The Journal
Politics
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Preach It Brother!
Like Rupert Wyndham at Climaterealists, I have had some clashes with senior clergy over social issues including climate change. However, I don’t think I have ever written to an archbishop in tones quite like this: And, dare it…
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Sea Shepherd Sham
Any pretense at decency or moral values by the Sea Shepherd mob is a sham. Paul Syret at the Courier Mail writes: THAR she blows. And no, it’s not a humpback whale surfacing and venting, but Sea Shepherd…
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Hottest Decade?
It is certainly hot in South Australia – over 40 degrees on Kangaroo Island. Adelaide is even hotter – about 43 degrees. One or two very hot spells in a season are not unusual, however. The hottest day…
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Hottest Decade on Record
According to the Australian BOM the last decade has been Australia’s hottest since record keeping began. Even if this were true, this in itself is no reason to jump to the conclusion it is all our fault and the world…
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Easy Global Warming Guide
I have ‘un-stickied’ the article about the Easy Guide to the Politics and Science of Global Warming. You can still find it by clicking on the link.
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Random Names Better Than Current Political Leaders
Rasmussen Reports finds that 45% of voters surveyed believe people chosen at random from the phone book would do a better job than current members of the US Congress. A commenter on Don Surber’s blog agrees – as…
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Obama Points The Finger
US Homeland Security Chief Janet Napolitano claimed ‘the system worked’ in relation to the near miss bombing attempt on Northwest flight 253 on Christmas Day. It did, but only to the extent that once the plot was…
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Sometimes Intolerance Is A Good Thing
There’s no reason why we should tolerate litter, or domestic violence, or falsification of scientific data, for example. What do we need to tolerate to be a civilised society? What do we need to refuse to…
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Adapting to Climate Change
Climate changes all the time. How do we adapt to these changes in a way that assists the most vulnerable – that is, the poor? One way is to adopt policies which will assist poorer people…
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Get Your Global Cooling Here
One of the worrying things about the cherry-picking, data fudging, distorting, lying, fund-grabbing behaviour that has characterised global warming alarmism over the last two decades, is that we now have no idea at all what the…
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When Is A Child A Person?
There were widespread reports yesterday that the death of an unborn child had brought Victoria’s Christmas road death toll to 12. Quite right. The child was a person, and its death is a tragic loss. But…
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Rudd – No One Got a Special Deal
Indonesia – Give These People the Same Special Deal People Smugglers – Hear, hear! Failing to acknowledge the crisis caused by its changes to Australia’s immigration policy, the Federal government is steadily digging itself into a…
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A More Assertive China
I for one was grateful for China’s new assertiveness at Copenhagen. I am less impressed by the combination of insecurity about its internal politics and disregard of world opinion that is increasingly evident in China’s represssion…
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Yemen Attacks Al Qaeda
Yemen has conflicts with Al Qaeda in the South, and Al Houthis (a Shiite separatist group) in the North. Neither group has widespread support in Yemen. Al Qaeda is seen as a threat by the West,…
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Taxpayer Funded Stupidity
1. I had occasion to visit the regional hospital in Geraldton a couple of days ago. Staff seemed competent and concerned for their patients. So far, so good. Ouside the main entrance was a vendng machine…
