The Journal
Current Affairs
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Obama To Taliban: Just Hang In There For Another 18 Months
Afghanistan was always going to be a harder fight than Iraq. It is also a fight that must be won – not just for the people of Afghanistan, but for the people of Pakistan. If Afghanistan…
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The Politics and Science of Global Warming
Public opinion on climate change is shifting as awareness grows that the media has not been telling the whole story. People want to know what the evidence and arguments are. I have posted links to my introduction to…
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ETS Dumped
Despite the floor crossing brain-ejecting party betraying antics of Boyce and Troeth, the ETS/CPRS/RAT scheme has been defeated in the Senate. At very least this will give parliament time to re-examine the evidence. And for as long…
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Boyce and Troeth
Senators Sue Boyce and Judith Troeth have announced their intention to cross the floor and vote for Labor’s mind-bogglingly pointless and expensive ETS. They both express the hope that the party members and constituents they are…
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Emails? What Emails?
The nasty criminal type persons who have leaked those emails won’t do us one jolly bit of harm, says IPCC leader Rajendra Pachauri. The IPCC process is so very tough and clear that proof that the data on which…
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Diversity Disparaged
Not all diversity is good diversity, apparently. Colourful cultural customs in Nepal have drawn the ire of animal protection and environmental groups. The five yearly sacrifice of some 200,000 birds and animals at the temple of…
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Shock – Catholic Elected Pope!
I remember the horrified tones of some commentators when the present pope was elected. “Oh my God! This man believes the catholic faith. We are back in the dark ages. All our hopes are dashed.” The…
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Libs Come To Their Senses Part Two
No time to write now – I have a shop to run and clients to mollify. But I have to sound a note of thanksgiving that in choosing Tony Abbott as leader this morning, the Liberal Party made…
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Land Rights Lunacy
One native title claim over the whole of Kangaroo Island has already been made, by the Ngarrindjeri people, the Murray River people. Our local paper, The Islander, reports another native title claim over the entire island, this time by the…
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Washington Post On Climategate/Warmengate/Climatequiddick
Climatequiddick is best, because it reflects the media’s reluctance to acknowledge the problem posed by the evidence of fudging, fraud and bullying in the CRU emails and documents. The media treated the embarrassment of Chappaquidick, and…
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Darn!
Anyone who says nature abhors a vacumn has never read the Adelaide Sunday Mail. 112 pages of nothing, plus multiple vacumny inserts. I bought a copy yesterday for the second time in my life. I had…
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Embarrassed Apology
I have been looking through my electricity accounts for the last twelve months, and find that my primary residence (OK, I only have one) has consumed 6100 kWh for the year. This compares very badly with…
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Libs Come To Their Senses
Maybe Tony Abbott did not ignore my fax. And maybe Kevin Andrews was willing to run just to test the level of support for Malcolm Turnbull, with another stronger candidate in the background. In any case,…
