Post by Admin on Jan 4, 2015 10:42:47 GMT
The ALP wants an enormous public service. And the public service likes to splurge public money. And the ALP likes to complain about the splurging of those public servants too. And the press let the ALP have it each way, depending on what is temporarily useful for them. And then conservative commentators suggest that the LNP is divided because they have internal debate about issues. Mr Abbott can be criticised for choices he makes, but the criticism should be balanced. It isn't balanced to criticise merely for the sake of balance. The LNP has a lot of talent, and many have a lot of ambition. To compare them with the ALP where over ambition is not matched by talent, is to not compare like.
Sometimes it takes a long time for a lefty to see the truth. Like the anarchist bombings of the late 1800's being similar to terrorism today. But somewhere in the brain of the lefty, it can look like one justifies the other.
Richard Flanagan was lauded by Mr Abbott. But Michael Hoffman sees through Flanagan's cheap prose. Mr Abbott is a far better PM than a literary critic. To be fair, Flanagan has chosen a side and a tribe and is incapable of the empathy required to see further. But Flanagan's myopic offering is impressive.
The racist 'we' applied by Oprah Winfrey to race issues is fashionable but ultimately divisive. Race is not a cultural asset of a progressive society. Instead, it would be better for Oprah to describe the examples of what falls short of racism as not being racist. She should not bemoan the lack of leadership over the issue when the examples don't support the issue. The reason why she hasn't shown leadership is because the examples haven't warranted it. If the examples aren't fitting the allegation, then they aren't good examples.
The fatwah placed on archaeology is something that Islamic leaders need to address. Otherwise the destruction of archaeology by ISIL and related jihadists will get worse. Already priceless artefacts are gone forever and learning opportunities regarding the world's past are lost.
A slight decline in car-b-ques on NYE in France seems related to the boys joining ISIL. Still way too many when it happens to one car. The vandalism should not be sanctioned by Islam, and if it is the activity of jihadists then it should be declared such by Islamists.
An irresponsible leftwing government in Italy has initiated a rising tide of desperate boat people and people smugglers. Typically, many boat people are dying from the left wing compassion. By failing to acknowledge the deaths of such people, we fail to acknowledge the work of the worst serial killers of our times. The ones who kill compassionately with a pen and a bad policy.
2014
The year 2013 has been labelled by AGW advocates as the hottest ever. I say they are lying. I can point to record cold spells, which those paid advocates claim is merely weather, not climate. The assertion is true as far as it goes, but the definition of climate precludes change. So, by referring to climate change, AGW advocates are referring to the same thing science fiction writers refer to when they oscillate the manifold projectors in the forward section of their space ship, or when they reverse the polarity of the manifolds (fyi, the forward manifold of a ship is probably better known as a section of a hull, as would be a rear manifold or side manifolds). This highlights the biggest issue of AGW alarmism, that it is not a scientific theory which can be measured and falsified, but a mantra related to religious spiritual assertion. Consider, what would be a disproof of AGW alarmism? If nothing could disprove it, it is not falsifiable, and therefore not a scientific theory.
So AGW alarmists are locked in an ice bound ship in the middle of summer. They announced their journey over a month in advance, purposed as to measure thinning ice in the Antarctic in summer. It was to be analogous to thinning ice in the North Pole, but it is different, as Antarctica is land, not water. But the world is not heating as AGW alarmists would have people believe. The world is still coming out of the last ice age, but the cold weather events are not explained by their models, while hot weather events are.
Australian media claimed the journey was proof that AGW claims are real. But when they became ice locked, media described the journey as mere tourism and those trapped as tourists. Note well, there is a heat wave in Australia at the moment. It is summer. The dry central lands get very hot during the day and the heat dissipates by going out to sea, on the East coast. The heat waves could be ended with a Bradfield scheme to flood central Australia, and has nothing to do with Global Warming.
Historical perspective on this day
In 46 BC, Julius Caesar defeated Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina. 871, Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex fought, and was defeated by, a Danish invasion army. 1490, Anne of Brittany announced that all those who would ally with the King of France would be considered guilty of the crime of lèse-majesté. 1642, King Charles I of England sent soldiers to arrest members of Parliament, commencing England's slide into civil war. 1649, English Civil War: The Rump Parliament voted to put Charles I on trial. 1717, the Netherlands, Great Britain, and France signed the Triple Alliance. 1762, Great Britain declared war on Spain and Naples. 1798, Constantine Hangerli arrived in Bucharest, Wallachia, as its new Prince, invested by the Ottoman Empire.
In 1847, Samuel Colt sold his first revolver pistol to the United States government. 1854, the McDonald Islands were discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang. 1863m the New Apostolic Church, a Christian and chiliastic church, was established in Hamburg, Germany. 1865, the New York Stock Exchange opened its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street in New York City. 1878, Sofia was emancipated from Ottoman rule. 1884, the Fabian Society was founded in London, England, United Kingdom. 1889, the Oklahoma Land Run opened 2 million acres of unused Oklahoma Territory to first serve first come settlers on April 22. 1896, Utah was admitted as the 45th U.S. state. 1903, Topsy, an elephant, was electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. Thomas Edison's movie company shoots the film Electrocuting an Elephant of the execution. 1912, The Scout Association was incorporated throughout the British Commonwealth by Royal charter. 1944, World War II: Operation Carpetbagger, involving the dropping of arms and supplies to resistance fighters in Europe, began. 1948, Burma gained its independence from the United Kingdom.
In 1951, Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces captured Seoul. 1955, the Greek National Radical Union was formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis. 1958, Sputnik 1 fell to Earth from orbit. 1959, Luna 1 became the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon. 1965, United States President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaimed his "Great Society" during his State of the Union address. 1966, a military coup took place in Upper Volta (later Burkina Faso), dissolving the National Parliament and leading to a new national constitution. 1970, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Tonghai County, China, killing at least 15,000 people. 1972, Rose Heilbron became the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London, England. 1974, United States President Richard Nixon refused to hand over materials subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee. 1976, The Troubles: The Ulster Volunteer Force shot dead six Irish Catholic civilians in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The next day, gunmen shot dead ten Protestant civilians nearby in retaliation. 1987, the 1987 Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route to Boston from Washington, D.C., collided with Conrail engines in Chase, Maryland, killing 16 people. 1989, Second Gulf of Sidra incident: a pair of Libyan MiG-23 "Floggers" were shot down by a pair of US Navy F-14 Tomcats during an air-to-air confrontation.
In 1990, in Pakistan's deadliest train accident an overloaded passenger train collided with an empty freight train, resulting in 307 deaths and 700 injuries. 1998, Wilaya of Relizane massacre in Algeria: over 170 were killed in three remote villages. Also 1998, a massive ice storm hit eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruction. 1999, former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura was sworn in as governor of Minnesota. 2000, two trains on the Røros Line collided in Åsta, Norway, resulting in an explosive fire and 19 deaths. 2004, Spirit, a NASA Mars rover, landed successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC. Also 2004, Mikheil Saakashvili was elected President of Georgia following the November 2003 Rose Revolution. 2006, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel suffered a second, apparently more serious stroke. His authority was transferred to acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. 2007, the 110th United States Congress convened, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history. 2010, Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, was officially opened. 2013, a gunman killed eight people in a house-to-house rampage in Kawit, the Philippines.
===
This column welcomes feedback and criticism. The column is not made up but based on the days events and articles which are then placed in the feed. So they may not have an apparent cohesion they would have had were they made up.
===
Editorials will appear in the "History in a Year by the Conservative Voice" series, starting with August www.createspace.com/4124406 or at Amazon www.amazon.com/dp/1482020262/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_dVHPub0MQKDZ4
Sometimes it takes a long time for a lefty to see the truth. Like the anarchist bombings of the late 1800's being similar to terrorism today. But somewhere in the brain of the lefty, it can look like one justifies the other.
Richard Flanagan was lauded by Mr Abbott. But Michael Hoffman sees through Flanagan's cheap prose. Mr Abbott is a far better PM than a literary critic. To be fair, Flanagan has chosen a side and a tribe and is incapable of the empathy required to see further. But Flanagan's myopic offering is impressive.
The racist 'we' applied by Oprah Winfrey to race issues is fashionable but ultimately divisive. Race is not a cultural asset of a progressive society. Instead, it would be better for Oprah to describe the examples of what falls short of racism as not being racist. She should not bemoan the lack of leadership over the issue when the examples don't support the issue. The reason why she hasn't shown leadership is because the examples haven't warranted it. If the examples aren't fitting the allegation, then they aren't good examples.
The fatwah placed on archaeology is something that Islamic leaders need to address. Otherwise the destruction of archaeology by ISIL and related jihadists will get worse. Already priceless artefacts are gone forever and learning opportunities regarding the world's past are lost.
A slight decline in car-b-ques on NYE in France seems related to the boys joining ISIL. Still way too many when it happens to one car. The vandalism should not be sanctioned by Islam, and if it is the activity of jihadists then it should be declared such by Islamists.
An irresponsible leftwing government in Italy has initiated a rising tide of desperate boat people and people smugglers. Typically, many boat people are dying from the left wing compassion. By failing to acknowledge the deaths of such people, we fail to acknowledge the work of the worst serial killers of our times. The ones who kill compassionately with a pen and a bad policy.
2014
The year 2013 has been labelled by AGW advocates as the hottest ever. I say they are lying. I can point to record cold spells, which those paid advocates claim is merely weather, not climate. The assertion is true as far as it goes, but the definition of climate precludes change. So, by referring to climate change, AGW advocates are referring to the same thing science fiction writers refer to when they oscillate the manifold projectors in the forward section of their space ship, or when they reverse the polarity of the manifolds (fyi, the forward manifold of a ship is probably better known as a section of a hull, as would be a rear manifold or side manifolds). This highlights the biggest issue of AGW alarmism, that it is not a scientific theory which can be measured and falsified, but a mantra related to religious spiritual assertion. Consider, what would be a disproof of AGW alarmism? If nothing could disprove it, it is not falsifiable, and therefore not a scientific theory.
So AGW alarmists are locked in an ice bound ship in the middle of summer. They announced their journey over a month in advance, purposed as to measure thinning ice in the Antarctic in summer. It was to be analogous to thinning ice in the North Pole, but it is different, as Antarctica is land, not water. But the world is not heating as AGW alarmists would have people believe. The world is still coming out of the last ice age, but the cold weather events are not explained by their models, while hot weather events are.
Australian media claimed the journey was proof that AGW claims are real. But when they became ice locked, media described the journey as mere tourism and those trapped as tourists. Note well, there is a heat wave in Australia at the moment. It is summer. The dry central lands get very hot during the day and the heat dissipates by going out to sea, on the East coast. The heat waves could be ended with a Bradfield scheme to flood central Australia, and has nothing to do with Global Warming.
Historical perspective on this day
In 46 BC, Julius Caesar defeated Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina. 871, Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex fought, and was defeated by, a Danish invasion army. 1490, Anne of Brittany announced that all those who would ally with the King of France would be considered guilty of the crime of lèse-majesté. 1642, King Charles I of England sent soldiers to arrest members of Parliament, commencing England's slide into civil war. 1649, English Civil War: The Rump Parliament voted to put Charles I on trial. 1717, the Netherlands, Great Britain, and France signed the Triple Alliance. 1762, Great Britain declared war on Spain and Naples. 1798, Constantine Hangerli arrived in Bucharest, Wallachia, as its new Prince, invested by the Ottoman Empire.
In 1847, Samuel Colt sold his first revolver pistol to the United States government. 1854, the McDonald Islands were discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang. 1863m the New Apostolic Church, a Christian and chiliastic church, was established in Hamburg, Germany. 1865, the New York Stock Exchange opened its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street in New York City. 1878, Sofia was emancipated from Ottoman rule. 1884, the Fabian Society was founded in London, England, United Kingdom. 1889, the Oklahoma Land Run opened 2 million acres of unused Oklahoma Territory to first serve first come settlers on April 22. 1896, Utah was admitted as the 45th U.S. state. 1903, Topsy, an elephant, was electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. Thomas Edison's movie company shoots the film Electrocuting an Elephant of the execution. 1912, The Scout Association was incorporated throughout the British Commonwealth by Royal charter. 1944, World War II: Operation Carpetbagger, involving the dropping of arms and supplies to resistance fighters in Europe, began. 1948, Burma gained its independence from the United Kingdom.
In 1951, Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces captured Seoul. 1955, the Greek National Radical Union was formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis. 1958, Sputnik 1 fell to Earth from orbit. 1959, Luna 1 became the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon. 1965, United States President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaimed his "Great Society" during his State of the Union address. 1966, a military coup took place in Upper Volta (later Burkina Faso), dissolving the National Parliament and leading to a new national constitution. 1970, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Tonghai County, China, killing at least 15,000 people. 1972, Rose Heilbron became the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London, England. 1974, United States President Richard Nixon refused to hand over materials subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee. 1976, The Troubles: The Ulster Volunteer Force shot dead six Irish Catholic civilians in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The next day, gunmen shot dead ten Protestant civilians nearby in retaliation. 1987, the 1987 Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route to Boston from Washington, D.C., collided with Conrail engines in Chase, Maryland, killing 16 people. 1989, Second Gulf of Sidra incident: a pair of Libyan MiG-23 "Floggers" were shot down by a pair of US Navy F-14 Tomcats during an air-to-air confrontation.
In 1990, in Pakistan's deadliest train accident an overloaded passenger train collided with an empty freight train, resulting in 307 deaths and 700 injuries. 1998, Wilaya of Relizane massacre in Algeria: over 170 were killed in three remote villages. Also 1998, a massive ice storm hit eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruction. 1999, former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura was sworn in as governor of Minnesota. 2000, two trains on the Røros Line collided in Åsta, Norway, resulting in an explosive fire and 19 deaths. 2004, Spirit, a NASA Mars rover, landed successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC. Also 2004, Mikheil Saakashvili was elected President of Georgia following the November 2003 Rose Revolution. 2006, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel suffered a second, apparently more serious stroke. His authority was transferred to acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. 2007, the 110th United States Congress convened, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history. 2010, Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, was officially opened. 2013, a gunman killed eight people in a house-to-house rampage in Kawit, the Philippines.
===
This column welcomes feedback and criticism. The column is not made up but based on the days events and articles which are then placed in the feed. So they may not have an apparent cohesion they would have had were they made up.
===
Editorials will appear in the "History in a Year by the Conservative Voice" series, starting with August www.createspace.com/4124406 or at Amazon www.amazon.com/dp/1482020262/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_dVHPub0MQKDZ4