Thursday Themed Cheezburger: The Seventh Virtue – Love
And the greatest of them is Love. Winner: Runner up: Related posts: Thursday Cheezburger: The 6th Virtue, Hope Thursday Cheezburger: Virtue #4 – Courage Thursday Cheezburger: Virtue #3, Justice Thursday Cheezburger: Virtue #2, Temperance Thursday Cheezburger: Philosopher Cat
TARP watch: bailout bill passed
For all the angst when the bill failed, the passing of the mildly modified (i.e. with added pork) bill seems to have me with a mass attack of underwhelmment. The stock markets still went down, and nobody seems all that happy with the bill as it stands, particularly when many more comprehensive alternatives that actually [...]
Paul Newman Appreciation Thread: 1925-2008
Image Source: Simon & Shuster Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward with a small dog, 1958 Paul Newman (born 1925) and Joanne Woodward (born 1930) were photographed here, soon after their marriage in 1958, with an unidentified little dog, obviously a treasured pet. Woodward, an intelligent and gifted actress, had a love of horses and dogs, [...]
Late night links: stuff around the feminist blogs
Set some time aside to read the “How Not to Get it On” bad-dates thread on Feministe. It’s simultaneously hilarious and horrifying. Ultra Violet is a group blog by young Indian feminists. It’s smart, passionate, and information-packed. Dilnavaz Bamboat showcases what an Indian feminist looks like, Annie Zaidi takes a closer look at pink, unmana [...]
The privilege in your pocket: a manifesto
Today we welcome Stephanie in her first Guest Hoyden post! Stephanie is a loud person of Chinese-Anglo descent, who tries to navigate being an Australian by way of Malaysia. Growing up in Australia meant never seeing any people who looked like her on TV, constantly having to explain the most basic food and customs, and [...]
Moominland Midwinter: a start
We’ve had a bit of a Moomin hiatus, but last night the lad chose the next book in the series, Moominland Midwinter. As we began, I remembered again why I fell in love with Tove Jansson and her formidable translators. To set the scene: Moomintroll wakes mid-hibernation, something that has never happened before. He tries [...]
Shorter Senator Guy Barnett:
You’ll have that baby and like it, missy. Image credit: bewareofthegod.com ABC Online quotes him as saying the following yesterday: * that he moved the motion (to cut Medicare funding for abortions past 21 weeks gestation) as a matter of conscience because he could not allow funding of late-term abortions to go unchecked. * that [...]
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