The Journal
2012
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Odd Message
I had a very odd message on my home phone tonight from someone with a Scottish accent, I think. I couldn’t tell whether it was fake or genuine, and I couldn’t make out exactly what he was…
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Boob Job or University?
From the Daily Mail: At 14, Britney Marshall is apparently going through something of a ‘funny phase’. She works hard at school and dreams of going to university one day. And if that isn’t strange enough,…
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Chasing Bullies
When I say bullying I don’t mean the annoying schoolboy who looks down on the other boys and finally gets a slap around the ear. That’s not bullying. I don’t mean the girl who demands everyone…
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Baz Luhrmann’s Gatsby
First trailer for Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby: Visually impressive, in the usual (except for the dire Australia) Luhrmann style. It will be worth seeing, but it is not Gatsby.
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New English Review
The July New English Review is online. A couple of highlights: Geoffrey St John on why a nuclear Iran is a risk Israel cannot take. The argument that Iran is justified in seeking nuclear weapons because it…
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The Expensive Folly Of ‘Renewable’ Energy
Ray Evans & Tom Quirk have a comprehensive article on the folly and ruinous expense of so-called renewable energy in the current issue of Quadrant Magazine. A few sample paragraphs: The low-cost electricity we once enjoyed was…
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Values Of The IDF
Last November Herbert London wrote an article about Israel and just war theory. It is worth reading in full; it perfectly summarises the difference in the philosophies of Israel and its enemies. A few paragraphs: There…
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Healthcare Insurance Explained
This is about Obamacare, but much of it applies anywhere medical services are paid for by anyone but the end consumer, including Australia:
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Sts Peter and Paul
A magnificent homily from Pope Benedict XVI on Friday morning. A couple of paragraphs: Christian tradition has always considered Saint Peter and Saint Paul to be inseparable: indeed, together, they represent the whole Gospel of Christ.…
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Lord Monckton on Rio+20
Sensible and well-spoken as always: Traffic light tendency: greens who are too yellow to admit they are red. Wonderful!
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Discrimination Is Not A Dirty Word
I discriminate every day. When buying products for the shop I discriminate against products which are poorly made or over-priced. I discriminate against suppliers who do not have items in stock when they say they do,…
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The Meaning of Egypt’s ‘Moderate’ Muslim Brotherhood
Michael Coren on MRC TV: To pick just one Islamic Brotherhood lie, take “Copts are not real Egyptians.” The word “copt” is the “gypt” in Egypt. The Copts are the original Egyptians. Like the Jews in…
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Gina Rinehart Is A Bloody Heroine
From James Delingpole: Here we are in a world turned so ignorant, self-hating and wrong that not just thwarted lefty journalists but a host of celebrities too actually believe that there is some merit in the…
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Tony Abbott Causes Everything
Yet another ship carrying illegal immigrants sinks in the Indian Ocean. Somehow this is Tony Abbott’s fault, or George Bush’s or John Howard’s, or something. Even though the boats had slowed to a stop under the…
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Models Checked Against Reality
Reality wins. From The Register: Twenty-year-old models which have suggested serious ice loss in the eastern Antarctic have been compared with reality for the first time – and found to be wrong, so much so that…
