The terrorist attack in Paris "represents an attack against our country, against its values, against its youth and against its way of life.”

President Francois Hollande

All Christians are suspect. Tracking collars? Closing the borders? Ankle monitors on the leaders of these dangerous sects preaching violence and hate? (My thanks to Senator Jacqui Lambie for the idea.)

Fox Television has been cut to the bone by accusations the network cheated stars out of millions. 

The whistleblower who exposed wrongdoing at HSBC’s Swiss private bank has been sentenced to five years in prison by a Swiss court.

The "nice" atheists are out in force trying to prove to themselves, mostly, that Dawkins and Harris are pushing the atheist barrow too much too far too fast too nasty. Some, like Jeff sparrow, even will say that:

An Open Letter to the Prime Minister, the Honourable Malcolm Turnbull

Dear Prime Minister,

In the last four decades Australian writing has grown into a major force, popular with readers in Australia in its many forms — children's books, young adult fiction, thrillers, romance, fiction and non fiction — and acclaimed internationally.

It's quite dizzying trying to understand both sides of the argument. The Turks supposed to have warned the Russian plane of an incursion into their Turkish Airspace. The Russians claim they never received such warming.

When looking at the map of the supposed incident, in which a Turkish plane shot down a Russian plane, one would have to admit that even if the Russian plane had gone through Turkish airspace, it would have taken the Russian Plane less than 30 seconds to cross the sliver indicated by the Turks. There would have been very little time for any communication of value. By the time the Russian pilots could reply, they were shot down. 

The day started funnily enough. The media reports from various countries placed various slant on the events of the times, being Paris. Paris, New York, Moscow, Sydney (News Limited) all had different spin.