by Jim Ball | Oct 20, 2017 | Blog, Matt Ridley, Virtue Signalling |
“..The curse of modern politics is an epidemic of good intentions and bad outcomes. Policy after policy is chosen and voted on according to whether it means well, not whether it works. And the most frustrated politicians are those who keep trying to sell...
by Jim Ball | Oct 19, 2017 | Blog, Brexit, Gillard, Random Notes, Trump |
JULIA GILLARD SPEECH Julia Gillard gave a somewhat bizarre speech on Thursday at the annual Hawke Lecture in Adelaide. What it demonstrated is that even with the effluxion of time since she was voted out as Prime Minister, she’s learnt nothing and forgotten nothing....
by Jim Ball | Oct 19, 2017 | Blog, Racism, Random Notes, Tim Soutphommasane |
RACISM TELEVISION COMMERCIAL Have you seen the latest ad on television by the Human Rights Commission touting, soliciting and drumming up business for the racism industry? For those that haven’t seen the ad it depicts two women running for a lift. For the first, a man...
by Jim Ball | Oct 5, 2017 | Blog, Gay Marriage, Gay Marriage Plebiscite, Westpac |
This suicide statistic of 3000 like so much else in this campaign, is totally bogus and 100% fake news. It is simply emotional blackmail. They have absolutely no way of knowing and it’s just a number thrown out to create impact. Where is the similar outpouring of...
by Jim Ball | Oct 4, 2017 | Blog, gUNS, US Constitution second amendment |
A letter to America No time is the right time to discuss your gun laws. After a catastrophe like Las Vegas it’s too soon. By the next time, (and we all know there will be a next time) it’ll be too late. In between time it’s all too hard. In the eyes of the rest of the...
by Jim Ball | Oct 4, 2017 | Blog, gUNS |
This came up on my Facebook feed as a memory earlier today. I posted it originally on October 4, (today) in 2015. (John Paul Stevens served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court from 1975 to 2010. This essay is excerpted from his new book, “Six Amendments:...
