The father of a young Olympic archery hopeful sat directly behind one of his daughter's rivals as she attempted to qualify and made a grunting noise after every shot, a Sydney court has heard.

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US increases harassment of WikiLeaks, Assange associates

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Want some facts to counter the carbon tax beat-up?

Check out this infographic, which compares the cost of the carbon price with other items of household expenditure.

For Kwementyaye Briscoe, Wednesday January 4 was just another too-hot day in a too-short life.

Noise and vibration coming from large turbines are behind an increase in heart disease, migraine, panic attacks and other health problems, according to research by an American doctor

The Dollipotts is a new toon strip from Gus Leonisky. It will feature a couple of dolls and hopefully will be published on this site more or less daily. The Dollipotts at all times will be politically incorrect... Please note that the terms Dollipotts and The Dollipotts are non-registered but activated by publishing herein trademarks of the Gus Leonisky Corporation.

But it was Opposition MP Sophie Mirabella's reaction - or lack of it - that lit up the site. The Victorian Liberal was lashed for her apparent failure to react to Mr Sheikh's collapse.

But precisely because the decision saved the president from disaster on health care, it only reinforced the importance of the economic argument Obama and Romney have been having for months. And here is where Romney’s Bain problem kicks in.

Note (27 Setember 2016): These articles were written about 4 years ago. Since then global warming has gone riot... Though many people still don't want to acknowledge the facts.  

(2012) On global warming issues, strangely, I feel quite alone and faced with formidable enemies... Actually I am faced with formidable enemies in both camps... The camp of the climate change alarmists is often filled with amateurish description of what climate change would bring, including Armageddon ...