The Journal
2016
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Wisdom and Justice are Not Always Popular and Easy
via Andrew Bolt: Antigone’s brave stance for Justice and Nature against unjust human laws is what electrified me. We in the Western world live in days of mad, accelerating, and bewildering change. A same-sex couple is…
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Veges Rule!
This image has been floating around Facebook for the last few days: Prompting various responses: Here’s the mind-blowing argument: “If we each grow a large crop of different food, we could all trade with each other…
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Chalk Banned on Campus
Because some mean nasty horrible people use it to write stuff we disagree with… The struggle is real, my friends. We’ve already looked at the horror being inflicted upon special snowflakes around the country these days…
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A Million Students Demand More Free Stuff
Well perhaps they do, but they didn’t turn up to say so. The Million Student March has four demands, which as many as a dozen people sat down to demand: Tuition-free public college Cancellation of all…
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Hairy Blokes in Ladies Bathrooms – What Could Go Wrong?
Obviously the Governor of North Carolina is a homophobic pig for thinking little girls should not be forced to use the same public restrooms as sweaty middle-aged men. That includes me, incidentally, but I am pretty…
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War and the Silent Holocaust
Kind of puts it in perspective:
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Cultural Appropriation Has to Stop!
Justice for hillbillies! Nah. Actually, except for the slightly wonky vowels, I enjoyed it. Good on them!
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Not Building, Not Respectful
The Building Respectful Relationships material being trialed in Australian schools seems to be designed to do exactly the opposite. “Students as young as 12 will study sexualised personal ads and write their own advertisements seeking the…
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Booker T and the MGs
Some things are worth remembering:
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University of Missouri Drops $32 Million
I guess that’s what happens when you treat half your students like delicate little wallflowers, and the other half like criminals. Mizzou will be closing the Respect and Excellence halls (ironic names, given the circumstances) in…
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Dr Strange Movie
I can hardly wait! Stephen Strange is my all time favourite comic book character. I have a large collection of Dr Strange comics including some fairly rare series, so the movie will be a treat for…
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In the Hide
A bird watching spot across the road from my work in American River on Kangaroo Island.
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Kidnapping Charges Filed Against Australian 60 Minutes Crew
The fate of an Australian mother and a TV crew embroiled in a botched child recovery mission in Lebanon will be decided today with the start of a hearing for 10 people facing charges of kidnapping,…
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Bias Incident Alert
University students in Massachusetts who were upset by an image of a Confederate flag sticker on another student’s laptop were offered counseling services at Framingham State University. The offer came after the university’s “chief diversity and…
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Minimum Wages Hurt the Poor
Walmart as an example: “… while the company’s revenues seem high, Walmart’s profit margin is far from fat: a mere 3 percent. The company has billions in expenses every year—so significant that in a 31-day month,…
