FRIDAY NIGHT DOG BLOG: SITUATION AWARENESS February 28, 2015
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Of course, if I compared the weather experienced over the past week, with the record created over the past years together with the historical record of the Bureau of Meteorology, a better of idea of climate and climate change might be gained. I am left with particular observations, such as the creek flow where we cross it. So I think there is a change, but cannot distinguish between natural variability and systemic change.
OPPOSE VIOLENCE, OPPOSE WAR February 23, 2015
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Andrew P Rant at The Sydney Morning Herald suggested that the Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, is looking for a war to boost his lagging, perhaps waning, popularity with the voting population at large.
So I wrote this admittedly off-beam response:
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FRIDAY NIGHT DOG BLOG: DEXTER’S ANNIVERSARY February 21, 2015
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With regard to the weather, it was a mixed week. The creek crossing did not flow, Dexter and Hannah discovered the pool below the wall. Leaches were back in action.
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FRIDAY NIGHT DOG BLOG: “SO MANY ROADS” February 14, 2015
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There are more options to follow than are chosen. On the odd occasion a diversion is followed. We press on. Dexter and Hannah take change and routine in their stride.
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THE CLIMATE CHANGE PROBLEM February 10, 2015
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Climate change is a problem that will not go away. It is as Kevin Rudd said: “the greatest moral, economic and social challenge of our time” I would prefer to describe it as “the defining issue of our time” – a rhetoric co-opted for income inequality.
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ARISE SIRE ABBOTT! February 9, 2015
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The chances are good that Tony Abbott will be given his priors today. And then again he might survive the ship wreck. The problem with shipwrecks is that the boat cannot float any longer. Ask the captain of the Costa Concordia how that goes.
FRIDAY NIGHT DOG BLOG: THIS IS US February 7, 2015
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Here is the thing. And it has nothing to do whatsoever who might be Prime Minister now, or in the immediate future. We think we are pretty special.
DUCK POND 