The Journal
2011
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Let That Be A Lesson To You!
It seem unlikely Australian political leaders (those allied with the Greens, anyway) will take any notice of this story, which is yet another reason to dump them at the next Federal election. From Canada’s National Post:…
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Rowan Williams or St Paul?
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams gives another of his perfectly timed impressions of an extremely intelligent person with no brains at all: Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams says Jesus would have joined protesters from the anti-corporate Occupy…
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Garvan Byrne – Reasons to Be Thankful
The single quality that makes the most difference to whether you are happy or not is thankfulness. If you are thankful for your life, and can see good and hope in whatever life brings you, you…
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Amnesty International Joins the Oppressors
Kathy and I used to belong to Amnesty International. About 100 years ago when AI really was about helping oppressed people, especially political prisoners. We wrote letters and everything. Not any more. Over the last several year…
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Something’s Happening in the World
Remember this? Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has issued a directive to Iran’s military and political leaders to ‘take all necessary steps to protect’ the revolutionary government of Iran. An order from Gen Mohammed Ali Jaafari, the…
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Antarctic Ice Sheets Formed While CO2 Was 600 ppm
Currently CO2 makes up about 390 parts per million of the atmosphere. The assumption of the global warming alarmists has been that a doubling of CO2 from pre-industrial levels, from about 290 ppm to about 580 ppm, would drive the…
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Woolly Mammoths Within Five Years
Scientists think they have found intact DNA which will enable them to create cloned mammoths within a few years. Woolly mammoths were about the same size as modern African elephants, but hairier (obviously), perhaps more heavy…
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How Dull, How Predictable, How Irrelevant to Ordinary Australians
The ALP national conference in Sydney, that is. Julia Gillard’s speech, which one guesses was intended to inspire the meagre troops, was instead a perfect melange of excuses, distortions, and promises that will not be kept, delivered in…
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Leon Panetta Is a Moron
US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta’s brain cell has gone missing. US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has urged Israel to “mend fences” with Turkey, Egypt and others in the Middle East to reduce its growing isolation… “Unfortunately,…
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Words From Israel’s ‘Partner in Peace’
From Abdallah Jarbu, Deputy Minister of Hamas’ Ministry of Religious Endowments (no I have no idea what that means). They want to present themselves to the world as if they have rights, but, in fact, they…
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Cain Not as Black as He’s Painted
Or is that racist? A couple of days ago I would have put money on Herman Cain’s run for the presidency being over. Two accusations of sexual assault, and a claim of an affair of thirteen…
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Baby What a Big Surprise
With apologies to Chicago. But no surprises here: The New South Wales government censored studies which show that the rate of sea level rise has not increased, and is nothing to worry about at all, really.…
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Half of England’s Public Servants Go On Strike
And everything works much better. Who would have guessed?
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Oh Dear How Sad Never Mind
Another Iranian nuclear ‘facility’ has exploded. An Iranian nuclear facility has been hit by a huge explosion, the second such blast in a month, prompting speculation that Tehran’s military and atomic sites are under attack. Satellite imagery…
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Nice Doggy
Our state member of parliament, Michael Pengilly, has been in trouble for the last few days because he called the prime minister a dog. Anyone who uses Twitter is a twit. It is too easy to…