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Bias against Islam

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Media to blame for Islam bias says AFP Commissioner Kelty. That beggars belief. If the media report Sheik “Piece of Meat’s” words and the public think poorly of him then I would think that the message causes Islam bias not the messenger. During WW2 I doubt whether a senior policemen ever suggested that media bias caused Australians to think poorly of the Japanese as newspapers and radio stations reported how they plundered, murdered, raped and tortured their way through the Pacific region.
In a speech delivered in Adelaide, Mr Keelty played down Sheik Taj Din al-Hilali’s inflammatory comments on women, asserting that “many in the community also say offensive things and many of them are white Caucasian Australians”.
True, and the white Cauacasion Australian’s stupid comments are also reported by the media but as a rule they are not the voice of some 300,000 Australians as the Sheik is to the Muslim communty. About now Sheik ‘Piece of Meat’ may be thinking his words were ill advised and that they are not acceptable to Australians. Maybe he will learn something and maybe not, but either way extreme muslims are to blame for any bias against Islam, not the media. I want and expect the media to report such rantings and when some of the extreme muslims plot to kill innocent Australian civilians I want the media to tell me. I also expect them to tell me about any extreme right wing nutcases who might be considered a danger to our way of life. I particulalrly find this paragraph offensive
“When it comes to adultery, it’s 90 percent the woman’s responsibility. Why? Because a woman owns the weapon of seduction. It’s she who takes off her clothes, shortens them, flirts, puts on make-up and powder and takes to the streets, God protect us, dallying. It’s she who shortens, raises and lowers. Then, it’s a look, a smile, a conversation, a greeting, a talk, a date, a meeting, a crime, then Long Bay jail. Then you get a judge, who has no mercy, and he gives you 65 years.“
It is this mindset that encourages young males to consider woman as chattels and then to claim they asked for it when facing court for multiple rapes. Simply not acceptable.
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Queensland’s falling to bits

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A CRACKED expressway on-ramp in central Brisbane may need to be replaced, potentially throwing city traffic into chaos for a lengthy period, the Queensland government has warned. We’ve had gridlock for a couple of days now as us Brisbanites come to grip with the fact that it’s possible that someone hasn’t been doing their job. I could be wrong of course.
Transport Minister Paul Lucas has apologised to thousands of frustrated commuters for the mayhem, but said the closures were vital because engineers believed a two-metre long hairline crack on the Ann Street on-ramp was a sign it could collapse.
I’m not an engineer but tell me, do two metre long cracks appear overnight and if not, what did the engineers on regular inspections of the city’s infrastructure intend to do about the widening cracks. They do inspect the infrastructure on a regular basis…don’t they?
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First payout deal for ‘stolen’ children

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THE national debate on the “stolen generations” will be reignited today by the unveiling of the nation’s first compensation package for Aborigines taken from their parents under assimilation policies. ……under assimilation policies?   I thought that every case that had been tested in court it was shown that the child was handed over to care with the consent of the parents who for a number of reasons couldn’t guarantee the welfare and livlihood of their child.  What reaonably believable authority or inquiry ever proved that these kids were moved because of assimilation policies? If i I sit here waiting for the announcement of the nation’s first compensation package for white children taken under care  in similar circumstances should I hold my breath as well? I think not.
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Queenslands Attorney-General resigns

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Linda Lavarch has resigned citing depression. Anyone would be depressed after a week of grilling in the house over decisions she made that were either stupid, politically naive or politically inept. She simply failed to come up with any rationale excuse for not doing a deal with Dr Patel Death’s lawyers to get him in court. If you are going to ignore DPP advice you need a good reason and the fact that the ALP didn’t want Patel in court during the lead up to the recent election doesn’t cut it. Couldn’t have the electorate being reminded every day about the government’s track record on health…could we? I wonder if Peter Beattie is reaching for the prozac yet or does he expect us to believe that a novice AG would be allowed to make a decision of this magnitude by herself.
“I was not aware of the written document – and that doesn’t make any difference. Can I tell you that the written DPP advice is irrelevant,” Mr Beattie said. 
Why is the DPP advice irrelevant. I would imagine that giving the government advise is one of their roles and if such advice is ignored, then I think it’s reasonable we know why. Still, as we all know the reason it was ignored then it only leaves a taste of the government thumbing their nose at the public. We know what’s best for you and we don’t neeed to explain. If ever a government was elected as the lesser of two evils…this one is it.
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Indifferent day

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Slight hangover from yesterday’s party…tired from same…broadband down until 4.00pm..specialist appointment…kids coming to dinner…turned sixty…damn. Will resume blogging when I stop sulking…maybe tomorrow.
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Defence claims Sheridan’s wrong

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According to Greg Sheridan in today’s Australian the SAS have operational patrols in the Phillipines
AN elite Australian Special Air Service team of about 20 soldiers has been involved in a joint military operation in the southern Philippines to hunt down Asia’s most wanted terrorists, including two of the 2002 Bali bombers.

The SAS has been participating in a US-Philippines military campaign to eradicate the Abu Sayyaf terror outfit, which is believed to have been sheltering senior Indonesian Jemaah Islamiah terrorists Dulmatin and Umar Patek.

According to Defence, they do not have operational SAS patrols in the Philipines

Greg Sheridan’s statement in The Australian newspaper today is wrong. The ADF has not been involved in counter terrorism operations in the Philippines.

In March this year and at the invitation of the Philippines’ Government, one Special Forces officer observed the joint US and Philippines Exercise Balikatan in Zamboanga, southern Philippines. This exercise undertakes civil-military activities and does not involve operations. The Australian officer was observing the US-Philippines exercise planning process and at no time was he involved in operations of any kind. As announced in October 2005, Defence is working with the Philippines to develop an Army watercraft capability of up to 30 boats suitable for patrolling the riverine and marshland areas of Mindanao. This will not involve ADF operations in the Philippines. Over several years, the ADF has undertaken annual counter-hijack training in the Philippines, as we do with other regional countries. This activity does not involve operations. Australia does not have any ADF personnel deployed to the Philippines on operations. The Australian Government respects the Philippines Constitution which prohibits operations with foreign forces without a treaty level agreement.
Careful Greg – get it right.
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Scientists and magic numbers

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Tim Lambert is a computer scientist at the University of New South Wales and a standout example of why we don’t let academics with math majors run real life situations. He has invested a considerable amount of time defending the latest Lancet Democrat Party campaign advert that points to 650,000 deaths in Iraq.

Using such cutting post titles as Flypaper for the ennumerates and Stupid beyond belief he attacks all and sundry with mathmatical wizardry pointing out the methodolgy is well proven. What he doesn’t do is prove that the figures are anywhere near believable.

As there are too many lawyers fighting battles in court to save the souls of terrorist with clever legal procedures against a backdrop of slaughtered civilian victims then likewise there are now too many scientist quoting theory that has little to do with real life.

When I went to war, as different than when I read about it or studied the mathmatical formulae pertaining to same; my battalion lost 30 killed and 220 wounded giving a 7.33:1 ratio of deaths to wounded. Our sister battalion lost 50 to 281 resulting in a ratio of 5.6:1. Current stats from Iraq are running at 8:1, slightly higher, but all this low level maths suggests the Iraq hospitals have had 5.2 million wounded to deal with. The 650,000 also suggests that there has been 500 killed per day for every day of the war.

Sorry, I just don’t believe it. As Lambert argues, the methodology is proven but the extrapolation says what might be and it clearly isn’t.

It is worth reading the comments at Deltoid. It may help the casual reader to understand the politics behind the anti Bush theorists. Theories abound in a common sense vacuum.

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US politics

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On the US political front a new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health study of Iraq has said 600,000 died post invasion and Barbara Striesand screams “shut the f***k up to a heckler complaining about a skit during her show that depicted Bush as a bumbling idiot. Maybe if she had stated at the start “This is a free Democrat Party election advertisement” then the heckler would’ve had nothing to complain about. She added “Shut up if you can’t take a joke!” It’s not funny Barbara and you’re not a commedienne, or a believable political commentator for that matter, so just stick to singing. The Iraq deaths, a statistical extrapolation from approximately 40,000 known dead has been gleefully reported by the Tehran Times and is so blatantly released in time for the 7 Nov elections that I’m surprised it gets any oxygen from the general media. Our ABC, of course, are all over it.
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North Korea

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A sampling of comments from the Australian article on North Korea’s nuclear test Paul Duffy of Sydney
It is of concern that North Korea has nuclear weapons however there is still only one country that has been stupid enough to actually use nuclear weapons. It is greater concern to me that this country still has them. I look forward to a day when no country has nuclear weapons.
john gilroy of Hurstville
If America can have Stealth Bombers and other WMD, why can’t other countries?
Marilyn
What hypocrites the west are. Let us never forget that great chunks of our country are permanently not fit for human habitation thanks to nuclear tests by the Brits in the 1950’s and ‘60s. The US used the weapons in 1945 on civilians and most of the wretched world cheered them on so much so that they got nuclear bombs themselves. …Now let’s all stop our snivelling shall we. The dictator of Korea surely is no crazier than Bush.
Natasha of Brisbane
If everyone would just leave Kim Jong Il alone then he would have no reason to use his nuke on them. America has already tried to wipe his government off the planet and Japan controlled them before WW2 so if any country needs to protect itself it is NK.
LittleFaith
Expect nothing to happen, trade embargos will be broken with the help of Iran & Venezuela, North Korea’s new friends.
This is just another step towards the end of Western Empire after it’s demise from it, bungling in Iraq & Afghanistan. A special thanks to Mr Bush, a golden opportunity squandered. Just watch the West slowly but surely sink into the graveyard of history’s empires.
And these people are enfranchised…they get to vote in adult elections. It’s true the US is the only country to use nuclear weapons and the world breathed a sigh of relief when they did. My mother cried with relief as she could then expect her husband and brother to return home to start life again. It is not true that “great chunks of our country are permanently not fit for human habitation”. I have stood at ground zero at the Monte Bellow Island test site and the ecology is booming but Marylin never let a fact slow down her ranting. The problem is, of course, that there is potentially a very short time line between rogue states like Iran and North Korea having nuclear capability and terrorists having access to same. A very bright light over Tel Aviv, Washington, Canberra and London is not to be considered. The weird faction of the left must be aware that the US won’t deploy nukes unless it’s very existance is threatened and that is unlikely; whereas the rogue states, particularly Iran, look at the capability as a means to destroy the western civilization starting with Israel. They are in bed with the terrorists and they will use the capability if they can. They suffer no restraints. None of this is news yet the extreme left so hate the US that they support anyone or anything that threatens her, not recognizing that the sames threats also can affect us.
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