The Journal
All writing
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Homeland Security – How To Spot A Right Wing Extremist
Watch out for anyone carrying a pay cheque. He he.
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Disabled Protestors Arrested Outside White House
This is hardly a news flash – it happened a week ago. But I had seen nothing about this in the mainstream media, and only heard of it this morning from Uppity Woman. A fuller version…
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Dom DeLuise Dies
Comedian and nice guy Dom DeLuise has died after a year long fight with cancer. I’m not really a comedy person, but Dom DeLuise’s collaborations with Mel Brooks and Burt Reynolds had me in tears of laughter.…
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Obama And Notre Dame
I am trying hard to imagine what the real Notre Dame, the Blessed Virgin Mary, would make of a Catholic university named in her honour, and I presume, relying on her patronage and intercession, inviting someone who publicy opposes…
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French Fail To Surrender – Inquiry Launched
A group of Somali pirates attacked a French war ship near the Seychelles. The captain of the frigate Nivose, Lieutenant Commander Jean-Marc le Quilliec, sent out commandos in small boats, with a helicopter for air support. Within…
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Turnbull Shows Some Sense On Emissions Trading
Malcolm Turnbull is too weak to back the government’s proposed emissions trading legislation, according to hot air minister Penny Wong. Wrong. Malcolm Turnbull has yet to be convinced that global warming theory is bankrupt. But he…
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Saudi Arabia Clamps Down On Women’s Gyms
In Saudi Arabia women’s gyms can only operate legally inside hospitals, where they are called health centres. They are so expensive (over $250 per month) that only the very wealthy can afford them. Other, cheaper gyms for women…
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WHO – Widespread Outbreaks Of Insufficient Panic
People aren’t scared enough, according to the World Hysteria Organisation. A spokeperson says the WHO may raise the global pandemic alert level to six – the highest possible. In an interview with the Spanish newspaper El…
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Three Abus Grilled
That’s what the headline says: 3 Abus surrender, undergo grilling. That is, three members of terrorist organisation Abu Sayyaf have surrendered, and are assisting with investigations. Philippine officials say they expect to ‘extract information’ from the three terrorists…
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Swine Flu Not Scary Enough? Don’t Worry
There’s always another reason to panic. According to Alzheimers Australia, we are facing an avalanche of dementia. If avalanche is not scary enough, try ‘dementia tsunami’, a reference to the ageing baby boomers who are living…
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X-Men Origins: Wolverine
X-Men Origins: Wolverine took about $87 million on its opening weekend. It’s a good, but not great film. $87 million is enough to bring it into the top 20 all time biggest movie openings. Number one is Dark…
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Climate Change Hits Indigenous Australians Hardest
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma, recently returned from the UN’s Conference for Racism and Anti-Semitism, says that Australia’s indigenous people will be hardest hit by climate change. If temperatures in North…
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Those Gentle Caring Greenies
A $1.2 million arson attack on forestry equipment. Selfish, irresponsible, idiotic, criminal. But pretty much no risk of anyone being harmed. But attaching wires to trees where loggers cannot see them to make those trees fall in…
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Anthropogenic Global Warming Could Have Been Right
In laboratory conditions, increases in the proportion of CO2 in air result in a small, but proportional increase in heat retention. It was reasonable to ask whether a similar effect might apply in the real world. If…
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D-Day (Dimwit Day) In South Australia
The Rann government’s ban on lightweight plastic shopping bags starts today. I predict chaos and frustration at supermarkets around the state. Tim Blair notes that the people who grow marijuana are subject to a fine of $300,…