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Guest Post: Speedbox – How did we get here? From Clinton to Putin
Some would have you believe that the world couldn’t have acted to prevent the Russian invasion of the Ukraine as Russia has simply been ultra-aggressive. Some went so far as to suggest that Russian President Putin wants to re-establish a Soviet-like empire. Neither of those suggestions are true. As it stands, we see sanctions falling…
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Consequences dear boy, consequences (to misquote Harold Macmillan)
Greg Sheridan generally writes well on foreign affairs (and on Christianity) but came unstuck with Donald Trump derangement syndrome; then covid-the-perilous robbed him of sanity. That at least was my view before Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech and Russia invaded Ukraine. This morning, writing in the Australian, his reputation (with me) suffered still…
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WolfmanOz at the Movies #11
Forget it Jake, it’s Chinatown . . . is the final line from Roman Polanski’s brilliant 1974 mystery thriller Chinatown. Polanski is obviously a polarising film-maker given that in 1977 he was arrested and charged with raping and drugging a 13-year-old girl. He pleaded guilty to a lesser offence of unlawful sex with a minor…
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Is there anyone left you can trust?
I am thinking about taking the Novavax vaxxine. It is not mRNA and is supposedly a traditional vaccine, but I worry still. I am asking for any information any of you might have about Novavax and its risks.
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Yes to Santa, No to Renewable Energy
Awful events can be salutary. The Russian invasion of Ukraine is one of those. The Russians have to move to take territory. They need fuel. The Ukrainians have to keep the heating on otherwise they’ll get very cold. Just looked, at 7 pm here, it’s 0°C in Kyiv. It’s always struck me that despite incessant…
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Justin Trudeau World Historical Leader
I know, it’s all just ancient history by now. But for me, it is the old country, so that watching it all unfold is beyond incredible. And to understand all this more deeply, there is Jordan Peterson to help others make sense of what is going on: Dr. Jordan Peterson Tells Fellow Canadians They Have…
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Well the opposite is in this shire. The council without consultation of residents in a small community decided to turn…
“It was a bit disappointing yesterday to see the Opposition immediately out playing politics on this matter…” Playing politics. There…
I think you’ll find you’re the wrong “gender”/sex.
If I refresh the page here, it keeps “bouncing back” up to half way through the thread… which is really…
A tiny light in the darkness of stupid.