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October 31, 2006

Framing the market - posted by Graham

Nicholas Stern has produced a report Interesting to see the paranoid left fawning over a former head economist of the World Bank. The report attempts to take an economic view of the global warming theory and comes to the conclusion... More
Posted by Graham at 08:02 PM | Comments (11) | TrackBack

October 29, 2006

Wayne Swan a casualty in the CO2 wars? - posted by Graham

The Greenhouse debate seems to have swung firmly in the favour of the global warming alarmists, even as the science, and the IPCC reports, are tending in the other direction, and as happens when the public relations hacks really get... More
Posted by Graham at 07:12 AM | Comments (8) | TrackBack

October 28, 2006

Ecumenical environmentalism - posted by Ronda Jambe

Like many Aussies, I have struggled to balance my revulsion for extreme Islam's repression of women with an open-minded acceptance of different values. That balance tilts over when I fear for my own life style, given that in this country,... More
Posted by Ronda Jambe at 03:18 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

October 27, 2006

Hijab hysteria - posted by Graham

You can't strip a man of citizenship because he thinks that some women "ask for it". Whatever the merits of Sheik Hilali's comments, the response by some of his detractors, like Sunshine Coast MP Peter Slipper, is no better. You... More
Posted by Graham at 08:51 AM | Comments (5) | TrackBack

October 26, 2006

Catholic school and teachers union flunk education test - posted by Graham

A book in a Catholic school library which labels Robert Menzies a tyrant in the company of Pol Pot and Saddam Hussein ought to be withdrawn - see report of incident here. I'm no friend of George Brandis's (although I... More
Posted by Graham at 10:06 AM | Comments (3) | TrackBack

October 19, 2006

Telstra sale strategy unethical - posted by Graham

Just as with T2 the federal government is requiring investors to borrow money to get into the stock. Not only is it mandatory but they are targetting the bulk of the sale at small shareholders, and then allowing salesmen to... More
Posted by Graham at 11:18 PM | Comments (4) | TrackBack

October 10, 2006

International nuclear disarmament must be the long-term response to Korea - posted by Graham

I'm not a dove or a peacenik, but you have to wonder how much the massive nuclear armaments still held by the US and Russia play into the decision of paranoid states like North Korea and Iran to develop nuclear... More
Posted by Graham at 08:46 AM | Comments (10) | TrackBack