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• QOTD: Sarah Silverman

  By tigtog on 2014-07-09 • ( 1 )

  

  Keep your filthy hands off my guns while I decide what you can & can’t do with your uterus

• Morrison’s strategic silence on asylum seekers

  By tigtog on 2014-07-03 • ( 3 )

  

  Scott Morrison has a lot to say about stopping boats carrying asylum seekers in general, but gives the public only bafflegab about the latest boat in particular.

• The McClure Report: stigmatising welfare

  By tigtog on 2014-07-02 • ( 10 )

  

  There are ideas in the McClure report worth pursuing and it might lead to a simpler welfare system, such as changes to family payments and payments for young people. The key question for NWRN is, are the proposals fair and will they assist people into sustainable employment? The NWRN opposes a cost-cutting agenda that will leave people in a financially worse position than currently.

• Music Legend Moment: BB King And The Broken String

  By tigtog on 2014-06-27 • ( 1 )

  

  One of BB King’s signature tunes is How Blue Can You Get, a perfect showcase for his lyrical soloes on “Lucille”, the famous Gibson guitar. In this 6-ish minute version from his appearance at Farm Aid 1985, the opening solo goes for over 3 minutes …

• Media Circus: #FODI clickbait backfires edition

  By tigtog on 2014-06-25 • ( 4 )

  

  So how’d that “edgy” millennial social media strategy work out for you there?

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

• Solstice Whimsy: Megalithic Mini-gardening

  By tigtog on 2014-06-21 • ( 5 )

  

  Happy June Solstice! Merry Yule/Litha to those who celebrate the circling of the seasons. This solstice whimsy post features an example from the hobby world of miniature gardens: behold the Teacup Stonehenge! Please share any bits and pieces you have come across recently that have surprised, delighted, intrigued or otherwise positively engaged you.

• Think is not braneing – cooking instead

  By tigtog on 2014-06-19 • ( 16 )

  

  I find my concentration on the computer lapses when I have a head cold. So yesterday I started on some bulk cooking instead, to stock up my freezer with winter yums.

  Anyway, it’s been a while since we had a recipe thread. Who’s got something good to share?

• Media Circus: HILDA Report Refutes Hockey Edition

  By tigtog on 2014-06-16 • ( 9 )

  

  Even the Oz has noticed!

  What news story/commentary/analysis has grabbed your attention lately? In particular, what else is being shoved under the national and international media rugs while HILDA dominates the news right now?

• Teeny tiny joey!

  By tigtog on 2014-06-10 • ( 7 )

  

  We encountered this fine mother and baby kangaroon on our morning walk, along with the rest of their mob enjoying the new grass shoots after the recent rain.

• Vale Doc Neeson

  By tigtog on 2014-06-06 • ( 4 )

  

  I see an old post of mine about the Angels and their lead singer Doc Neeson and a certain song is getting some traffic over the last few days since his death. Looking at pictures, I can still feel that amazing energy he put into his performance.