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Politics
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Shock – Catholic Elected Pope!
I remember the horrified tones of some commentators when the present pope was elected. “Oh my God! This man believes the catholic faith. We are back in the dark ages. All our hopes are dashed.” The…
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Libs Come To Their Senses Part Two
No time to write now – I have a shop to run and clients to mollify. But I have to sound a note of thanksgiving that in choosing Tony Abbott as leader this morning, the Liberal Party made…
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Land Rights Lunacy
One native title claim over the whole of Kangaroo Island has already been made, by the Ngarrindjeri people, the Murray River people. Our local paper, The Islander, reports another native title claim over the entire island, this time by the…
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Washington Post On Climategate/Warmengate/Climatequiddick
Climatequiddick is best, because it reflects the media’s reluctance to acknowledge the problem posed by the evidence of fudging, fraud and bullying in the CRU emails and documents. The media treated the embarrassment of Chappaquidick, and…
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Embarrassed Apology
I have been looking through my electricity accounts for the last twelve months, and find that my primary residence (OK, I only have one) has consumed 6100 kWh for the year. This compares very badly with…
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Libs Come To Their Senses
Maybe Tony Abbott did not ignore my fax. And maybe Kevin Andrews was willing to run just to test the level of support for Malcolm Turnbull, with another stronger candidate in the background. In any case,…
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If Bush Had …
Shamelessly lifted from A Western Heart: If George W. Bush had been the first President to need a teleprompter installed to be able to get through a press conference, would you have laughed and said this…
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Flammery and Flummery
Tony Abbott ignored my fax. I was glad Kevin Andrews, at least, had the courage to stand against Malcolm Turnbull. The ABC’s description of him as a ‘stalking horse’ (how many people would understand that without…
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Just Faxed To Tony Abbott
The Hon Tony Abbott Fax No (02) 6277 8407 Dear Mr Abbott, Please stand for the leadership of the Liberal Party. I know you are reluctant to do so, and I understand the extra pressure the…
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Mainstream Media Picks Up CRU Email Story
This article in the Wall Street Journal Hacked Emails Show Climate Science Ridden with Rancor may be the beginning of some very reluctant coverage by the commercial media. They were always going to be a bit slow.…
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Sarah Palin Is An Idiot – Not
Look up ‘Sarah Palin is an idiot’ in Google and you’ll get 26,200,000 results. She’s an idiot I would be proud to have as a friend. ‘George Bush is an idiot’ used to be the standard…
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Backseat Bonking Backfires
Well, it was either that or ‘Big Banana Bonks Barmaid.’ I am no fan of Mike Rann. His is a government that has achieved very little at great expense. But I am less than impressed by…
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UN Official – Be Like Cuba, For Children’s Sake
Jose Juan Ortiz, UNICEF’s representative in Cuba, clearly knows what side his bread is buttered on. In ceremonies in Cuba yesterday to celebrate Universal Children’s Day, Mr Ortiz said: Cuba is among the countries that have best implemented…
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Telling Lies For God, Sorry, Cash
It is looking more like the email and document files taken from the Hadley Cimate research Centre, and now confirmed as genuine, were leaked by an insider rather than hacked. This link will download the complete zipped…
