The Journal
All writing
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Pay Up for the Misery Tour
A black bus that looks like a monstrous hearse, and not one US flag in sight. This is the bus Darth Vader would have picked. Not just a misery tour, but a genuinely stupid idea.
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Kicking Our Allies
A few days ago communist China launched its first (albeit recycled) aircraft carrier. Whatever else this is, it is an attempt to project Chinese authority over the Western Pacific. A renewed reason to demonstrate and affirm moral and material support…
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Craig Thomson – Time to Call the Police
For last four months allegations have been made that Federal Labor MP and former Federal Secretary of the Health Services Union Craig Thomson had used his union credit card to make make unauthorised cash advances, and…
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Don’t Mention the War
Or in this case, don’t say anything about who Muhammed really was and the things he did. The radio presenter Michael Smith is being investigated by the media watchdog over his assertion that the prophet Muhammad…
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Facts on CO2 and Climate Change
Facts have defeated the climate alarmist juggernaut. It still lumbers on like a gigantic zombie looking for brains to devour. Poor thing. It does most of its lumbering in universities and Labor Party gatherings, where brains are…
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Sauce for the Turkey
Stop Islamisation of Europe has issued the following advisory to the government of Turkey: The organizations “Stop Islamisation of Europe” and “Stop the Islamization of Georgia,” report that they are going to hold a rally of…
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The Good Samaritan Did Not Use a Government Credit Card
Those dastardly right-wing Christians are at it again. This time they are claiming that we serve the poor best by being financially responsibile: … we do not need to “protect programs for the poor.” We need to protect…
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Get Real!
Wow! Language warning. Courage warning. Un-PC warning. And on reaping what we sow, by the fierce Theodore Dalrymple: The riots are the apotheosis of the welfare state and popular culture in their British form. A population…
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Race and Riots
The ever interesting Katharine Birbalsingh says the riots in England are about race, and nothing will be resolved until authorities are willing to face this fact: Some of the black kids I used to teach will…
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Palin: How We Got Here and What We Can Do About It
First, hello! It has been a month since my last post – my apologies. I have had some minor health and family issues to sort out. Then there is the retail downturn, and downturn in the number of…
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AIDS Success in Zimbabwe – Another Unsurprising Surprise
Given the demonisation of the Catholic Church’s position on the use of condoms, you might be excused for thinking that the science was settled: promotion of condom use is the most effective method of reducing HIV infection.…
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Climate Science by, Like, a Scientist
The opinions of politicians, singers and film stars on the state of the climate and what should be done about it, are eagerly sought by the populist press. As a partial consequence of this, the populist press is becoming…
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So Scary It’s Profitable
A couple of excerpts from Matt Ridley, writing in The Australian: No matter how many scares are proved wrong, the next set of dispatches of doom are treated with the same reverential respect. Remember what the media…
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Sunburnt
‘Sunburnt’ was the headline on the front page of Saturday’s Adelaide Advertiser. In the accompanying article, The Advertiser revealed the shocking news that the costs of government subsidies to people who installed solar panels, both the…
