A New Year January 6, 2019
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Circumstances change, but not always for the better. On a personal level, I am no longer walking the dogs. Lack of any exercise will likely make my situation worst. There is no diagnosis of my condition.
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WARMING OR COOLING? April 25, 2014
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Good to see that Maurice Newman is holding to his position that dismisses the scientific theory of climate change caused by greenhouse gases in the atmosphere in which Carbon Dioxide gas emissions play a critical role.
IMPLEMENTING A GOOD NEIGHBOUR POLICY November 19, 2013
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The Indonesian leadership is being very direct in relation to the bugging of the mobile phones of the President, other members of the Cabinet and the President’s wife.
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A NIGHTMARE HAS BEGUN June 16, 2013
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The Story that keeps on giving because those responsible keep on taking. Invasion of privacy by the NSA appears to have been out of control and definitely not accountable to Congress or any Parliament around the world.
ART OF THE POLIS March 20, 2013
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Can people from different political standpoints even successfully talk to one another about political issues and positions? Is it foolish to even try?
NEW POPE, OLD PROBLEMS March 14, 2013
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Muddling your way through sometimes works well enough. The Roman Catholic Church has a long history, so that it has be become remote from the radical, humble preacher of First Century Palestine, who presumably is the primary role model.
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PROPAGANDA AND POLICY February 20, 2013
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Under Gillard, and presumably the same practice will be followed by an Abbott-led Government, Australian Foreign policy has been outsourced to the US Administration.
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ASSANGE AND INTERNATIONAL LAW August 22, 2012
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In an editorial The Washington Post suggests economic trade sanctions should be imposed on Ecuador for providing political asylum for Julian Assange.
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EXTREME GREENS? July 8, 2012
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On one plane the attack on the Greens by the ALP power brokers in quite right. The reality of climate change does require urgent action within the next three electoral cycles and ideally within the next one.
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WHAT [CLIMATE] DEBATE? June 11, 2012
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I am not following Australian politics because it has been reduced to a Punch and Judy show. It is remarkable how policy issues and concerns get buried.
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“POLISH DEATH CAMPS” June 3, 2012
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The striking thing to me was the description of President Obama’s words as having “misspoke”, evoking Richard Nixon. Now they have cleaned up their act and called it a “misstatement”.
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US CHIEF MAGISTRATE’S DRONE WARFARE May 31, 2012
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Roman Emperors, or at least the Roman Kings, who pre-dated them were Chief Magistrates much like Charles I of England who lost his head over the issue.
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THE SECRET SOCIETY April 25, 2012
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One, among the several reasons, people form societies is to organize the process of justice.
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DIALOGUE AND DEMOCRACY March 7, 2012
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In theory, dialogue is the most fundamental practice in a democracy. It is the practice that keeps alive and keeps healthy the democratic spirit.
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OBAMA REJECTS THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE September 25, 2011
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President Obama went before the UN General Assembly address the Palestinian application to world for statehood.
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“900 FOOLS” May 25, 2011
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“Nine hundred credulous fools”, Ted Lapkin wrote, rose to their feet to applaud that “fraud” David Hicks at the Sydney Writer’s Festival.
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VALE BIN LADEN May 8, 2011
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We take bin Laden to be guilty as charged to be self evident, but perhaps on reflection they may not be so conclusive as supposed. And if he were guilty should his, or any other’s, death be celebrated?
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THE MANNING CASE March 10, 2011
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I am no lawyer and I may not be able to figure out the issues relating to the incarceration and treatment of Bradley Manning.
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WARMISTS AND DENIALISTS March 6, 2011
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So who is right and how might the argument -if it is an argument be settled. Fact and emotion seem confused.
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WIKILEAKS: THE IMPERIAL PRECEDENT December 23, 2010
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We cannot at this time fully anticipate what will be revealed by the further release of the US embassy emails or cables. It is inevitable that some information seems trivial, although some may prove important and useful.
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