The Journal
2010
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What’s Wrong With Machete
I like a good action movie. I suspect that the action movie demographic is primarily us rednecks. Liberal hippie types seem to like nancy movies like The English Patient. I watched that. I even tried to…
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She Wants to Look Attractive
She goes out of her way to look attractive. Her employers reward her for looking attractive. But woe betide any man who finds her attractive. NFL security officials are investigating the conduct of New York Jets players…
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This Dude For Minister for Foreign Affairs
Cor! Language warning: He is right to be angry. Why aren’t more people? There is plenty to be angry about. Sorry about another horrific video. This is sickening. But when the world is appalled by the…
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Common Sense a Sticking Point at Peace Talks
Benjamin Netanyahu has said that any long term peace agreement must include the recognition of Israel as a Jewish state. It sounds a reasonable enough request. After all, Israel is only about one sixth of one…
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But The Crime Was Stopped!
A bloke who had been trying to break into a neighbour’s house with an axe is in a critical condition after being shot in the neck. Anyone with information is urged to contact Crimestoppers. But as…
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Democracy Will Burn
On this day, September 11, Muslims burn US and UK flags outside the US embassy in London: Other choice lines include ‘Queen and country go to hell!,’ ‘Burn, burn, USA!’ I think I agree with the loutish…
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Future Pie Makers
On 16th August the Sydney Morning Herald published a column by Paul Sheehan. Sheehan was writing about Gillard’s pork pies. He described her as a serial, brazen liar. At the end of the article, he talked…
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Why Do People Keep Getting Annoyed With Me?
It was perfectly innocent. It was. I was in a shop in Kingscote (where my shop is, just by the way, on Dauncey St, opposite the cafe/newsagency) and the lady behind the counter asked me to…
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The Rainbow Alliance
The Labor Greens alliance has independents Windsor and Oakeshott by the short and curlies. Or over a barrel if you prefer. They have been conned. Their fond notion that they might have a respected voice in a…
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Floods and Dams
On Kangaroo Island, we have just been through a record breakingly wet Winter. There have been floods on the mainland too, but water restrictions are still in place in capital cities. The excuse for not building…
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I Will Thirstily Seem Forward
Spam to real comments runs at about 100 to 1. I check the spam about once a week just to check no genuine comments have been caught in error. Most spam messages are pretty dull. But…
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Selective Outrage
What is wrong with the world? A pastor in a tiny church decides to burn a few copies of the Koran because he believes it is evil. This causes international outrage and threats of violence, and these responses are…
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Stephanie Rice Loves Big Brother
Seeing Stephanie Rice sobbing her way through an apology for using the word faggot, acknowledging her dreadfulness, her betrayal of the Soviet everyone’s trust in her, and affirming that she really did love big brother gay people…
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Julia Mark IV
Julia Gillard wants to redefine Labor’s heart, promising to dump the culture of spin that marred Kevin Rudd’s leadership, demanding fresh ideas from her MPs and promising to keep her door open to her colleagues. The…
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Burning Buildings, Burning Books
So a preacher in Florida is going to burn a few copies of the Koran. Yawn. This is supposed to be representative of ‘anti-muslim frenzy’ in America. Yawn. That phrase came not from Muslims but from…
