by Jim Ball | Dec 23, 2023 | Blog, Random Notes, The ABC |
The unseemly scramble for victimhood status and self justification, the harrumphing, the outrage, the moral umbrage and indignation of this fill-in broadcasting mediocrity over her pro- Hamas comments is obscene but unfortunately typical of the left and particularly... by Jim Ball | Dec 18, 2023 | Blog, Hamas, Israel, Random Notes |
Reading the Tricia Rivera column, (Teachers ratchet up pressure on Israel, The Australian, 18/12/23), it occurs to me that particularly at this reflective and contemplative time of year, itβs worth remembering that Israel is ground zero for the entire Judeau Christian... by Jim Ball | Dec 16, 2023 | Blog, Diversity, Diversity and Inclusion, Random Notes |
I remember at a wedding back in the late 70βs early 80βs the priest or minister said something vis a vis, husbands, wives and marriage that Iβve never forgotten. βππ₯π°ππ²π¬ ππ§ππ’ππ’π©πππ ππ‘π π¦πππ’π¨ππ«π’ππ² π¨π π¨ππ‘ππ«π¬β. That is what the doctrine of DEI is all about. Encouraging,... by Jim Ball | Dec 15, 2023 | Blog, Climate, Climate, Random Notes, Renewable energy |
Perhaps in Australia weβve reached a stage where the legal phrase, βReckless Indifferenceβ needs to be repurposed and criminally applied to politicians like Climate and Renewables minister, Chris Bowen who embraces his mission with such great zeal, alacrity and... by Jim Ball | Dec 14, 2023 | Blog, Random Notes, Trans Gender, Transgender |
What does the Fine Cotton ring-in horse racing scandal have to do with the fiction of transgender? Everything, nothing and a lot, actually. We often read and hear about men who think theyβre women, burning up the pool or on the track and beating biological women in... 
by Jim Ball | Dec 4, 2023 | Blog, Nuclear Energy, Random Notes |
Bowen is being frozen out. It seems to be lost in the mists and fog of time, but it was either Paul Keating to Bill Hayden as leader of Labor to make way for Bob Hawke, or Gareth Evanβs to Bob Hawke to make way for Paul Keating, but whomever or whenever, the line was...