Gone Skiing

Posted on Saturday, 11th June 2011 by Ozboy

Well, I wish I was anyway. Today marks the start of the Australian ski season, and reports from all resorts indicate it’ll be a ripper.

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My Favourite Pom

Posted on Tuesday, 7th June 2011 by Ozboy

Sorry folks: that’s it for penises and Jews for me for a while. I thought I’d pay brief homage to one of the century’s greatest philosophers, connoisseurs, insanely fast drivers and all-round bon vivants.

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The Last Respectable Prejudice

Posted on Saturday, 4th June 2011 by Ozboy

I can’t believe I’ve just read this in 2011. The Melbourne Herald-Sun’s Andrew Bolt picked up on this article in the Los Angeles Times, regarding a citizen-initiated referendum in the state of California seeking to outlaw male circumcision.

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Free Speech, Gag Orders And Accountability

Posted on Wednesday, 1st June 2011 by Ozboy

I’m going to tackle this in more depth a little later. But the other day I was shown (Hat-tip Izen) the existence of something called super-injunctions, of which prior till now I’d been blissfully ignorant. It’s important enough to call you all round today for a discussion on it.

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Playing the Race Card

Posted on Wednesday, 25th May 2011 by Ozboy

I couldn’t let the current events at the DT pass by without a comment or two, and a chance for us to have a somewhat more sane discussion if at all possible.

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Animal Welfare: A Good Cause Gone Bad

Posted on Sunday, 22nd May 2011 by Ozboy

Very few things burn me more than cruelty to animals. Every time I see a story in the news regarding the mistreatment of horses, dogs or other domestic or wild animals, it produces a visceral reaction in me not unlike an urge to violence. Images of half-starved farm animals, or domestic pets in horribly overcrowded and squalid conditions, are finely calculated to get the Ozboy blood boiling. Give me five minutes alone with the bastard, is what my gut says. Or, let’s chain him up by the neck in a paddock for a week with no food or water, and see how he likes it. I’m fairly certain most of you have similar reactions to watching such stories.

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The Sixty-Four Foot Cube

Posted on Wednesday, 18th May 2011 by Ozboy

As I write this, the United States of America today reached its statutory debt ceiling of 14.294 trillion dollars. Treasury has announced that, unless Congress grants the Obama administration an increase in the debt ceiling in the next few weeks, the United States will, from August, begin to default on its debt obligations, in all likelihood precipitating a global financial panic. It’s a sum which rolls off the tongue easily enough, but $14,294,000,000,000.00 gives a little more of an idea of the size of the debt we’re talking about. Many pocket calculators don’t have enough zeros to display this number; it’s that big.

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Posted in Australia, China, Europe, Libertarianism, United States of America | 88 Comments

That Pigs Might Fly

Posted on Sunday, 15th May 2011 by Ozboy

Permit me to issue and control the money of a nation and I care not who makes its laws.

Mayer Amschel Rothschild 1744-1812

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Snowed Under

Posted on Monday, 9th May 2011 by Ozboy

Sorry there hasn’t been a new post for a few days; I’m a little tied down by work at the moment. However, the last thread was getting a little long and slow to load, so feel free to continue your discussion here. I’ll pop in occasionally.

Mucho graçias,

Ozboy.

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Trust Me

Posted on Thursday, 5th May 2011 by Ozboy

Good evening. Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaida, and a terrorist who’s responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women and children.

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