The Journal
2018
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Gaza Could Be A Paradise
If Hamas would spend money on infrastructure instead of destruction, and if Hamas wanted to live in peace with its neighbours, Gaza could be a paradise. As long as hating Jews is more important to Hamas…
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Vitamin D Deficiency and Diabetes.
If you are vitamin D deficient, you are up to five times more likely to develop diabetes. “People deficient in vitamin D might have a greater risk of developing diabetes, report researchers in a new study.…
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Peace
Have a peaceful night, eveyone.
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Who’s a Good Boy Then?
Max. Max is a good boy. Seventeen old blue heeler Max, deaf and partially blind, stayed through the night with lost three year old Aurora, then lead searchers to her in the morning. Queensland police have…
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Greenland Melting? Nope.
Greenland is melting, right? Sea levels are rising. Global warming is a disaster. It is all our fault. No, no, no, and no. Visit these two websites for more information: Watts Up With That NoTricksZone…
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Quadrant Magazine
There is lots of great reading in this month’s Quadrant Magazine. Many of the articles are available to read online, or subscribe and have access to all of this year’s issues, and archives. Quadrant Magazine is…
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News and Not News
From Andrew Klavan: “This is a country of 325-million people. If two guys getting tossed out of a coffee shop is news, then things in Donald Trump’s America must be going pretty damned well. … Two…
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Anti-vaxxers. An Endless Pit of Stupidity.
Yep, garlic will totally knock the crap out of that extra chromosome. Every time I think anti-vax stupidity has reached its maximum depth, anti-vaxxers find a way to dig even deeper. This dumb is so dumb…
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Female Privilege
This newspaper graphic was meant to illustrate the disadvantages faced by women, expecially poorer women. They didn’t think this through. If one out of four adult homeless people are women, then three out of four are..…
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National Australia Bank – Leaders in Banking Malpractice
The Australian Royal Commission into banking malpractice is considering submissions now, so it seems an appropriate time to link back to my story from 2012 about our own very special experience with the NAB (National Australia…
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Blacks, Whites, Murders and Lynchings
Twice as many black men and women are killed by other blacks every year in the US than were killed by lynching in every year combined since the end of the Civil War. Forty times as…
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Threatening People on Facebook is Fine
Reporting being threatened, on the other hand, is not acceptable. Black conservative women Diamond and Silk were recently banned from Facebook because their support for President Trump made them a danger to the community. Yes, really.…
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China to Complete the World’s Longest Sea Bridge this Year
What an astonishing achievement this is. China will soon complete the world’s longest sea bridge. A fifty-five kilometre sea bridge, and a six and a half kilometre under-sea tunnel. “The engineering challenges have been immense. The…
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Tempy Talks to a Hero
She prefers her real name, Temperance. This is lovely. No matter how small you are, or how young or how old, or how little you think have to offer, you can still make a difference.
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Bitcoin Trading Scam
There is a never-ending parade of new share and currency trading scams. Bitcoin scams are the latest; they won’t be the last. Geoffrey Luck tells the story of a friend who was convinced by a tale…
