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» 31/12/2012 7:02:53 AM I consider myself to be a fairly rational person. I don't think religion or personal belie.....
» 9/12/2012 7:51:49 AM I think people are reading far too much into the ‘dark skin tone’ quote. This description .....
» 9/12/2012 6:59:31 AM Mr Singer, Quote: “This particular article fully confirms what I have stated in my articl.....
» 8/12/2012 7:08:38 AM Palestine - hands up those who hate Arabs By Singer's misappriated, highly presumptious a.....
» 30/11/2012 7:08:36 AM Firstly, why, when discussions of alternative government systems are raised, do we automat.....
» 30/11/2012 6:59:44 AM Excellent article, Joseph. I would add one thing though - that US may not be alone in wit.....
» 30/11/2012 5:30:45 AM Jayb, You wrote: “If someone started kicking you in the shins, You ignored them for a whi.....
» 29/11/2012 7:37:26 AM Belly, I agree this is an important opportunity for people to put their money where their.....
» 29/11/2012 7:13:20 AM Harry, You have made some valid points. I agree with your analysis about the religious co.....
» 28/11/2012 2:38:53 PM Ludwig, Oh dear, I am obviously not making myself clear, my apologies. I am not resigned .....
» 28/11/2012 8:53:38 AM Ludwig, My comment about smaller population = less tax revenue was in comparison to other.....
» 28/11/2012 7:02:23 AM It seems to me that we are at an impasse. Politicians prefer to trade insults than get on .....
» 27/11/2012 11:52:07 AM Ludwig, I am not denying we have an increasing population. However, it is miniscule compa.....
» 27/11/2012 9:32:39 AM Ludwig, Instead of jumping on your usual bandwagon and slagging off about population grow.....
» 17/11/2012 7:00:26 AM Belly, Suppose, in a single stroke, you were able to abolish and eradicate every organize.....
» 15/11/2012 6:56:54 PM Yuyutsu, Actually, while the design and building of the original Iron Dome (ID) was under.....
» 15/11/2012 7:46:23 AM Jonathan, Thanks for your reply. It is interesting to note your examples of other nations.....
» 14/11/2012 9:49:40 PM An interesting article (opinion piece) from Haaretz newspaper regarding Netanyau and Obama.....
» 14/11/2012 7:43:14 AM I do agree with your statements regarding signing of the NPT being virtually worthless. Ho.....
» 14/11/2012 7:42:25 AM Jonathan, Thanks for your comments. I do not consider my ‘claims’ (I prefer the word ‘opi.....
» 13/11/2012 3:04:48 PM Houellebecq, LOL.....
» 13/11/2012 9:28:00 AM http://www.studentsforpalestine.org/?p=320 http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=1.....
» 3/11/2012 7:09:20 AM SM, Actually, the odds of reelection for incumbent US Presidents are not as high as you m.....
» 3/11/2012 6:03:14 AM Correct SM, but a little too simple. Katrina, for instance, was a political disaster for B.....
» 2/11/2012 7:59:12 AM Of course, it could be argued that Christie is playing a game of his own. Tipped to be the.....
» 1/11/2012 9:20:22 AM A curious thing is happening in the US, in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Chris Christi.....
» 1/11/2012 8:08:40 AM It seems to me that global warming has become the new religion. On one hand we have the di.....
» 31/10/2012 12:44:21 PM Hasbeen, FYI - found this, which may help too: http://www.ga.gov.au/hazards/cyclone/cycl.....
» 31/10/2012 12:23:05 PM http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/29/science/earth/shallow-waters-and-unusual-path-may-worsen.....
» 31/10/2012 7:35:39 AM @ Poirot, New York (Manhattan and surrounds) is the most heavily populated low-lying area.....
» 26/10/2012 3:09:26 PM @ Prompete, “And still the rockets fly and still the children are taught that Isreal will.....
» 26/10/2012 8:56:09 AM Dear Ming Yong, Thank you very much for your commitment to spend the last six years in ou.....
» 26/10/2012 8:12:35 AM When I lived for a short time in the US I used to visit the post offices there just to soa.....
» 26/10/2012 5:51:11 AM H, A month, huh? That's a long time, considering most of it probably goes over their head.....
» 25/10/2012 1:32:40 PM “In recent research, children across various modern societies have said that material thin.....
» 25/10/2012 12:07:13 PM http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-10-24/forecasters-surprised-by-el-nino-turnaround/4332260 .....
» 25/10/2012 10:58:08 AM Pro-Palestinians argue that Israel has, still is, and will continue to thwart internationa.....
» 25/10/2012 10:56:46 AM Danielle, Thank you for your concern about my ability to concentrate long enough to absor.....
» 24/10/2012 5:03:57 PM Hey Graham, All good here. Many thanks......
» 24/10/2012 3:01:42 PM Poirot, Like Graham, I haven't seen the easystart ads either. My problem seems to be the.....
» 24/10/2012 2:23:34 PM Danielle, Thanks for the reading material. I must admit I winced when I saw the length of.....
» 24/10/2012 12:51:31 PM 579, Ditto. Annoying, isn't it?.....
» 24/10/2012 9:53:54 AM Sophie, Let me preface this by extending my sympathies to you, Carz and any others who ha.....
» 24/10/2012 7:09:16 AM Poirot, This is symptomatic of modern society’s penchant for casting blame on everyone ar.....
» 23/10/2012 1:12:01 PM And while we’re on the topic of great titles, David, there are any number of ideas to be f.....
» 23/10/2012 12:59:38 PM David Singer – Quote title: “great expectations founded on fiction” Okay, I see what yo.....
» 23/10/2012 11:44:39 AM MEH – thanks for the link. Long, but worthwhile, and infinitely more interesting than anyt.....
» 23/10/2012 7:46:07 AM When I was a kid, back in the days before cd’s, itunes, and MP3’s, we used to have an old .....
» 21/09/2012 9:06:41 AM Additionally, For easy to understand maps of the land grab, see: http://fasttimesinpale.....
» 21/09/2012 8:57:25 AM Dear Ira, There are many Israeli Jews and Palestinians who believe in a peaceful solution.....
» 20/09/2012 1:06:38 PM One good thing about Ms Bishop’s articles – they are always blissfully short. Two things .....
» 20/09/2012 12:43:44 PM Mr Cooke, Agreed, but oil sales aside, there is also the nagging concern – not as pressin.....
» 20/09/2012 8:11:19 AM What a pile of pro-Israeli propagandist pap(pé). If you manage to wade through the repeti.....
» 19/09/2012 5:36:00 PM Oh, SPQR, that's okay. I used to enjoy pottery way back when, so I don't have a problem wi.....
» 19/09/2012 10:56:35 AM csteele, Honest to God, you are my hero!.....
» 18/09/2012 1:34:02 PM Further confirmation of what is already known: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/.....
» 18/09/2012 11:15:56 AM Concise and to the point. I agree that the attack on the US consulate in Libya had nothin.....
» 18/09/2012 8:49:11 AM Finally, and most importantly, there is this: <<Given the film in question was uplo.....
» 18/09/2012 8:47:10 AM You are right to condemn the protesters in Sydney. Their behaviour and their determination.....
» 17/09/2012 3:49:09 PM These recent articles on internet: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/iran-close-t.....
» 17/09/2012 8:38:29 AM Finally, an article on OLO about the increasing tensions in the ME and between Israel and .....
» 16/09/2012 11:53:03 AM SPQR, Actually, contrary to your assertion, I am not trying to find excuses for the outbr.....
» 16/09/2012 8:33:20 AM Thank you, Lexi, for your call for calm and your sensible admonition that we not cast blan.....
» 12/09/2012 9:13:04 AM Succinct, to the point and well-structured essay which highlights all the known issues, bu.....
» 11/09/2012 12:36:37 PM Banjo, Economics, of course, is part of any consideration of law and its various applicat.....
» 11/09/2012 8:13:21 AM Individual, To echo Belly’s and Anthony’s arguments there is also the point that you cann.....
» 10/09/2012 9:11:58 AM OUG brings up some interesting issues and offers one possible solution. It is not just th.....
» 10/09/2012 8:09:10 AM O sung wu, This is not a new question, but you raise some interesting points. My persona.....
» 6/09/2012 8:25:44 AM Dear Ms Bishop, The argument about the proposed data retention laws does not center on in.....
» 5/09/2012 8:20:13 AM If Nicola Roxon has her way, Big Brother could soon be watching all of us. But he won’t b.....
» 2/09/2012 12:38:17 PM It was indeed a PR exercise, and one that didn't go quite as planned. Syrian delegates sto.....
» 2/09/2012 9:49:16 AM Arjay, Happy to oblige. What I find incredible is the lack of press coverage in this cou.....
» 2/09/2012 9:20:24 AM Steven and Danielle, Comments like “if Iran does deploy nukes, which seems inevitable” (S.....
» 2/09/2012 8:42:08 AM Belly, While there is little doubt that the Iranian regime is harsh, cruel and dictatoria.....
» 1/09/2012 10:29:18 AM The assumption that Romney as President would play into Israeli intentions is clear but th.....
» 1/09/2012 7:47:19 AM In light of the NAM summit in Tehran, the volatile rhetoric by Iranian and Israeli politic.....
» 31/08/2012 1:02:45 PM What I want to know, and which so far as remained unreported, is whether the Australian de.....
» 31/08/2012 12:38:47 PM 5) I do not know how much you know about the World Zionist Organisation, but you may be ab.....
» 31/08/2012 12:35:58 PM 4b) In light of the above, why is it deemed permissible for Israel, who is not a signatory.....
» 31/08/2012 12:34:27 PM 3. How do you justify a) your previous arguments that UN rulings regarding the occupation .....
» 31/08/2012 12:32:35 PM Dear Mr Singer, I would like to commend you on your persistence in pushing the pro-Israel.....
» 19/07/2012 11:36:24 AM David f wrote: "Nursing homes should be made adequate for people of all ages." .....
» 17/07/2012 7:44:36 AM Less an 'ism' .... but Halloween. Drives me nuts that we celebrate this in Australia......
» 26/06/2012 8:52:30 AM For the record, and to put an end to the squabbling over definition and application of sai.....
» 26/06/2012 8:14:36 AM SPQR The link you provided, in particular the quote you used, was a letter to the press a.....
» 25/06/2012 10:28:04 PM Luciferase, A fair enough question. But can you answer this? What do you propose we do wi.....
» 25/06/2012 7:38:30 PM Banjo, I'm sorry, but you are incorrect. "The UN Refugee Convention (to which Aust.....
» 25/06/2012 7:06:55 PM SPQR, the very fact that you use terms like 'pro-illegal refugee' indicates your own bias .....
» 25/06/2012 6:55:00 PM David, in many ways you're right. But the problem with the Malaysian Solution is that it's.....
» 25/06/2012 6:26:45 PM Dream on wrote << Why not simply prioritise legitimate Asylum Seekers for the purpos.....
» 25/06/2012 6:16:06 PM Luciferase wrote << Greens want this to cease thereby making the overall intake virt.....
» 25/06/2012 3:45:21 PM SM, Can you gather together some links detailing the 500 deaths you suggested can be attr.....
» 24/06/2012 5:29:11 PM Csteele, like you I enjoy stats, but I also find them a little frustrating because the num.....
» 22/06/2012 9:54:42 PM Cherful, Good try, but really? Shame on you! Not the same thing at all ... and you know i.....
» 22/06/2012 3:24:21 PM At the risk of starting another round of party political mantra, does no one have any USEF.....
» 22/06/2012 1:50:39 PM SPQR, << The Refugee Convention was never intended as an avenue for countries to fur.....
» 22/06/2012 12:31:30 PM SM, << The reason so many are unemployed after so long is because while there are s.....
» 22/06/2012 11:38:17 AM SPQR << “Branded” to me seems to imply two things i) It is applied from outside & .....
» 22/06/2012 11:04:49 AM Yuyutsu, <<Emotions are never wrong. But acting on them often is. >> Point w.....
» 22/06/2012 11:01:01 AM Poirot, Thanks. I do feel like I'm beating my head against a brick wall .... and it's begi.....
» 22/06/2012 9:50:38 AM SPQR, the notion that people continue to be branded as 'refugees' well after they have ent.....
» 22/06/2012 9:24:45 AM SM, Okay, I'll bite. You can't state in one argument that one party's proposed solution wo.....
» 22/06/2012 8:44:08 AM SM, Added to say, thanks for replying to my proposal. ;.....
» 22/06/2012 8:40:27 AM SM, You are missing the point. I am not talking about bringing in a hundred thousand refug.....
» 22/06/2012 7:49:13 AM SM, Added to say that I think we have already established that policies established by any.....
» 22/06/2012 7:37:29 AM Shadow Minister, Please, I am begging you, do not bring party political policy into this......
» 22/06/2012 7:17:03 AM Yuyutsu wrote << Hillel's Golden Rule: "What you hate done to yourself - do not.....
» 21/06/2012 6:34:45 PM Lexi wrote: << The DPS in 1947 .... Saw 170,000 displaced persons arrive in Australi.....
» 21/06/2012 3:00:40 PM Actually, just thought of the perfect answer to your question, Peter. Continuing from my p.....
» 21/06/2012 2:51:42 PM Wow Peter Mac! What a can of worms you've opened here. A veritable Pandora's Box of the di.....
» 21/06/2012 8:34:50 AM Added to say that I was going a little cross-eyed this morning, so missed a few 'bn's afte.....
» 21/06/2012 8:09:14 AM This is just a handful of companies and there is no doubt that some would profit by this s.....
» 21/06/2012 8:07:52 AM If we do this, the following applies to 2011 figures: CBA paid $2.637bn on $9.488bn PBT l.....
» 21/06/2012 8:07:03 AM Individual called for a tax on revenue, but others were right in claiming that under the c.....
» 21/06/2012 8:05:34 AM (Then again, perhaps the GOD is simply taking advantage of the current market to fill the .....
» 21/06/2012 8:04:29 AM For anyone still bothering with this thread, I have done a little ‘research’ into some of .....
» 20/06/2012 6:05:28 PM Thanks Anthony. Actually very funny. Just remember one man's bullsh!t is another man's man.....
» 20/06/2012 5:26:31 PM Bugger a conscience vote by politicians who don't give a toss what the public think. A mat.....
» 14/06/2012 2:02:00 PM One thing I am noticing in the lead up to the end of the financial year is the rash of see.....
» 14/06/2012 1:52:07 PM Perhaps we should have given Nauru and Christmas Island over to the Americans for their li.....
» 14/06/2012 1:48:58 PM Belly said: “I had hope others would focus on why we do need God.” There are two types of.....
» 14/06/2012 8:55:03 AM “I'm sure intellectual peers such as Einstein, Newton, Marconi, Bell etc” …… sorry, just.....
» 13/06/2012 6:13:34 PM Actually Bazz, we're both wrong. Super ships use a huge amount and anyway the amount is ir.....
» 13/06/2012 4:30:06 PM Lorikeet, stop generalizing and mislabeling everything. And even though this is still off-.....
» 13/06/2012 1:48:01 PM Anthony, The real problem is that governments are approaching this from an economic viewpo.....
» 13/06/2012 1:05:08 PM For the world (society and natural) to function in partnership, there must be balance. The.....
» 13/06/2012 12:09:38 PM Every day I am staggered at the cost of doing anything in this country. The alarm bells fi.....
» 13/06/2012 10:38:41 AM “There are possibly more things to be passionate about at this time than at any time in pr.....
» 12/06/2012 10:17:08 AM Well, there’s religion and sex. And then there’s religion and sexism. Two different things.....
» 12/06/2012 8:54:02 AM It is easy to see from the distintegration of this thread and off-topic debate, why this c.....

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