The Journal
Current Affairs
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Obama Stands Firm On House Built On Sand
Well, that’s not quite what he said. Jesus said that people had a choice about building their lives on the rock foundation of truth, or on the shifting sands of fashion and desire. Obama said people had a…
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Mary MacKillop’s Second Miracle?
David Keohane, 29, was on his way home from a party in Coogee in Sydney when he was beaten beyond recognition in August last year. He had been in a coma in a hospital in his…
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Christian Hostage Beheaded In Southern Philippines
Cosme Aballes was beheaded shortly after being kidnapped on Good Friday by a group of bandits consisting of members of Abu Sayyaf and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. The kidnapping took place on the island of…
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Two Dead in Thailand Protests
I was sorry to read this story of casualties in demonstrations in Bangkok – two dead and 113 injured. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva imposed a state of emergency in the capital, but was claiming by last…
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Geriatric Porn Star an Inspiration?
Not to me. Thanks anyway. 75 year old Shigeo Tokuda started in the porn business when he was 59. He was interviewed last Monday on the set of his latest film in which he is shown as a master…
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Safran Crucifixion Offends Villagers
I have enjoyed some of Safrans’ work. He can be genuinely funny. But when people are kind and harm no one, mocking their values and beliefs is not funny. It’s just try-hard. I can sort of understand the…
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I Am No Fan Of Gordon Brown
The Prime Minister of England. But he seems a decent enough bloke. I find it difficult to believe he would ever have countenanced the kind of deliberate and malicious smearing of poltical opponents that one of his…
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Share Market Gains Expected
After gains in US markets yesterday, and the Wells, Fargo and Co bank announcing a higher than expected profit. But Comsec chief economist Craig James says there is still a bumpy road ahead. “Investors shouldn’t be…
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Parking Meter Earns More Than I Do
One of Sydney’s parking meters earns $47,000 per year. Sydney’s 1304 parking meters earn the Sydney Council more than $30 million per year. If they didn’t have that income they would need to increase rates to fund…
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Paying Ransoms Encourages Piracy
Says US advisor Juan Carlos Zarate: “The U.S. has a very clear sense that, if you start to pay ransoms, you in essence create an industry for kidnapping,” he said. “And, frankly, it’s why you see…
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Obama – Let Them Eat Pizza
Is this guy out of his mind? Unemployment is at its highest levels for twenty years. People are being forced out their homes, soup kitchens are struggling to meet the demand. And President Barack Obama, community organiser,…
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Saudi Judge Upholds ‘Marriage’ Between 47 Year Old Man and 8 Year Old Girl
He didn’t have much choice, because Saudi law is based on Sharia, which in turn is based on the Quran, and on the words and example of Mohammed. For Muslims, Mohammed is the model of a perfect…
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Polar Bear Attacks Woman at Zoo
It was the bear’s dinner time, for heaven’s sake. Some people who have never lived outside a city seem to have no idea that wild animals are, you know, wild. They look so cuddly and everything.…
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Islamists Rejoice in Italian Earthquake Deaths
Nearly 300 killed in the Abruzzo earthquake including children, others still missing, and this is a cause for rejoicing? “At last they have had their dark days too. O Allah, kill them and leave them destitute vagabonds,”…
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Federal Opposition Bashes the Banks
Opposition Finance spokesperson Helen Coonan says the government ought to be harder on the banks, taking steps to make them pass on the full amount of Reserve Bank cuts in official rates. A perennially popular move. But…