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Neil’s Second Decade
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- Climate Change Sceptics please note:
The Great Global Warming Swindle Swindle. Go here for the real story. POST UPDATED AND EXPANDED 16 July 2007.
See also How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic from 3 Quarks Daily.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Nine Lies About Climate Change (2008).
Real Climate: Climate Science from Climate Scientists -- blog.
The Discovery of Global Warming -- on the Web site of the Center for History of Physics of the American Institute of Physics.
Tag Archives: Miranda Devine
Quote of the day
Further to Hypocrisy (revised) yesterday: Only a very very peculiar mind could interpret McClelland’s remarks as showing sympathy for the Bali bombers, let alone ’supporting’ them. That is from the entry I mentioned yesterday — The next prime minister on … Continue reading
Posted in Aussie interest, Kevin Rudd, News and Current Affairs, Politics
Tagged capital punishment, Howard government, human rights, Miranda Devine
Climate change sinks embattled troglodytes
Poor Tim Blair. Poor Miranda. Increasingly they look like flat earthists geocentrists* in a post-Galileo world. See the report Hot, parched and sinking – apocalypse Sydney in today’s Herald, but even more importantly go to Climate change in Australia: “Climate … Continue reading
Now I will confess…
I am a closet listener to country and western music. Mind you, not all country and western music. But there’s some that is just good honest stuff, so why pretend to look down on it? And this one contains images … Continue reading
Posted in Aussie interest, blogging, Brendan Nelson, Current affairs, Indigenous Australians, Politics
Tagged Australian culture, Iraq, Lord Malcolm, Miranda Devine, music
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The march of folly and the guns of war
Yes, I have appropriated and adapted two of Barbara Tuchman’s famous 20th century histories to create that title, because they are so sadly apt in the current world climate. First, let me get a disclaimer (or several) out of the … Continue reading
Posted in Current affairs, Israel, News and Current Affairs, Observations
Tagged folly, Iran, Islam, Miranda Devine
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Sad descent of Gnome into black comedy
See also Liberal Party’s search for a scapegoat finds its mark… on Journalspace. Howard’s mask fell off last week in that press conference as he uttered the words And I hope people understand from observing me in 30-odd years of … Continue reading
Posted in Aussie interest, Current affairs, Kevin Rudd, News and Current Affairs, Politics
Tagged culture wars, Miranda Devine
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Not the best of all possible worlds
Well, that’s a given of course. But there were some good examples of sleaze of one kind or another on ABC here in Sydney last night. That is well worth your following up. The banner will take you there. You … Continue reading
Posted in Aussie interest, Brendan Nelson, Current affairs, Films, DVDs, TV, News and Current Affairs
Tagged Miranda Devine