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The Mocker amuses himself by calling out poseurs, sneering social commentators, and po-faced officials. He is deeply suspicious of those who seek increased regulation of speech and behaviour. Believing that journalism is dominated by idealists and activists, he likes to provide a realist’s perspective of politics and current affairs.

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Former US vice president and climate campaigner Al Gore speaks at an event launch for the climate TRACE initiative -- a greenhouse gases inventory of the largest facility-level sources -- during the COP27 climate conference at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Centre, in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of the same name, on November 9, 2022. (Photo by Joseph EID / AFP)

COP27 a last resort for climate-change ‘warriors’

As the 45,000 delegates who flocked to a luxury seaside resort in Egypt will attest, there is some serious money to be made in climate activism.

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 14, 2019, Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks during the unveiling of the new Tesla Model Y in Hawthorne, California. - Elon Musk's decision to pull Twitter off the stock market allows him to make major changes quickly, but it also takes the company more heavily into debt, a risky choice for a money-losing business. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP)

Take your Twitter entitlement elsewhere

No one is compelling you to read the tweets of those you detest. For those of us who remain, we will have to cope without the luminaries who have left in protest over the blue tick.

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Kamalle Dabboussy reunites with his daughter Mariam Dabboussy and her three children. Source: ABC

Terrorist families find there’s no place like home-made fools

The Albanese government sees no issue with welcoming back women who abandoned Australia to hook up with the most depraved, barbaric terrorists the world has seen. It won’t end well.

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The flag of the United Nations is flown at half-mast in front of the Secretariat building March 11, 2019, the morning after an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 passenger jet to Nairobi crashed early on March 10, 2019 with 149 passengers and eight crew members aboard with no survivors. - No other flags will be flown when the UN flag is at half-mast.Flags flew at half-staff at the United Nations on Monday after 21 UN staff were killed in an Ethiopian Airlines plane crash that Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said marked a

UN’s tortured thinking on human rights

The UN won’t tackle China’s atrocities but will try snap NSW inspections looking for signs of ‘torture’. We want our money back.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos June 2, 2022: Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen speaks to media about the spike in energy price, at Parliament House Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Bumbling Bowen is all wind, no detail on renewables

Chris Bowen’s incessant renewables pitch as ‘cheaper, cleaner’ energy won’t dispel real concerns about reliability and storage. Given his ministerial track record, scepticism about his ability to deliver is justified.

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Captain James Cook (1728-1779) by Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland. 1775, Hanging in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich

‘Truth-telling’ the Left’s latest woke weapon

It is a truth that no matter the steps taken, there is an intention to reinforce a permanent sense of guilt in mainstream Australians.

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Anti-Royalist protesters hold up blank placards in a demonstration against the way their protests are being policed, in Edinburgh on September 13, 2022, following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on September 8. – British police faced criticism from civil liberties groups on Tuesday over their treatment of anti-monarchist protesters who have publicly challenged King Charles III's accession to the throne and the groundswell of public support for the royal family. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)

Academia’s brave battle against the cruel coloniser

Queen Elizabeth II personified the traits of diligence, humility, and devotion to country. She saw her nation transformed into a haven for immigrants of all races and creeds seeking a better life. It is only right then that she be despised and vilified in death.

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Soft ideology replaces school of hard knocks

Students nowadays may not know the definition of nouns or verbs, but thanks to gender affirmation, they can recognise pronouns.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA NCA NewsWire - Saturday, 27 August 2022.The Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, photographed in Sydney holding a press conference with Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney and NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Monique Harmer

Albanese shoots, misses with Shaq

The PM’s decision to bring on board Shaquille O’Neal to sell an Indigenous voice to parliament has only united opposition to it.

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Half his life under a death sentence, but still giving the finger

As recent events attest, Salman Rushdie still attracts ‘critics’. It is not just the insane reaction of Islamic fundamentalists he’s found hard to comprehend.

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