Friday, May 05, 2006

The only option ?

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RealClearPolitics - Articles - Give Iran Enough Rope Found via LGF was the above article that suggests waiting on the Iranian issue at the m...

It's all about fun

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BBC NEWS | Health | Britons 'put fun before babies' Meanwhile in Britain: The Guardian poll suggested that those quizzed were aware ...

The vanishing children of Japan

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The Japan Times Online - Advanced Search From the above: The number of children in Japan has been falling for 25 years straight, highlightin...

It's turtle's all the way down

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New Scientist SPACE - Breaking News - 'Cyclic universe' can explain cosmological constant I will expand on this post later. Update: ...
Thursday, May 04, 2006

A good fisking required

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Guardian Unlimited - This high-octane rocket-rattling against Tehran is unlikely to succeed The above article is by Tariq Ali, who (as one w...
Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Nutty actor makes decent movies

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Mission: Impossible III Early reviews for MI 3 are good. Yay. I really liked the first MI, but it was a sort of guilty pleasure. Uneven ac...

On Hamas and history

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Hamas is new name for old desire to eliminate Israel - Opinion - theage.com.au The Age runs a very pro-Jewish column today, which (I predict...
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Tuesday, May 02, 2006

An unusual diversion in Japan

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For those following the travelogue of my recent Japan jaunt, I did not get to the third "must see" as recommended by our friends (...

Those sensitive muslims at it again

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World Cup Row: German Brothel Removes Muslim Flags Amid Threats - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News I missed this story from last week: ...
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Something's wrong with those kiddies

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Guardian Unlimited | Comment is free | Tough on crime, to hell with the causes of crime if they make money George Monbiot refers to an old s...

Adams on a downer

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Phillip Adams seems to have been on rather a big downer lately. A couple of weeks ago, readers discovered that snakes and him seem to have ...
Monday, May 01, 2006

Must try harder

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Warning over use of wrong antibiotics - National - theage.com.au I didn't even know that pre-operation antibiotics were used. Well they...

Houses and power lines - an issue here soon?

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Telegraph | News | Pylon cancer fears puts 7 bn blight on house prices I don't think I have seen this story in the Aussie press. It inte...

More on women in Saudi Arabia

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BBC NEWS | Programmes | From Our Own Correspondent | Saudi Arabia's unseen reform Back in February, I pointed readers towards a Guardian...
Saturday, April 29, 2006

Toilets in Japan

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It's not clear whether anyone is appreciating the posts I am making about my recent trip to Japan, as comments have been non-existent. O...
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Friday, April 28, 2006

Pointless message

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Guardian Unlimited Books | News | How judge's secret Da Vinci code was cracked Turns out the judge's encoded message was hardly wort...
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Thursday, April 27, 2006

Himeji Castle

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Second on the list of "must see" buildings in Japan, as recommended to us by our Osaka friends, was Himeji Castle. Himeji is only ...

Calm down everyone

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The oil industry | Steady as she goes | Economist.com The above article is a detailed and relatively optimistic look at the "peak oil&q...
Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Some ideas on paternity fraud

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Mendacious mums can't be let off lightly | Janet Albrechtsen | The Australian I can't fault Janet's article today on the issue o...

Albanese on Nuclear

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Twenty years on: lest we forget the lessons from Chernobyl - Opinion It would seem that Labor's environment spokesman feels that no chan...