The Journal
Politics
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Tax Payers Don’t Have Time to Protest
via Instapundit, this call for a taxpayer march in Washington. But as a reader notes, taxpayers are generally too busy in their jobs, or running their businesses, to attend protest meetings. The ability freely and frequently…
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Let’s Hope Obama Doesn’t Fall For This
President of Iran, Moody Imanutjob, has demanded that Obama apologise for past crimes against Iran. Obama has said that ‘If countries like Iran are willing to unclench their fist, they will find an extended hand from…
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Russia Halts Missile Deployment
This is good news. But… Russia says its change of mind is based on a change of attitude in the US administration over plans to install a missile defence system in Eastern Europe. ‘Russia had said the…
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Another Hot Day
Forecasts suggest we will folllow our usual pattern of being 2 degrees cooler than Adelaide, but 42 degrees (Celsius – nearly 108 degress Fahrenheit) is still very hot for the island. This will make three days…
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Dalai Lama: “I Love President George Bush”
via Gateway Pundit “It is difficult to deal with terrorism through non-violence,” the Tibetan spiritual leader said. “They (terrorists) are very brilliant and educated…but a strong ill feeling is bred in them. Their minds are closed.” He…
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Cool. Cooling
Tim Blair and Andrew Bolt are both ahead of me on this one, but it is worth listing anyway. James Hansen is the NASA scientist who complained loudly and incessantly about being silenced, particularly under the evil…
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Triumphs of Australian Science
Australian researchers have found that alcohol consumption improves male sexual performance. ‘After other risk factors were excluded, weekend drinkers, high-risk drinkers and those who exceeded alcohol-intake guidelines had lower rates of erectile dysfunction than those who drank…
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On the Dangers of Inappropriate Sea Kitten Cuddling
Blowfish testicles send seven to hospital. “It’s scary. If you go to a decent-looking restaurant that serves fugu, you would assume a cook has a proper fugu licence,” Iwase said, using the Japanese term for blowfish.…
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Men are From Mars, Women are ..
No, men and women are both from Earth. But what planet is Jimmy Carter from? ‘Hamas Can be Trusted.’ ‘According to the former president, Hamas never deviated from their commitments as per the ceasefire agreement.’ It would…
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What I Said
About what seemed to be a startling lack of graciousness in Obama’s inauguration speech. But she says it better.
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This Lunatic Must Be Silenced At Once
And probably will be… Via Instapundit, this story of an EU official who says Hamas bears ‘overwhelming responsibility’ for the destruction of Gaza. Of course he also goes on to say some nasty things about Israel…
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From Well Meaning Politicians …
Good Lord Deliver Us. There should be a rule that anyone wishing to enter public life should have worked with his or her hands, and should have owned, or at least managed, some sort of business. This…
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All the News From The SAG Awards
Though not nearly as interesting as FAG, SAG nonetheless produced a night of some attractive frocks, and reasonable award choices. I haven’t seen The Reader, though I loved the book, and I can believe Kate Winslet…
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Australia is a Great Country
In how many other places would a state chief of police, in an official vehicle, on his way to an official function, be pulled over for travelling 12 kilometres (about 8 mph) over the speed limit, and…
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Jefferson, Patrick Henry and Obama
Still thinking about my earlier post on Obama’s inauguration speech. I have been reading Made in America by Bill Bryson. It is about the development of the American version of the English language, and like most of…
