The Journal
Current Affairs
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Jesus Was A Community Organisor, Pilate Was A Governor
So (blinding flash of religious insight) Barack Obama must be wonderful, and Sarah Palin is really, really bad. Just overlook the fact that Bill Clinton was also a governor. Because he was like, you know, cool…
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Free Speech, Climate Change, Fiji and Holocaust Denial
Historian and former teacher Frederick Toben has been found guilty of contempt of court because he continued to publish material claiming the Holocaust never happened, and that some people (notably some Jews) were making money out of…
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Changed Rules Encourage Immigration Queue Jumpers
With sometimes tragic results. A boat carrying illegal immigrants exploded this morning as it was being escorted to Christmas Island by Australian naval ship HMAS Albany. It is not clear yet whether the boat was deliberately…
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Fir Tree Growing In Lung?
I doubt it. That was my first reaction anyway. Much like this amusing summary from The Guardian, which asks why the tree looks green and healthy if it had never seen the sunlight. Good question. Then…
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Prostate Cancer Vaccine ‘Promising’
Increasing survival rates by over 20% after three years in men with advanced prostate cancer which is no longer responding to hormonal treatments is a good result. Not dramatic or miraculous, but good. Prostate cancer is…
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Australia – More Aid For Rohingya
Good. The Rohingya are a minority Islamic people who live in the North of Burma, neighbouring Bangladesh. The Burmese military regime has treated them appallingly. $3.2 miliion in basic aid will help people to survive, and…
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Mel Gibson’s Russian Beauty?
Oh please. I have no idea of the reasons for Mel and Robyn Gibson’s planned divorce. But I’m sure it has nothing to do with blonde russian pop stars. There’s no reason why I, or anyone else,…
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This Is Sad
The body of 12 year old Brandi Allen was found by searchers yesterday afternoon. There was stil a chance, till then, that she had just gone off with a friend, or at least, that she was…
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Financial Optimism Delusional
President Barack Obama can see “glimmers of hope” on the horizon, despite the country battling its deepest depression in decades, and his own claim that most presidents don’t have to deal with as much as him even…
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Turkemenistan’s Palace of Happiness
The Republic of Turkmenistan is to build a $133 million wedding hall, to be called the Palace of Happiness, as part of $1 billion in stimulus spending, most of which will go to infrastructure and beautification…
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Climate Science is Wrong. Yes, We Know – But This Is On The ABC!
Bob Carter has been challenging the popular media/political view of climate science for years. So have I. Bob Carter even linked to my introduction to Global Warming Theory on his website. Thanks Bob. But no one at the ABC has…
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Beautiful – Susan Boyle at Britains Got Talent
Boy does Susan Boyle have talent. I was in tears as I watched this. Click that link right now. And watch right to the end. Talk about lessons learned. Wow!
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If Republicans Are In it, It Can’t Be Grassroots
That seems to be the message from some liberal commentators on the protests about Obama’s spending-spree and high-tax policies, which are occurring around the US as I write. Nope. Not grassroots. Nope. They’ve been organised. Those…
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Interesting Video
Showing the sheer amount of debt being incurred to get the US out of a crisis that was caused by debt in the first place. The same sort of thing is being done in Australia –…
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If Intel’s Profits Have Dropped by 55%
Because of lower margins… Why have chip prices gone up? Or when they say lower margins do they just mean that PC sales have been down in the first quarter? I hope Intel CEO Paul Otellini is…