The Journal
All writing
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Ann Coulter And Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Find common ground in their concerns about Obama’s speech to the Islamic world in Cairo. I wrote a few days ago that the big omission from that speech was any reference to the real reasons for the…
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What Happened At Roswell?
Probably nothing. That is, nothing except a high altitude weather balloon made of a then classified material crashing, later to be recovered by members of the 509th. But then, it seems to be true that the…
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Amanda
Apologies for the lack of posts over the last few days. It has been really busy at my real job – I run a computer store, but more importantly, my sister Amanda has been seriously ill…
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Man Threatens To Harm Himself
So police taser him to death. Tasers are a useful addition to the range of options available to police in subduing violent or resistant suspects. The man in question had allegedly assaulted his his girlfirend, and had…
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Definition Of A Facist
Someone who is winning an argument with a liberal. That one has been around for a while. But that doesn’t stop it being true. Michael Coren at the National Post points out that if mainstream parties…
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Canada Frosts The Most Widespread In Memory
The multiple frosts that have blanketed Western Canada in the last week are the most widespread in the top canola-growing province of Saskatchewan in at least five years. In Manitoba, the frost is the worst in…
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100 New Nuclear Reactors
And drilling for oil in Alaska. Sounds sensible. Nuclear reactors are a cheap, clean way to produce vast amounts of power, and they produce no greenhouse gas emissions. Taking oil from the massive reserves in Alaska…
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Work From Home
You’ve seen the ads. Invest a few dollars on our easy guide, and you’ll be making more money from home in a few hours a week than you ever did in your boring office /factory /farm…
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Anger Can Be Good News
When it is the entirely righteous anger of ordinary people at pointless violence, and the distortion and corruption of their faith. Pakistani villagers enraged with the Taliban after the bombing of a mosque battled the militants…
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When The Police Won’t Help, And Complain About Those Who Will
From Australian Conservative. John Styles points out that just as escalating violence against visiting students was back in the news in in mid May, the vast resources of the Victorian Police Department were focussed on catching…
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The Twenty Most Anticipated Movies Of 2010
From COED Magazine. From the A-Team (with Liam Neeson, Bruce Willis and Woody Harrelson, so probably not as horrible as it could have been), to Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader, to Arrested Development, to Alice…
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Do Not Do Evil That Good May Come
That is a basic Christian principle. You must always do what is right. The end does not justify the means. Doing wrong so good may come is pride. It is the belief that we know better than…
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Gordon Ramsay Is Not A Nice Man
He said some nasty things about Tracy Grimshaw. Well, boo hoo. He’s made a career out of saying nasty things about people. People like Tracy Grimshaw have benefitted from the publicity this nastiness has generated, and…
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The Big Omission
I agree with David Goldman that the most significant omission from Obama’s Cairo speech was reference to the long-standing ties of the Jewish people to the land of Israel. Israel was not founded because of European…
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Fielding Asks For Evidence
Tempers erupt. But why? Losing one’s temper is usually a sign of insecurity. If global warming alarmists are so certain the evidence supports them, why don’t they just provide it? Instead insults are thrown at Fielding and…