The Journal
Current Affairs
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Pat Robertson’s Deal With The Devil
US evangelist Pat Robertson says the reason Haiti is so poor, and suffered the recent devastating earthquake, is that 200 years ago its people made a deal with the devil. This is the kind of nonsense…
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Google Grows A Spine
Or threatens to. Google has long removed sensitive search results from its Chinese search engine at Google.cn, but said Tuesday it plans to end the censorship and may ultimately shut down the company’s China offices. However,…
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Clever and Creepy
Lots of news about the 6th ROBO ONE GATE Biped Robot Competition. A few videos there, but this one is my favourite: Definitely more impressive than Roxxy the sex robot, and probably cheaper:
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Preach It Brother!
Like Rupert Wyndham at Climaterealists, I have had some clashes with senior clergy over social issues including climate change. However, I don’t think I have ever written to an archbishop in tones quite like this: And, dare it…
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7 Out of Ten Afghans Support US
This is a hopeful sign: Nearly seven in 10 Afghans support the presence of U.S. forces in their country, and 61 percent favor the military buildup of 37,000 U.S. and NATO reinforcements now deploying, according to…
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Global Cooling
Yeah, yeah. I know. Weather is not climate. Unless it’s warm, then it is. But the National Snow and Ice Data Center (University of Colorado) reports that Arctic summer sea ice has increased by 409,000 square…
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Sea Shepherd Sham
Any pretense at decency or moral values by the Sea Shepherd mob is a sham. Paul Syret at the Courier Mail writes: THAR she blows. And no, it’s not a humpback whale surfacing and venting, but Sea Shepherd…
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Hottest Decade?
It is certainly hot in South Australia – over 40 degrees on Kangaroo Island. Adelaide is even hotter – about 43 degrees. One or two very hot spells in a season are not unusual, however. The hottest day…
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West Australian Government Steals Doctor’s Lamborghini
Well, that’s what it amounts to. Dr Patrick Nugawela took his Lamborghini to be serviced. The mechanic took the car for a test drive. An extended test drive, at speeds of up to 160kmph in a…
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Fire Bombings of Churches Is a Feud?
What on Earth is the Press Association thinking with this headline: Malaysian church attacked in feud ? This is the fourth church to have been bombed in the last week. Malaysian police say the attacks were probably…
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Beauty Queen to Join Seal Hunt
Miss Newfoundland and Labrador, Sara Green, has been targetted by anti seal hunt groups after wearing a borrowed seal-skin coat in a Christmas parade. A photo showing Miss Green waving at crowds during the parade was photo-shopped to…
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Hottest Decade on Record
According to the Australian BOM the last decade has been Australia’s hottest since record keeping began. Even if this were true, this in itself is no reason to jump to the conclusion it is all our fault and the world…
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Where Is Temperature Going?
It is clear to all except the most violently irrational or funding dependent warming alarmists that there is no correlation between human produced CO2 and changes in global temperature over the last century. However there is general agreement that there has…
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(non) Racist KFC AD Withdrawn
KFC Australia have withdrawn a TV ad after claims it was racist. Except that it isn’t racist. At all. Not remotely. You would only think this was racist if you viewed it through a large number of…
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Malaysian Churches Bombed
A recent Malaysian court ruled that a Catholic newspaper could continue to use the world ‘Allah’ for God. Bombings of churches naturally ensued. Allah is simply the Arabic word for God. It was used by Jews and Christians…
