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Trumped by Putin
Andrew L. Urban The failure to conclude Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is Donald Trump’s first really big boo-boo. The failure fuse was lit even before November 2024, when Trump won the US election. That was the day he could have … Continue reading
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The larrikin geology professor
The photo on the cover of his latest book, Sceptical Always – The View at Three-Quarter Time, might suggest a messiah atop a little mound, with a burning bush not burning behind him??? Or just Ian Plimer being his impish … Continue reading
Cometh The Great Awakening?
Andrew L. Urban And so it came to pass, the Great Awakening spread throughout the land, and the people blinked at the brightness of the light as their eyes adjusted to the Revelation. Some became motionless like statutes, staring blankly … Continue reading
Terrorists have rights, too (don’t they?)
Andrew TUrban Look, it’s not fair to terrorists, whether Muslim or not. And have no fear, Australia’s Human Rights Commission is right onto it. On October 21, the commission told a federal inquiry the definition of terrorism should no longer … Continue reading
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When the lights go out … so do phones, fridges, the TV, shops, life support and manufacturing
Andrew L. Urban I have six large, decorative but functional candles at the ready. The lights going out are the least of my concerns in a power blackout. The common phrase in the greenewables to-and-fro is ‘to keep the lights … Continue reading
The Sydney Peace Prize takes the piss
Andrew L. Urban It would be in keeping with the record of the Sydney “Peace” prize if past recipients included Pol Pot, Mao, Stalin and Mugabe. Perhaps even Hitler. And of course the late leader of Hamas, Yahya Sinwar. I … Continue reading
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Why Labor’s climate alarm driven energy crisis will not be mitigated
Andrew L. Urban Whether driven by the stated ideology of climate alarm or the hidden agenda of destabilising our market capitalism, the dedication to choking fossil fuels in favour of renewables is approved by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and executed … Continue reading
Climate alarmism ending not with a bang but a whimper
Andrew L. Urban The overreach typical of the left (Trump is Hitler, the planet is burning) is in contrast to the growing retreat on climate alarm, with previous alarmist champions backing off the doomsaying. And now the Nationals have dumped … Continue reading
Trump’s Ukraine mistake
Andrew L. Urban Donald Trump is mistaken in thinking that moderating peace in Ukraine is a matter of striking a deal. His deal-ism doesn’t really cater for that situation, an illegitimate invasion of a sovereign state by a foreign power. … Continue reading
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Trump scores F on Ukraine
Andrew L. Urban Imagine the derision if Joe Biden when President had asked Vladimir Putin for his thoughts on America giving Ukraine some deadly Tomahawk missiles with which to defeat Russia – and then told the world about that exchange. … Continue reading
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