by Jim Ball | Aug 26, 2025 | Blog, Mental Health, Random Notes |
I was recently asked by a friend who considers himself intuitively to be a conservative to define exactly what the diference is between a conservative and the left? My response includes the two R words. The realist and the romantic. ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐: is the realist... by Jim Ball | Aug 23, 2025 | Blog, Hamas, Middle East, Palestinians, Random Notes |
Chris Kenny raises the question:โ โ๐๐จ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐๐? ๐๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐, ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ซ, ๐
๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ก ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ซ๐ค ๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ค ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐โ? Yes, I think they do.... by Jim Ball | Aug 23, 2025 | Blog, Random Notes, Renewable energy, Superannuation |
Just watching Chris Kenny on Sky and in light of the government easing, or rather encouraging and broadening the scope for superfunds to ย invest in unreliable and unaffordable, renewable energy projects to meet the totally unachievable, fanciful and impossible net... 
by Jim Ball | Aug 22, 2025 | Blog, Palestinians, Random Notes |
You invite the gatecrashers and garbage of humanity, donโt beat at all surprised if your gesture is seen as weakness to be exploited rather than a generosity of spirit to be reciprocated. In our own conceit and vanity and believing that all cultures are equal and... 
by Jim Ball | Aug 19, 2025 | Blog, Islam, Israel, Random Notes |
A history lesson for the brain dead, uninformed, ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ jihadist crowd. Itโs passing strange (not really) that out of all the land right across the Middle East, the Muslims would accidentally build on top of the Jewish Temple. Of course the idea, apart from... 
by Jim Ball | Aug 19, 2025 | Blog, Islam, Israel, Random Notes |
A history lesson for the brain dead, uninformed, ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ jihadist crowd. Itโs passing strange (not really) that out of all the land right across the Middle East, the Muslims would accidentally build on top of the Jewish Temple. Of course the idea, apart from...