The Journal
Politics
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Michael Caine, Tax, And Stuffing Up The Economy
A few people, including Tim Blair and Andrew Bolt, have picked up these comments from Sir Michael Caine, originally published in the UK Telegraph: “The Government has taken tax up to 50 per cent, and if it…
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Obama’s 100 Day Spending Spree
Today marks 100 days of President Barack Obama. Yes, I know. So many people are talking about this it is getting boring already. Nonetheless, lots of valuable information at Policy Watch, including this graph: Somebody take back…
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Federal MPs $90 Per Week Pay Rise
Except that it isn’t. Nick Xenophon has called the increased allowance a back door pay rise, but he knows very well it is not. That is just popularist grandstanding. It is an increase of 17% in their…
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President Obama Is, Like, Really Cool And Stuff
Hipness is what it is. And he’s got it. Watch him walk. Listen to him talk. See the body language, the expressions, the clothes. He’s got attitude, rhythm, a sense of humor, contemporary tastes… Obama used…
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North Korea – No Smiles, And Not Much Else Either
No warmth, nothing to buy, no transport, no hope. The joys and triumphs of socialism … Documentary photographer Tomas van Houtryve visited North Korea posing as a businessman looking to open a chocolate factory. Despite 24-hour surveillance by…
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Clinton: Renewed Violence In Iraq A Good Sign
Hmm… Hilary Clinton said that the Iraqi government had “come a long, long way” and that the bombings were “a signal that the rejectionists fear Iraq is going in the right direction.” Perhaps not such a…
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Hundreds Of Thousands Attend ANZAC Day Commemorations
On the 25th April 1915 troops from Australia and New Zealand landed north of Gaba Tepe in Turkey at a spot now known as Anzac Cove. 2,000 men from Australia and New Zealand were killed on the…
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Was The 2020 Summit A Waste Of Time?
Well, duh. Yahoo/Seven has a poll asking this question. At 9am this morning the answer was entirely predictable. This is a good indicator of the basic common sense of the ordinary Australian. The kind who never stood…
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Real Beauty
Eric at Big Hollywood writes about real beauty – the kind Susan Boyle has, and real ugliness, the kind Janeane Garofalo has. I won’t say much more – it’s worth reading the whole thing. But I…
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Australia To Boycott UN Hitler Birthday Celebrations
At the last possible moment, Australia has been done the right thing and said it will not be sending delegates to the UN’s Geneva Conference for Racism and Anti-Semitism (commonly called Durban II). The conference is…
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The More I Hear Of Sarah Palin, The More I Like Her
Despite the extraordinary vindictiveness of the attacks against her and her family during the presidential election campaigns, Sarah Palin kept her dignity throughout. She spoke in Illinois a few days ago. On the stimulus programme, no…
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South Australia’s Road Safety Minister A Hoon
South Australia’s Minister for Road Safety Tom Koutsantonis has a good record for saying the right things: `Extreme behaviour on our roads, such as speeding, is unacceptable and won’t be tolerated.’ and ‘Unfortunately, you can’t legislate to…
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Obama Greets Chavez
Well, what was he supposed to do? Some of the criticism seems a little unfair – he couldn’t very well have refused to shake Chavez’s hand. He just didn’t have to look so jolly pleased about…
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Facts On Antarctic Ice Reported In Mainstream Media
Like I said a few days ago, the times, they are a changing. The facts were always there, but it is hard to imagine this news would have been reported this fairly a year or so…
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UN Celebrates Hitler’s 120th Birthday
With a conference to condemn Israel. You couldn’t make this up, honestly. Hitler was born on 20th April 1889. 20th April 2009 is the first day of Durban II, the second United Nations World Conference Against Racism,…
