The Journal
All writing
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World of Warcraft – Decline and Fall
A month or so ago I outlined the reasons I would never play World of Warcraft again (mainly, Blizzard’s hostile attitude to its players). But I checked in a few days ago to see what was going…
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Of Interest to Catholics Only
And those of us who are not Roman Catholics, but have an interest in the integrity of the faith. I am disturbed by Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn’s invitation to Medjugorje ‘visionaries’ to speak and lead prayers at the…
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Reason on Drug Decriminalisation
Decriminalisation is legalisation. If something is not treated as a crime, and no sanctions are imposed, then it is legal. I enjoy Reason Magazine – I am a Kindle subscriber. But I do find Reason’s constant nagging…
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Rift Tanking
For anyone not familiar with online role playing games (RPGs), while it is possible to complete much of a game such as World of Warcraft or Rift on your own, players frequently form groups to win fights or complete…
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Indonesia’s Religious Tolerance = Tolerance for Muslims Only
Rule of law and tolerance for religious diversity were two of the qualities of life in Indonesia that Barack Obama praised on his visit there a year ago. You have to wonder what he had been…
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More Americans Trust Netanyahu Than Obama
The margin is not high, but still, that’s one little bright spot in a world of depressing news. The Washington Examiner reports: Americans might be more frustrated with Obama than they are irritated by Netanyahu. “A poll…
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Dud Climate Prophecies Have a Long History
In 1989 the UN was telling us that entire nations would be wiped off the earth if global warming were not reversed by the year 2000. As Donna Laframboise points out, since this hasn’t happened, aren’t…
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Cannot Activate Windows XP After a Repair Install
This is a very common problem. It is potentially diasastrous, yet it is not addressed or even acknowledged on the Microsoft answers website. The issue is that on the first restart after a Windows XP repair…
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Yousef Nadarkhani
Who? If you haven’t heard of Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani, then maybe we do need an inquiry into the mainstream media. Yousef is a Christian pastor in Iran. He has never been a Muslim. Yet he has been…
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Shut Up and Eat Your Lentils
Menzies House is doing its best to make people aware of the appalling censorship of public comments on the laughable (and depressing) “Clean Energy Future’ legislation. A parliamentary joint select committee (I always thought a joint committee was…
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Changing MMORPGs
I have played World of Warcraft for nearly three years. Now I am playing Rift. I had two WoW accounts. That was from the time when you couldn’t have characters from both factions on the same…
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Persistence
Over the last weekend I thought I would give up writing this blog. It has been an interesting couple of years. Some 1200 posts, half a million words. This Winter has been difficult. Constant personal issues involving…
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Condom Cash Grab
A Geraldton man is disgusted after his two year old daughter started chewing on a used condom she allegedly picked up in the McDonald’s playground. I have eaten at that McDonalds. It was clean and tidy.…
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Andrew Bolt Guilty – And They’re Coming For You Next
Somehow, in the shambolic mess of Justice Bromberg’s mind, a person who says that race should make no difference, and that people should be rewarded and assisted according to their abilities and needs, is guilty of…
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Just Some Stuff You MIght Have Missed
If you only read or watch or listen to Australian news sources. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan has cut trade and diplomatic relations with Israel, is increasing naval activity close to Israel, has threatened to attack Cyprus…