The Journal
Current Affairs
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On Burning Korans, etc
Quite frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn if someone wants to burn a book, any book. If a person’s paid for a book, he can do what he likes with it. I am not…
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Being Who We Are Part Two
Just a few brief thoughts. One: It seems to me quite clear, at the risk of incurring judicial wrath, that Justice Bromberg would very much like to find against Andrew Bolt and the Herald and Weekly Times.…
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Being Who We Are
My mother’s grandfather was Norwegian. He was a very old man when I was young. He was born in the late 1800s, and was one of the last generation of merchant seaman to sail in commerical wind-powered ships.…
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If Libya, Why Not … ?
Bill O’Reilly says that despite lack of clarity about process (eg, no congressional approval, no clear and present danger to the US), America’s involvement in Libya is a good thing: On the left … Ralph Nader is…
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When is a Baby a Baby?
An unborn baby died yesterday after the car the mother was driving struck a guard rail and went into the Barwon River near Geelong: The woman, who was about 30 weeks’ pregnant, managed to free herself…
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A Little More on the Pretentious Stupidity of Earth Hour
Earth Hour is a waning fad. A couple of years ago, when I left security lights on in my shop, people wanted to know why I was not interested in saving the planet. This year, when…
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Why I Am Not Keeping Earth Hour
Based on an article by Dr Ross McKitrick in the Vancouver Sun. Abundant, cheap electricity has been the greatest source of human liberation in the 20th century. Every social, technological and medical advance in the 20th…
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Australia Anti-Carbon Tax Rallies Tomorrow March 23rd
CANBERRA – the big one! Time: 12:00pm Location: Parliament House Facebook: Click here Website: http://www.nocarbontaxrally.com/ 1) If you are driving, please do not expect to be able to park at – or anywhere near – Australian Parliament House…
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Newspeak Rules
Muslim extremist Yahya Ibrahim has made many useful suggestions about effective methods of killing Jews and Americans, including the use of chemical weapons, the conversion of SUVs by adding blades to their wheels so they can mow…
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Water, Water, Everywhere
On the ABC’s Landline in 2007: SALLY SARA: What will it mean for Australian farmers if the predictions of climate change are correct and little is done to stop it? What will that mean for a…
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Photos Taken This Morning On Kangaroo Island
This is an old tractor that used to be used for harvesting oysters from one of the oyster leases on Min oil beach. I have been wanting to get a picture of it for a while,…
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A Culture Of Life vs …
A few days after the savage murder of the Fogel family, in which a baby had her throat cut and was nearly decapitated, and four others were stabbed to death as they slept, relatives were sitting in mourning…
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Libya vs Iraq
Muammar Ghadafi (or however we’re supposed to spell his name this week) is not a nice guy. He doesn’t seem to me to be quite at the Saddam Hussein level of gassing the Kurds and running over…
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Unspeakably Vile
I don’t usually post on the same topics as Andrew Bolt or Tim Blair, on the basis that anyone who reads Qohel is likely also to be a regular visitor to their sites. However, the ‘serve…
