Driving Under The Influence Of A Uterus
logansrogue (napalmnacey) points out an ad for AAMI insurance’s “Safe Driver Rewards” programme. The ad features a series of people in the aftermath of crashes admitting to culpable driving, to the tune of “What About Me”. Check it out: Transcript: Young white man: I was twittering [away before?] I crashed into the corner shop Young [...]
Obligatory Tony Abbott Said What Now? Thread
Make no mistake. Having the nation start up a debate on premarital sexuality when it’s an issue that has hardly been on the political radar is no mean feat, and Abbott is aiming to shift the Overton Window on this and other social matters.
Waiting for Mr Right or taking Mr He’ll do?
Women who have failed to find their perfect partner by the age of 30 should give up their search for Mr Right and settle instead for Mr Right Now, an American author has claimed. Older, single women often deny themselves any chance of finding happiness by failing to downgrade their expectations, says author Lori Gottlieb. [...]
Somebody didn’t do their homework
How exactly does a journalist covering a major entertainment awards ceremony go there without having read the last week’s news on the nominees for the big awards like Best Actor in a TV series?
Complacency, Indifference and Intent (or lack thereof)
various nay-sayers are arguing that the upswing in attacks on Indian students can’t have anything to do with structural racism in Australia, because none of the student visa laws that push overseas students into exploitative employment situations and allow deceptive “colleges” to fleece them while isolating them from Australian-born student bodies were intended to have a racialised separatist effect
“Medela Mom Mavens”: The Social Media Spam Offensive
Medela, an infant feeding bottle and breastpump company, decided nearly a year ago that they were no longer committed to adhering to the World Health Organisation Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes (WHO Code). The Code covers the marketing (not the supply, but the marketing) of infant formulas, feeding bottles and teats, and foods marketed [...]
Only one of these has been invited onto Britain’s Got Talent
Darren the Waving Goat Death Metal Rooster As far as I know anyway. Can you guess which one? BTW they declined the offer because it was too far to travel for the animal. Related posts: Talent is not enough Otterday! And Open Thread. Ukraine’s Got Talent winner Thursday Cheezburger Death of a drongo
QOTD: Andrew Bartlett #nocleanfeed
The government’s compulsory internet filter will not make the internet any safer for children to use unsupervised, nor will it make police detection of users of illegal content any easier.
Heidi Fleiss: “Thank God for abortions!”
Who knew Celebrity Big Brother UK would get so interesting so quickly? Day two, and they’re still making awkward small talk (everything relaxes on day three, when they start having farting competitions). They’ve done the usual thing of stacking the house with people they think will be incompatible: a cage fighter, a football player, the [...]
Quickhit: That Jennifer Hawkins magazine cover
Body image foundation defends nude Jennifer Hawkins cover
Fairfax Feature Fail
Fairfax never fail to disappoint. Right now WAToday is running a front-page-promoted slideshow thus: The photos of the decade A selection of amazing, spellbinding images from the past ten years. Right next to a photo of a burning World Trade Centre tower. The rest of the slideshow is largely a collage of destruction, violence, death, [...]
Ted Alvin Klaudt wants $500,000 per infringement from people who publish his name without permission
But convicted rapist Ted Alvin Klaudt and his “Common Law Copyright Notice” can go whistle.
Quick Hit: Go on, admit that you secretly find Tony Abbott sexy.
Well, according to Janet Albrechtsen you do. Apparently, even his political stances that we despise can’t conquer the fact that we all really want a “Fit and50-something, the runner, cyclist and former boxer in a pair of Speedos with a “love rug””. Will this translate into votes? That remains to be seen. File this under: [...]
No, one of these things is not like the other
Bolt engages in a disingenuous display of Deliberately Not Getting It in the guise of outrage at sexism and double standards:
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