Opinion Dominion

From the TLS: ....the fact that wine can bring great pleasure – and that it can cultivate a sense of community – has been something of a ...

Look at the distinctive rash a certain South Pacific fungus can cause.   Unusual...

Spotted on Twitter:   Greg Jericho Retweeted George Megalogenis  ‏ @ GMegalogenis     1h 1 hour ago George Megalogenis Retweeted L...

I've avoided commenting on the obvious disappointment of the performance of Malcolm Turnbull as Prime Minister.   But yes, I think thi...

Beachcomber has a short post about a 19th century rumour, at least amongst the poor in one area, it seems, that Queen Victoria was about to...

Priests ‘should learn about climate change as part of their formation’ This should be upsetting to the Latin mass loving conservative Cath...

I don't know that I should link to this , really - too many of the photos (which, in terms of photographic quality, are so good they loo...

Of course, with a President elect who has traded in this stuff, don't expect it to get much better any time soon... Pizzerias in Austi...

Just when the Pizzagate conspiracy was about to be blown wide open, I see that Australia's home for Pizzagate dissemination - Catallaxy...

The WAPO fact checks Trump's upset at the cost of getting replacement Air Force Ones. As they say, he doesn't know what he doesn&...

I like the way that Krugman sometimes makes it very clear that he, and other economists, don't really know exactly what is going on, or...

Brisbane's lack of daylight saving means that it's hard enough to sleep in beyond about 5 am in summer anyway, what with bright sun ...

Caesarean births 'affecting human evolution' Well, I'm quite fond of the idea that the alien greys are very evolved time trave...

Seems to me you're keener on the Trump call to Taiwan than even the Wall Street Journal , which notes that Trump's follow up Twitter...

Here's a pretty balanced take on the matter of Trump's apparent fondness of getting Generals involved in his government, from the ...

In other Space.com news, I see that the reason astronauts can start having eye focus problems is due to spinal fluid floating around to whe...

US Military Develops 'Multi-Object Kill Vehicle' to Blast Enemy Nukes Seems a bit like we're re-visiting the 1980's, whe...

Apart from the point I noted a couple of posts ago (about how it seems quite possible Trump was manipulated by others into talking to Taiwan...

Just found two recent, good videos illustrating and discussing pilot wave theory for quantum mechanics.  Well worth watching:

So you like the Trumpian approach to attacking a dead dictator and calling/taking a call from Taiwan because it annoys China? I await your...