The Journal
Current Affairs
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Wind Power Is Not Working. What’s Next?
Pee power… Gerardine Botte, an engineer at Ohio University, said in an interview with New Scientist magazine that harnessing the power of urine could mean that an office building of 200-300 people would produce about 2Kw…
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Someone Else Should Fix It
I know Andrew Bolt (and a thousand other people) have already posted these videos: But the contrast between the practice of the uncaring right wing despoilers and ravagers of the environment and the gentle earth loving…
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It’s Freezing. Must Be Global Warming.
Arctic Summer temperatures have been trending down since about 1960, so have temperatures in San Diego, cold snaps are killing all manner of things in South America, Antarctic sea ice is increasing, the southern hemisphere oceans seem…
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The GG, COI, and a SIATC
In 2009 Greg Sheridan wrote a brief and thoughtful, if confronting, article about the Rudd government’s misuse of the office of the Governor General. The article was not primarily about Quentin Bryce’s political views, but about the…
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Change or Perish
That was the front page headline in Saturday’s Adelaide Advertiser: Change or Perish. Very dramatic. Except that when you actually read it, the article was about some Adelaide professor of dictatology telling everyone that because it was…
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Greenies Experiment on Black Children
From Family Security Matters writer Fiona Kobusingye, co-chair of the Congress of Racial Equality Uganda: I wish I had a shilling for every time someone told me spraying homes with DDT to prevent malaria is like…
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Corrupt Crime Labs
This is worrying. Reason magazine reports an investigation of South Carolina’s state forensic science lab has found that: .. though the crime lab’s results were presented to juries with the authoritativeness of science, laboratory procedures were…
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Refugees and Holidaymakers
This story is a couple of days old now, but it has been hectic at work, and I have not had time to post anything the last few days. Or to play World of Warcraft either,…
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What a Surprise! (Not)
Most Iraqis don’t want US soldiers to leave.
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The Religion of Peace
From anti-jihad site the Religion of Peace: Ramadan 2010 Scorecard Day 14 In the name of The Religion of Peace In the name of All Other Religions Terror Attacks 86 0 Dead Bodies 379 0 And…
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Penn and Teller on Recycling
I find these guys annoying. There is far too much pointless swearing – it’s intrusive and sometimes offensive. So you couldn’t show this a to a group of students, or your Rotary Club, which is a pity.…
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Election Musings
The Australian Electoral Commission has declared Brisbane for the Liberals. That leaves only Hasluck and Corangamite in doubt. Both still too close to call. But in Hasluck, Family First, Christian Democratic Party and Climate Sceptic preferences will all…
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The Dull Clang of Settled Science
I believe there is genetic influence on human behaviour. Call it human nature if you like. In between theology and philosophy I had time for a little bit of science. One of the units I took…
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Michael Kroger Slams Swan
I haven’t always been a fan of Michael Kroger, or at least, I regretted the apparent division between him and Jeff Kennett, and the harm it did the Victorian Liberal party. But boy I am a fan…
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What About Economic Sustainability?
Amidst the deafening and ceaseless talk about environmental sustainability, Australia seems to have lost any reality based sense of the need for a sustainable balance between production, taxation and expenditure. By Walter Starck on the Quadrant…
