Deborah has a post up at LP that asks: why the long wait until January 2011? The swift answer appears to be cynical partisan strategising, the Rudd team looking to wedge the Liberals in the next election. The thread drifts… Read More ›
Month: May 2009
Samantha Orobator may get out of Laos, at a price
I’ve linked to a few posts about Samantha Orobator in the last week, breaking news as follows:
A PREGNANT British woman arrested for heroin smuggling in Laos has been told she must testify she was not raped in prison in order to escape the firing squad.
Femmostroppo Reader – May 11, 2009
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. Please add interesting links of your own in the comments. … and the blind shall see – Phil Plait shows how nonsense causes harm (title unknown) – Quote: “the rehabilitation of… Read More ›
P to the W to the N-E-D – Wanda Sykes Appreciation Thread
Wanda Sykes destroys Rush Limbaugh @ White House Correspondents’ Dinner
If you’ve got nothing better to do today, lurk on some wingnut blogs and watch their heads explode.
Happy Mother’s Day post
For those of you who are mothers or who have mothers, what are you doing this Mother’s Day? I woke to cuddles and breakfast in bed. The Lad decided that scones with jam and cream were the go, and they… Read More ›
Mother’s Day – not happy for all
Today, I find myself thinking about women who have lost their children. Mothers who have had to give up children for adoption or have had children removed from them; women and mothers whose children were never born or were born… Read More ›
Femmostroppo Reader – May 10, 2009
see more Political Pictures Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. Please add interesting links of your own in the comments. Fair go nation has gone | The Australian – Quote:”Research in the book and on a supporting… Read More ›
Call Kimondo a wahhhmbulance, he’s suing for blue balls
Kenyan man James Kimondo is suing G10 women’s rights activists who urged women to engage in a week-long sex strike as a political protest, the BBC reports. And the illustration on the Beeb’s article has to be seen to be… Read More ›
United Nations: Elder’s heatstroke death in police van possible torture or inhuman punishment
Today, a senior chemist who assisted in a re-enactment of the incident in similar conditions told the inquiry the air temperature in the back of the van reached 50.4C [123 F]. He also told the court the surface temperature of the metal floor in the back peaked at 56.6C [134 F] during the re-enactment.
In which I contribute to the harshing of Apatow’s Google Buzz
Somebody posting as “Phoebus” is very concerned that a snarkfest on Shakesville (regarding the comingsoontoacinemanearyou Dudebrocalypse that is a Judd Apatow/Seth Rogen/Adam Sandler “comedy” (see the trailer)) is a display of “vitriol” and “personal animus”, two terms which are so… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 