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Friday, June 19, 2015

Pope understands science better than libertarian Senator

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I had been wondering for what diversionary excuse American gun nuts would come up with

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See, when a school gets shot up, they want armed guards at schools, and for teachers to carry pistols. But it seems a bit of a stretch to ...
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Catholic conservatism in modern America

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Last Time Conservatives Dismissed Major Encyclical, It Ended Terribly | The New Republic I found this article looking at the way Catholic ...

Shorten overkill

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I posted just recently that I don't have strong feelings one way or the other about Bill Shorten's performance as Opposition Leader,...
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Thursday, June 18, 2015

It's coming...

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New study shows Arctic Ocean rapidly becoming more corrosive to marine species | EurekAlert! Science News New research by NOAA, Universit...
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South Korea and the education obsession

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Foreign Correspondent the other night was a fascinating look at the obsessively competitive education industry in South Korea, which is rat...
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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Mutant mice, depressed scientists, and don't eat that raw fish dish

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*   Nature News explains the problems with reproducibility in experiments using genetically engineered mice, and how the problem will only...

Call me a skeptic...

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....but I find it hard to credit that the issue of aboriginal property rights, which exercises the IPA bred mind of Tim Wilson a great deal,...

The biggest "glass jaw" government in Australian history

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I see the terminally boring Paul Kelly has now lined up with the rest of The Australian's columnists to attack Gillian Triggs.   The u...
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Camping on the Moon

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Habitat is designed to provide stay on the moon, sleeps two Oddly enough, they might also be able to set up a solar still on the surface t...
Tuesday, June 16, 2015

The Kevin Rudd disaster

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Gee, watching the smarmy performance of Kevin Rudd on The Killing Season is reminding me all over again how amazing it was that he was ever...
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On paying people smugglers

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So it seems virtually certain now that it would have been an ASIS spy on board an Australian navy ship who was paying money at sea to people...
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The Nazi style guide

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Hitler as Art Director: What the Nazis' Style Guide Says About the "Power of Design" - CBS News I'm not sure I was aware ...

The real story

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Ian Fleming ensures no cliches about Japan go unexploited in his ethnocentric masterpiece 'You Only Live Twice' | The Japan Times I...
Monday, June 15, 2015

What a moral vacuum

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Andrew Bolt's first comment on the paying money to people smugglers scandal was to say he didn't know that he cared. His latest is...
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Trouble for Abbott

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It's good to finally see Abbott and his government facing some political damage from the "whatever it takes" attitude to stopp...
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Sunday, June 14, 2015

Slow internet in space

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How Do Astronauts Connect to the Internet in Space? - The Atlantic Interesting article here explained that the internet connection astronau...

Some Mary Beard observations

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Mary Beard turned up briefly on SBS a few weeks ago, on what looked like a new series on Roman stuff (about Pompeii), but I haven't noti...

Help, I'm a martyr!

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What else are you not allowed to hear? | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog Oh dear.   Andrew Bolt apparently wants to correct something to do wi...

Drinking blackouts

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My drinking years: ‘Everyone has blackouts, don’t they?’ | Society | The Guardian I think its basically an ad for a book, but I still thoug...
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