CLIMATE CRISIS POLITICS November 11, 2009
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John Quiggin was somewhat irritated, even angry, with the climate “delusionists” (as I am) and so invoked a violent image, suggesting that Rudd had given then both barrels.
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THE EMPIRE, THE EMPIRE November 10, 2009
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Along with all the other problems of Empire, the natives are whinging, and unwilling. This only adds to the lesser breeds who seem, as they have since World War One, prone to combat fatigue.
FALL OF THE WALL November 9, 2009
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On this day twenty years ago the Berlin Wall was no more, and with it the USSR was dispatched to the memory of history and Germany was reunited.
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TERROR WITHOUT REASON? November 8, 2009
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Mass killings by single gunmen, is doubtless an example of terrorism? Who knows why any person would open fire on fellow soldiers at an army base?
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FRIDAY NIGHT DOG BLOG – GOING ON November 6, 2009
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We had the best intentions, but for two days this week it was too wet. Otherwise Sasha and Dexter went around the circuit. They were going on.
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OPTIONS: ONE, TWO OR ZERO November 6, 2009
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There is some talk about the two state solution in Palestine, and some people now are talking about the one state solution, but the policy of the Israeli Government is the continuing zero state solution for the Palestinians.
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INHUMANITY AND WAR November 5, 2009
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War represents the methods of violence taken to a more barbarous level in an overt attempt to deal with the violence of others in an effort to create a peace based on injustice.
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ABOVE MY HEAD November 3, 2009
Posted by wmmbb in Life Experience, Natural Environment.4 comments
Have to say, I am somewhat grounded, risk averse person, which is perhaps wise given the sometimes precarious ladder-experiences I have been prone to.
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OPINION AGAINST MMP November 2, 2009
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Patrick Gower in The New Zealand Herald is reporting that 49% of respondents in an opinion poll would like to see the multi-member proportional (MMP) electoral system abolished. 35.8 percent wished to retain and 15.2 percent did not know.
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WHITHER OBAMA? November 1, 2009
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LBJ, who had some years to observe these things, was firmly of the opinion that a president had one year of clear sailing.
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THE HUMAN STORY November 1, 2009
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The environmental crisis will continue unabated unless appropriate action is taken, and appropriate action will not be taken until tunnel vision of nationality rather than global society is swept away.
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FRIDAY NIGHT DOG BLOG: PAWPRINTS October 30, 2009
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It seems that having dogs as pets may be leaving a greater ecological footprint than expected.
INFUSIONS OF DIFFERENT CONTENT October 30, 2009
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Following doctor’s orders can take a person to places that they did not know exist and be subjected to experiences and reflections not anticipated.
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PROCESSING PROBLEMS October 29, 2009
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The Howard Government legacy on refugee policy lives on.
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MOUTHS AND MONEY October 28, 2009
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Those who wish to deny the reality of climate change engineered by the atmospheric catastrophe that is about to befall us, a product of human foolishness and now outright ignorance, can now take a stand on principle and belief.
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PSCHOLOGY OF VIOLENCE, FASCISM AND WAR October 26, 2009
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I do not always agree with what Chris Hedges writes or prescribes, but on this occasion I suggest he has got it right.
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SMILE ON AFGHANISTAN October 24, 2009
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The surefire smile of the Afghanistan-Pakistan war never fails, a gift that keeps on giving.
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FRIDAY NIGHT DOG BLOG – SETTING SIGHTS October 23, 2009
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“Exercise that mind”. Such a thought might be worth pursuing.
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THE IDIOT BOX October 22, 2009
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The television does not run around here anymore. So nobody watches it. This means that we are out of the loop, cut off from the wider world of ideas and news. We are living in total deprivation.
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