The Journal
Politics
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Nigel Farage Rules
Via John Ray’s Political Correctness Watch: Why should we in Australia care? Well, many of us have friends and family in Europe. That is reason enough. Many of us also care about reason and democracy. Another…
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New English Review
The July New English Review is online. A couple of highlights: Geoffrey St John on why a nuclear Iran is a risk Israel cannot take. The argument that Iran is justified in seeking nuclear weapons because it…
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The Expensive Folly Of ‘Renewable’ Energy
Ray Evans & Tom Quirk have a comprehensive article on the folly and ruinous expense of so-called renewable energy in the current issue of Quadrant Magazine. A few sample paragraphs: The low-cost electricity we once enjoyed was…
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Values Of The IDF
Last November Herbert London wrote an article about Israel and just war theory. It is worth reading in full; it perfectly summarises the difference in the philosophies of Israel and its enemies. A few paragraphs: There…
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Healthcare Insurance Explained
This is about Obamacare, but much of it applies anywhere medical services are paid for by anyone but the end consumer, including Australia:
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Lord Monckton on Rio+20
Sensible and well-spoken as always: Traffic light tendency: greens who are too yellow to admit they are red. Wonderful!
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Discrimination Is Not A Dirty Word
I discriminate every day. When buying products for the shop I discriminate against products which are poorly made or over-priced. I discriminate against suppliers who do not have items in stock when they say they do,…
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The Meaning of Egypt’s ‘Moderate’ Muslim Brotherhood
Michael Coren on MRC TV: To pick just one Islamic Brotherhood lie, take “Copts are not real Egyptians.” The word “copt” is the “gypt” in Egypt. The Copts are the original Egyptians. Like the Jews in…
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Gina Rinehart Is A Bloody Heroine
From James Delingpole: Here we are in a world turned so ignorant, self-hating and wrong that not just thwarted lefty journalists but a host of celebrities too actually believe that there is some merit in the…
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Tony Abbott Causes Everything
Yet another ship carrying illegal immigrants sinks in the Indian Ocean. Somehow this is Tony Abbott’s fault, or George Bush’s or John Howard’s, or something. Even though the boats had slowed to a stop under the…
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Models Checked Against Reality
Reality wins. From The Register: Twenty-year-old models which have suggested serious ice loss in the eastern Antarctic have been compared with reality for the first time – and found to be wrong, so much so that…
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Why Punitive Taxes On Those Who Generate Wealth And Employment Make Us All Poorer
This has been around for a while, but it is worth re-reading: Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill…
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Global Warming Causes Everything
If you haven’t visited it lately, Dr John Brignell’s numberwatch site has a great list of everything so far blamed on global warming. Over six hundred links listing everything from AIDS to haggis to lampreys to feminised turtles to women…
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Localised Warming Devastates Bird Populations
From the frequently amusing People’s Cube: Man-Made Warming Blamed for Disappearing Bird Populations A research team working on a two-million-dollar government grant just made a shocking discovery: intense man-made heat waves are decimating bird populations throughout…
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Egypt’s President – Death Is Our Goal
Great. Egypt’s Constitution should be based on the Koran and Sharia law, presidential candidate from the Muslim Brotherhood Islamist movement Mohamed Morsi said. “The Koran is our constitution, the Prophet is our leader, jihad is our…
