The Journal
Thoughts
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Not Bad for Abos
I ended my post featuring Morgan Freeman with the suggestion: ‘if you don’t think race should make a difference, stop acting like race makes a difference.’ So I was interested to read in Qantas’ in flight magazine about…
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Free Country
I saw a bumper sticker this morning that said ‘Free Tibet.’ I thought, ‘Well, I’ll have it if no one else wants it.’
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Return of the Hawk-Faced Harridans
It was like being back on Ansett. On Tuesday Kathy and I travelled from American River to Geraldton. it was a long day. Drive from American River to Penneshaw. Ferry to Cape Jervis. Drive to Adelaide.…
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Diocese Of The Murray
I have a number of friends who are members of The Voice of the Laity, an organisation of lay people in the Anglican Diocese of The Murray. Their website was recently hijacked. They have started a new…
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Mohler Men Could Have Ruled Over A House Of Horrors
But I seriously doubt it. Six male members of the Mohler family in Missouri have been charged with various sexual offences after being accused of raping and sodomising a group of children over many years. Such…
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Parents’ Jury Demonstrates Remarkable Dumbness
The Parents’ Jury, whoever the heck they are, take a shot at McDonalds in dishing out their inaugural Fame and Shame Awards. McDonalds won the Techno Hack category for their Maths Online programme – a free (and…
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The Real Climate Change Catastrophe
Christopher Booker summarises the arguments of his new book: The Real Global Warming Disaster: Is the Obsession with “Climate Chanage” Turning Out to Be the Most Costly Scientific Blunder in History? Long title, but the answer…
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Discipline in Schools
One of my best friends is a highly intelligent and capable woman who has raised four lovely daughters, run a successful business, and is a respected teacher whose students have produced consistently good results. This will be…
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Wayne Carey Whines
It’s not my fault I’m a drunk, a womaniser and a liar, says Carey in his book The Truth Hurts – my Dad was mean to me. Well maybe. Dad says otherwise of course. This reminds me…
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Pennies Drop
I have a friend who is a bit left-leaning. A lot left-leaning actually. Bosses exploit the workers, socialism is a fairer system, etc, etc. Then she opened a shop. Of course, it is one of those trendy…
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JBC Shares Trading Software
Final update to the JBC scam saga. For background see the two earlier articles. David reported in comments that he has written to ASIC. He has had a response which I cannot detail here. But they…
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Art Without Bludging Off the Taxpayer
I know, I’ve said it a thousand times before, almost all subsidies are a waste of time, and end up costing more than any benefit they provide. There are three reasons: First, if you are getting…
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Sexist Ads
The two major Australian grocery retailers are both currently running offensively sexist ads. The Coles ad is the less offensive of the two. ‘You shouldn’t be taxed for being a woman’ it says. So Coles will…
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Sunset at Second Valley
Last Monday I had half an hour to spare on my way from Adelaide to catch the ferry back to KI. I stopped at Second Valley, which is about five minutes off the main road. It was…
