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Remembering Nothing

Anzac day tomorrow here in Australia. That’s the day when we remember our soldiers and most particularly those who fought in a place called Gallipolli in Turkey in the First World War. It’ll be covered for Australia Radio National by … Continue reading

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Wonderful Words From A Teacher

Here’s what one teacher has to say – a Principal, no less, said it to me (or showed me the text) : ” I’ve come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. My personal … Continue reading

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Things Are Worse Than You Think

Bit Awful (with a capital ‘A’) that last post, wasn’t it? Doomy. Gloomy.  Sad. Depressing. But the facts are even worse than that. It talked about the facts of the history of the human race, all the bloodshed, the shocking … Continue reading

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It Should Die Out

The whole human race should die out. It is a joke, a sick joke. It is Hell. This is where Hell is. This is where Heaven is. This is where it all is. This is it. And it is, on … Continue reading

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Still Befuddled

I am still here. Haven’t died or gone away or anything. Still here. But struck dumb. Can’t think of anything to say. Everything is just so  bad and there’s so many people saying it (that’s how come I know it) … Continue reading

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Nothing New…

Long time since I wrote anything.  Nothing new to say. For a long time now I’ve been learning almost on a daily basis of faults, nastinesses, bad things, terrible things in our world, our civilization…. It has been a rude … Continue reading

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Google and British Library

How about this bit of news from Radio National’s pm page on the web ( radio national PM )  : 18:44:00 21/06/2011 Thousands of British Library texts to be digitised The British Library has announced an historic deal with internet … Continue reading

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Send Some Killers

  Australia has this big problem with their livestock exports to Indonesia.  Apparently they are often killed in an unacceptable manner. So will someone explain to me why we don’t send, with each shipment, a team of Australian Killers? Complete … Continue reading

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What Do We Look Like?

We all know what sort of nation we think we are: hard workers, lovers of freedom, brave, strong, healthy, committed to honesty, courage and a ‘fair go’.  Right? Something like that, right? But what do you think we look like … Continue reading

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Happiness And Children

Here’s a go:  There is a Professor of Psychology at Harvard University who is investigating Happiness. He has a website called “Track Your Happiness” where you can get involved yourself if you wish. There is an article about him and … Continue reading

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