The Journal
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WoW Fifth Birthday
World of Warcraft is five years old. If you log on over the next few days there is a free pet, the Onyxia Whelpling. But even more fun are the Mohawk Grenades:
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If Bush Had …
Shamelessly lifted from A Western Heart: If George W. Bush had been the first President to need a teleprompter installed to be able to get through a press conference, would you have laughed and said this…
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Flammery and Flummery
Tony Abbott ignored my fax. I was glad Kevin Andrews, at least, had the courage to stand against Malcolm Turnbull. The ABC’s description of him as a ‘stalking horse’ (how many people would understand that without…
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Just Faxed To Tony Abbott
The Hon Tony Abbott Fax No (02) 6277 8407 Dear Mr Abbott, Please stand for the leadership of the Liberal Party. I know you are reluctant to do so, and I understand the extra pressure the…
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Diocese Of The Murray
I have a number of friends who are members of The Voice of the Laity, an organisation of lay people in the Anglican Diocese of The Murray. Their website was recently hijacked. They have started a new…
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What is Wrong With Catherine Deveny?
Catherine Deveny, comedy writer, stand-up comedian and perpetual sad sack. I have never encountered a column writer who has such an immense talent for finding something offensive or hurtful in ordinary day to day life and human…
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Mainstream Media Picks Up CRU Email Story
This article in the Wall Street Journal Hacked Emails Show Climate Science Ridden with Rancor may be the beginning of some very reluctant coverage by the commercial media. They were always going to be a bit slow.…
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Sarah Palin Is An Idiot – Not
Look up ‘Sarah Palin is an idiot’ in Google and you’ll get 26,200,000 results. She’s an idiot I would be proud to have as a friend. ‘George Bush is an idiot’ used to be the standard…
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Backseat Bonking Backfires
Well, it was either that or ‘Big Banana Bonks Barmaid.’ I am no fan of Mike Rann. His is a government that has achieved very little at great expense. But I am less than impressed by…
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Karma Neutral – Somebody Would Fall For it
He, he. This is hilarious. The first street guy interviewed has no idea how indulgences work – they are not about buying the right to sin, which is exactly what Karma Neutral and carbon neutral trading schemes…
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UN Official – Be Like Cuba, For Children’s Sake
Jose Juan Ortiz, UNICEF’s representative in Cuba, clearly knows what side his bread is buttered on. In ceremonies in Cuba yesterday to celebrate Universal Children’s Day, Mr Ortiz said: Cuba is among the countries that have best implemented…
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Telling Lies For God, Sorry, Cash
It is looking more like the email and document files taken from the Hadley Cimate research Centre, and now confirmed as genuine, were leaked by an insider rather than hacked. This link will download the complete zipped…
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Mohler Men Could Have Ruled Over A House Of Horrors
But I seriously doubt it. Six male members of the Mohler family in Missouri have been charged with various sexual offences after being accused of raping and sodomising a group of children over many years. Such…
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Parents’ Jury Demonstrates Remarkable Dumbness
The Parents’ Jury, whoever the heck they are, take a shot at McDonalds in dishing out their inaugural Fame and Shame Awards. McDonalds won the Techno Hack category for their Maths Online programme – a free (and…
