Sent the following to NAB after hearing they offer Shariah-compatible products:

To whom it may concern,

The following is a transcript of a conversation on Elijah's blog; he has removed most of my comments, including two I made before asking him whether he was deleting them (I assumed the first was deleted accidentally, or due to a bug in the blogging software). 

I will be updating this post as the conversation continues so that nothing is lost for posterity.

I find that time and time again, certain topics come up in conversation.  So I thought I'd address them in a Q&A style and post them on my blog.  It's much easier to direct someone to some reading on an issue than to repeat myself time and time again.  I'll update this page as I come across new questions, and new answers.

According to the Crimes Act 1961:

I admit that I was wrong & unfair about the Libz - having gone back and reread your latest press releases, it is clear that the party has definitely taken a new & fresh direction over the past year.

After a two-month break, I am flying again. I went up on Thursday morning with the Chief Flying Instructor for some remedial landing lessons, to ensure I don't bend another club aircraft.

This is utterly disgusting. Telecommunications companies assisted the Federal Government by providing assistance with illegal wiretaps - and so the Senate scratches their back by protecting them against lawsuits:

Everyone - and I mean everyone - should read To Our Great Detriment: Ignoring What Extremists Say About Jihad by Stephen Coughlin.

I'm nearing the end of my third week with Team Ruthless.

Now, I wonder why the statist in charge of UNITYblog would choose this particular ad-hominem to smear Rand (my emphasis)?

Yes, followers of the famous amphetamine addict Ayn Rand are opposed to theft.

"The road to tyranny, we must never forget, begins with the destruction of the truth" - Bill Clinton

"That depends on what your definition of ‘is’ is" - Bill Clinton!?!?!

I'm sure there must be some more quotes that work this well when juxtaposed ... anyone care to contribute some more?

When I saw this website, I just couldn't help myself ...

So, I'm now doing a workout programme from Team Ruthless; specifically RCAT (Ruthless Combatives Attribute Training).

Hi Sherene,

Thanks for responding in detail to my original email.

> I would be more than happy to invite you to attend one of my upcoming talks. I have one scheduled

So I was riding back to work from lunch on the Bollwell scooter I'm getting about on while my motorcycle is in the workshop. I turned left onto the motorway and crunch - the bike swerved and weaved as though I'd hit something.

My wife Ande will soon be starting the low-level flight part of her commercial helicopter license. She sent me this YouTube clip of someone demoing (advanced) low-level flight in a Schweizer 300CBi.

I have been having a very bad time with vehicles of late.

Clear, unequivocal and direct. It seems that supporters of Western values have a friend in the ICV.

So I learned another important point about flying today. I flared too early (and too slowly) in a strong headwing (variable between 20 to 30kts), and landed hard on the mainwheels (not hard hard, just too-firmly). The nose then came down, and bounced up, again nothing worse than I've done in the past.

"The notion of a rigid separation between church and state has no basis in either the text of the Constitution or the writings of our Founding Fathers. On the contrary, our Founders’ political views were strongly informed by their religious beliefs." - Ron Paul

Dear Dr. Paul,

I originally sent this email to some friends & acquaintances, but thought I'd post it here as a blog entry, as it nicely explains my current position on the matter ...

Hi All,

Hypocrite 'celebrities' should realise that they'll be outed eventually:

Having read some of the material on the ICV's website, I thought I'd fire them an email to ask, in plain language, where they stand on issues that are threatening the freedoms of Muslims and non-Muslims alike overseas:

... possibly the biggest single step on her way to becoming a professional helicopter pilot.

It turns out that Maia only knows some of those arrested, rather than being one o

I learned a new thing last weekend - if you're flying and a bi-directional control fails in one direction, don't test it to see if it's failed in the other direction, too.

I posted the following in reply to this post on the City Vision blog (hat tip to I/S - I'd have posted this there if he still allowed comments):

So, the flying lessons are progressing nicely.