Monthly Archives: December 2016

Source: Die, Fluffy Wuffy, Die!: Van blast at ACL headquarters triggers strange social media reaction Telling the truth asap would stop a lot of jumping around conclusions.

Guest essay by Eric Worrall One of the more amusing climate dramas in the wake of the Trump victory, is watching Liberal attempts to construct a theory of Conservative climate “denial”,… Source: Latest Liberal Climate Plan: Buy Off the “Conservative … Continue reading →

Boko Haram militants are instructing teenage recruits how to sexually assault women as part of their training in warfare. henrietta •  Much has been written about the strong effect a boy’s first sexual experience can have on him throughout life … Continue reading →

Boko Haram militants are instructing teenage recruits how to sexually assault women as part of their training in warfare. Source: Boko Haram Jihadists Teach Boy Soldiers How to Rape Women

Muddy … Sports such as men’s football have not welcomed women in a substantial way because no-one wants to see women beaten up and injured, occasionally seriously, week in, week out. Men are beaten up and injured on the streets, … Continue reading →

BrettW … Baldrick,I was talking to a Qld Correctional Services guy recently. He mentioned Dept increasing %age of women. This includes in male prisons. If there are 2 males and 2 females on duty in an area guess which ones … Continue reading →

Turnbull has embarked on the first effort of any government in our recent history to systematically reduce the living standards of many elderly Australians. Source: The move to swap Tony Abbott for Malcolm Turnbull has been close to a disaster

Take a look at this Melbourne Cricket Ground code of conduct warning, brought to you by those Gillians at the International Cricket Council. Source: 18C AT THE MCG | Daily Telegraph

Alistair Urquhart wasn’t the only 97-year-old Scottish war hero we lost in 2016. Also departed is Swordfish pilot Jock Moffat – the man who crippled the Bismarck. Source: JOCK MOFFAT | Daily Telegraph Lest we Forget.

mizaris … Our super, cash savings and assets are for us to live on in our retirement. They will be used in full if necessary, because I do not see any reason to leave any of our hard earned $ … Continue reading →

Salvatore, Iron Publican … As for eating out, forget it. No 3-hat restaurants for us. A far-away holiday for us … My mother, between the ages of 21 & 43 went to a restaurant Three times. Each time with her … Continue reading →

Paul … The angst here is less about the pension and more about justice. 2 people, same income. One saves, the other spends. Spender gets pension, saver doesn’t. Saver punished 2 ways for being fiscally responsible – doesn’t get a … Continue reading →

We have an ageing population, and a costly pension and health system. Either we have a basic pension (not means tested), with commensurately higher taxation, or we have the means-tested scheme. Source: Mediscare, now Pensionscare | Catallaxy Files Question … … Continue reading →

By Paul Homewood     The Guardian must be desperate for some news. Yesterday they rehashed some story from last May!   If you can keep your gaze off the hilltops, imagine away the py… Source: Guardian Scoop–It Was Windy … Continue reading →

Lin … lights failing during a cricket match? Now that is serious. So serious it just might force those in power (pardon the pun) to go back to a reliable source of electricity generation. But don’t count on it. We … Continue reading →

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull urged Australians to “hug those who aren’t having as happy a Christmas as you might be”, but that message might easily have been misunderstood. Source: HUGS! HUGS FOR ALL! | Daily Telegraph

BMW engine designer Paul Rosche, whose brilliant M1 straight-six evolved to become the device that occasionally costs me my licence, died last month at 82. Source: PAUL ROSCHE | Daily Telegraph

TheOldAndUnimproved … Dean Martin: “Bob Hope is not two men.” Jerry Lewis: “No? You ever tried to ad-lib opposite him?” Source: TUESDAY NOTICEBOARD | Daily Telegraph

Did the Russians really rig the 2016 US election? You bet they did! Source: RUSSIAN INTERVENTION EXPOSED | Daily Telegraph

Europe gives Trump Administration excellent tutorials on how not to regulate pesticides Guest essay by Paul Driessen With reform-minded folks in charge of the Executive and Legislative Branches, un… Source: Another good target for EPA reform | Watts Up With … Continue reading →

Even when the police foil massacres before they can happen and the prosecution obtains convictions, sentences are likely to be far less than what a reasonable person would regard as appropriate. Terror has changed the way we live. It should … Continue reading →

Washington (AFP) – The White House orchestrated a “gang-up” against Israel on last week’s UN settlement vote, its ambassador to Washington said Monday in the latest sign of anger between the longtime allies. Source: US led UN gang-up on Israel … Continue reading →

Temperatures at the North Pole could reach freezing point, claimed the BBC on Saturday. In reality temperatures never got higher than about minus 10C. While this was still less cold than usual, it was due to an incursion of milder … Continue reading →

Hussam Ayloush of the LA chapter of CAIR tweeted on Christmas that he hoped more people had died in the previous night’s Russian plane crash. Source: CAIR LA Chief Tweets, Deletes Wish for 2x Death in Russian Crash

The Trumps Celebrate Christmas Services at Church Where They Married From the comments … TylerDurden  You have to respect a man who will move from a palace into public housing for his country. Source: The Trumps Celebrate Christmas Services at … Continue reading →