The Journal
2010
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Malaysian Churches Bombed
A recent Malaysian court ruled that a Catholic newspaper could continue to use the world ‘Allah’ for God. Bombings of churches naturally ensued. Allah is simply the Arabic word for God. It was used by Jews and Christians…
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Fortnightly Nutter Network
Every couple of weeks I seem to pique the interest of some absolute raving nutter. It usually goes something like this. I post an article on some current news item. The Queen spends $10 million on curtains…
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Lesbian Leader Laid To Rest
Radical feminist lesbian ‘theologian’ Mary Daly’ has died. When I was at Flinders University in the early 80s I spent most of my time in the Philosophy Department. It was a Marxist department. Being a unique individual…
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Mobile Phones Are Good For Your Brain
Research shows the small amount of electro-magnetic radiation from mobile phones may help prevent Alzheimer’s Disease. So that’s yet another failed science scare. Although, to be fair, I’m not sure it was ever scientists who were…
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Obama Points The Finger
US Homeland Security Chief Janet Napolitano claimed ‘the system worked’ in relation to the near miss bombing attempt on Northwest flight 253 on Christmas Day. It did, but only to the extent that once the plot was…
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Anti-Whaling Protest Boat Damaged
The bow of the Ady Gil was sheared off in a collision with a Japanese whaling vessel. It is taking on water, but all crew members have been rescued. It’s not fair, says anti-whaling person Paul…
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What Makes Children Happy and Stable?
Having their fathers around: The report cites half a dozen pieces of research that demonstrate pretty conclusively that children do better in terms of mental health and social adjustment when their fathers as well as their…
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Aussie Window Washers Rule
The Burj Dubai (Dubai Tower) really is an amazing accomplishment. Earlier in 2009 Dubai looked like it was on the verge of a financial meltdown. It was rescued by Sheik Khalifa of Abu Dhabi. The tower…
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Darwin Awards
The 2009 Darwin Award winners have been announced. These are given to people who have done the gene pool a favour by removing themselves from it. I know it is not fair to laugh, but you…
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Back To Work!
Back to work today for the first time in two weeks. A queue of urgent computer problems to fix. Customers come first, so posting will be light today!
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Crazy
Just a little music to end the day. One of my all time favourites, and the archetypal Patsy Kline song:
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Top 20 Highest Grossing Films
An interesting list of the top money-making films. Avatar has made it into the top ten in just two weeks. This makes two films by James Cameron in the top ten – Avatar and Titanic. Of…
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Diocese of The Murray
We arrived home in SA on Saturday night. Before church the next morning, we went to McDonalds for breakfast (Well why not? – It is cheap and convenient, they make good coffee, and the hot cakes aren’t bad)…
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OK, I Was Wrong
Finally, proof of global warming: But then, what about this: A new study shows no change in the proportion of atmospheric and absorbed CO2 for the last 150 years. Many climate models also assume that the…
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Sometimes Intolerance Is A Good Thing
There’s no reason why we should tolerate litter, or domestic violence, or falsification of scientific data, for example. What do we need to tolerate to be a civilised society? What do we need to refuse to…
