Obama urges gay rights, ignores murder and discrimination against Christians
President Barack Obama has taken the opportunity while on a visit to his ancestral home of Kenya to urge the nation to progress on the matter of gays rights.
President Uhuru Kenyatta, Obama's Kenyan counterpart...
Ideological football
“The AFL (and Carlton) have a huge problem. Ninety nine thousand people at the 'G watch Real Madrid beat Man City. Just 26,000 at Etihad see Hawks flog Blues.”
So tweeted 3AW radio commentator Tom...
I love Linux: She’s Smart, Sleek & Teaching Your Kids
My journey with Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) was a combination of fascination, pragmatism, – and conviction. Today, there are still many computer users who are not familiar with the term FOSS but...
The collapse of global poverty
If I asked you this question – 'is there more poverty in the world now than there was 25 years ago?' what would you say?
I bet many would reply, 'yes, of course, there is...
Shocking: CIS-gendered male fails to adequately celebrate transgendered female’s courage!
In a new move toward absolute compliance of their social agenda, 21st century totalitarians are now actively assessing the adequacy of one's applause at public events celebrating progressive achievements.
Those, like former NFL athlete Brett...
The six hot topics at ALP national conference.
The six hot topics at ALP national conference - You would expect these to be the issues that really matter to the mums and dads of Australia, out there in the suburbs working two...
Breaking: Climate Scientists shocked to find ice at the Arctic
BREAKING: Climate scientists aboard a ship bound for the Arctic were shocked to find that the sea ice they expected to be melting due to global warming was, in fact, in such plentiful supply,...
Andrew Bolt is a Bloody Aussie Legend
Watching The Bolt Report on Sunday mornings makes me very, very happy. I enjoy the cheeky, knowledgeable grin on Andrew Bolt's face, a grin which says that he knows exactly what he is doing....
World with a weaker United States
What will the world be like with a weaker United States?
I believe the world will be much worse off.
However, I freely acknowledge that there is a deep resentment amongst many over America's assumed responsibility...
With friends like these…
Poor Bill Slogan, his stocks among the comrades, union bully boys and compassionate luvvies are now so low he can't even give a speech before his own party's faithful without being booed off the...
Dear Barnesy, get over it.
I realised how old I was getting during the course of a recent, quite amicable, conversation with a representative of the younger generation (perhaps X or Y, I'm never quite sure what the age...
Wally of the Week
Welcome to the newest XYZ segment, Wally of the Week, named after Everyone's Favourite Muslim Apologist, Waleed Aly. The honour of being the first cab off the ranks has to go to Bill Slogan,...
What a drag!
What a drag! (excuse gratuitous pun). To be in Glasgow for the Pride march, and the series of associated events, to have sat at the mirror for hours caking on the makeup, done up...
Developing Australia’s top end
It has been great to see over the last week the drive and enthusiasm that there is to develop Australia's top end. Australia's north is a massive and largely untapped resource, ripe for growth...
XYZ pledges to re-open ‘ABC shops’
The ABC has announced today it plans to close its ABC shops in a step to move sales online.
The Australian newspaper reported that about 300 jobs will be lost, "amid plummeting CD and DVD...
BREAKING: Flannery prediction verified to be true
After weeks of trawling through transcripts of former 'alarmist of the year', paleontologist, and all round climate good guy, Professor Tim Flannery, the hardworking research team at XYZ (actually this reporter himself really), has...
Australian left goes feral: Refuses to accept blood on its hands
Bill Shorten sparked outrage last night among Labor and Green true believers, by not just affirming Labor's support for the Coalition policy of boat turn-backs, but acknowledging the moral case, indeed the superior moral...
Leftist media ‘independent’?
I had a chuckle when I stumbled across the Age newspaper's website this morning.
Emblazoned with pride under the Age banner is this:
"Independent. Always."
Independent from what? Free thinking, perhaps? Independent from corporate interests? Independent from...
How I learned to stop worrying and love petrol
I found this a very interesting article.
It discusses the environmental benefits petrol has brought to the world and to humanity, and how it has contributed enormously to improving human health and our standard of...
WA Government plans to teach Islam
It was reported yesterday that the Western Australian Government is "planning an extensive campaign to improve the community's understanding of Islam and Muslims."
Western Australia's minister for Multicultural Interests, Dr Mike Nahan, described WA as...