The Journal
All writing
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Obama Greets Chavez
Well, what was he supposed to do? Some of the criticism seems a little unfair – he couldn’t very well have refused to shake Chavez’s hand. He just didn’t have to look so jolly pleased about…
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Another Philippine Hostage Free
It is not clear yet whether Swiss Red Cross worker Andreas Notter was released, or left behind after police chased a group of terrorists who tried to break through the cordon surrounding their camp. The military has been drawing…
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57 Babies Mixed Up in Queensland Hospitals Last year
But it’s not our fault, says the Queensland Nurses Union. We’re like, you know, really busy and that. Really. And really, it just looks like we lost more than twice as many as in 2006 because…
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Kutcher out-Tweets CNN
Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a hoot. Or whatever it was. Ashton Kutcher of ‘That 70s Show,’ husband of Demi Moore, has beaten CNN to be the first Twitter ‘microblogger’ to reach 1 million followers. For all…
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Get Your Online Winkelin Here
This is a Dutch shopping site. It’s an absolute scream. Or I have a very strange sense of humour. You may to have to watch a couple of times to get the whole thing. Sound on.
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Peter Carey Tipped To Take Literary Hat Trick
According to the Man Booker Prize website, ‘The Man Booker International Prize recognises one writer for their achievement in fiction.’ Arrgh! Bizarre that such a horrible gramatical blunder should be sticking out on the front page…
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Facts On Antarctic Ice Reported In Mainstream Media
Like I said a few days ago, the times, they are a changing. The facts were always there, but it is hard to imagine this news would have been reported this fairly a year or so…
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US Environmental Authority – CO2 A Dangerous Pollutant
It’s a health risk, and endangers public welfare. Where did they read that – Dolly Magazine? Carbon dioxide is not poisonous, and it is not a pollutant. It is as necessary to plant life as oxygen…
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UN Celebrates Hitler’s 120th Birthday
With a conference to condemn Israel. You couldn’t make this up, honestly. Hitler was born on 20th April 1889. 20th April 2009 is the first day of Durban II, the second United Nations World Conference Against Racism,…
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Really Inconvenient Truths (For Liberals)
Just ordered this book from Amazon: The Really Inconvenient Truths: Seven Environmental Catastrophes Liberals Don’t Want You to Know About–Because They Helped Cause Them Like most people, I want to live in a world where we…
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Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince Trailer
A couple of posts with an entertainment theme today, so I thought I might as well include this trailer for the new Harry Potter movie – Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. David Yates, who…
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Green Lantern Gets Green Light
Sorry, that was just too hard to resist. Warner Bros will start filming the Green Lantern in Sydney in November. It wasn’t one of my favourite comics – I loved Iron Man (and enjoyed the film…
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Free Online Games
If you like the idea of becoming a hero or building an empire while interacting with people around the world, but want to play for free, these two games might be for you. Travian – start as…
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Jesus Was A Community Organisor, Pilate Was A Governor
So (blinding flash of religious insight) Barack Obama must be wonderful, and Sarah Palin is really, really bad. Just overlook the fact that Bill Clinton was also a governor. Because he was like, you know, cool…
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Free Speech, Climate Change, Fiji and Holocaust Denial
Historian and former teacher Frederick Toben has been found guilty of contempt of court because he continued to publish material claiming the Holocaust never happened, and that some people (notably some Jews) were making money out of…
