The Journal
All writing
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UN Chief ‘Deplores’ Anti-Semitic Rant
Ban Ki Moon described Imanutjob’s speech and the subsequent walk out by the few civilised nations still at the Geneva racism conference as a “very troubling experience for me as a Secretary General.” Oh, please. Spare us. Every…
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The Courageous Heart Of Irena Sendler
Can’t wait for this CBS made for broadcast movie to be shown in Australia. The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler As a Polish Catholic social worker in the early 1940s, Irena Sendler created and led a conspiracy of…
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Wind Farms An Expensive Waste Of Time
A real-world test performed by the Dutch province of Zeeland (a very windy place) confirms that small windmills are a fundamentally flawed technology. Twelve wind turbines were placed in a row on an open plain. Their…
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Real Beauty
Eric at Big Hollywood writes about real beauty – the kind Susan Boyle has, and real ugliness, the kind Janeane Garofalo has. I won’t say much more – it’s worth reading the whole thing. But I…
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Imanutjob Kicks Off UN Hitler Birthday Celebrations
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad — who has called for Israel to be “wiped off the map” and described the Holocaust as a “myth” — arrived in Geneva late on Sunday as one of the few heads…
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Gay Lobby Demands Total Compliance
Or else. Miss North Carolina Kristen Dalton won the Miss USA title earlier today. Good for her. But trouble started after runner-up Carrie Prejean (Miss California) was asked this question: ‘Vermont recently became the fourth state to…
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Leading Earth Scientist Says Climate Alarmists Like Creationists.
Because both global warming alarmists and creationists care more about defending their entrenched positions than they do for the evidence. In comments on another blog I was recently accused of being a denialist because I pointed out that…
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Running On New Server
Whew! Everything transferred over quickly and easily. The new layout needs some tidying up. I will do this over the next few days. If you notice any bugs or have any suggestions, let me know. Comment, or email…
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Some Disruptions Possible
Qohel has been experiencing growing traffic. We are not yet up with Andrew Bolt and Tim Blair, but we are within sight of becoming Australia’s leading independent conservative blog. Thank you! Over the next day or…
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On Pell, Pope Benedict, HIV and Condoms
I wrote about the effect of condom use on HIV infection rates in general terms about three weeks ago, but Andrew Bolt’s post this afternoon titled Pell’s Killer Argument has prompted me to add some more…
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Australia To Boycott UN Hitler Birthday Celebrations
At the last possible moment, Australia has been done the right thing and said it will not be sending delegates to the UN’s Geneva Conference for Racism and Anti-Semitism (commonly called Durban II). The conference is…
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The More I Hear Of Sarah Palin, The More I Like Her
Despite the extraordinary vindictiveness of the attacks against her and her family during the presidential election campaigns, Sarah Palin kept her dignity throughout. She spoke in Illinois a few days ago. On the stimulus programme, no…
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I Missed The Boat On This One
But I am still gobsmacked by the suspended sentence and sympathetic hearing given to Iranian refugee Kayvan Zarei after he punched a woman in a car park and then splashed a witness with petrol and tried…
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Bashings and Rapes Frequent On Public Transport
Another good reason not to use commuter trains and buses, besides the fact that they are inconvenient, inefficient, dirty and generally poorly run.
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South Australia’s Road Safety Minister A Hoon
South Australia’s Minister for Road Safety Tom Koutsantonis has a good record for saying the right things: `Extreme behaviour on our roads, such as speeding, is unacceptable and won’t be tolerated.’ and ‘Unfortunately, you can’t legislate to…