The Journal

2011

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    The Episcopal Church – Casting Swine Before Pearls

    Reason number 12934618 to get the heck out of the Epsicopal church, if not the entire gluey mess that is worldwide Anglicanism. Episcopalians will mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11 with a three day memorial including…

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    Let’s Overlook Obama’s Failures – Mariela Castro

    Yep, Obama gets a ringing endorsement from the pampered niece of Fidel Castro. “Let’s overlook President Obama​’s failures during his first term,” advised Raul Castro’s daughter Mariela to Congresspersons Barbara Lee, Lynn Woolsey and Sam Farr…

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    Dead Polar Bear

    I was on my way to work yesterday when I saw this dead polar bear on the side of the road. It is tragic that melting ice forced this magnificent creature to leave its home and…

  • Pornography and Terrorism

    Jennifer S Bryson notes the high proportion of captured terrorists who have had large amounts of pornography in their possession. Pornography makes women and men masturbation aids. The actors cease to be human. Their only purpose is…

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    What Does the Australian Labor Party Stand For?

    It can no longer claim to stand for Australian workers. If it did, it would have come down on Craig Thomson like a ton of batts. This guy (allegedly) stole from health services workers to give himself cash…

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    Pay Up for the Misery Tour

    A black bus that looks like a monstrous hearse, and not one US flag in sight. This is the bus Darth Vader would have picked. Not just a misery tour, but a genuinely stupid idea.

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    Kicking Our Allies

    A few days ago communist China launched its first (albeit recycled) aircraft carrier. Whatever else this is, it is an attempt to project Chinese authority over the Western Pacific. A renewed reason to demonstrate and affirm moral and material support…

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    Saying Goodbye to Torchwood

    I have been ambivalent about Torchwood from the beginning. The constant ‘gay is cool’ theme was annoying. Captain Jack is cool, and he has casual gay sex, which he ‘needs.’ But gay is not cool. Indulging in…

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    Craig Thomson – Time to Call the Police

    For last four months allegations have been made that Federal Labor MP and former Federal Secretary of the Health Services Union Craig Thomson had used his union credit card to make make unauthorised cash advances, and…

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    Don’t Mention the War

    Or in this case, don’t say anything about who Muhammed really was and the things he did. The radio presenter Michael Smith is being investigated by the media watchdog over his assertion that the prophet Muhammad…

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    Facts on CO2 and Climate Change

    Facts have defeated the climate alarmist juggernaut. It still lumbers on like a gigantic zombie looking for brains to devour. Poor thing. It does most of its lumbering in universities and Labor Party gatherings, where brains are…

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    Sauce for the Turkey

    Stop Islamisation of Europe has issued the following advisory to the government of Turkey: The organizations “Stop Islamisation of Europe” and “Stop the Islamization of Georgia,” report that they are going to hold a rally of…

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    The Good Samaritan Did Not Use a Government Credit Card

    Those dastardly right-wing Christians are at it again. This time they are claiming that we serve the poor best by being financially responsibile: … we do not need to “protect programs for the poor.” We need to protect…

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    Get Real!

    Wow! Language warning. Courage warning. Un-PC warning. And on reaping what we sow, by the fierce Theodore Dalrymple: The riots are the apotheosis of the welfare state and popular culture in their British form. A population…

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    Race and Riots

    The ever interesting Katharine Birbalsingh says the riots in England are about race, and nothing will be resolved until authorities are willing to face this fact: Some of the black kids I used to teach will…