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• Quote Of The Day: Julian Burnside

  By tigtog on 2010-07-05 • ( 1 )

  “at the current rate of arrivals it would take about 20 years to fill the MCG with boat people”

• Strong support for decriminalising abortion

  By tigtog on 2010-07-05 • ( 10 )

  ”Our findings challenge the belief that Australians strongly oppose women accessing late abortion.”

• Endangered Sunday: BP = Brown Pelicans

  By tigtog on 2010-07-04 • ( 1 )

  Yet another threatened species put under even more threat from BP’s Mexican Gulf Oil Spill is the Brown Pelican, and BP is trying to sanitise the news you find online about the Gulf oil spill by sponsoring search term results

• Otterday! And Open Thread

  By tigtog on 2010-07-03 • ( 30 )

  Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires.

• Continuing a conversation

  By tigtog on 2010-07-03

  There was a non-whimsical segue on LP’s Wednesday Whimsy thread between one ossie and myself. I offered to continue the conversation here at Hoyden rather than derail the thread. If ossie wants to, here’s the thread to do it.

• The Great Renaming of 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-07-02 • ( 2 )

  It seems that just about every policy in the Govt’s stable is up for having a new label slapped on it.

  Any suggestions for them while they’re at it?

• Thursday Cheezburger and Delurking Day: The Best Laid Plans…

  By tigtog on 2010-07-01 • ( 11 )

  It’s our monthly Delurking Day! If you’ve been reading along, give us a shout and let us know you’re there. You’re welcome to post your favourite macro (post the link and wait for Admin Image Magic), introduce yourself, or tell us what’s impressed or disappointed you lately.

• Femmostroppo Reader – June 30, 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-07-01 • ( 2 )

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. What did I miss? Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments.

• Climbing Uluru and disrespect

  By tigtog on 2010-06-30 • ( 4 )

  Perhaps revelations over the last week regarding disrespectful shenanigans on top of Uluru will finally push the govt to honour the promises it made in 1983 to stop people climbing the rock?

• Flaming Oaths of Affirmation, Batman

  By tigtog on 2010-06-30 • ( 5 )

  MEMO TO SMUG TALKBACK RADIO CALLERS WHO THINK THEY’VE GOT A “HYPOCRITE” GOTCHA ON GILLARD: No, she wasn’t sworn in as Prime Minister with her hand on a Bible. That’s not compulsory, actually.