The Journal
Current Affairs
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Defence Staff: We Didn’t Spy On Fitzgibbon
Well why not? If it is true that there has been no investigation of Joel Fitzgibbon’s relationship with Helen Liu, then senior defense department staff should be sacked. Joel Fitzgibbon is Australia’s Minister of Defense. He is the…
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Late Term Abortionist Murdered
Late term abortionist George Tiller has been murdered outside his church in Wichita, Kansas. The suspect may be a member of the right to life movement. Left wing blogs have already begun to claim that Christians are delighted,…
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Climate Model Works
One system of climate modelling has a proven history of correct prediction of weather events. The Old Farmer’s Almanac is going further out on a limb than usual this year, not only forecasting a cooler winter, but…
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Climate Change Disasters Cause 300,000 Deaths Per Year
According to the Global Humanitarian Forum. But actually no. Dr Roger Pielke calls the report a ‘methodological embarrassment,’ and notes that the report itself says ‘there is not yet any widely accepted global estimate of the share…
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Who Did Phil Spector Vote For?
Music producer Phil Spector has been sentenced to 29 years to life for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson. Yes I know. Murderers might have voted for Bush as well. I’m sure some did. They just…
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White House Assurances: Sotomayor Cool With Killing Babies
I am not worried by Supreme Court nominee Sotomayor’s apparent belief that being a latino woman makes her wiser than a white male. That is just par for the course. Newt Gingrich is right to point out…
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Mexicans, Indians And A Racist Australia
Two headlines over the last week accusing Australia of being racist. Or at least, lots of Australians. The first accusation came from Sol Trujillo. Sol was employed to run Australia’s largest telco. He liked to think…
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Broadband Plans
One of the promises made by the Labor party during the last election was that there would be more transparency in government. I guess that means being honest about information sources, advice received, funding, and who will…
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Downer To Aussies – Stop Whining
Former Minister for Foreign Affairs Alexander Downer has told Australians planning to travel overseas to grow up and take some responsibility. After about 10 minutes as foreign minister I was a little surprised to learn I…
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Most Un-PC Suggestion By A Politician Ever
Swaziland has one of the highest rates of HIV infection in the world. Swaziland politican Timothy Myeni has suggested that HIV testing should be compulsory, and that citizens testing positive for HIV should be branded on their…
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First Home Grants Hurt First Home Owners
Another one to add to the bleeding obvious list. Government grants (ie, giving other people’s money) to new home owners, amount to $21,000. Because they have a larger deposit, (sometimes the grant is their only deposit) first home buyers…
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Climate Change – What I Said
Dutch chemist Dr Hans Schreuder drew on the work of a number of climate and other scientists in his address to the Northern Ireland Climate Change Committee, which is considering legislative controls of ‘greenhouse gas’ emissions.…
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Kim Jong-il – Na Na Na Na Na Na Na, I Want To Start A Fight
North Korea conducted a powerful underground nuclear weapons test today. The UN security council will meet. No doubt Kim Jong-il is quaking in his tiny boots as he contemplates the arrival of another letter telling him…
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Cold Water On Warming
This column by a physicist and climatologist is a week old. But it is worth reading because of its clear comparison of the predictions of global warming theory with real word observations. The conclusion: global warming theory is: a…
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Kleenmaid Bankrupt
Kleenmaid is (was) an Australian whitegoods manufacturer. I have owned a few of their products over the years, and found them to be well-designed and well-made. Creditors including the Westpac bank (the same bank that mistakenly…
