The Journal
Politics
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The Evil of the Anti-Vax Quacks
One of four. Andrew Wakefield and the faked link between MMR vaccinations and autism. Andrew Wakefield is one of the heroes of the anti-vaccination crusaders. In 1998 prestigious British medical journal The Lancet published a paper…
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Twitter and Facebook Campaigns
Ninety per-cent of Facebook and Twitter causes are based on false information, bigotry or both. From scare stories about preservatives in food, to stories of dogs being hooked alive and used as shark bait, to stories…
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He’ll Need a Bigger Gun
The White House has acknowledged the skeet shooting photo of President Barack Obama released on photo sharing site Flickr was faked. They have now released the original shot, taken at Area 52, the secret elephant hunting reserve…
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Don’t Like Eating Dolphins? Don’t Eat One.
Green activists are once again turning Japan’s annual dolphin hunt to their financial advantage, deep-sixing facts in favour of fund-raising propaganda. Sure, the slaughter at Taiji Cove is not for the squeamish, but neither is any…
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Global Warming
A slightly updated version of my now five years old general introduction to global warming: Profits of Doom – the Truth About Global Warming
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America, What the Heck?
On the anniversary of 9/11 two US embassies are attacked. One of your ambassadors is killed and his body dragged through the streets, and you are apologising because someone, somewhere, might have hurt muslim feelings? The…
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Julia Gillard Must Stand Down
In the mid 1990s Julia Gillard had a sexual relationship with a corrupt union official, Bruce Wilson. At the time she was a partner in law firm Slater and Gordon. Julia Gillard has attempted to squash any…
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Profiting From Immoral Earnings
It used to be that inn-keepers could be fined if they were found to be profiting from immoral earnings. Now they can be fined of they don’t. From the UK Guardian: Australia’s hotel industry has been…
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What Consensus?
In March a group of forty-nine NASA scientists wrote to Charles Bolden, NASA Administrator, expressing their concern that NASA’s climate alarm advocacy is not based in science and is undermining NASA’s credibility: The Honorable Charles Bolden,…
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More From Muller?
Anthony Watts’s blog has not been updated for past couple of days. Anthony says he has something big to post in the next day or so. There are rumours that Richard Muller of the University of…
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Gillard, Wilson and Union Funds
Quadrant Magazine has posted a transcript of an important 2GB radio interview between Alan Jones and Michael Smith. A few paragraphs: Jones: Cambridge has been calling on the one hand for a Royal Commission but then…
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Fed Up With Fair Trade
“Fair Trade” may make us feel better about our wealth; by spending a few cents more on some chocolate or a cup of coffee, we are doing something for small producers in developing countries. But it does…
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How To Cripple An Economy
It’s simple, really. Just make it impossible for anyone to do anything that creates wealth or employment. John Stossel describes his navigation of the morass of red tape required to open a simple lemonade stand: — Register as sole…
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Happy Ramadan From Israel
It is unimaginable that the leader of any muslim country would wish Israel and Jews everywhere a happy and peaceful Passover. For many islamists Ramadan is not a time of peace, but a time to renew the commitment to…
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Climate Establishment – Lying, Or Just Stupid?
Lying: Two reports came out recently making wildly inaccurate claims about sea level. The first claimed that sea level was going to rise 12 inches in California over the next twenty years. Yet satellites show that…
