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Our Ally - Japan

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Written by: Op-Ed Happy Expat

This topic has been prompted by comments from knitters on my last dissertation “The Men Who Saved Australia”. I was surprised that it arose in the way it did because the role of the Japanese escort with the first ANZAC fleet was touched on in my series on the first HMAS Sydney and its fight with the Emden.

The history of Japanese and British alliance is a maze that keeps going back at each stanza of the relationship but in the interests of brevity and completeness, I am starting with the Anglo-Japanese treaty of 1902.

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All Trees, Grass and Cows are Green

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Written by: Op-Ed Viv Forbes

Growing trees need three essentials – radiant energy from the sun, CO2 and rain from the atmosphere, and nutrients and minerals from the soil. Climate alarmists correctly claim that burning forest products in thermal power stations is “net-zero emissions” because burning the wood just puts the same CO2 back into the atmosphere. Identical reasoning applies to grazing cattle.

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I remember when.... Australia was Australian

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Written by: Op-Ed Shaydee Lane
Last week, I heard an extraordinary song. It was posted because a question was asked:  what is the most patriotic song in Australia? Not the most Australian song, not the most Aussie song … but the most PATRIOTIC song in Australia.
Well, there were some amazing contenders. 

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Our Children  First or Last... that is the Question.

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Written by: Op-Ed Redhead

Children used to die from what was called " failure to thrive. "    This was put down to inadequate nutrition, but it is now seen to be due to the lack of stimulation and depression and is suffered by many elderly people who have been locked up and isolated because they are " being protected."    

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Mice and Men - warnings and portents to ponder

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Written by: Op-Ed Monty

As our world descends into a chaotic shadow of its former moral self, I have been thinking about finding a way out of this maze of cancel culture, identity politics, sexual dysphoria and narcissistic  self gratification. Our governments are herding us into lockdown, exile and social isolation whilst assuring us that it is for our own. good. So many people are happy to receive an unemployment payment, sit home and take selfies - as long as there is food and drink and a roof over their heads. 

Yet the sage words of John Steinbeck and John Calhoun are increasingly in my thoughts these days. Will we ever find our way out of this maze?

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Boltholes

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Written by: Op-Ed Malcolm Kirke

Almost 200 years ago this expression was first used … “bolt hole”.

It has a few meanings, …  a hole in an animal's den, or through a wall or fence, used for escape or emergency exit; i.e. a hole the animal may bolt through, or (figurative) a second home, etc. where a person can go to escape the stresses of everyday life.

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Big Brother IS watching you.....?

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Written by: Op-Ed Shaydee Lane

If you are suspected of being a bit naughty in Australia, your mates in power can spy on your social media and email accounts and you won't even know it. By " you " I mean "us " and this makes me feel a bit uncomfortable and dare I say violated. 

Seriously, have we truly come to this? Being spied on by our federal police if they suspect that we are up to no good?

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Log books of love and commonsense

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Written by: Op-Ed Shaydee Lane

From sleepless nights to stubbed toes and nightmares, tangled hair and sniffy noses, Mum always had a remedy. Yet these days, governments are preventing mothers from doing what Mums do best - loving and caring for their children without stifling their ability to grow and thrive.

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Jubilation T Cornpone had the right idea

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Written by: Op-Ed Malcolm Kirke

Rapidly approaching the big NINE O, along with many others at the same stage of life’s interesting and sometimes troubled journey, I should be relaxing contentedly with friends and relations, enjoying the mind boggling range of new sights and sounds and knowledge not previously encountered, reliving with them the many wonderful experiences of past years, rejoicing in the journey to maturity of children and grandchildren who have grown up so rapidly, having left behind the childhood years seemingly in the blink of an eye … and yet …

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I remember ... when newfangled stuff didn't exist - summer wine was not some whine

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Written by: Op-Ed Flysa

When I was a lad, life was simpler, harder yet straightforward and honest. As the world is flooded with newfangled gadgetry and newfangled woke spoke, I find myself looking back on the post war years with a strange regret. Life is so newfangled that it is a complex place of ever-increasing innovation, and gratitude for the simple things in life is a far distant memory. We should consider how imprisoned we have become in this newfangled world which has rewarded us with so much and yet taken even more by stealth.

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The beauty of life

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Written by: Op-Ed Shaydee Lane

Yesterday, I saw a photo of a little red wren and I smiled. That pretty, delicate little creature was hopping about doing what it does best and it seemed blissfully unaware of what the world seems to think it is confronting. It was so nice to smile again. 

I see images of cats and dogs, romping, sleeping, enjoying the sunshine and the joy of life and that magnificent wonder of being alive.

How the hell have we humans got it so wrong?

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  1. The Men who saved Australia
  2. United we stand, divided we fall - is it time for a Eureka moment?
  3. Woke Willy? Shakespeare gets a snowflake warning
  4. No Regrets

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