Monthly Archives: May 2017

Radicalisation | Catallaxy Files

I’m very uncomfortable about the term ‘radicalisation’ as it is being applied to young Muslims (including converts to Islam) joining organisations such as ISIS. It seems to take a… struth #2396904, posted on June 1, 2017 at 8:58 am Good … Continue reading

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SURE THAT CASH IS WASTED. BUT SO’S THE REST | Herald Sun

Global warming is about seeming, not doing.   Dwight They want advice? Calculate total emissions, then plant the requisite number of trees–zero emissions. They can mail me the check for $350k. Source: SURE THAT CASH IS WASTED. BUT SO’S THE … Continue reading

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HOW DARE THESE RACISTS DIVIDE US | Herald Sun

SAY no to racism. Say no to this latest plan by Aboriginal activists to change our Constitution to divide us by race. Source: HOW DARE THESE RACISTS DIVIDE US | Herald Sun

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EX-ABC CHAIRMAN: DO WE NEED THE BIASED ABC ANY MORE? | Herald Sun

Former ABC chairman Maurice Newman says the ABC’s bias is getting worse and the need for it is getting less. Do we need it any more? Source: EX-ABC CHAIRMAN: DO WE NEED THE BIASED ABC ANY MORE? | Herald Sun

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Dilbert 1, Scientists 0. | Watts Up With That?

So how did the video do refuting Scott Adams’ cartoon? He joked that scientists warning of catastrophe invoke the authority of observational data when they are really making claims based on models. Check. He joked that they ignore on a … Continue reading

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How to Lose the Catholic Vote — Quadrant Online

Surveys show that parents value Catholic schools because they are faith based where education involves the whole child, intellectual, moral as well as spiritual, and schools set high expectations and, compared to government schools, have more disciplined classroom environments. Another … Continue reading

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How to Lose the Catholic Vote — Quadrant Online

After losing 14 seats and hanging on by the most slender majority you might think the Turnbull government appreciates that it needs all the friends it can get. Aspirational voters in marginal seats who enrol their children in Catholic schools … Continue reading

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Residents mortified as Sunshine Coast Council chops, mulches trees in Urban Food Street – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

The Sunshine Coast Council unapologetically chops down and mulchs 18 fruit trees on verges in Buderim. Source: Residents mortified as Sunshine Coast Council chops, mulches trees in Urban Food Street – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)  

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Duncan Lewis’ confusion – Bernard Gaynor

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Wednesday Forum: May 31, 2017 | Catallaxy Files

Nick #2396425, posted on May 31, 2017 at 5:10 pm Just consider fellow Cats, that when Bishop, Shorten and others are weeping over the death of a 12 year old girl, they are indifferent when girls just like her are … Continue reading

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Caption contest | Catallaxy Files

Tim Watts is my federal member of parliament – people whose opinions I trust assure me that he is a good guy. Perhaps so, but I can’t go past the opportunity to lampoon this photo. So what is Tim Watts … Continue reading

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Media Watch fudges | Catallaxy Files

In most countries the government agency that is responsible for monitoring and intimidating journalists is attached to the secret police. Here in Australia that government agency is the ABC’s… A Lurker #2395355, posted on May 30, 2017 at 1:06 pm … Continue reading

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Study: ‘Heat island’ effect could double climate change costs for world’s cities | Watts Up With That?

From the UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX and overheated climate science department, comes a claim that just doesn’t seem plausible, suggesting that in the future, nearly 11% of a “worst-off city&#… Source: Study: ‘Heat island’ effect could double climate change costs for … Continue reading

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$7.5bn worth of coal-fired power plants planned for Vietnam | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

By Paul Homewood   Vietnam is to set to go ahead with three new coal power plants, to be financed by Japan, South Korea and Saudi Arabia. From PEI:   The Vietnamese government is set to a… Source: $7.5bn worth … Continue reading

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Nicholas Stern, warming guru, in hot water | Herald Sun

One of the most influential warming alarmists (and an ABC darling)  hasn’t just wildly exaggerated the dangers of global warming. Source: Nicholas Stern, warming guru, in hot water | Herald Sun

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Claim: Four TRILLION Dollar Per Annum Carbon Tax Required to Save the World | Watts Up With That?

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Lord Stern, author of the Stern Review (2006), a government report which was used as the basis of UK climate policy, now says we need a four trillion dollar per annum ca… Source: Claim: Four … Continue reading

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Rubber-Stamped Wind Farm Approvals by NSW Planning Commission – Rotten to the Core – STOP THESE THINGS

*** The Tarago and Mt Fairy community is nestled on the rolling hills of the southern Tablelands of New South Wales its defenders have, for years now, been in furious opposition to the threat by Sp… Source: Rubber-Stamped Wind Farm Approvals … Continue reading

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GET YOUR OWN MATERIAL, KATHY | Daily Telegraph

The real problem with comedian Kathy Griffin’s decapitated Trump stunt isn’t that it’s stupid and unfunny, although it’s both those things. Source: GET YOUR OWN MATERIAL, KATHY | Daily Telegraph So she apologised … I call it a false apology.

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NO TO RACISM. NO TO THIS CHANGE IN OUR CONSTITUTION | Herald Sun

John Roskam and Simon Breheney say no to demands to change the constitution to divide us by race: Source: NO TO RACISM. NO TO THIS CHANGE IN OUR CONSTITUTION | Herald Sun

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FIRE AND ICELAND | Daily Telegraph

Besides not having any official fireworks display, there is also no official detonation area. Rockets, spinners and Roman candles are detonated all over the place, all in remarkable safety through improvised combinations of civilisation and anarchy. People typically warn those … Continue reading

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FAIRFAX TUNTED | Daily Telegraph

A few weeks ago, when Fairfax journalists went on strike, those journalists gloated over a front-page headline blunder in the first edition of the suddenly staff-depleted Sydney Morning Herald. Source: FAIRFAX TUNTED | Daily Telegraph

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Manchester bombing 2017: ‘Our books teach the beheading of people’ | Sunrise video | Daily Telegraph

TWO prominent Australian Muslim leaders have clashed live on air during a fiery debate about extremism and Islam. Source: Manchester bombing 2017: ‘Our books teach the beheading of people’ | Sunrise video | Daily Telegraph

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LET’S TALK ABOUT THE FRIDGES AND THE BEES | Daily Telegraph

Just what is Islamic terrorism, exactly? What are the causes and background of this mysterious phenomenon? Sixteen years and more than 30,000 Islamic terrorist attacks after September 11, 2001, many are none the wiser. ………….. Dracon Ramadanadingdong Bombathon Day 3 … Continue reading

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HE’LL GET TO THAT | Daily Telegraph

Source: HE’LL GET TO THAT | Daily Telegraph

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German Truck Driver Crushed by Runaway 62m Wind Turbine Blade – STOP THESE THINGS

That the wind industry is responsible for havoc and chaos is not news to STT followers, but normally it’s rocketing power prices, wrecking power markets and grids and ruining communities that… Source: German Truck Driver Crushed by Runaway 62m Wind … Continue reading

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