The Journal
2011
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Changing MMORPGs
I have played World of Warcraft for nearly three years. Now I am playing Rift. I had two WoW accounts. That was from the time when you couldn’t have characters from both factions on the same…
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Persistence
Over the last weekend I thought I would give up writing this blog. It has been an interesting couple of years. Some 1200 posts, half a million words. This Winter has been difficult. Constant personal issues involving…
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Condom Cash Grab
A Geraldton man is disgusted after his two year old daughter started chewing on a used condom she allegedly picked up in the McDonald’s playground. I have eaten at that McDonalds. It was clean and tidy.…
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Andrew Bolt Guilty – And They’re Coming For You Next
Somehow, in the shambolic mess of Justice Bromberg’s mind, a person who says that race should make no difference, and that people should be rewarded and assisted according to their abilities and needs, is guilty of…
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Just Some Stuff You MIght Have Missed
If you only read or watch or listen to Australian news sources. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan has cut trade and diplomatic relations with Israel, is increasing naval activity close to Israel, has threatened to attack Cyprus…
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Robert Manne Is No Intellectual
Not if by ‘intellectual’ you mean someone who is capable of considering events and evidence, and coming to reasonable conclusions, a person capable of careful and objective analysis. His article in the Sydney Morning Herald on September…
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Blood Sandwiches
From the invaluable MEMRI. With this sort of filth being taught publicly in Islamic countries, is it any wonder children grow up hating the Jews?
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Howard on Terorism and Our Response Over the Last Ten Years
I think John Howard is a little too enthusiastic about Indonesia, where there is still a troubling level of Islamic violence against minority religious groups, and about the so-called Arab Spring. There is reasonable concern that movements interpreted by…
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Rick Perry and the Value of Human Life
I am not a US citizen (though my wife is), so I can’t vote in the US presidential election anyway. And I support the death penalty in very limited circumstances. But I could not vote for Rick…
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A Government That Does Nothing
Or at least, a government that does very little, would be a pleasant change. Evidence suggests that the more government does, the worse off people are. The problem with the Gillard government is not that is has accomplished nothing. The…
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And Right On Cue
Five minutes after I posted the previous article about global warming alarmists losing debates and resorting to insults, an article by professor of psychology Stephan Lewandowksy appeared on the ABC’s Drum website. It starts off well…
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We Won’t Debate You Because…
Global warming alarmists and atheists seem to have the same problem when it comes to debating those who disagree with them – they lose. Consequently, they prefer to snipe from the sidelines, refusing to debate, and…
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Peace in the Middle East
The only reason there is no peace between Israel and Palestinian Arabs is because the Arabs do not want peace. The three ‘Nos’ from the eight Arab states which met in Khartoum in September 1967 were: No peace…
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Geert Wilder’s Speech in Berlin
I don’t usually repost entire articles from other sites, but Geert Wilders speech in Berlin yesterday (Saturday) touches on so many things of importance to Australia – bureaucracy, multi-culturalism, loss of national identity, democracy and hope – that…
