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• QOTD: What’s not neutrality

  By tigtog on 2014-10-20 • ( 5 )

  

  Being opposed to expression of certain political positions *IS* taking a political position, not “neutrality”.

• Don’t You Ladies Realise That Earbuds + Sunglasses + Scowl Discourage Me From Approaching You?

  By tigtog on 2014-10-10 • ( 5 )

  

  A chap has decided to tell the world (via a Craigslist post) how he finds that women walking along the street wearing earbuds and sunglasses appear “unapproachable”, and how this discourages him from telling many many women he finds attractive along the path of his daily commute the happy news that he likes the way they look. Oh, and by the way, he also thinks fewer scowls would “be nice”.

• Webcomic OTD: Beliefs vs Evidence

  By tigtog on 2014-10-03 • ( 1 )

  

  It’s a while since I branched out to new webcomics. Any recommendations?

• Don’t read Paglia, read Ivins

  By tigtog on 2014-10-01 • ( 1 )

  

  The late great Molly Ivins wrote everything anyone needs to know about Camille Paglia way back in 1991.

• Terpsichorean Tuesday: Time Warp Tap Dance

  By tigtog on 2014-09-30

  

  Little Nell as Columbia’s tap segment from the version in the Rocky Horror Picture Show

• Media Circus: Shame Shorten Shame – Spineless Opposition Edition

  By tigtog on 2014-09-29 • ( 9 )

  

  The Shorten Opposition is there voting with the government in the House without rigorously debating the bills or using the Senate conscientiously as a House of Review, so these bills are being fast-tracked into legislation without adequate scrutiny let alone electoral transparency. Why?

  Contrast the government’s war on welfare with the rhetoric surrounding critics of the increasing wealth gap as advocates of “class warfare”. Hmm.

  What news story/commentary/analysis has grabbed your attention lately?

• Music Monday: Dub Side Of The Moon

  By tigtog on 2014-09-29

  

  I’ve gotten out of the habit of regular posting (some of you may have noticed). I’m going to work on building the habit back up by just posting bits of anything at least once every other day. So today you get a different take on some classic Pink Floyd.

• Happy International Talk Like A Pirate Day

  By tigtog on 2014-09-19 • ( 6 )

  

  Doing anything Awrrrrrsomely Piratical today, m’hearties?

• Dawkins stirs the pot again

  By tigtog on 2014-09-13 • ( 9 )

  

  I’ve just posted at Feministe about the latest developments in the skeptosphere’s Deep Rifts TM. For those who’d rather discuss the ongoing cyberstorm that began with Elevatorgate here, this is the thread for you. Links to other people’s posts especially welcome.

• Media Circus: Is Welfare “Dependency” Really Our Greatest Social Evil? Really? Edition

  By tigtog on 2014-09-10 • ( 29 )

  

  Given a choice between a welfare system in which some people get money they don’t deserve but nobody dies miserably, and a welfare system in which nobody gets money they don’t deserve but people die miserably, which do we prefer?

  Contrast the government’s war on welfare with the rhetoric surrounding critics of the increasing wealth gap as advocates of “class warfare”. Hmm.

  What news story/commentary/analysis has grabbed your attention lately?