The Journal
Politics
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Why We Can’t Make Good Cheese
OK, so this is hardly a burning issue. And Australia does make OK supermarket, frozen food cheese. But exceptional cheese requires unpasteurised milk. Because like good wine, really good cheese is complex. That complexity requires a…
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Gillard: What I Said Before, Forget About It
Julia says things are different now. And they are. She doesn’t need you to vote for her anymore, and won’t for the next three years, by which time you will have forgotten. So bye, bye promises.…
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Oakeshott for Speaker?
That might be one way to keep him quiet. Nothing else seems to work. Have you ever heard a politician so much in love with the sound of his own voice? Anthony Albanese is worried about how Oakeshott’s serving…
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This Dude For Minister for Foreign Affairs
Cor! Language warning: He is right to be angry. Why aren’t more people? There is plenty to be angry about. Sorry about another horrific video. This is sickening. But when the world is appalled by the…
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Common Sense a Sticking Point at Peace Talks
Benjamin Netanyahu has said that any long term peace agreement must include the recognition of Israel as a Jewish state. It sounds a reasonable enough request. After all, Israel is only about one sixth of one…
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Democracy Will Burn
On this day, September 11, Muslims burn US and UK flags outside the US embassy in London: Other choice lines include ‘Queen and country go to hell!,’ ‘Burn, burn, USA!’ I think I agree with the loutish…
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Future Pie Makers
On 16th August the Sydney Morning Herald published a column by Paul Sheehan. Sheehan was writing about Gillard’s pork pies. He described her as a serial, brazen liar. At the end of the article, he talked…
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Floods and Dams
On Kangaroo Island, we have just been through a record breakingly wet Winter. There have been floods on the mainland too, but water restrictions are still in place in capital cities. The excuse for not building…
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Julia Mark IV
Julia Gillard wants to redefine Labor’s heart, promising to dump the culture of spin that marred Kevin Rudd’s leadership, demanding fresh ideas from her MPs and promising to keep her door open to her colleagues. The…
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Gillard Says Result Proves the System Works
It certainly worked for her. Maybe that’s all that counts for her, or all she can see. The Coalition got more votes and more seats. When the final result was delivered by two independents whose own electorates…
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What The Heck?
The blighters were just playing games when they checked Tony Crook’s intentions. What was the point of that? Just to prove that they are the big boys now? No one in the playground is going to push…
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Maybe…
Tomorrow, Tuesday, we will hear that Tony Abbott is to become the next Prime Minster. Earlier today we heard that the three independents had sought a commitment from WA Nationals MP Tony Crook that he would not…
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What Was Accomplished in Iraq
From Victor Davis Hanson at National Review Online: The truth about Iraq is that, for all the tragedy and the loss, the U.S. military performed a miracle. After nearly seven years, a constitutional government endures in…
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Tony Needs To Toughen Up
Brandt has signed up with Labor after Bob Brown was promised a carbon tax. Wilkie has signed up with Labor after he was promised a renovated hospital in Hobart. Tony Abbott now needs to be absolutely…
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Someone Else Should Fix It
I know Andrew Bolt (and a thousand other people) have already posted these videos: But the contrast between the practice of the uncaring right wing despoilers and ravagers of the environment and the gentle earth loving…