The Journal
Current Affairs
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Amnesty International Joins the Oppressors
Kathy and I used to belong to Amnesty International. About 100 years ago when AI really was about helping oppressed people, especially political prisoners. We wrote letters and everything. Not any more. Over the last several year…
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Something’s Happening in the World
Remember this? Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has issued a directive to Iran’s military and political leaders to ‘take all necessary steps to protect’ the revolutionary government of Iran. An order from Gen Mohammed Ali Jaafari, the…
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How Dull, How Predictable, How Irrelevant to Ordinary Australians
The ALP national conference in Sydney, that is. Julia Gillard’s speech, which one guesses was intended to inspire the meagre troops, was instead a perfect melange of excuses, distortions, and promises that will not be kept, delivered in…
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Leon Panetta Is a Moron
US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta’s brain cell has gone missing. US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has urged Israel to “mend fences” with Turkey, Egypt and others in the Middle East to reduce its growing isolation… “Unfortunately,…
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Words From Israel’s ‘Partner in Peace’
From Abdallah Jarbu, Deputy Minister of Hamas’ Ministry of Religious Endowments (no I have no idea what that means). They want to present themselves to the world as if they have rights, but, in fact, they…
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Cain Not as Black as He’s Painted
Or is that racist? A couple of days ago I would have put money on Herman Cain’s run for the presidency being over. Two accusations of sexual assault, and a claim of an affair of thirteen…
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Baby What a Big Surprise
With apologies to Chicago. But no surprises here: The New South Wales government censored studies which show that the rate of sea level rise has not increased, and is nothing to worry about at all, really.…
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Half of England’s Public Servants Go On Strike
And everything works much better. Who would have guessed?
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Oh Dear How Sad Never Mind
Another Iranian nuclear ‘facility’ has exploded. An Iranian nuclear facility has been hit by a huge explosion, the second such blast in a month, prompting speculation that Tehran’s military and atomic sites are under attack. Satellite imagery…
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Nice Doggy
Our state member of parliament, Michael Pengilly, has been in trouble for the last few days because he called the prime minister a dog. Anyone who uses Twitter is a twit. It is too easy to…
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A Tourniquet Around Our Necks to Stop a Nosebleed
I have said right from the beginning, starting fifteen years ago, that I was unconvinced by arguments for anthropogenic global warming for the simple reason that there is no correlation between human activity and global changes…
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The Euro is Dead
I said so a few days ago, and events of the last few days have confirmed my earlier opinion. This is what has gone wrong in Greece, and I suspect, in the other PIIGS nations; Germany…
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Islamist Regimes = Skidmarks on the Undies of Life
‘Judgement day has come!’ ‘We will kill all the Jews.’ Some of the chants repeated at a rally in Cairo. It is simply nonsense to suggest, as some have done, that Muslims hate Jews because of Israel.…
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Occupy = Privileged and Sullen
The occupiers, whether on Wall St or in Melbourne, are amongst the wealthiest and most privileged people on Earth. They are people who have been given everything, who have achieved nothing, contributed nothing, risked nothing, and…
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Europe – Decline and Fall
Europe is a real place, not a video game, so it is governed by people significantly less intelligent than the average game player. Good game players know they must use resources efficiently, never run out of gold, and ensure their income stream always equals or…
