The Journal
Current Affairs
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2106 Australian Election Thoughts
Just back from handing out how to vote cards for a candidate I only halfheartedly support and who will not get my first vote. Interesting that Sportsbet, who are generallty far more reliable than any media…
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Delcons and Deliberations
It is becoming increasingly clear that there is no prospect of a Liberal party led by Malcom Turnbull ever returning to the party’s former core values of social conservatism, fiscal responsibility and personal integrity. Being determined…
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Pope Francis. Enough is Enough.
Many of the media criticisms of Pope Francis have been unfounded, unfair, or simply silly. But this much more thoughtful article by Adam Shaw, an actual practicing Catholic, points out a history of mediocrity and confusing…
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Think Organic is better? Think Again..
In 2012 Stanford University’s Centre for Health Policy did the biggest comparison of organic and conventional foods and found no robust evidence for organics being more nutritious. A brand-new review has just repeated its finding: “Scientific…
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Orlando Shooter Was Gay
Lots of assumptions were made following the Orldando shooting. One assumption everyone seems to have made was that the murders were, at least in part, motivated by homophobia. The reason for this was that the shooting…
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Winter is Coming
Global temperature tracks sunspot activity almost exactly. Number of sunspots now? Zero. Cold times are coming.
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Iran Builds Military Base in Iraq
Iran is building a military base in the Kurdish heartland of Northern Iraq, apparently specifically to target the Kurds, who are leading the fight against ISIS. If this marks a new level of understanding betweeen Iraq…
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Fed Up With Facebook?
Visit Blissyoo. Don’t let Facebook decide what you see and what you can post. Blissyoo means no censorship of posts, freedom of speech, videos, music, groups, pages, news, and soon, revenue sharing. Visit, join, invite your…
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Conspiracy Theorists
Fukushima, vaccines, chemtrails. It is always the same. CT (Conspiracy theorist) “Something really bad and scary is happening!” Me “I don’t think there is any evidence to support that.” CT “That’s because there is a massive…
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Cuts to Arts Funding – Yay!
In response to the customary whining on the ABC about possible reductions in the government spending other people’s money: Cuts to arts funding are not ‘tantamount to the Coalition Government standing bang in the middle, right…
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Blissyoo – an Update
An update on the new website, www.blissyoo.com. As some of you know, for the last several weeks I have been working on a new website, www.blissyoo.com, an alternative to Facebook. There were two major reasons for…
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Malcolm Turnbull and the ETS
Ah, the good old days. And joined by Rob Oakeshott? What a triumph!
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The Price of Principles
It is becoming increasingly clear that there is no prospect of a Liberal party led by Malcom Turnbull ever returning to the party’s former core values of social conservatism, fiscal responsibility and personal integrity. Being determined…
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Damn that Global Warming!
Frost Strikes France’s Burgundy and Loire Wine Regions. Freezing temperatures from Chablis to Côte Chalonnaise to Chinon and Montlouis damage young vine buds, threatening this year’s crop Early reports from the Loire were not hopeful. “In…
