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Traffic lights in Sydney, Australia were modified to create gridlock forcing frustrated motorists into a controversial toll tunnel. Testimony yesterday in a New South Wales, Australia parliamentary inquiry into the Cross City Tunnel uncovered evidence of significant engineering alterations made in an attempt to force motorists onto the toll road. Opposition leader Peter Debnam charged the Labor government with adjusting signals at 400 intersections along Williams Street and other nearby roads in such a way as to create additional gridlock. In January, Debnam's formal Freedom of Information request for full data on traffic light timing changes was rejected on the...

Published on Wednesday 8th of September 2010 10:49:59 PM

The Trouble With Mohammed

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Dec. 20, 2005 22:32 | Updated Dec. 21, 2005 0:30 Not quite so 'clear and simple' By MARK STEYN What's the deal with these riots in Sydney? You switch on the TV and there are scenes of urban conflagration and you think, "Hang on, I saw this story last month." But no. They were French riots. These are Australian riots. Entirely different. The French riots were perpetrated by - what's the word? - "youths." The Australian riots were perpetrated by "white youths." Same age cohort, but adjectivally enhanced. And, being "white youths,"they thus offered "a chilling glimpse into the darker...

Published on Wednesday 8th of September 2010 10:49:59 PM

Anglicanism's new holy warriors

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[the London Times no longer allows free internet access outside of the UK, so this was forwarded to me by a friend *in* the UK] Anglicanism's new holy warriors The Times Mary Ann Sieghart The fundamentalist Diocese of Sydney - and its outposts abroad - can now be seen as the Church of England's militant tendency THINK OF SYDNEY and what springs to mind? A beautiful, cosmopolitan, liberal and laid-back city with a flourishing gay community? You would be only half-right. This wonderful Australian city now also plays host to the most narrow-minded, puritanical and zealous brand of Anglicanism, a...

Published on Wednesday 8th of September 2010 10:49:59 PM

Sydney choir cancels US tour

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Sydney choir cancels US tour by Muriel Porter, Australia Correspondent THE CHOIR of St Andrew’s Cathedral in Sydney will not proceed with a planned tour of churches in the United States, in response to the consecration of Canon Gene Robinson as Bishop of New Hampshire. The tour, which had been scheduled for April, was to have been in conjunction with a tour by the St Andrew’s Cathedral School orchestra, and was to have included engagements in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Washington DC. Phillip Heath, the head of the Cathedral School, where the 24 choristers are educated on school scholarships,...

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Resolutions passed by the Sydney Synod concerning Developments in the Anglican Communion

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Resolutions passed by the Sydney Synod concerning Developments in the Anglican Communion Sydney Synod has passed this evening (21/10/03) the following two motions concerning events in the Anglican Communion. Motion 1 Concerning Developments in the Anglican Communion Motion 2 Greetings to biblically orthodox clergy and laity in the Diocese of New Westminster and ECUSA Full Story: Motion 1 Developments in the Anglican Communion Synod reaffirms its commitment to the authority of Scripture and recognises that the Anglican Communion has traditionally maintained its adherence to that authority and that of the 39 Articles of religion. It notes the departure from biblical...

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Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America

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(Source, Charles F. Adams, ed., The Works of John Adams [1851] Vol. 6, p. 3-4)There have been three periods in the history of England, in which the principles of government have been anxiously studied, and very valuable productions published, which, at this day, if they are not wholly forgotten in their native country, are perhaps more frequently read abroad than at home.The first of these periods was that of the Reformation, as early as the writings of Machiavel himself, who is called the great restorer of the true politics. The "Shorte Treatise of Politick Power, and of the True Obedience...

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(Vanity) Anyone heard/participated in the People to People Sports Ambassador Program??

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Lurked for about a year and only recently started posting. First article I have posted so hopefully I get it right. I am an 18 year active duty Army soldier. Participated in the first Desert Shield/Storm, but am sitting in a staff job now so won't be playing this time around. My daughter just got invited to participate as a swimmer in the People to People Sports Ambassador Program this summer. We get to choose between a meet in the Netherlands and France or a meet in New Zealand and Australia. Of course we chose the Australia and New Zealand...

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Race-Hate Thugs Terrorise Muslims In Sidney

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Race-hate thugs terrorise Muslims in Sidney Police in Australia say there have been more than 40 attacks on Muslims in Sydney since the Bali bombing that killed nearly 200 people. Clerics have been spat on, mosques vandalised and Muslim girls have had their headscarves ripped off since the bombings. New South Wales state Police Commissioner Ken Moroney said: "It's offensive, and it illustrates an element of ignorance and arrogance on their (the attackers') part." Dozens of Australians died when a massive explosion ripped through a nightclub popular with foreign tourists in the beach-side Bali resort of Kuta. The main suspect...

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