The Journal
All writing
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Scientists vs Alarmists
A letter from 36 leading climate scientists responding to the latest round of alarmism. Longish, but worth quoting in full: February 8, 2011 To the Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate: In…
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Stick Your Panels Where The Sun Don’t Shine
Sigh… If only it were that easy. Had a letter from the Kangaroo Island Council today, inviting us (and every other ratepayer) to an information session on the ‘Solar Councils Community Program.’ This is free advertising…
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Nonie Darwish On The Enemy Within
Nonie Darwish says she believes it was inevitable the Muslim Brotherhood would take edvantage of any civil unrest after what they would have seen as encouragement in President Obama’s Cairo speech: I foresaw that there could…
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Christians in Egypt
From The Barnabas Fund: As Egypt descends into deeper unrest … the country’s Christians are falling victim to the chaos as their shops are looted and essential supplies start to run out. The majority of Egyptian…
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Thank God For Israel
One sixth of one percent of the land in the Middle East. No oil. Not much in the way of natural resources. Constantly under threat. Yet what they have built, and what they give, is amazing. Pray…
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On The Dishonesty of the Mainstream Media
No blow too low! That could well be the motto of some of Australia’s legacy media outlets. The latest example is the claim that Tony Abbott made light of an Australian soldier’s death by saying ‘Well,…
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NSW Labor To Voters: If We Give You Money Will You Vote For Us?
Answer: No. Kristina Keneally has one significant advantage in announcing policies (I use the word loosely): she doesn’t have to worry about being around to implement them. With that knowledge, it’s a surprise that the fag…
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Can Obama Really be That Naive?
‘Don’t worry about the Muslim Brotherhood’, President Obama is reported as saying, ‘they don’t have majority support.’ Maybe not, but they do have majority support for the majority of things they believe in – an islamist state,…
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Hosni Mubarak Deserves Better From the West
Hosni Mubarak took over as president after his friend and mentor Anwar Sadat was murdered in 1981 by islamic extremists. Over the past thirty years, Mubarak has confirmed and strengthened the fragile peace negotiated by Sadat…
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Clem 7 Tunnel Farce – Just Like the NBN
OK, so Brisbane needs better traffic systems. But this absurdly expensive, oversold, poorly researched, underused tunnel? The Clem 7 tunnel would never have been built if actual costs and usage had been known beforehand. RiverCity is carrying…
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Historic Health Reforms?
Right up there with the great moral challenge of our time. Having a single government funder of health services would help to prevent some of the bickering between Sate and federal governments, and reduce some of…
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Lies Don’t Work
People tell lies, or use statistics, which frequently amounts to the same thing, to get what they want. Most people acknowledge that telling lies is a bad thing. In general. But in this particular case, their…
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Cool Hats, Dudes
More about Egypt a bit later, but for now, these tidbits from the Daily Mail: A handy supply of stones for peaceful pro-democracy protestors to throw at people who disagree with them: And a selection of…
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Feel the Love
Oh, it’s so warm and cuddly. Liberal progressives are forgiving, inclusive, welcoming of those who disagree with them. And of course, they never use violent or malicious rhetoric. Or not. Just listen to the bile and…
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Why Climate Change Nonsense Has to Stop
Climate change alarmists need to be called to account. When they talk about global warming, they actually mean three separate things: 1. The world is getting warmer in an unprecedented, or at least highly unusual and alarming,…
