. This link will download the complete zipped…
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Mohler Men Could Have Ruled Over A House Of Horrors
But I seriously doubt it. Six male members of the Mohler family in Missouri have been charged with various sexual offences after being accused of raping and sodomising a group of children over many years. Such…
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Parents’ Jury Demonstrates Remarkable Dumbness
The Parents’ Jury, whoever the heck they are, take a shot at McDonalds in dishing out their inaugural Fame and Shame Awards. McDonalds won the Techno Hack category for their Maths Online programme – a free (and…
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It’s a Bit Warm in Australia
So there must be a global climate crisis. That’s the argument of the Labor nitwits trying to foist on the nation what is almost certainly the worst piece of legislation in Australia’s history, the ‘Destroy Our Economy And…
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Climate Alarm is an International Multi-Billion Dollar Business
A clear and well-written article titled Ideology and Money Drive Global Warming Religion by physicist and engineer Andrew Kenny, in South Africa’s Business Day (which, incidentally, reports unseasonable cold weather). I don’t usually simply copy and paste whole…
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The Endless Empty Sea of Media Irresponsibility
Thousands of examples to choose from, but this MSNBC headline caught my eye today: Teen suffers rare illness after swine flu shot – Boy diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome, but CDC says no clear link. The headline…
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High Commissioner Surprised Australians Still Thinking
Britain’s new high commissioner, Baroness Valerie Amos, has expressed surprise that Australians are still debating whether humans cause climate change and says other nations have long since ”moved on”. Not only have we stopped thinking, she…
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Israel Is An Amazing Country
News yesterday that an Israeli judge refused to sentence an Arab teenager to jail for throwing stones at a police car. The judge disqualified the youth from driving for two years, ordered that he pay approximately…
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Paragon Hard Disk Manager
I have many years experience using partition management software. I have four MCTS qualifications, am an MCITP and an A+Certified IT Technician. I frequently have clients who want disk partitions copied, extended, etc. I have used Paragon software…
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Tough Love Breeds Smart Kids
You could quibble about the headline. By tough love, the ABC reporter means parents setting boundaries and sticking to them. Children don’t seem to be smarter, just more resilient, more confident, more capable. And setting consistent…
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Fort Hood Murderer Is Muslim Radical
There has been a lot about the Fort Hood shooting on news sites and blogs. I haven’t commented till now, because I really hoped that the fact that Major Nidal Malik Hasan was a muslim was irrelevant…
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Maine and Marriage
A referendum in the US state of Maine has rejected homosexual marriage. There are five states in the US in which homosexual couples’ co-habitation can legally become a marriage. In the majority of those, the necessary…