The Journal
All writing
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Peaceful Elections in Iraq
Peaceful, free and fair elections in Iraq, infrastructure being developed, business investment helping to rebuild the economy, people feeling safe in their homes. Now how did that happen? And why doesn’t the mainstream media consider it worth reporting?
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Real Watch Phones – Cool!
These look great – heaps better than Dick Tracy’s, and heaps heaps better than Maxwell Smart’s shoe phone. They also double as a video camera and MP4 player. And have a bluetooth earpiece so you don’t have to…
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Bad for Phelps, Bad for Swimming
If it is true that Michael Phelps was smoking dope at a party, then he is a very silly boy. The four year ban for drug taking means that he would not be able to compete in…
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Octuplets and the Cost of Raising Children
I came across this self-righteous article yesterday. Apparently the mother of the octuplets born in California last week, had once filed for bankruptcy, and already has six children. According to the report this ‘casts an unflattering…
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No Wonder the Children are Thugs
A group of Melbourne girls invited a sixteen year old intellectually disabled girl to their home, saying they would be her friend. Then they took her to a nearby park where they beat her up so badly…
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Bring Sean Home
The story of the kidnapping of Sean Goldman has become much more widely known in the couple of days since the US Dateline report on January 30th. For those who don’t know, Bruna Goldman took her…
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Amanda Update
My sister Amanda is out of danger, and doctors have confirmed there is no damage to her spine. Praise God. They are considering waking her up tomorrow. I am flying from Adelaide to Wellington tomorrow,…
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For Heaven’s Sake
Lifting an excommunication is not a pardon. It is not a re-instatement. It is certainly not an affirmation of anyone’s personal opinions. It simply means that a person is no longer outside the fellowship of the Church, and…
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Serena Wins Australian Open Final
Serena Williams is an amazing athlete. The first set of the final over in 22 minutes without conceding a single point on serve. This makes her the highest earning female athlete in history, with total earnings now approaching…
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Prayer Request
My much loved sister Amanda has suffered from depression for the last two years, including two periods of hospitalisation. Last week she was hospitalised again in Wanganui in New Zealand. Three days ago she jumped from…
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Sixteen PS3s = Super-Computer
If I’m playing anything other than World of Warcraft on my PC, it’s usually Halo, Gears of War or some other Xbox 360 game. But the PS3 is a great console. Scientists have linked sixteen PS3s together to…
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Traditional Marriage Supporters Worried About Violent Retribution
‘The mandatory disclosure of thousands of contributors to Proposition 8 on the secretary of state’s Web site has led to numerous acts of vandalism, boycotts and even death threats, lawyers for the Prop. 8 campaign said…
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Fox to Take Over Narnia Series
Let’s hope they do a better job than Disney did with Prince Caspian. Disney cited ‘budgetary issues’ as one of their reasons for not continuing the series. Prince Caspian earned $420 million, compared with $745 million for…
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Charles Krauthammer Agrees With Me
I wrote a couple of days ago about Imanutjob’s demand that the US apologise to Muslims everywhere as a condition of better relationships with the Islamic world and with Iran in particular. To apologise is to…
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Hot Dog Seller Jailed
Given that dogs are unclean, definitely not halal (permitted), I can see why this would be an unpoular menu option. Dog meat plus chemicals. Yum.