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  • Last post on the #npchealth debate

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    This time it’s over at The Drum – The Great Debate Game: winning over the worm. As policy the debate was essentially pointless, as political theatre Abbott was relentlessly upstaged by Rudd, because Rudd stayed focussed on the audience that… Read More ›

  • Janet and Tony, up in a tree…

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    S-P-IN-N-I-N-G.

  • Femmostroppo Reader – March 23, 2010

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    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. The Health Debate – Kevin grins, Abbott grits and Journalists talk. – “Oh cry me a… Read More ›

  • Rudd v. Abbott at the Press Club

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    Knowing the opponents as we do, I’m predicting that Abbott will probably have more zinger soundbites and that Rudd will have more grasp of the figures and keep on bring it back to Abbott’s lack of any comprehensive policy at all.

  • It’s machismo time!

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    Regular readers know that I have a weakness for escapist action flicks, and the more absurdly preposterous the martial arts combat scenes the better. (I like to see them make an effort towards stylistic authenticity, but bring on those flywires and hidden tramps, yeah!)

    Two potentially great ones are coming up very soon (released in the US in May):

  • Yep, very helpful

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    While I have been taking the pics, cropping them in Photoshop and composing this post, that paw has varied in position from pointing to 2 o’clock to pointing to 5 o’clock.

  • TAS & SA Elections – March 22, 2010

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    Special State Election roundup!

  • Happy Vernal Equinox

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    APOD put up a fantastic picture to mark this stage in the planet’s journey around the Sun. Recorded on March 10 from Teide National Park on the island of Tenerife, the vista is composed of 4 separate pictures spanning over 180 degrees. (Image Credit & Copyright: Daniel López)

  • Endangered Sunday: Bluefin Tuna

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    With stocks of Atlantic bluefin tuna down 75 per cent due to over-fishing, the European Commission said the trade ban’s rejection threatened the survival of the ocean predator. Environmental group Greenpeace also warned the vote ”sets the species on a pathway to extinction”.

  • Femmostroppo Reader – March 20, 2010

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    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. (Oops, shared more links than I thought! They’re all after the cut)