The Journal

2014

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    Labor Party Debt We Have to Pay

    Some people seem to have no idea how serious Australia’s debt is. Perhaps this will make it clearer: 1. The debt left by the Labor party is so great that we would have to take half…

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    World of Warcraft Garrison Building Guide

    Just a few thoughts on garrisons for anyone starting in the new WoW expansion, Warlords of Draenor. Your first large building should be the Barracks. This gives your followers access to patrol missions which level them…

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    Green Scare Campaigns Harm the Environment

    People in South Australia know the whole “we must have marine parks to save our fisheries from those greedy stupid fishermen” story is nonsense. But they are terribly concerned about the Great Barrier Reef and logging…

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    Three Years’ of Reading

    I have been working on this list for a while, and wanted to get it finished this weekend. It is thirty-six books, plus a few extras. Essential books. One a month for three years. All of…

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    Why Israel Deserves Western Support

    I have been gobsmacked by suggestions from some people that there is some sort of moral equivalence between Israel and Hamas (the idea that they are both as bad as each other), or even worse, that…

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    The New Sudetenland

    For Putin and many Russians, the US is still Russia’s primary rival in global politics. The projection of Russian power to the Mediterranean and Northern Africa depends on the Black Sea Fleet. The Black Sea Fleet…