Letters to the Media

Letters to
The Australian

2020

October 2020

So Cardinal Pell was innocent after all, and the sole witness was somehow mistaken. And someone in the Vatican sent a couple of million to lubricate the process, and help put away an innocent man for over a year.

What a wonderful opportunity for some great investigative journalism.

Go to it, ABC and the mainstream media. Do what you are being paid for. Flush out the facts and expose the villains.

We are holding our breath.

October 2020

When the Australian destination of the four financial transfers from the Vatican is finally determined, will the $2 million plus be recovered and returned to the Vatican? Or is there a way it could be paid as some sort of compensation to Cardinal Pell?

October 2020

So the Australian Federal Police have received information about the money the Vatican sent to Australia to bring Cardinal Pell to justice.

In the interests of efficiency, should this matter be handed over to Victoria Police, so that they can do a thorough investigation?

October 2020
(to the New York Times)

In spite of the efforts of the media, the world has seen exposed the corruption of the Democrats.

It makes no difference. Half the country will vote for them anyway.

October 2020
(to the New York Times)

Americans need the answer to just one question.

What was the criminal offence of the Ukrainian prosecutor, for which Joe Biden insisted on his removal?

October 2020

So Hunter Biden abandoned a laptop full of emails, and they got themselves handed to the FBI.

They tell us that Hunter Biden was getting heaps of money for his skill and expertise in introducing foreigners to his vice-presidential dad, and giving dad 50%. Perhaps the salary of a vice-president is just not enough these days.

Now everyone knows, in spite of the efforts of the mainstream media, whose job it is to suppress news, not broadcast it.

And it's just a couple of weeks to the election.  Anyone recognise the hand of God here?

October 2020

Congratulations to the intrepid leaders in Victoria. Since the virus arrived, almost no one has died of old age. A major cause of death has been just about eliminated.

What's to go next? Cancer? Heart disease?

Great work Victoria. You are putting doctors and hospitals out of business.

October 2020

Now that Cardinal Pell has left Australia, it is perhaps an appropriate time for authorities to ponder how the Victorian Police, their chief witness, and their cheer squad, got things so wrong.

Could it be that the generation of 26 false charges has at last raised a few eyebrows somewhere deep within the inner sancta of the Melbourne elites?

There might be questions also as to the origin of the allegations of the chief witness, who, unlike Cardinal Pell, retains the privilege of anonymity.

Or are the consequences of these errors to be borne only by the victim?

September 2020

So there are media leaders defending the Netflix movie 'Cuties'.

If police find kiddie porn on my phone, I am off to the cells, possibly to become a registered sex offender.

Not so for Netflix and friends. They get to have the media champion them.

Do we have a double standard here?

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/elise-ehrhard/2020/09/10/netflixs-cuties-much-worse-you-think

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/gabriel-hays/2020/09/10/you-got-problem-child-sexuality-media-defend-child-exploiting

September 2020
(to the Courier-Mail)

A pregnant enemy of the state has been cuffed and carted off for a Facebook post proposing a peaceful protest.

If it is against the law to propose a peaceful protest, then it's the law that is wrong.

Weren't these police the same ones who happily put away an innocent cardinal for a year? One wonders which informant the tethering constabulary relied upon this time.

Victorians need to get rid of this silly idea of freedom of speech.

September 2020

In Australia we have freedom of speech.

Except in Victoria, that is. And certainly not for pregnant women who speak out on Facebook against the lockdown.

We used to think that this sort of Stasi operation happened only under Communism. Well, we were right. Communism has not just arrived: it has triumphed in Victoria.

Now be quiet, you pregnant women. Or else.

August 2020

In most of Australia it is business as usual, with some conditions, largely unaffected by Covid.

Victoria is locked down tight as a drum. They have far more deaths and contagion than the rest of us put together.

Can we conclude that lockdown gives death, freedom gives life?

Who is in charge in Victoria?

August 2020

Yet another TV rerun of the attack on the Christchurch mosques.

We rightly condemn this attack. The innocent should never be used as targets for any reason.

But where is the condemnation of the daily attacks on Christians and other non-Muslims, ongoing for over a millennium? There is no shortage of material.

Just another reason we identify our TV outlets as Fake News.

This List Comprises Just 30 Days of Jihad.
Can't Recall Seeing Any of It on TV

DateCountryCityKilledInjuredDescription
2020.08.23SomaliaAbdiaziz12Muslim bombers take out a rickshaw driver.
2020.08.23AfghanistanJaghatu70Three women and two children are among seven disassembled by Taliban bombers.
2020.08.22AfghanistanTakhar91A brutal Taliban attack on a police check point leaves nine dead.
2020.08.22AfghanistanBadakhshan40Four Afghans are laid out by religious radicals.
2020.08.22MaliKoro41Jihadists plant a bomb that kills four passengers in a passing car.
2020.08.22AfghanistanShah Joy20Two civilians are cut to shreds by Islamic shrapnel.
2020.08.22AfghanistanKabul12Bombs placed in cars claim one life.
2020.08.21DRCOicha120Islamic militants tie up thirteen villagers, then slaughter them.
2020.08.21AfghanistanAlasai13Terrorists hit a house with a mortar, killing one resident.
2020.08.21IraqRamadi30Three children are eliminated by an Islamic State explosive.
2020.08.20NigeriaKukawa32Three guards ferrying displaced persons are ambushed and killed by Boko Haram.
2020.08.20AfghanistanBadgah60A pregnant woman is among a half-dozen civilians destroyed by a Taliban bomb.
2020.08.20DRCWikeno10One villager is hacked to death by ADF.
2020.08.19PakistanKamalpur10A woman is beaten to death with sticks over suspicion of immoral activity.
2020.08.19IraqBasra22Two women activists, one a doctor, are shot to death in their car.
2020.08.19IraqBasra20A young man and his fiancee are gunned down by terrorists over their activism.
2020.08.19AfghanistanPuli Khumri211Two commuters are laid out by Taliban bombers.
2020.08.19AfghanistanTarin Kot12A local official is assassinated by fundamentalists.
2020.08.19AfghanistanKhwaja Bahauddin146A massive Taliban attack leaves fourteen dead.
2020.08.19AfghanistanKabul219Taliban bombers target government workers with sticky bombs, killing two.
2020.08.18DRCBeni80Seven road workers and a guard are slaughtered by ADF Islamists.
2020.08.18NigeriaMagumeri31A nursing mother is among three killed by Boko Haram.
2020.08.18AfghanistanKandahar22Religious extremists murder two police officers.
2020.08.18SomaliaBeledweyne57Terrorists set off a bomb at a packed soccer stadium, killing five spectators.
2020.08.18AfghanistanKabul316Religious radicals send a barrage of rockets into a city center, killing three.
2020.08.18GermanyBerlin06An Iraqi refugee plows his vehicle into people while shouting praises to Allah.
2020.08.18AfghanistanSara57Three women and two children are liquidated by a Taliban rocket.
2020.08.18IraqMosul20Religious radicals are suspected in the deaths of two men.
2020.08.18YemenTaiz10A girl is shot in the head by an Ansar Allah sniper.
2020.08.18AfghanistanQala-e-Zal40Four civilians are blown to bits by Taliban weapons.
2020.08.18NigeriaUnguwan Gankon30A 16-year-old girl is among three Christians massacred by Fulani terrorists.
2020.08.18NigeriaGajibo515At least five Nigerians are killed by Boko Haram.
2020.08.17NigeriaAbashiya10The body of a Christian man is discovered two weeks after his kidnapping by Muslim radicals.
2020.08.17YemenMarib20An al-Qaeda shooting leaves two dead.
2020.08.17IraqHawija31Islamic State gunmen drop three local cops.
2020.08.17NigeriaSabon Gida Idon10A farmer and father of nine is murdered in cold blood by Muslim gunmen.
2020.08.17IndiaKreeri50Five policemen are gunned down by Lashkar-e-Taiba.
2020.08.17SomaliaJowhar10A local agriculture official is shot to death by al-Shabaab on his way home.
2020.08.17SomaliaSawma’ah10A physician is crucified by Islamic hardliners.
2020.08.17SomaliaGofgadud50Five Somalis are purged by al-Shabaab, which then booby-traps the bodies.
2020.08.16AfghanistanAhmad Khan50Terrorists kill five local cops with a roadside bomb.
2020.08.16YemenMarib24An Ansar Allah missile claims two lives.
2020.08.16NigeriaBugai40A family of four is shot to death in their own home, including a 97-year-old woman.
2020.08.16NigeriaKajuro50A pastor and father is among five slaughtered by angry Muslims.
2020.08.16IraqRiyadh12One person is obliterated by Mujahideen shrapnel.
2020.08.16SomaliaMogadishu1643Fedayeen storm a beachfront hotel, massacring sixteen innocents.
2020.08.16IraqNuishin12A woman is put in her place by Mujahid bombers.
2020.08.15SyriaDeir Ezzor36An ISIS ambush leaves three dead.
2020.08.15NigeriaLadari33Three local security personnel are murdered by Boko Haram.
2020.08.15NigeriaMashio11An older man is abducted and killed by Boko Haram.
2020.08.15DRCMwende80Four women are among eight hacked to death by ADF Islamists.
2020.08.15AfghanistanMarawara20Two young soldiers at a checkpoint are killed and mutilated by religious radicals.
2020.08.15SyriaJarablos10Terrorists kill a civilian at a market with a bomb hidden on a motorcycle.
2020.08.15IraqBasra10A young activist is shot to death by extremists.
2020.08.15AfghanistanDara-e-Zain50A horrible attack by the Taliban leaves five young people dead.
2020.08.15IndiaKangan10A civilian is picked off by Muslim gunmen.
2020.08.14IndiaNowgam21Islamic terrorists fire on a police patrol, killing two members.
2020.08.14AfghanistanKotal Rizgan42Four Afghans are disassembled by a Taliban landmine.
2020.08.14AfghanistanTarinkot55Holy Warriors ambush and kill five local security personnel.
2020.08.14DRCMbau40Four farmers are killed in their fields by ADF Islamists.
2020.08.14IraqBaghdad10A civil activist is assassinated inside an internet-based company.
2020.08.13ThailandNong Chik13A volunteer providing protection for teachers is killed by Muslim 'insurgents'.
2020.08.13AfghanistanKunduz10Muslim extremists pull a woman out of her house and murder her in cold blood.
2020.08.13Burkina FasoDjibo10An imam who spoke against terrorism is kidnapped and murdered.
2020.08.13PakistanKarimabad10An off-duty Shiite policeman shot to death in a sectarian attack.
2020.08.13ThailandRa-ngee16Muslim 'separatists' plant a bomb near a school, killing one person.
2020.08.13AfghanistanKapisa20Two civil engineers are ambushed in their vehicle and killed by religious radicals.
2020.08.13AfghanistanPanjwai56A family of five is purged by the Taliban with use of a landmine.
2020.08.13IraqKhanaqin11A civilian succumbs to injury following an ISIS shooting.
2020.08.13AfghanistanKhak-e-Jabar30Three Taliban captives are found tortured and executed.
2020.08.13PakistanTurbat13Terrorists kill a passing teen with a bomb.
2020.08.13PakistanPeshawar10A 61-year-old medical store vendor is murdered for his Ahmadi faith.
2020.08.12PakistanLasbela10A young man is victim of an honor killing.
2020.08.12IndiaBangaluru060Over sixty police are injured when Muslims riot over a Facebook post concerning Muhammad.
2020.08.12SomaliaWaberi11al-Shabaab kill on person and seriously injure another.
2020.08.12SomaliaShabellow80Eight villagers are killed resisting al-Shabaab efforts to collect zakat.
2020.08.12AfghanistanFarah416A suicide bomber goes off outside a police station, killing four bystanders.
2020.08.11AfghanistanNazian20Lashkar-e-Islam murder two border guards.
2020.08.11AfghanistanKhairkhana12A civilian is blown to bits by a magnetic bomb attached to her car.
2020.08.11NigeriaBaga30At least three Nigerians are cut down by a Boko Haram ambush.
2020.08.10Iraqal-Majid12A Sunni is gunned down by co-religionists.
2020.08.10MaliKimparana20Jihadists set fire to a prison, killing two.
2020.08.10SomaliaMogadishu26At least two guards are killed when al-Shabaab prisoners snatch weapons.
2020.08.10AfghanistanPachir Aw Agam65A half-dozen Afghans are purged by Taliban fundamentalists.
2020.08.10AfghanistanHawoz Karbas20Islamic extremists are thought responsible for the murder of two women.
2020.08.10NigeriaMagumeri1216More than a dozen farmers are reported killed by Boko Haram.
2020.08.09IndiaShopian10Islamic terrorists kidnap a security officer from his home and kill him in captivity.
2020.08.09MozambiqueAwasse5590Jihadists ambush and kill dozens of local soldiers.
2020.08.09AfghanistanBurj20Two civilians on foot are sent to Allah by Taliban shrapnel.
2020.08.09NigerKoure80Six French aid workers are machine-gunned along with their guide and driver.
2020.08.09AfghanistanKabul25A bomb planted by fundamentalists claims two lives.
2020.08.09AfghanistanArghistan80Eight civilians are exterminated by Taliban bombers.
2020.08.09AfghanistanMatakhan20Fundamentalists take out a passing motorcycle with a roadside bomb.
2020.08.09Egyptal-Arish10A local soldier is ambushed an killed by Islamic extremists.
2020.08.08AfghanistanMaiwand40A brutal attack on a group of local police leave four dead.
2020.08.08AfghanistanSherzad19A mortar fired at a family home is among two attacks that leave one dead.
2020.08.08PakistanClifton10A 19-year-old woman gets a bullet to the head for not heeding her brother's warning about talking to men.
2020.08.08AfghanistanGhazni715A suicide blast kicks off a Taliban attack that leaves seven others dead.
2020.08.08SomaliaMogadishu814A sucide bomber self-detonates outside a sports stadium, killing eight.
2020.08.08MozambiqueLitamanda57Five residents are laid out by Mujahideen, who then burn their homes
2020.08.07NigeriaKaduna2510Jamaat al-Ansar al-Muslimeen claims to have killed over two dozen "apostates."
2020.08.07Burkina FasoNamoungou2012Islamists pour heavy machine-gun fire into a cattle market, killing twenty.
2020.08.07SomaliaMogadishu12An al-Qaeda linked group kills one person at a check point.
2020.08.07NigeriaZango Kataf120Another dozen villagers are murdered by Fulani terrorists.
2020.08.06YemenRada’a10A Shiite is killed by al-Qaeda.
2020.08.06NigeriaTakmawai70Seven villagers are shot point-blank by Muslim terrorists.
2020.08.06NigeriaKurmin Masara135A 'well-coordinated' attack on a village leaves thirteen dead.
2020.08.06AfghanistanChashmaye Shir110A brutal bombing attack on a family convoy kills at least eleven.
2020.08.06IndiaQazigund10A village head succumbs to injuries after being shot near his home by Mujahideen.
2020.08.06AfghanistanNawa60Fundamentalists murder a half-dozen local police.
2020.08.06SyriaHajin10An ISIS assassin claims an apostate.
2020.08.06NigeriaAzikoro40A pregnant woman is among four worshippers shot dead in a church.
2020.08.06IraqKhanaqin24Two more Iraqis lose their lives to an attack by the Islamic State.
2020.08.06AfghanistanTagab30A Taliban attack leaves three dead.
2020.08.06NigeriaApyiako30Three innocents are slaughtered by Fulani terrorists.
2020.08.06NigeriaMagamiya50Muslim militants murder five villagers and burn their homes.
2020.08.05EthiopiaGuba30Three more people die from injuries suffered during an Islamic attack.
2020.08.05AfghanistanHadurokali10A grocer is gunned down near his shop.
2020.08.05PakistanBin Shahi12The Taliban wipe out a border guard with a well-placed mortar round.
2020.08.05IraqMatabija30Three Iraqis are brought low by Islamic State members.
2020.08.05SomaliaDaynuney85Eight Somalis are purged by al-Shabaab.
2020.08.05IraqSaladin23ISIS militants cut down two Iraqis.
2020.08.05AfghanistanKhashrod71A bomb planted by religious extremists claims seven civilians.
2020.08.05SyriaPalmyra20An ISIS IED claims the lives of two truck drivers.
2020.08.04DRCBeni10An ISIS-linked group kills a guard at a warehouse.
2020.08.04SyriaMayadeen28An ISIS bomb blast claims eight souls.
2020.08.04SyriaMayadeen10A guard at a prison is gunned down by the Islamic State.
2020.08.04AfghanistanFarah10A doctor is murdered by the Taliban.
2020.08.04AfghanistanEzana10A local singer is assassinated by Islamic hardliners.
2020.08.04AfghanistanChemai Sher120Twelve police guards transporting a prisoner are brutally cut down by the Taliban.
2020.08.04SyriaHasakah30Three Religion of Peace rivals are taken down by the Islamic State.
2020.08.03SomaliaMogadishu22A suicide bomber blows himself up outside a restaurant, killing two guards.
2020.08.03NigeriaWasho10A veteran journalist is hacked to death in his home by suspected Fulani radicals.
2020.08.03AfghanistanShigal30Two women and a child are disintegrated by a bomb blast at a wedding.
2020.08.03AfghanistanSpin Boldok32Three civilians are sent to Allah by Religion of Peace bombers.
2020.08.03ChadLake Chad30A Boko Haram IED claims three lives.
2020.08.02SyriaDeir Ezzor10A man is abducted and executed by ISIS.
2020.08.02SyriaDeir Ezzor10A local investigator is murdered by ISIS.
2020.08.02SomaliaWanlaweyn12al-Qaeda-linked militants throw a grenade into a home, killing one resident.
2020.08.02AfghanistanJalalabad2950A suicide bombing sets off an attack on a prison that leaves two dozen dead.
2020.08.02MaliGoma-Coura55Five local soldiers are ambushed and killed by Jihadists.
2020.08.02CameroonNguetchewe2811Suicide bombers are sent into a camp for displaced people, eliminating twenty-eight, including seven children.
2020.08.02Burkina FasoOuahigouya64A half-dozen children are purged by religious radicals in an IED attack.
2020.08.02EthiopiaGuba136Muslim terrorists kill thirteen civilians in an ambush.
2020.08.01SyriaDeir Ezzor42An ISIS attack leaves four dead and two wounded.
2020.08.01NigeriaNasarawa514Militant Muslims are suspected in a shooting attack that leaves five dead.
2020.08.01AfghanistanKhodzaey10A civil activist is kidnapped and killed by Islamic radicals.
2020.08.01AfghanistanTarin Kot10The Taliban plant a bomb in a garden which kills a resident.
2020.07.31AfghanistanTorasha64Six Afghans are purged by a Taliban roadside bomb.
2020.07.31AfghanistanDehrawot40Two children are among four elimated by Taliban bombers.
2020.07.31SudanBoronga13Arab militia gun down a local.
2020.07.31PhilippinesPatikul33Abu Sayyaf open fire on a local patrol, dropping three members.
2020.07.31ChadTenana107Sharia proponents burn and loot a fishing village, killing ten residents.
2020.07.31IraqMosul80Eight more Islamic State victims are pulled from a mass grave.
2020.07.31IraqSamara60A half-dozen police are aerated by Jihadi shrapnel.
2020.07.31NigeriaTudun Woulgo200Boko Haram brutally execute twenty prisoners with knives to jubilant cries of "Allahu Akbar."
2020.07.30SomaliaMogadishu12One person dies from splinter injuries following an al-Shabaab grenade attack.
2020.07.30AfghanistanPul-e-Alam1740A Shahid suicide bomber takes out seventeen shoppers at a mall.
2020.07.30NigeriaMaiduguri20Boko Haram plant a bomb at a furniture store that kills the owner and his son.
2020.07.30NigeriaGwange10A child is disassembled by an Islamist bomb blast.
2020.07.30NigeriaBorno216Two innocents lose their lives to Jihadist bombers.
2020.07.30SyriaMayadeen10A man is killed by extremists for being an "infidel".
2020.07.29SyriaMayadeen22An IED planted by ISIS claims two passengers in a passing car.
2020.07.29MozambiqueTandacua80Eight villagers are beheaded by Islamic supremacists.
2020.07.29NigeriaAgbadu-Daruwana140Thirteen members of the same family are among Baptists massacred in the middle of the night by Muslim terrorists.
2020.07.29PakistanPeshawar10An accused blasphemer is murdered in a courtroom, where he was on trial for insulting Islam.
2020.07.29NigeriaBaga50Five are killed when Boko Haram attack a governor's convoy.
2020.07.29AfghanistanHaji Abbas26Women and children are among the casualties of a car bombing.
2020.07.29PakistanTarlandi20Terrorists ambush and kill two local cops.
2020.07.29DRCRuwenzori20ADF Islamists shoot two people off a motorcycle.
2020.07.29IraqBab al-Sharqi25A minibus carrying Shiites is target by ISIS bombers with two killed.
2020.07.28DRCKainama60Two women are among six innocents slain by the ADF.
2020.07.28DRCVirunga70Seven local soldiers are ambushed and killed by the ADF in a national park.
2020.07.28AfghanistanKabul12Terrorists target a van with a bomb, killing one passenger.
2020.07.28PakistanBajour10Islamic militants open fire on a guard post, killing an occupant.
2020.07.28MozambiqueMocimboa da Praia10A civilian is killed in cold blood at a flour mill by Islamic militants.
2020.07.28SyriaManbij30Three people are murdered by the Islamic State.
2020.07.27EgyptRabi’a11An ISIS sniper picks off a local.
2020.07.27CameroonBorder10At least one other person is killed during an ISIS-allied terror attack.
2020.07.27NigeriaDawusu53A housewife is among five murdered by gunmen screaming praises to Allah.
2020.07.27IraqHit20Two Iraqis are killed by Islamic State elements.
2020.07.27IraqArar14Terrorists open fire on border guards, killing one.
2020.07.27AfghanistanKashak Sirowan40Four local cops are liquidated in their vehicle by a Taliban roadside bomb.
2020.07.26PakistanNazimabad20A woman and her husband are honor-hacked to death with an axe by her family for marrying without their permission.
2020.07.26SyriaSakariya55Five people are reported dead following an ISIS bomb blast.
2020.07.26SyriaSukhnah20Two Syrians are kidnapped and executed by the Islamic State.
2020.07.25EgyptRabi’a10A local officer is abducted and executed on video by the Islamic State.
2020.07.25PhilippinesMindanao30Three people are killed in their home by Islamic radicals.
2020.07.25NigerDiffa33Three people are machine-gunned by an ISIS-allied group.
2020.07.25AfghanistanAndar20A policewoman is among two people abducted and killed by Islamic hardliners.
2020.07.25SudanMasteri6060Janjaweed militia are suspected of a brutal attack on a village that leaves sixty dead.
2020.07.25NigeriaDamboa103At least ten are killed when Boko Haram open fire on a convoy of local soldiers.
2020.07.25IraqSamum60A man and his sons are among family members murdered in their home by caliphate loyalists.
2020.07.25AfghanistanKalakan21Jihadis murder two police officers on patrol.
For information about our methodology, see About the List.

List of Islamic Terror Attacks

List of Islamic Terror Attacks List of Islamic terror attacks from TheReligionofPeace.com

https://www.thereligionofpeace.com/attacks/attacks.aspx?Yr=Last30

August 2020

There have been 500 deaths attributed to Covid-19. Given that many patients are elderly, it is not impossible that the virus may not be the killer claimed by bureaucrats, and that it may at most have hastened the deaths of those with other medical issues. So the true number of deaths caused by the virus may be greatly reduced.

Given that the cost of government actions may exceed $800 billion, the question needs to be asked: Who decided that the rest of us should spend something like $4 billion per death? Far more deaths come from other causes, but for them there is no such panic.

Now it is possible that we as a nation might agree to provide $4 billion per death for Covid-19, rather than toward treatment for cancer or heart disease. But should we not be asked first?

Has none of these bureaucrats and politicians considered the suicides, the loss of family incomes, the despair? Has anyone noticed that our well-fed government does not seem to be sharing the nation's loss of income?

COVID measures to cost Australia $800 billion

https://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/australian-economy/covid-measures-to-cost-australia-800-billion-over-the-next-decade/news-story/8d6b004276cb447763b75dcf492b54a8

July 2020

Every six or twelve months we pay registration on motor vehicles.

There is only one reason why the government decrees this. It is simply a tax, for which nothing is offered in return.

In other countries, motorists pay registration on purchase only, and after that, just the insurance fee.

This is a make-work tax, paying people to collect a circular tax, which is then used to pay their wages.

Given the economic severity of the era of viruses, how can we afford such waste?

July 2020

Politicians wring their hands about the drug problem, but they never actually do anything.

If a user is injured or dies from taking drugs, the dealer should be charged with grievous bodily harm or murder. The injured party or his family should then be able to sue the pusher for his medical expenses, which are at present borne by the innocent taxpayer. And also for the destruction of his quality of life.

It would be a great relief for many to see pushers face some sort of reality.

And who could object to punishing the guilty?

July 2020

Politicians wring their hands about the drug problem, but they never actually do anything.

If a user is injured or dies from taking drugs, the dealer should be charged with grievous bodily harm or murder. The injured party or his family should then be able to sue the pusher for his medical expenses, which are at present borne by the innocent taxpayer. And also for the destruction of his quality of life.

It would be a great relief for many to see pushers face some sort of reality.

And who could object to punishing the guilty?

July 2020

We are at present stuck with a dozen phantom subs that won't be in place for more than 30 years, simply for political reasons. These appallingly-inferior duds take weeks to go on station compared with days for nuclear subs.

It would make eminent sense for President Trump to offer us a gift of one or more Virginia class nuclear subs on condition that we buy a dozen more. This will still work out about half the price of the vastly inferior French diesel subs, which are good only for the oubliette of history.

The benefit for the US is that in any likely future conflict, it is almost certain that Australian subs could be counted as working alongside US subs. Australia and the US have a long history of fighting alongside, perhaps more than any two other countries.

It would be a superb bargain for both nations.  Lend-lease was successful once. Why not again? Another benefit is that we should have subs that strike fear into any potential enemy.

Or alternatively, we could ask the Chinese to keep quiet for 30 years. Good luck with that.

July 2020

We need to send an urgent memo to China: "Please stop building those nuclear subs, until we have our French diesel subs. We'll be ready about 2053. Thanks."

I am sure the Chinese will appreciate that we are not allowed to have anything nuclear here, not even a power station.

July 2020

We still see complaints about slavery in the US, which was stopped in its tracks a century and a half ago, by determined Republicans. At great cost in lives.

But we hear not even a whisper of the slavery still going on today in Africa, where millions of blacks are slaving away for black and Arab masters, without any hope that BLM or anyone else will demonstrate in the streets on their behalf. And these slaves number in the millions where Islam is in control. Why is this not considered a great evil?

Blaming the US citizen of today for slavery in centuries past is the kind of thing we used to call hypocrisy. An hypocrisy which would make a Pharisee blush.

The unspeakable truth about slavery in Mauritania

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/jun/08/the-unspeakable-truth-about-slavery-in-mauritania

Anti-Slavery Activists

https://www.freedomunited.org/landing/anti-slavery-activists/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIoe-gney26gIVzRwrCh1MuQdWEAAYAiAAEgIhOPD_BwE

Slavery Today

https://www.antislavery.org/slavery-today/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIoe-gney26gIVzRwrCh1MuQdWEAAYASABEgL5l_D_BwE

Modern Slavery in Gulf Countries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D_O3tU3Vss

The Megacity Secretly Built by Slaves

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMh-vlQwrmU

City of Slaves

https://www.jstor.org/stable/26485057?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents

Slave Trading in Sudan (1999)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_PB0lg2TSc

SUDAN: REPORT ON A REVIVAL IN THE SLAVE TRADE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Wfq1U-CQV8

June 2020

Now that it has been established that there really was no case against Cardinal Pell, and that it was orchestrated from start to finish, where are the intrepid journalists whose task it is to investigate matters shonky in nature?

Where is the investigation into the hysteria created by the ABC, and the consequences for those involved?

Where is the investigation into the shenanigans of the world-famous Victoria Police? Where is the outcry by the Opposition in Victoria?

Where is the investigation into the lack of interest in interviewing altar-boys whose evidence might have saved Cardinal Pell 400 days behind bars, and incidentally might have stopped in its tracks the ruin of Cardinal Pell's reputation?

And where is the outrage from Cardinal Pell's brother bishops? I cannot recall seeing any public statement from their organisation, which seems quite active on social justice.

Injustices succeed only because good men keep silent.

The Scapegoating of Cardinal Pell – Quadrant Online

https://quadrant.org.au/magazine/2020/06/the-scapegoating-of-cardinal-pell/

June 2020
(to the New York Times)

You have to give the Chinese Communists credit for efficiency. They manage to get their research done in US institutions. Free, courtesy of generous US citizens.

How do they get away with it? That's easy. No one stops them.

June 2020
(to the New York Times)

Why the fuss about slavery? There have been no slaves in the US for a century and a half, since the US fought a war to end it, expending 600 000 lives in the process. And the US is still the only country to fight such a war.

And what about the slavery still going on? In Africa there are millions of slaves, almost all black, just waiting for Democrat surrogates to march in the streets to have them freed.

But where are those marchers?

June 2020

Why have we got homeless living on our streets?

Easy. We have gone soft on drugs, and failed to punish drug dealers whose sales lead to the death of addicts and the despair of families. Our legal system has gone mighty easy on pushers, so the lives of our children are ruined.

What to do? Why, bring back the death penalty for those whose drugs cause death or the ruin of a life. See what the prospect of death will do for the business model of these criminals.

The leftist elites won't like this. They should stop worrying about hoods, and start worrying about families.

June 2020

Why have we got homeless living on our streets?

Easy. We have gone soft on drugs, and failed to punish drug dealers whose sales lead to the death of addicts and the despair of families. Our legal system has gone mighty easy on pushers, so the lives of our children are ruined.

What to do? Why, bring back the death penalty for those whose drugs cause death or the ruin of a life. See what the prospect of death will do for the business model of these criminals.

The leftist elites won't like this. They should stop worrying about hoods, and start worrying about families.

June 2020

Let an Australian try to open a small business in China, Korea, Japan. Or migrate there and get citizenship. Let him try to buy land in the Philippines. The chance of success is that of Buckley.

Yet these foreigners have no trouble migrating here in thousands, setting up businesses, buying land and becoming citizens. So who is racist?

The very term 'Black Lives Matter' tells us that other lives don't. Try calling out 'Other lives matter too' at a rentacrowd rally. These people are unbelievably racist. Australia is by far the least racist of any country I have visited.

How does our media allow these racists to get away with such hypocrisy?

June 2020

The destruction of and damage to statues, monuments and other property paid for by others is theft. Thieves should be brought to justice and not released until they have made good the damage they caused.

I can think of no reason why the innocent should bear the consequences of the crimes of others.

June 2020
(to the New York Times)

With BLM embarking on a career of removing the statues of those connected with slavery, it might be a good idea to alert police that Muhammad was a great promoter of slavery, and that the Arabic word for 'black' (abd) is also the word for 'slave'.

Thus police might consider paying special attention to protecting mosques and madrassas from BLM mobs. In areas where there still is a police force, that is.

June 2020
(to the Courier-Mail)

All Australians should be concerned about the death of Aboriginal men in police custody, and support measures to keep them safe.

But what about Aboriginal women, who are hospitalised at numbers reported to be at a rate 30 times that of other women?

We care about Aboriginal men. But why is there no move to do anything about the plight of Aboriginal women? It appears that their injustice could be vastly greater than that of Aboriginal men. And there is no suggestion that the women have broken any laws.

Domestic violence is not tolerated in society in general. Why are we turning a blind eye to violence among Aboriginal families? Does no one care?

June 2020

We have had Sorry Day. Now how about a Thank You Day?

Since 1788, things have actually got steadily better for Aborigines. They have prospered and grown. They no longer have to cut down canoe trees without an axe, light campfires without matches, or cook without pots. They live in houses, drive cars, enjoy medical care, have a reliable supply of good food, and live twice as long.

Then there is that $30 billion a year they get that others are denied.

If the whites who claim to represent them would get out of the way, maybe Aborigines would have the leadership and the media image they deserve.

June 2020

Has anyone noticed how the Chinese version of Communism is a mix of socialist government tied to an economy of big businesses? And at the head of each Big Business is a Big Party Leader? One might call it National Socialism.

Wasn't that the system introduced into Germany by Adolf Hitler and his National Socialists? Are our memories so short that we have forgotten the lives sacrificed to rid the world of this evil?

Well it's back, and stronger than ever. And instead of opposing, we appease. But as Churchill is quoted, an appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.

June 2020
(to the The Times UK)

There are credible reports that 600 000 British girls have been gang-raped over long periods by Muslim men, mostly of Pakistani and Afghan origin. The true numbers perhaps approach a million and many of the girls are underage. That is, they are children.

The Government protects these monsters by refusing to publish their most common characteristic: they are almost all Muslim At the same time the police, whose job it is to protect the innocent, have punished their families. In some cases fathers have been prevented from coming to the assistance of their daughters. Let your daughter be passed around like meat, or you're a racist, is the message of the police. Yet how many of these losers are still in uniform?

It gives a new meaning to 'women and children first'.

The Prime Minister has to answer. If a white male raped an underage girl, how long would it take for him to face justice? Ten years? That's the time it took to get the cuffs on these Muslims. If you believe that, Santa Claus is selling a bridge, and you are buying.

I am reminded of Rule Britannia. "Britons never never never shall be slaves."

Maybe not, but your girls already are. And you're next

June 2020

We have to give credit to the noisy elements of our society. They have discovered a cure for corona virus, of which we are suddenly free.

Forget the vaccine and the lockdown. The answer is demonstrations and riots.

June 2020
(to the New York Times)

We have seen enough. It's time to re-start the impeachment process. Perhaps even that is not sufficient.

Not only did Donald Trump visit a church, but he was seen, in pubic, holding a bible, forcing many politicians to avert their gaze.

What more do we need? No wonder the media are apoplectic. That dreadful man has condemned himself.

May 2020

The Communists in Beijing threaten Taiwan with death if they don't willingly submit to their embrace. They openly declare that the Taiwanese have no right to hope for freedom. Hong Kong has already lost that right, and Tibet has simply disappeared.

Where are the chatterers who used to complain about imperialism and colonialism? Are they still busy with more important matters like climate change?

May 2020

There are reports that the Chinese Government has not been entirely honest in its claims that our beef and barley exports fail to meet their standards.

They have to ask themselves one question. Would a regime that killed 100 million of its own innocent citizens be at all bothered by the sanitisation of truth?

May 2020

We ask for an independent inquiry about the origins of Corona Virus. The Chinese Communists respond with an 80% tariff on barley, and a ban on Australian beef.

They are telling us that there are things they don't want anyone to know. Do we find out, or do we cave? And if we cave, are we not inviting them to do the same again?

May 2020

Now that we have consensus (except from the ABC and the Victorian Government) that Cardinal Pell was punished unjustly, it is time to consider some form of compensation for the ruin of his life.

First, from the Victorian Police, an apology with a promise never to tether again, a handsome sum from their trawling budget, and removal of the culprits.

Second, compensation from the ABC. No, forget that. Just close them down, sell their assets, give the money to Cardinal Pell, and return their annual budget to the long-suffering taxpayer.

That's what I'd call justice.

April 2020

Andrew Bolt asks questions. Cardinal Pell answers. Outrageous, say the usual suspects. How dare he be so self-serving as to lay blame at the door of the media and the Victorian police? Well, as Carl Kolchak used to say, there are such things as facts. Sweeping aside the emotion and propaganda, here they are.

The Victorian courts convicted on the basis of complaints by a man who was not present at the trial, and who said nothing happened.

No corroborating evidence existed. None at all. Just a complaint. There was a heap of contrary evidence from people whose character was never challenged, yet this was discounted.

The police had nothing until they advertised. Yet these charges were the best the police could produce. In all they tried 26 times.

An ABC journalist produced a book attacking Cardinal Pell just before he went to trial.

Given the performance of the ABC and much of the media, in that interview Cardinal Pell was the soul of discretion.

April 2020

The Victorian Police are getting ready to charge Cardinal Pell with new offences. It is believed that one of these charges relates to jay-walking in a back street on Philip Island in 1949. Another charge concerns double parking in Upper Manangatang on a Sunday after 5am.

There are also charges coming for Tony Abbott, who dared to visit Cardinal Pell in prison. He was caught not only eating an onion but also winking at someone.

The Victorian Police are headquartered in Keystone, an eastern suburb of Melbourne.

April 2020

It is becoming clear that the criminal acts for which Cardinal Pell was punished, and for which his life has been ruined, never took place.

There is a need for a public inquiry to determine the behaviour of the Victorian police and justice system, and this must include a determination on how the sole witness (how could anybody be convicted on the testimony of just one person?) got it wrong.

If he is indeed culpable, is it not fair and reasonable that he face the same fate as did Cardinal Pell, the real victim? And if the fault lies elsewhere, it is time to bring this into the light of day.

Anything less is an injustice for the destruction of a life.

April 2020
(to the New York Times)

To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Democrat and the other a Republican. The Democrat stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people — shopkeepers, farmers, workers — or even like this Republican. I vote consistently for reproduction rights, I demand reparations for climate change, and I make sure that undocumented migrants get a fair share of our bounty.’
“But the Republican stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’
“I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
April 2020

For five years Cardinal Pell has been hounded by the Victorian Police, the ABC, the Fairfax Press, Channel 9 and hordes of others.

Is it time to take a closer look at Witness J and how he became radicalised? Why is he still incognito? His allegations have ruined an innocent man, but he remains carefully protected.

Cardinal Pell's future is gone, and his reputation continues to suffer. Is it not just that Witness J comes forward and explains himself?

April 2020
(to the Courier-Mail)

The Victorian Police pulled out all the stops seeking people to provide complaints about Cardinal Pell, where otherwise none existed. In the end, their search found just one witness, and no evidence. The case was decades old. How much of their resources (ie, our tax money) was employed getting their target?

Bill Shorten has been accused of sexual assault. But, say the police, there is only one witness, and no evidence, and what's more, the case is decades old. Nothing to see here, move along folks.

Is there a double standard here?

April 2020
(to the Courier-Mail)

Now that the High Court has corrected the conviction of Cardinal Pell, it's time to look at the effect the ABC had on this travesty.

The ABC has no justification for its existence. It provides no service not adequately covered by other enterprises, and its audience would fit in a phone box without touching the sides.

So close it down, sell its assets, and compensate Cardinal Pell. The good side is that this will save us more than a billion a year. The down side is . . . I can't think of one.

The government would be wildly popular. But there would be screams from those whose life is lived at the expense of others.

April 2020

Now that the High Court has told us that the 'crimes' of Cardinal Pell could not have happened, is it not appropriate that the Victorian authorities look closely at how the sole witness became so 'believable'?

Given the enthusiasm with which Victoria Police drummed up complaints where none had existed, and pushed forward without evidence, is there scope for examining the role of the police?

And then we need to look at the Victorian Government, which legislated to allow a case to almost succeed without a single independent witness and zero evidence. And conviction of crimes where the witness said it didn't happen, and died before the trial.

What saint or angel could survive Victorian 'justice'? Stalin and Mao are surely moved to tears of envious rage.

And how about removing the word 'justice' from the Victorian Department of Justice and Community Safety?

April 2020

The High Court says that Cardinal Pell is innocent, after years of unjust punishment.

But look. The media are still calling the person who testified against him the 'victim', reporting how he continues to suffer.

But if there is a victim, isn't it Cardinal Pell?

March 2020

During the Depression, many Australian town stores allowed residents to build up a tab, hoping for better times. The Government, in its wisdom, passed laws forgiving such debt. Storekeepers were ruined, their life work set at nothing, and towns were left without a place to buy their necessities.

Today the Government is talking about relieving renters of the burden of paying rent. I have heard no proposal to relieve landlords, many of whom are retired, of the burden of paying mortgages.

Will the banks will end up owning the life savings of retirees, by the stroke of a Government pen?

March 2020

The Australian economy today looks remarkably grim. Industries shut down. People out of work. Mortgages unpaid. No one going anywhere. Hardly any traffic. Flights cancelled. Supermarkets empty of essentials.

Isn't this the kind of environment the Greens are pushing for? Or does it have to get even worse?

February 2020
(to the New York Times)

So many times we hear how Democrat-run localities are a pig-sty, with homeless on the footpath, droppings in the street, uncollected garbage against the walls, abandoned houses in the suburbs. And people wonder why.

Wonder no longer. Among those on the Left, positions of importance are doled out, not on the basis of competence, but on correct-thinking. What Democrat state would promote even an Einstein if he was right of centre? Their state offices are full of people with useless degrees, yet who think that they are better than others.

Thus we have Bernard Sanders, who is reported to have drawn his first pay-cheque at the age of 40, yet is somehow considered ready to run the country. There is Maduro in Venezuela, busy driving his country into the ground, relying on his experience as a bus driver.

Much of the Left has had zero experience outside politics, and few of them could run an honest chook raffle.

As Nigel Farage famously said, speaking of career MEPs, "None of you have ever done a proper job in your lives." Exactly. How many Dems have ever done a real day's work?

So why the mystery? Misery is their output. Poverty their handiwork. Obscene wealth for themselves (how did Congressional Dems earn their wealth?). How can anyone not see this? It's not as if they have made a secret of it.

This phenomenon applies especially to those arch-lefties, China and North Korea. Their generals are promoted for their allegiance to Marxism. US generals are promoted on merit. This is why President Trump sleeps at night, and Xi and Kim don't.

Most of You have never Done a Proper Day's Work

February 2020
(to the New York Times)

It seems to me that the Democrat candidates have a choice.

They can kill foreign terrorists. Or they can kill American babies.

Which target do they embrace? And which do they seek to destroy?

WATCH: Leading 2020 Democrats Admit They Oppose Killing Terrorists

https://pjmedia.com/election/watch-leading-2020-democrats-admit-they-oppose-killing-terrorists/

Democrats compete for pro-abortion votes in latest 2020 primary debate

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/democrats-compete-for-pro-abortion-votes-in-latest-2020-primary-debate

February 2020

It has become clear that those arrivals some of us thought were refugees are largely economic migrants, eager to overturn our political system and make it into an image of the catastrophic societies they came from.

Given that these people are followers of a religion which insists (surah 9) that ordinary Australians can and should be killed, we have to face an unpleasant truth. Where is the move to repair this damage to our society, particularly in regard to the increased load to the taxpayer?

Who is responsible for the failure to assess the consequences before admitting these migrants? And how may these people be called to account?

January 2020
(to the The Times UK)

I still hear that patriotic verse from time to time. It tells us, "Britons never never never shall be slaves."

And yet tens of thousands of British girls, many under age, have been and indeed some are no doubt still, enslaved by foreign-born Muslims, who have no interest in British culture (except to destroy it).

And those snivelling cowards who were paid to defend them, who call themselves Rotherham's finest, purposely looked the other way and in fact defended the slavers. These creepish cops have replaced the courteous bobbies of old, who went beyond their duty to take care of public safety.

Worse, those politicians and public servants who brought these uncultured invaders to live on the public purse suffer no consequences for the damage they have done.

And those who pretended that the country was overpopulated and promoted the reduction of families to one or two or even no children bear a similar guilt (the same people promote the urgent need for immigration to provide taxes to pay the elderly).

Muslims have no problem having large families, because you are paying for them. In a short time their families will be producing 5 Muslim children to 1 of yours. Or more. You know what happens if this continues.

In around a century or so, Britain will have gone from world leader, winner of two world wars, to a minority inside its borders. Britons will be dhimmis, forced to pay a tax if they want to survive.

Then homosexuals will be taught to fly in one easy lesson, British women will be there for the taking, and no non-Muslim will be allowed to occupy a public position.

Your women will be put into burqas (but not slaves - they can be kept naked from the waist up) and your men will no longer be allowed to defend their honour. Men with razor blades and no anaesthetic will slash their genitals and the women will sew them up.

And all this while not having fired a shot in your defence. Hitler couldn't do it. Nor Napoleon before him.

Why? Because you are afraid of being called racist. I know, Islam is not a race, but the whole country accepts the jibe, because of institutional cowardice.

Japanese don't care about being called racist. See if you can migrate to Japan or buy land there. They like their culture, and they want to keep it. How many mosques are there in Japan? How many 'refugees' have been taken in?

You can't migrate to South Korea. They reckon that Korean culture is the ant's pants, and they don't want to see it diluted. Similarly, you can't migrate to China. Asians are not afraid to defend their culture, and they care not a whit what you call them as a result.

But Britons are, and they are terrified of being called names.

What to do?

1 Turn off the tap. Immigration by merit alone. Let Saudi Arabia, Iran and Indonesia take a few Muslim refugees (Borneo has a population much the size of the Netherlands, but is almost 20 times its size). These countries are not short of a quid.

2 Islam enforces the death penalty for apostasy. People must be allowed to leave their religion without the threat of death . Police must defend this right, or suffer the consequences.

3 Bring back the death sentence. Slavers and terrorists deserve to be hanged.

4 Protect women from forced marriage. Women must choose whom they marry, and be protected from their own families.

5 Remove illegals from no-go zones. On the plane home the same day.

6 Stimulate employment opportunities around Muslim areas, and cut off the dole for those who don't want to work. All of a sudden Calais will become very desirable. Vive la France.

7 Refuse citizenship or residence to those whose religion requires them to slay Christians (surah 9).

8 Those in positions of authority who want to destroy British culture are traitors. Remove them.

9 No more re-runs of Frost, Midsomer, Marple, Fr Brown or other whodunits until the media start producing real crime stories, showing the destruction of British lives by Muslims. How about a bit of equality and diversity, and less hypocrisy?

10 Finally, Islam can easily be tamed, but only by those with courage. Women in Islam have a miserable life. If their free choice of husband can be enforced, Islam will die. Again, if people can leave Islam without fear of being murdered, many will be off like a shot. Mosques will close or be converted to other purposes.

The cat awaits. The bell is ready. Where is the will?

January 2020

One wonders how the Australian public would feel about changing our laws to provide the death sentence for deliberate arson resulting in loss of life. Given the weakness of our politicians, perhaps a referendum might give them strength.

January 2020
(to the New York Times)

The TV media appear to be defending an Iranian general who was responsible for killing innocent Americans, without regret and without consequences up to now.

He was planning on killing more, and it would not have mattered to him whether they were on the left or the right, so long as they were Christian or Jewish.

Do the TV networks prefer the death of many innocent Americans to that of a single guilty foreigner?

Or are they upset that he was not given the due process that he denied to others?

January 2020

Now we have seen the awful result of failing to burn excess litter during winter months, is it not now appropriate that those responsible for banning such burns be held accountable for the loss of lives and the damage they have caused?

2019 & 2018

December 2019

If the 'science is settled', why are we still handing out our tax dollars to climate scientists?

Shouldn't our money go to areas where science is still a work in progress?

November 2019

Why are we in a drought? Have there been any dams built since the time of Sir Joh?

Why are we in a power crisis? Have there been any coal-fired power stations built since the time of Sir Joh?

Is there some sort of coincidence here?

November 2019

Israel Folau you beauty. Punished for believing the Bible, Israel fights back against the intolerant left, who would eliminate from this earth anyone who doesn't think their way.

He has stuck it to the chairborne who decide who will play and who will not. Those who insist that rugby is not about the game, but about their brand of politics.

Hooray for Israel Folau.

November 2019

Israel Folau says, correctly, that God punishes sin, including sodomy. The media world rounds on him, yet again. Have they not heard what happened to Sodom, from which we get the very name sodomy?

Mr Folau makes the point that fire and sodomy seem to go together. The argument is simple. Those engaged in or promoting sodomy are at risk of fire in this life, and/or in the next. Mr Folau would prefer that offenders avoid at least the second of these options, but preferably both.

Where is his error?

November 2019
(to the Courier-Mail)

Recent years have produced a crop of MPs who seem to lack experience of real life. Indeed, of reality.

Would it be unreasonable to expect that before applying to enter parliament a politician actually get a job and pay taxes for at least ten years?

This might relieve us of the professional politicians who go straight from high school into politics, gaining along the way a sense of entitlement, a student debt, and very little else.

And those politicians who are unable to display some sort of competence in a real career.

November 2019

I have an idea that I think might save lives. Allow people to remove and sell forest litter as firewood and kindling during late winter and early spring. Or just burn it off while temperatures are low. The result? No bushfires. Lives and property saved.

Who on earth could oppose such an excellent idea?

September 2019

According to the National Commission of Audit, we spend over $3 billion of tax money annually on illegal immigrants.

The Guardian and ACOSS tell us that there are more than 3 million Australians living in poverty. Allowing for a real world discount, that would leave around a million Australians in financial trouble.

Since the task of any government is to further the interests of its own citizens, it would seem that our government has its priorities all wrong.

Those who have invaded our country need to be made to work, or return home. And governments need to understand their duty to their own citizens.

That $3 billion or more would provide an extra $120 per fortnight for the deserving poor, and would go a long way toward easing their pain.

Sure, there will be comfortable elitists who will squeal, but there will be the gratitude of those in need.

Unfortunately it takes courage to do the right thing. Not often seen in politicians.

More than three million Australians living in poverty, Acoss report reveals

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/oct/16/more-than-three-million-australians-living-in-poverty-acoss-report-reveals

The cost of Australia's refugee and asylum policy: A source guide

https://www.kaldorcentre.unsw.edu.au/publication/cost-australias-asylum-policy

September 2019

It seems that the Victorian Government has passed a law to make ordinary Catholics liable for the debts of guilty priests to their victims. The ABC tells us that the first cab off the rank is to get more than a million, with 150 more cabs in line.

Where will this money come from? The guilty priests? Not hardly. It will come from ordinary Catholics in the pews like me.

Why must I foot this bill? No one is pretending that people like me have been abusing boys.

Is this justice? Or is it a cynical political hypocrisy, a vicious attack on the innocent?

Victoria has been labelled a rogue state. For good reason.

August 2019

People just do not appreciate the efforts of government in Australia to get justice done in the case against Cardinal Pell.

First, a Royal Commission into priests set the public mood. Next, the bold gendarmes of Victoria were forced to advertise for a complaint. Then somehow the law got itself changed to do away with the need for corroboration, so that the court would not be bothered by trivia such as evidence. And then an anti-Pell book was released just at the start of the first court case. Nothing to see here.

You have to feel for the powers when the first hearing failed to find him guilty, after all that effort.

But not to worry, they got him in the end. Even if the High Court releases him, he is a sex-offender for life.

August 2019

The People's Republic of Victoria has put away a cardinal on the uncorroborated taped testimony of a single witness. From this moment the Government can give instant satisfaction to anyone with a grudge. Just make an allegation, and your enemy is gone. No cross-examination. No discussion on plausibility.

We can simplify this process. First, the police advertise for complaints. When they get one, why bother with courts? Save time and money: send out the midnight squad, and bring in the guilty party. Look up the appropriate sentence, and the job's done, with socialist efficiency.

The North Koreans must be apoplectic with furious envy at the success of the People's Republic of Victoria.

August 2019

For half a century the feminists, both male and female, have nagged on about being 'equal'.

Alan Jones gives Jacinda Adern a dose of equality, and instantly the luvvies clutch their pearls and head for the crying room.

Having it both ways? That's what we used to call hypocrisy.

August 2019

A man goes on a knife-rampage in a major city, yelling "Allahu Akbar!"

The police are totally mystified as to his motives. The media put it down to mental illness.

But the Australian people are better-informed.

If our police and media want to know the reasons for the attempt to kill Australians, they could find 149 of them in the Qur'an. But they won't unless they actually open the book.

August 2019
(to the Courier-Mail)

Now that Israel Folau has been sacked for quoting his own religious book, a publication followed by millions for many centuries, what is Rugby Australia going to do when a Muslim player quotes his own holy book on homosexuality, or suggests throwing them from tall buildings?

For example, Qur'an 7:80-84, 26:165-6, 4:16 and lots more.

Or does the rule apply only to Christians, whose book is somewhat milder?

Islam and homosexuals - death is the solution

Death Fall as Punishment for Homosexuality

Violence Against Gay People: Muslims Throw Accused Homosexuals Off Roof [VIDEO]

The Islamic State’s shocking war on gays

July 2019

Normal people are disgusted at the unnatural practice of cannibalism. Similarly, it is part of human nature to be revolted at the practices defended - no, enforced - by the management of Rugby Australia.

Thus it is an incredible irony that Israel Folau is viciously and constantly attacked, even though his career has been destroyed for the sake of having an opinion shared by the world since time began (how did our ancestors get it so wrong?).

This is not just bad for the game, but appalling for Australian society, which traditionally has favoured giving people a fair go.

Not any more.

July 2019

Hardly a day goes by without another vicious attack on a man accused of playing rugby while Christian.

Mr Folau named no one. He quoted a best-seller that has been around for 1 700 years.

Where were these attackers before Israel Folau quoted it? Why did they wait until now to feel offended?

To be suddenly outraged by a book that's been quoted by millions for centuries is a bit rich.

Deal with it. Rebut it. Debate it. But for Heaven's sake stop the pharisaic hypocrisy.

July 2019
(to the Courier-Mail)

Israel Folau tells us what the Bible says. For supporting the religion of his choice, he was fired. And not for anything to do with the game he was hired for. Christianity is out if you want to play rugby.

Now what does the Qur'an say? Homosexuals are an abomination. Stone them, or throw them from a high building.

Are Muslims now going to lose their careers? Rugby Australia, what say you?

July 2019

The attacks on Israel Folau continue. I think Rugby Australia needs to man up and tell us exactly what a person's religious belief has to do with playing sport.

And just why they can dictate to players what they can say outside the arena on non-sport matters.

June 2019

Has anyone noticed the irony of a devout Christian couple being lectured on morality by homosexuals and their associates?

June 2019

Given that Rugby Australia appears to have sought approval from Qantas before terminating the contract of Israel Folau, are we now in a situation where an airline can decide what book we can quote from?

June 2019
(to the Courier Mail)

The intolerance of the homosexual lobby lies exposed for the world to see.

A man cannot quote from the most popular book ever written without losing his job and being prevented from funding his legal case.

Ah yes, they believe in inclusiveness. But only if you agree with them. This sort of thing we used to call hypocrisy. In the days when we were allowed to hold an opinion.

June 2019

Christians are not the only people who find difficulties with homosexual activity. Islam is every bit as firm, and Muslims are not unknown to throw those they catch from the tops of tall buildings.

Why have our investigative journalists not asked a prominent Muslim for his take on gays? It is not impossible, for example, that Israel Folau might be grateful for the support of Waleed Aly of Channel 10.

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/what-exactly-has-been-achieved-the-project-host-waleed-aly-reveals-why-he-thinks-israel-folaus-gofundme-page-shouldnt-have-been-removed/ar-AADlole?ocid=spartanntp

June 2019

Dear XYZ

Maybe now would be the time for Israel Folau to start merchandising his poster. I believe that if he offered for sale mugs, jumpers, T-shirts, tea-towels, place mats, coasters etc with the graphic below photographed on, he would soon raise his $3 million.

I reckon you might even find volunteers to offer them for sale outside the ABC offices, or at the front entrance to the Sydney Morning Herald.

What about a model Qantas 747 with the message below on both sides? Or an Age delivery van?

I'd buy one.

June 2019

Christians are not the only people who find difficulties with homosexual activity. Islam is every bit as firm, and Muslims are not unknown to throw those they catch from the tops of tall buildings.

Why have our investigative journalists not asked a prominent Muslim for his take on gays? It is not impossible, for example, that Israel Folau might be grateful for the support of Waleed Aly of Channel 10.

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/what-exactly-has-been-achieved-the-project-host-waleed-aly-reveals-why-he-thinks-israel-folaus-gofundme-page-shouldnt-have-been-removed/ar-AADlole?ocid=spartanntp

May 2019

I have just checked, and yes, the Bible says exactly what Israel Folau believes. Guilty homosexuals go to Hell, where they crash and burn.

And these authoritarians clearly don't appreciate anyone trying to save them from all that pain.

What happens if, horror of horrors, a Qantas flight attendant catches a passenger reading that dreaded hate-book? Increased airport security? Heaven help anyone carrying a bible into a footy game.

Not so many years ago it was unimaginable that anyone could be punished for telling the truth. But Australian Rugby has managed it, with remarkable ease.

April 2019

Israel Folau knows his bible. He knows that some centuries back a town of homosexual activists became somewhat aggressive and intolerant. This ended in fire and brimstone, for themselves and their neighbours. Mr Folau just wants these men to stop what they are up to, so they can enjoy eternal happiness. Who could disagree?

Now we have an airline deciding who can play football, on the basis of a player's view on homosexuality. Skill at the game? Not a major issue. And in the lands and regions of certain airline partners, homosexuals are advised to stay away from tall buildings.

Having established that quoting the bible is hate speech, Rugby barons now need to look at these: Qur'an 7:80-84, 26:165-6, 4:16. Abu Dawud 4448, 4462. Sahih Bukhari 72:774. Reliance of the Traveller 17.2.

April 2019
(to the Courier Mail)

Dear Sir

Now that we have lost another 200 or so innocent Christians in Sri Lanka, it is good to see Muslims coming out and denouncing the violence.

So that they can assure us of their good faith, can we invite them to publicly reject and denounce also the verses of the sword in the Qur'an, which jihadis use to justify this evil slaughter?

And if they won't?

The 149 Sword Verses of the Koran - Political Islam

https://www.politicalislam.com/the-149-sword-verses-of-the-koran/

April 2019

Dear Sir

Since 9/11 there have been more than 34 000 terrorist attacks in the name of Islam, an average of 5 attacks per day.

I cannot recall ever hearing about a Presbyterian suicide bomber. Or a Lutheran terrorist. Or even a jihadi toting a suspicious backpack, with deadly intent, in the name of Anglicanism.

So how is it possible, after the latest double century, in the attacks on Sri Lankan churches, that we get 'experts' puzzling about 'what on earth could the motive be'? A class of five-year-olds could be brought in to lecture them on logic and reason.

We await a call from Jacinda Adern, who will denounce the guilty ideology, and lead the Rosary on national television. Perhaps Mr Shorten will join her.

April 2019

Dear Sir

If the Prime Minister agrees that Israel Folau is to be condemned, then for what?

If truth is the problem, shouldn't the Prime Minister simply refute what Mr Folau has said, from the Bible itself? If he can show that homosexuals who die in their sin in fact go to Heaven, the homosexual collective will surely owe him their thanks.

But if this fails, then is Mr Folau condemned for 'insensitivity'? The surprise is that much of the Bible is insensitive to sinners. Does the Prime Minister wish to edit the Bible and replace the ten commandments with ten recommendations?

If all else fails, if Mr Folau wants homosexuals to repent and end up in eternal glory and happiness, are his words not a great act of charity? A charity not evident in the attacks on him? Should we now be waiting for the homosexuals to offer Mr Folau a public vote of thanks?

Should I be holding my breath?

April 2019

Dear Sir

In parliament we have seen a senator censured simply for believing something different, and being prepared to say what others are afraid to.

If a group of people threaten death, mayhem and slavery to your family, do you invite them into your home? Have you no responsibility for the safety of your loved ones?

The Qur'an is filled with such threats. They cannot be explained away, since so many Muslims in countries around the world act on them, quoting chapter and verse. And no one has ever been able to refute them.

Here are some: Qur'an 3:151, 8:12, 8:67, 9:5, 9:29, 9:123. There are 100 more verses of the sword after these. And the Qur'an is not the only book of Islam.

Our government claims responsibility for protecting our citizens. Does it therefore accept responsibility for anyone harmed as a result of these verses?

Is the government not to blame for attacks by activists who are following the letter of the Qur'an?

Fraser Anning's view might be summarised as this: Why are we bringing in migrants whose religion requires them to kill us?

Who could disagree?

Some Verses of the Sword

3:151  Soon shall We cast terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers, for that they joined companions with Allah, for which He had sent no authority

8:12 I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them

8:67  It is not for a Prophet that he should have prisoners of war until he had made a great slaughter in the land.

9:5  slay the idolaters wherever you find them, and take them captive and besiege them and lie in wait for them in every ambush

9:29  Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger

9:123  O you who believe! fight those of the unbelievers who are near to you and let them find in you hardness

The 149 Sword Verses of the Koran - Political Islam

The Qur'an's Verses of Violence

Countering Islamic Propaganda: 9:5

Fraser Anning Censured over Christchurch Comments

March 2019

Remember the allegations against Julia Gillard? They were consigned to oblivion because they were 'stale'. The allegation against George Pell was just as stale, but for him it was full steam ahead.

Remember the allegations against Bill Shorten? They also were consigned to oblivion: they lacked corroboration. The allegation against George Pell not only lacked corroboration, but police had to launch Operation Tethering to advertise for a complaint. In court the witnesses, all of them, said it didn't happen.

Reminds me of the man who broke into the Kremlin and stole next year's election result.

December 2018
(to the Courier Mail)

Front page today we have a man accused of looking at a naked woman.

Most dreadful.

How does this stuff make the front page, while our society kills innocent and helpless human babies by the thousand, without a squeak from the media, politicians, social justice warriors, or bishops?

Well, how?

August 2018

In the Weekend Australian (3 Aug) the ALP is reportedly grateful for the assistance of Brisbane Catholic Education. It seems that those appointed to teach morals to Catholic children sent out a last-minute letter to Catholic parents, which effectively gave victory to a candidate whose professed beliefs are violently opposed to Catholic teaching. Perhaps the lure of funding somehow trumps Catholic belief.

Catholic education was set up with the primary purpose of bringing the faith to Catholic children. Not to extract extra money from taxpayers. One wonders if these educators consulted their clerical masters before going to press.

August 2018

This is a proposal for a Truth Commission, charged with the investigation of reports that a State or Federal politician has misled the public. On conviction, a politician's salary and allowances are reduced by 10%. After the third conviction, the politician loses his seat, salary, perks and pension, and is not replaced until the next election. Voters will need to take care about who they vote for.

We might also need to set up a hostel complex for homeless ex-politicians, but the real problem is what to do with an empty parliament house.

July 2018

Mr Andrew Bolt
Herald Sun

Dear Andrew

The Saudi Arabian Government has indicated an urgent demand for broadcasting resources (see links below).

Since we have a broadcasting network which is already a going concern, could we not, as a gesture of good will, send them the ABC, staff included?

After all, we are not using it.

https://www.naukrigulf.com/tv-broadcasting-jobs-in-saudi-arabia

https://www.naukri.com/broadcasting-jobs-in-saudi-arabia-riyadh

https://www.naukrigulf.com/media-jobs-in-saudi-arabia

https://www.bayt.com/en/saudi-arabia/jobs/q/broadcast/

July 2018

Now that governments seem to have accepted the idea of injecting rooms, where addicts can consume their drugs, is it time to apply the same principle to alcoholics? When are we going to have drinking rooms, where drunks can continue to consume alcohol in safety? For their own good, of course.

May 2018

The Australian Way used to be to protect the innocent and serve justice to the guilty.

With a choice between the unborn innocents and those guilty of murder, the Christians in the party of Bill Shorten agree that the guilty must live. But the innocent must die. Capital punishment has been stood on its head.

Is this the New Australian Way? How did our religious leaders allow this to happen?

March 2018

I happened to tune in to the Commonwealth Games, and saw people with signs saying that I had stolen something.

They'll want to give back our $36 billion then, won't they?

March 2018

Now and then the TV accidentally lands on a channel where a group of geriatric hippies chatters on about nonsense incomprehensible to ordinary Australians.

Normally I don't mind what people say among themselves, especially when their audience can fit in a phone box without touching the sides.

The injustice is that I am paying for this tripe.

Where are the politicians who have the stomach to close down 'our' ABC? Of course, if it really was ours, we could sell it, or if no one would buy it, give it away.

Just close it down, and refund our billion dollars. We can find much better ways of spending that money.

2017

September 2017

If the report is true that aboriginal women are hospitalised as a result of domestic violence at the rate of 30 times that of non-aborigines, then this surely demands urgent action.

What approach will the government take? Lock up the offending males and have more aborigines in custody? Or train the females to be more obedient, and have the feminists up in arms?

The third option is to do nothing.

August 2017

Our MPs are, as usual, in two minds. They insist that for those who want them, burqas are fine. But when an MP they don't like actually wears one into the house, all hell breaks loose. For heaven's sake make up your minds. Ban burqas for all, not just for one. Trying to have it both ways smacks of hypocrisy.

July 2017

The Australian We seem to be losing the war on drugs, which in turn fuels robbery and violence. The answer is so simple. Where criminal activity results from addiction, arrest and prosecute the dealer with his client. Where a death results hang the seller of the death-dealing drugs. Continue hanging until they stop. Of course the bleeding hearts will howl. That's what they do. But innocent citizens have rights that the guilty have given up. And politicians are honour-bound (and paid well) to defend those rights. Let's see if they have the courage to actually do their job.

July 2017

It would be an advantage to all if our Muslim population could be provided with air tickets to an Islamic country of their choice. This would have the following effects. 1 Terrorism would disappear, and many Australian lives would be saved. 2 The security queues at domestic airports would no longer be needed. Domestic flights would again become safe. 3 Muslim families would have the happiness of living under sharia. 4 Food would be cheaper, as no one would worry about halal certification. 5 Centrelink's budget, and thus our taxes, would be greatly reduced. Everyone would win.

June 2017

After a Royal Commission which tried hard to demonstrate guilt, we now have the Victorian Government gearing up to put Cardinal Pell through yet another process. A process which some apparently hope will end in a lengthy prison term, and the final destruction of the Catholic Church in Victoria, if not in Australia. Should Cardinal Pell be demonstrated to be clearly innocent of all charges, justice requires that any witnesses who made false allegations be subjected to the same penalty that their claims would have ensured. That will tell us if those responsible are genuinely committed to justice.

June 2017

Around 1975 Lebanon changed from being a Christian majority country to Muslim majority. This was because they had allowed in Palestinian refugees which Islamic countries refused to take. There are more Lebanese Christians in Australia than there are Lebanese Muslims. But I have yet to hear of a terrorist attack from Christian Lebanese. Why is it so difficult for our media, politicians and clergy to connect the dots?

June 2017

Terror attacks worldwide seem to have broken into a run. Not a day goes by without an attack somewhere. But I cannot find any significant record of attacks in places like Hungary, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Taiwan, Japan, or Korea. None of these places has a sizeable population of Muslims, and none of them encourages Muslim immigration. Indeed, some of them appear to ban Islam altogether. Is it possible that some statistical correlation exists? Could there be a lesson for us somewhere there?

June 2017

Terror attacks worldwide seem to have broken into a run. Not a day goes by without an attack somewhere. But I cannot find any significant record of attacks in places like Hungary, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Taiwan, Japan, or Korea. None of these places has a sizeable population of Muslims, and none of them encourages Muslim immigration. Indeed, some of them appear to ban Islam altogether. Is it possible that some statistical correlation exists? Could there be a lesson for us somewhere there?

June 2017

Some illegals cannot be sent home because their countries refuse to accept them. Tony Abbott has shown us how to solve this problem, and save us millions of dollars. Put them in powered lifeboats a few kilometres from their homelands. Give them enough fuel to make the shore, and release the tow. What could be simpler?

June 2017

During and after terror attacks, Muslims actually tell us why they are committing them, and often refer to chapter and verse. That is, they are telling us that the Qur'an commands terror, and who better to tell us than Muslims themselves? Why don't we believe them? Why don't political and religious leaders actually read Islamic scriptures and see for themselves, instead of coming out with pueralities like 'Islam is a religion of peace', or the word 'Islam' means 'peace'? Given that Islam's scriptures openly command terror, why do we let into this country people whose faith requires them to kill us? And why, given that they insist on adhering to this dangerous belief, can we not send them back where they came from? Why endanger Australians for no good reason? Politicians, you owe it to your citizens, endangered by your lack of care, to stop averting your gaze and spouting nonsense, and read what Islam itself says and does.

June 2017

Note to the Prime Minister. Since we are not permitted to defend ourselves, except with chairs, the Government is obliged to protect us. Where people follow a literal interpretation of the Qur'an, there is terrorism. Remove those and we return to our former safety, which we had before the cultural enrichers were invited in by our dhimmi politicians. During the Second World War, the Americans wisely separated out citizens of Japanese descent, especially in Hawaii. This saved many American lives. We are at war. A war declared by our enemies, but ignored by our politicians. Only those migrant families who will formally denounce the Qur'an and its verses of the sword can be considered safe. Because of the danger of taqiyya, their names must be published. It's time to bug the mosques, and close those where there are attacks on our laws. Or did you think Muslims are 'radicalised' elsewhere? It looks as if that bridge is up for sale again.

June 2017
(to the Courier Mail)

Each time the West experiences an unprovoked attack on innocent civilians, out come the bleeding hearts, the candles and the teddy bears. And then the excuses. The most tired of these is that it's a tiny minority. Well, it was a tiny minority of Marxists that enslaved the Soviet Union for 70 years. And much of Eastern Europe. The Nazis too were a tiny minority. The Communists in China are a minority, but they managed to kill 70 million of their own people. And so on. It doesn't matter if they are a minority of 10% or 90%. They are still killing us. The bottom line is this. In our society, where there are no Muslims, there is no terrorism. All we need to do is separate out those who believe in terrorism, and that's easy. Those who follow the Qur'an believe in terrorism. All you have to do is read it. This is so easy to work out that even a politician can follow it.

May 2017

Our Australian Bishops have spent time and resources promoting the idea that global warming is 'settled science'. "Rapid climate change as the result of human activity is now recognised by the global scientific community as a reality. " https://www.catholic.org.au/organisationdocuments/catholic-earthcare-australia-1/318-bishopsposition-paper-on-climate-change-1/file Yet there are reputable scientists who hold opposing views. http://www.inquisitr.com/1234575/nasa-scientist-globalwarming-is-nonsense/ Given that the bishops may be in error about something in which they have no expertise, why are they not putting their time and effort into those areas which should be their oyster? One of these is the persecution of Christians by Muslims. Incredibly, there are bishops who imagine that Islam is a religion of peace. Perhaps one way of calling the bishops' attention to this is to point out that there have been more than 30 000 acts of jihad since 9/11. A large part of these involved explosive devices, aimed at killing Christians. These by their nature added to global warming. Is it possible that this threat to the environment will enable our hierarchy to notice the persecution of their fellow Christians?

May 2017
(to the Courier Mail)

It is certain that more terrorist attacks are coming. And to this country, with innocent Australians being murdered quite unnecessarily. Why are migrants, legal and illegal, allowed to stay in this country, whose religion requires them to kill anyone who belongs to any other religion? And yes, it does say that. Do our leaders think that the Islamic State is somehow not Islamic?

April 2017

Mr Waleed Aly's defence of the indefensible is belied by the thousands of acid attacks, the genital mutilation of five-year-old girls, the honour killings of innocent women, the beatings and beheadings of wives, the easy divorce (for men), and the enslavement of women. Not one of these is banned or condemned by Islam scripture. If a man will throw acid in the face of his wife or daughter, it beggars belief that he would be reluctant to give her a thorough beating. Contrary to popular belief, these outrages are not being performed by Presbyterians. If they were, even if the incidence was one thousandth of that perpetrated by Muslims, there would be a speedy outcry from politicians to ban Presbyterianism. Advice for girls about to be raped - make sure you have four male witnesses with you, or you might face death by stoning. It's not what they say. It's what they do that counts.

April 2017

Yet another report that women do more housework than do men. What did the chattering classes expect? That women build more houses? Dig more wells? Drive more bulldozers? Housework is what women do. For all their efforts, the social engineers have utterly failed to change this. George Orwell was right. Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them.

March 2017

We have seen the Royal Commission grind on against the Catholic priesthood without once addressing the blindingly obvious. Had the bishops enforced Rome's opposition to homosexuals in the seminaries, nine out of ten offenders would disappear, along with their victims. Instead, we have had a plague of homosexual priests running parishes and molesting boys. I am waiting to see what will happen to the guilty bishops, and to those who still have homosexuals working in parishes and in Catholic schools.

March 2017

President Trump is having difficulty returning criminal aliens to their homelands. It seems that their countries are unwilling to accept them. He has the option of banning visas from those countries, which may not worry them greatly. Or he can do what Tony Abbott did. Put them in boats offshore, with enough fuel to make the beach. What sort of complaint could their governments make? So logical, but it will save American lives. And lots of taxpayer dollars.

March 2017

I have been following the Government's idea that paying more tax will stop global warming. So that by the year 2100 temperatures will drop by about 0.2%, Thank goodness for that. But South Australia is in better shape. Their tax-paid cooling will come early this winter, especially at night if the wind is too fast or too slow. Mind you, we'll have to talk to China and India about the extra 5 000 coal-fired power stations they will have built by that time. They will naturally drop everything and sacrifice their extra costs to help us keep our warming scientists on comfortable incomes. Those taxes may not be biting on temperatures, but they sure bite on us.

February 2017

We have been treated to the sight of bishops wringing their hands over the abuse of boys which took place a generation or two ago. Not one of them seemed able to discern that men who molest boys are homosexuals. And no one asked why there were so many homosexual priests when the Church forbids their ordination. The bishops responsible for this stupidity have departed the scene, but one wonders how many homosexual priests remain at large. Do we face a similar bloodletting in another 30 years?

February 2017

I went to the supermarket to buy two loaves of bread. I found it had been reorganised, and I had to join a long queue just for bread. I asked for multigrain, but the assistant said that only white is available, and I had to pay the $3 up front. "Where is my bread?" I asked. "You don't get that until October next year. We'll let you know. In the meantime, you must come to an interview at 2pm on the third Monday of the month every three months to find out if you really need the bread. Oh, and by the way, the $3 is just the scheduled price. You need to bring the balance with you when you get the bread." I left clutching my receipt. As I went out, I happened to see a sign at the door that explained everything." "Supermarkets," it read, "have been taken over by Medicare.