Why do people migrate?
A thoughtful piece by “Dr Bastiat” at Rocochet titled “Western Civilisation: The Invisible Beautiful Miracle That We Ignore” comes to a conclusion that I think is only partly right: Immigrants …
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Caution: gay people crossing
First we’ve had skirts put on pedestrian crossing lights’ little people, because apparently, unlike children, some adults think that stick figures represent men only and not all human beings (until …
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Will America or Australia save Asia?
Asia Bibi, the Pakistani Christian woman whose death sentence for alleged blasphemy has been lifted by the Supreme Court, continues to be in danger, as the Pakistani Islamists are baying …
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Migration Compact – non-binding and unnecessary
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced his government won’t sign on to the United Nation’s Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. The Labor opposition, which looks set …
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The economics of the unicorn money
You could probably stop reading after the oxymoron “Bernie Sanders’ economic adviser”, but if you are as tolerant of differing viewpoints as TDC do read on: The radical idea of …
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Bachelor in Paradise
Does he have enough roses for all the 72 virgins? Exclusive: Amir Millson seemed to have it all. Born in Perth to a white father and Malaysian mother, he was so …
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Everybody is kung fu fighting
A good summary of the state of play as at the end of the APEC meeting in PNG, from Paul Kelly: In a major bonus for the Morrison government, the …
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An open letter to my American friends, re: your shambolic election process
Dear American friends You probably don’t need those pesky foreigners butting in and telling you that the recent – and continuing – controversies in Florida and Georgia (themselves only the …
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Bloody Sheik blames the bloody Prime Minister
I wrote yesterday about the backlash by Islamic leaders around Australia against the remarks by Scott Morrison to the effect that “the greatest threat of religious extremism in this country …
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Don’t mention the jihad
At least the Brits had won the war that Basil Fawlty urged his staff not to rub the German guests’ noses in. It seems a lot of people are pretty …
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The Unbearable Lightness of Anne Aly
A few days ago in Melbourne, a Somali-born Islamist Khalif Shire Ali set his car alight and stabbed three people, one of them fatally, on a busy CBD street before being …
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China’s Trojan roads and information highways
It would help greatly if more people conceptualised the relations between China and the Western world as a kind of a cold war. Of course, God forbid that it …
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Australia welcome another Arthur
Long time no ambassador: A former legal adviser to Ronald Reagan has been nominated as the next United States ambassador to Australia. US President Donald Trump has nominated distinguished lawyer Arthur …
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Waleed Wars: The Empire Nails Back
When you’re Waleed “The Hammer” Aly, every issue looks like a nail. For those many of you who have dearly missed the Golden Logie winner’s trademark skill – or rather …
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Skippy the bush tucker kangaroo
Thanks to The Daily Chrenk you now know which states in America allow you to own a kangaroo without a licence, and you also know this makes the United States …
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Big Trouble in Little Wentworth
While the counting is close and will take another few days, it’s still more likely than not that the woke independent Dr Kerryn Phelps will narrowly win the seat vacated …
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Of course it’s all about money
An undiplomatic incident in a Canberra restaurant: Environment Minister Melissa Price has been accused of offending a key Pacific leader by declaring the region was “always” seeking cash from Australia, …
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Ecuador to Assange: clean up the KittyLeaks
Julian Assange is, next to Rupert Murdoch, the most controversial Australian alive. Love him as the shaker and stirrer and speaker of truth to power or hate him as a …
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Right to bear kangaroos
A friend and a reader from the United States, Chuck, has sent me this informative chart and asked about the situation in Australia: For starters, God bless the great states …
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Take the Opera House and shove it
As a member of a rather sizeable group of Australians who don’t live in Sydney and are not precious and obsessive tools, I’m of a strong opinion that everyone should …
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