Monthly Archives: June 2017

One of Spartacus’s pleasures in posting on Catallaxy is to read the comments.  I always try to read comments and always learn something. It seems that there are supporters of both the Liberal… Source: Question Time | Catallaxy Files

Mandatory kidney sharing.  Double helmets and double seat belts.  5km/h speed limits.  All in the interests of public safety – oh and an expansion of the state. Coming to a Parliament close t… Source: You Want People To Die! | Catallaxy … Continue reading →

You have to hand it to the Obesity Policy Coalition.  Funded indirectly by government, through their funding sugar-daddies (geddit?) the Cancer Council of Victoria, Diabetes Victoria and VicHealth … Source: Guest Post: Terry Barnes Lard-arsed kids need exercise, not plain-packaged … Continue reading →

American cartoonist Gahan Wilson, mostly known for his deliciously ghoulish depictions of monsters and such, also has a sweet, observational side. Source: NEVER MIND THE BOLLARDS | Daily Telegraph

Guest essay by Eric Worrall If Greens want to decarbonise the economy to prevent climate change, why are they so opposed to nuclear power? A small but growing number of greens are also asking this … Source: Green Schism: Guardian … Continue reading →

Guest essay by Michel de Rougemont Heretic? You’re welcome! Hysteric? Please cool down! We hear that global warming is highly dependent on the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, thi… Source: “No evidence” is a useful scientific finding | … Continue reading →

Weeks after the High Court ruled Abdi Yusuf was eligible for damages for being detained unlawfully pending deportation, he was convicted of assaulting a woman in the street. Source: Somali thug jailed just for assaulting a woman  | Daily Mail … Continue reading →

THE Turnbull Government has dumped a group of Administrative Appeals Tribunal members after the tribunal made a series of controversial decisions to protect criminals from deportation. Source: Administrative Appeals Tribunal members dumped by Turnbull Government | Herald Sun Why are … Continue reading →

The broken turbine is on Gera Road, near Hack. Source: UPDATE: Repairs planned after wind turbine blades fail

  The ACT government did something that every bunch of green-left ideologically driven lunatics are programmed to do: it set a 90% Renewable Energy Target. The ACT government is in a joint ven… Source: Australia’s Wind Power Calamity: Canberra’s Government … Continue reading →

Source: Houli-Douly! Kirribilli Iftar Old Mates Act kicks in for Waleed, Mal and Bachar – Michael Smith News

Malcolm Turnbull knows absolutely nothing about AFL, but if he thinks you’re a nice guy it’ll score you a reduced suspension for knocking someone out. ………………………….. Myrtle What are the odds that “Basher Houli” will now be subjected to boos … Continue reading →

Robert We MUST have a plebiscite for SSM and not idiotic left-wing politicians deciding for us. Same-sex marriage is not a ‘right’! Marriage is a CHOICE. Gays aren’t denied ‘equality’, ‘love’, ‘status’ or ‘rights’ . Gays have exactly the same … Continue reading →

How trustworthy is Christopher Pyne? ……………………….. stephen @Jonathan, LGBTQI and whatever else you decide to call yourself is not “alphabet people”? Source: PYNE WAS “ALWAYS” FOR THE GAY MARRIAGE HE OPPOSED | Herald Sun What do those letters of the … Continue reading →

The invasion of Europe continues: …………………………. Joe “I cannot believe this will end well.” It’ll be fine Andrew.  All the do gooders will let these economic refugees into their homes, and delight in the multicultural festivities that eventuate –  higher … Continue reading →

Italy’s migrant welcome centers are in a state of “collapse” as huge waves of African migrants cross from Libya to the Italian peninsula. Source: Italy Overwhelmed as 13,500 African Migrants Arrive in Past Two Days Why are they all young … Continue reading →

The White House warned Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad that if he uses chemical weapons again, he will face Donald Trump. Source: White House Warns Syria: You Will Pay If You Use Chemical Weapons Again – Breitbart

Report written by commenter ‘stickywicket’ at Spiked online Everyone has been shocked to the core by the images of the inferno that engulfed the Grenfell Tower, killing 79 people. Most … Source: The Road to Grenfell Hell was clad with … Continue reading →

And so must all of his fellow cartoon-based children’s food promotional spokescreatures. ………………………. Terry Oh NO! The death of the Paddle Pop Lion (let’s call him ‘Cecil’) will cause outrage amongst doctors’ wives everywhere (or should that be dentists’ wives?). … Continue reading →

Australia is, by and large, a conservative country. The ambitions of most Australians fit firmly within a conservative framework, including home ownership, stable employment and the best education for their children. …………………………….. Terry Any centre-right party whose major faction is … Continue reading →

Former Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett: I fear that over the next 12 months we will see the greatest shrinkage of industry, not only in Victoria but in Australia. I fear we are heading for a social and economic disaster. There … Continue reading →

I greatly respect Bachar Houli, but this is a poor look: Source: IT’S WHO YOU KNOW | Herald Sun Sport in this country of sportspeople and sports fans has been brought into disrepute again by politicians and a media personality … Continue reading →

Immigration is changing Australia in disturbing ways: Source: REFUGEE PROGRAM BRINGS US BARBER-SHOP BRAWL | Herald Sun

How trustworthy is Christopher Pyne?   …………………………….. “I think that’s wrong and I think that same-sex couples who are in that situation should be in a position to have some legal basis for their relationship and that’s why I’ve changed … Continue reading →