The Journal
Politics
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Newspeak Rules
Muslim extremist Yahya Ibrahim has made many useful suggestions about effective methods of killing Jews and Americans, including the use of chemical weapons, the conversion of SUVs by adding blades to their wheels so they can mow…
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40 Days For Life
Last Sunday was the first Sunday of Lent, the forty day period of fasting which ends at Easter. Christians remember Jesus’ forty days of fasting in the desert prior to his baptism and public ministry. The purpose…
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Libya vs Iraq
Muammar Ghadafi (or however we’re supposed to spell his name this week) is not a nice guy. He doesn’t seem to me to be quite at the Saddam Hussein level of gassing the Kurds and running over…
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Shh… Don’t Mention Multiculturalism
There is one of these on just about every conceivable subject. A few are clever and amusing. This is one. Carbon Tax Downfall:
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Sideshow Bob
Tim Wilson has a delightful piece at The Punch, cross-posted at the IPA, which explores a day in the life of Carbon Bob. Bob’s a model citizen and busy man trying to save the world from…
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Being Black Is Bad For Your Health
According to news.com.au: Being born black in Australia is as much of a health risk as being a regular smoker or drastically overweight. Many of us start planning a Friday night pub session, with alcohol, cigarettes…
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Scary – For Gillard
Oooh…! That big scary Mr Garnaut has a big scary splash in the Daily Telegraph claiming that rising seas and increasing incidence of extreme weather events mean that Sydney will be swamped by the sea every year instead…
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Then What’s The Point?
As I noted a few days ago, the only way a carbon price can have any affect on CO2 output is by reducing the use of fossil fuels. It does this by making the use of…
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Canada – An Object Lesson
Canadian blogger Publius questions the priorities of government spending. While refusing treatment for a 35 year old mother of two with cancer (cost $40,000), Canada manages to find $42,000 to fund extra classes in French for…
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Busy Today, But…
Just a few things. 1. I note that Channel Ten newsreader Ron Wilson is under attack for suggesting that some parts of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras were an exploitation of sexual imagery, and…
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Pricing Carbon
I noted last August that people seemed to be confused about how much carbon dioxide there was in the atmosphere. Some people thought that CO2 made up half of all the gasses in the atmosphere. One…
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Jamie Larcombe And Afghanistan
Jamie Larcombe was a quiet, decent young man from a hardworking and honest family. He lived on Kangaroo Island, as I do. Jamie was a sapper (military engineer and infantryman) in the Australian army. He was killed by…
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A Letter to Andrew Wilkie
Dear Mr Wilkie, I have been disappointed by your claims of racism in the Liberal party. As far as I am aware, no Liberal or National Party member of Federal Parliament has made disparaging claims or…
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Things Are Looking Up In North Korea
Isolated protests have broken out in North Korea. South Korea has dropped 3 million leaflets into North Korea. The leaflets are about pro-democracy protests in other parts of the world. South Korea has also been sending rice, medicines and…
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Not Having The Approved Opinions
Busy at work this morning, but had to stop to comment on the claim this morning from the legacy media that a survey by ‘leading universities’ (I guess as opposed to Australia’s other, less impressive universities) has found that as…
