The Journal
All writing
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Read This Reuters Article
For an idiotic comparison of the division between Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas, who spend their spare time killing one another, stealing aid (largely given by Israel) and plotting against the ‘Zionist entity’, and different parties in…
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Bushfire Death Toll May Reach 200
Even though Victoria has cooled a little, there are still about twenty fires still out of control. A fifth of the residents of the town of Maryville may be dead. Many bodies are still in burnt homes.…
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Rancher Sued by Illegal Immigrants
I can understand this guy being annoyed: along the trails through his property used by illegal immigrants are piles of litter including human faeces, diapers, chewing gum and drug wrappers. Immigrants have destroyed fences, killed cattle,…
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Just Stop Palin
And don’t let the truth get in the way. Via Michelle Malkin, this story of Ashley Judd’s appearance in a Widlife Action Fund video, complaining about the culling of wolves in Alaska. The video portrays Sarah Palin as…
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Sea Shepherd Stops Harassing Whalers
I am glad that the Sea Shepherd (which might be more appropriately named the Sea Wolf) has stopped harrassing Japanese whaling vessels. Even if you feel strongly about ending whaling, that is no excuse to ram…
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Hostage Beheaded in Pakistan
This is a tragic waste of a life and a tragic loss for Piotr Stanczak’s family. Piotr Stanczak was an engineer. Thank goodness for the courage of people like him, who in spite of the dangers, continue…
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600,000 Jobs Lost
In the US in January. Too soon to blame Obama? Well maybe. This crisis is a direct result of intervention in domestic lending markets by the Carter and Clinton administrations. Bush’s attempts to get more accountability from…
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Obama – Winging It On Foreign Policy
In this case, on Afghanistan. As with Gitmo, and his cabinet candidates, and … and … it might have been better to have done the research and asked the questions before stating the policies which were…
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Faked Autism Data Amounts to Murder
Dr Andrew Wakefield must have known the likelihood that his faked research would reduce vaccination rates and and lead to increased levels of preventable infectious childhood diseases. That is, he must have known than faking data so…
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Hamas Steals Aid, Again.
The UN agency which oversees delivery of aid to the Palestinian Territories has suspended deliveries to Gaza after Hamas last week stole 3500 blankets and 450 food packages from a warehouse, and this week stole ten trucks containing…
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Worst Fires in Australian History
Not the biggest, but the deadliest. So far 108 people reported dead. This figure is likely to increase because some bodies are still in burnt homes and vehicles. 750 homes destroyed. Whole communities have disappeared into…
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Amanda Update
There may be no more posts today. We are arguing with staff in the ICU about whether Amanda should be returned to her completely ineffective regime of psych medication. It is difficult and time-consuming. Please continue to…
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Amanda and Gran Torino
After an ultrasound doctors found a large quantity of fluid in Amanda’s chest yesterday, and asked us to leave for a few hours while they sedated her and inserted a drain. Dad and David and I went and…
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Up to 38,000 Civilisations in Our Galaxy
In a process described by University of Edinburgh researcher Duncan Forgan as ‘quantifying our ignorance,’ scientists have estimated that there are at least 361 ‘intelligent civilisations’ (are there unintelligent ones too?) in the Milky Way, and…
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Tamil Tigers Almost Defeated
I don’t know what I think about this. The Tamils have not been treated well by the majority Sinhalese. Tamils are in the majority in the north of Sri Lanka. I can understand their wanting a…