The Journal
All writing
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Avatar Part Two
I went to see James Cameron’s movie Avatar last night. It is everything I said it would be. It is courageous greenies in touch with nature, beating back the greedy Tasmanian loggers. It is Dances With…
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Aussies Triple Grog Intake Over Christmas/New Year
Wow! An alarming headline. But not a very informative one, unless we are told what that intake is being tripled from and to. Reading the small print we find that FebFast, another charity group no one has…
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Baz Lurhmann’s Australia
I finally got around to seeing Baz Lurhmann’s Australia. I cannot remember ever having seen a film so offensively bad. It is three hours of unmitigated drivel. My mother-in-law said about half way through ‘This thing…
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Climategate – A Graphical History
Jo Nova has put together a massive wall chart of highlights (low lights?) from the FOI file of documents and emails from Hadley. It details more than twenty years of data fudging, bullying of scientists with alternative views,…
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Tiger and the Plastic Playmates
A few belated suggestions for Tiger and the plastic playmates. Tiger: Some women chase sports stars, or anyone who is rich and famous. When women approach you and offer to have sex with you, this is…
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A More Assertive China
I for one was grateful for China’s new assertiveness at Copenhagen. I am less impressed by the combination of insecurity about its internal politics and disregard of world opinion that is increasingly evident in China’s represssion…
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Yemen Attacks Al Qaeda
Yemen has conflicts with Al Qaeda in the South, and Al Houthis (a Shiite separatist group) in the North. Neither group has widespread support in Yemen. Al Qaeda is seen as a threat by the West,…
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Taxpayer Funded Stupidity
1. I had occasion to visit the regional hospital in Geraldton a couple of days ago. Staff seemed competent and concerned for their patients. So far, so good. Ouside the main entrance was a vendng machine…
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The End Of The Anglican Communion
The election of Mary Glasspool as assistant Bishop of Los Angeles will be the end of the Anglican Communion. Ms Glasspool is a practising lesbian who has lived for twenty years with her partner. This election…
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To The ADF: Thanks, And Happy Christmas
Members of the Australian Defence Forces are currently deployed in the Solomon Islands, East Timor, Afghanistan, Israel and the Sinai, Sudan and Iraq, as well as in border protection around Australia. Some 3800 Australian service men…
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The Privileged Religion Of Atheism
Why do atheists insist on imposing their religious views on the rest of us? Atheists are a tiny proportion of the population in Australia. Seventy percent of Australians are Christians, or have some affiliation with a…
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Return of the Hawk-Faced Harridans
It was like being back on Ansett. On Tuesday Kathy and I travelled from American River to Geraldton. it was a long day. Drive from American River to Penneshaw. Ferry to Cape Jervis. Drive to Adelaide.…
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Actions Have Consequences
The Christmas Island detention centre is so full that 30 illegal immigrants have transported to Melbourne. Another 35 have been taken from Christmas Island to Darwin. When I was about 12, I asked my Mum what…
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Stories In Common
Reader James T suggests I should have given Andrew Bolt credit for my comments on James Cameron’s film Avatar. Proper referencing is important for one’s intellectual integrity. It is also polite. When I write about a…
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On Journalism
From Jeff Lindsay’s Darkly Dreaming Dexter: You don’t have to take an IQ test to become a reporter. Even so, I always hope for just the smallest glimmer. And I’m always disappointed. Perhaps I saw too…
