The Journal
2010
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Change or Perish
That was the front page headline in Saturday’s Adelaide Advertiser: Change or Perish. Very dramatic. Except that when you actually read it, the article was about some Adelaide professor of dictatology telling everyone that because it was…
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Greenies Experiment on Black Children
From Family Security Matters writer Fiona Kobusingye, co-chair of the Congress of Racial Equality Uganda: I wish I had a shilling for every time someone told me spraying homes with DDT to prevent malaria is like…
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So When Are We Going?
From the BBC: Astronomers have discovered a planetary system containing at least five planets that orbit a star called HD 10180, which is much like our own Sun. The star is 127 light years away, in…
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Corrupt Crime Labs
This is worrying. Reason magazine reports an investigation of South Carolina’s state forensic science lab has found that: .. though the crime lab’s results were presented to juries with the authoritativeness of science, laboratory procedures were…
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Refugees and Holidaymakers
This story is a couple of days old now, but it has been hectic at work, and I have not had time to post anything the last few days. Or to play World of Warcraft either,…
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What a Surprise! (Not)
Most Iraqis don’t want US soldiers to leave.
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The Religion of Peace
From anti-jihad site the Religion of Peace: Ramadan 2010 Scorecard Day 14 In the name of The Religion of Peace In the name of All Other Religions Terror Attacks 86 0 Dead Bodies 379 0 And…
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Penn and Teller on Recycling
I find these guys annoying. There is far too much pointless swearing – it’s intrusive and sometimes offensive. So you couldn’t show this a to a group of students, or your Rotary Club, which is a pity.…
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Election Musings
The Australian Electoral Commission has declared Brisbane for the Liberals. That leaves only Hasluck and Corangamite in doubt. Both still too close to call. But in Hasluck, Family First, Christian Democratic Party and Climate Sceptic preferences will all…
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Why Do Left Wing Women Hate Sarah Palin?
And not radical islamists? Given that Sarah is an attractive, powerful, intelligent woman who is successful in her own right and has challenged and beaten corrupt men and corporations? And that she doesn’t believe, for example:…
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The Dull Clang of Settled Science
I believe there is genetic influence on human behaviour. Call it human nature if you like. In between theology and philosophy I had time for a little bit of science. One of the units I took…
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For F&#%’s Sake
I am not normally given to swearing, but honestly, for f&#%’s sake. As if you needed another one, reason number 126,475 never to go into an Anglican church again. Gay vicar, 65, to ‘marry’ Nigerian male…
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Michael Kroger Slams Swan
I haven’t always been a fan of Michael Kroger, or at least, I regretted the apparent division between him and Jeff Kennett, and the harm it did the Victorian Liberal party. But boy I am a fan…
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What About Economic Sustainability?
Amidst the deafening and ceaseless talk about environmental sustainability, Australia seems to have lost any reality based sense of the need for a sustainable balance between production, taxation and expenditure. By Walter Starck on the Quadrant…
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Voting So Far
At 8.15 SA time, Labor holds Eden-Monaro. Not a good sign. Since 1972 Eden-Monaro has gone to whichever party eventually formed the government. Maybe it is time for a change. I was wrong about Melbourne. The Greens will…
