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OK to Pick on Christians
I read the latest Adelaide Church Guardian this morning. It’s dismal, of course. More breast-beating about no-one going to church. The yawn-inspiring PC nonsense the Guardian constantly parrots might give church leaders some clues about declining attendances if they were…
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The Shroud of Turin and the Knights Templar
Whatever one thinks about its authenticity, the Shroud is a fascinating object. Carbon dating tests conducted in 1988 indicated the Shroud could not be dated any earlier than 1260. That figure was immediately disputed (and not just by Shroud…
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President Barack Obama, Britney Spears and Paris Hilton
No that’s not just a grab for more visitors by using three of the most requested search terms in one heading. Though I’d be quite happy if it worked that way. Remember the McCain ad that…
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Bad Behaviour in the Class Disrupts Learning – Well Done Sherlock!
Via John Ray’s Education Watch, this article from The Age about the damage caused by bad behaviour at school. My wife is a teacher, as are many of my friends. Disruptive behaviour is endemic in Australian schools. Not…
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North Korea Fires Rocket Over Japan
North Korea has fired a rocket over Japan. Pyongyang says this is part of North Korea’s ‘peaceful space development,’ and was intended to launch a satellite. Right. Why fire it over Japan then? It is hard to believe this…
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Another Baby Dead in a NSW Hospital Toilet
How can this keep happening? The woman did not know she was pregnant. Well, OK. But she is not a medical professional. She doesn’t work at the hospital in New South Wales. But heck, why not,…
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Wilkins Ice Shelf Collapsing (Again)
The media has been blabbing on about how the Wilkins Ice Shelf is in imminent danger of disintegration because of global warming for years. Now, yet again, scientists are alarmed at the extent of rapid changes.…
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Climate Sceptics Invited to UN Conference
Alas, not so. The fact that Jennifer filed this under ‘Humour’ and posted it on April 1st should have been a giveaway. The references to Irving Janis are entirely accurate, and that, along with references to…
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Stimulus Package Worse Than Useless
Professor Neal Stoughton, head of Banking and Finance at the Australian School of Business at the University of New South Wales, has come out in support of my argument of several weeks ago that the stimulus…
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End of the Line for Tamil Tigers
I have blogged about the Sri Lankan civil war before. There are reports that some 20,000 people have fled conflict zones in March. About 30,000 fled in February – but fighting was more widespread then. The…
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Body Part Dropped in Neighbours Yard
But the police won’t say what body part. Apparently the killer got into a fight with an older drinking buddy and attacked him with a hatchet (small axe, tomahawk, whatever). During the attack, the older guy…
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Man Swallows Scissors He Was Using to Clean His Teeth
Yes it is true. There are even X-rays to prove it. If this guy had died he would have deserved a Darwin award. But I guess he’s still got his whole future ahead of him. Provided…
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Bishop Backs Rudd on Bushfire Climate Lessons
I know George Browning slightly. He is a a personable and apparently intelligent man. He has also been pushing the global warming agenda pretty relentlessly for the last ten years. Understandably, since he is convenor of the ‘Anglican…
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Banks Funding Virus Creation (or Forcing You To)
In an article on the Australian ABC website, Patrick Gray suggests that the major motivation for writing viruses is financial. This is certainly true with ‘key logger’ type infections, but I am not sure it is true…
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Sayyaf Hostages Still Alive
According to latest reports from the Philippines, the Red Cross workers kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf are still alive – though no ‘proof of life’ has been received, despite requests. Abu Sayyaf has already shown it is…
