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The Monsoon Frog: Ukraine, Putin and History
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Ruminations on Life in the Monsoonal Tropics. Friday, 9 May 2014. Ukraine, Putin and History. Putin's power play straight from the pages of history. By Matthew Dal Santo. The unstable situation in Ukraine has allowed the Kremlin to intervene with the excuse of being the defender of law, order and minority rights. (Reuters/Yevgeny Volokin). History, they say, never repeats itself. But events in Ukraine bear an uncanny resemblance to the Partition of Poland more than 200 years ago. According to the Kremlin...
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The Monsoon Frog: Alcohol - Is it Killing YOU?
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Ruminations on Life in the Monsoonal Tropics. Friday, 9 January 2015. Alcohol - Is it Killing YOU? Pertinent after the usual alcohol indulgence of Christmas. Alcohol poisoning kills six people a day in the USA - about 2200 a year. By that data, Australia with a population of about 24 million compared to the 317 million in the USA, our toll is around 3 per week or 140 per year. But I suspect it might be more as we Australians probably drink more than many in the USA. Alcohol is also a significant contribu...
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The Monsoon Frog: March 2015
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Ruminations on Life in the Monsoonal Tropics. Wednesday, 11 March 2015. Solar Impulse on Round the World Flight - by Sun! After 13 years of planning, the Solar Impulse SI2 took off from Al-Bateen Executive Airport in Abu Dhabi at 7:12 am local time a day ago. The plane landed safely in Muscat, more or less on schedule. This is a flight that representatives of the aviation industry, when approached, said couldn’t be done, at least not to their standards of safety. We can do it without fossil. Early stages...
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The Monsoon Frog: Solar Impulse on Round the World Flight - by Sun!
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Ruminations on Life in the Monsoonal Tropics. Wednesday, 11 March 2015. Solar Impulse on Round the World Flight - by Sun! After 13 years of planning, the Solar Impulse SI2 took off from Al-Bateen Executive Airport in Abu Dhabi at 7:12 am local time a day ago. The plane landed safely in Muscat, more or less on schedule. This is a flight that representatives of the aviation industry, when approached, said couldn’t be done, at least not to their standards of safety. We can do it without fossil. Early stages...
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The Monsoon Frog: Flowering - AGAIN
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Ruminations on Life in the Monsoonal Tropics. Saturday, 10 January 2015. The weather is wet and overcast now and there has been steady monsoonal rain all week. But the white orchids are all. Photographed during a sunny break on 9 January 2015. Native orchid in flower. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Radical Islam - Newspaper Articles by Thomas Fried. Leatherneck - Definition and Meaning. Wine Price and Wine Quality. Murraya in Full Flower - Sunday Morning Coming Dow. Alcohol - Is it Killing YOU?
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The Monsoon Frog: Lizards in the Garden
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Ruminations on Life in the Monsoonal Tropics. Wednesday, 22 October 2014. Lizards in the Garden. Seen yesterday and had to get a photograph- a tata lizard laying eggs. I missed a photo of the actual egg laying as I raced to get the camera, but did actually see that as well. Anyway. two eggs to display. This time of year the ta ta lizard - called because it holds up a hand as if waving good bye, is common around suburban yards in Darwin and much of the Top End. Ta ta lizard laying eggs. Old Fartz on Tour.
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The Monsoon Frog: Radical Islam - Newspaper Articles by Thomas Friedman
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Ruminations on Life in the Monsoonal Tropics. Thursday, 22 January 2015. Radical Islam - Newspaper Articles by Thomas Friedman. Thomas L Friedman is an author and journalist now working for the NY Times. He has written a number of books and was based in the Middle East for many years. He is a well respected author and columnist and has recently penned a few columns around the theme of radical islam, protest and events in France in early 2015. Google his name to see the extent of his writings and books.
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The Monsoon Frog: Support Free Speech
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Ruminations on Life in the Monsoonal Tropics. Thursday, 8 January 2015. What a dreadful event yesterday in Paris. Awful. It is akin to someone shooting the much loved cartoonist here in Darwin - Colin Wicking - who is well renowned for his irreverent Christian cartoons, often around Easter time. While definitely seen by some as anti-Christian, they are I think an opportunity taken to take the mickey out of people. Satire is wit, cutting yes. but wit. There are some excellent cartoons here -.
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The Monsoon Frog: Reforming Islam
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Ruminations on Life in the Monsoonal Tropics. Wednesday, 14 January 2015. Where change comes from. Jan 7th 2015, 17:05. Add this article to your reading list. By clicking this button. When news came of today's appalling terrorist attack in Paris. I was in the middle of drafting an Erasmus post with some thoughts on the question: can we expect Islam to undergo its own version of the Reformation, or to produce its own Martin Luther? The subject is addressed. Nick Danforth, the. Look, for example, at the pe...
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The Monsoon Frog: November 2014
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Ruminations on Life in the Monsoonal Tropics. Tuesday, 18 November 2014. Rain in the monsoonal tropics brings renewal. Andwhen the large gum [ eucalypt] trees get like this.then rain is coming. glorious renewal. Trouble is, this build up season is so hot, and so little rain, so little - like none - cloud cover yet. But the trees are saying.renewal is coming! Rain is coming.maybe soon? Links to this post. Labels: build up season. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Limning from the Edge.
