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• Quickhit: Abbott says homelessness a choice

  By tigtog on 2010-02-16

  The Age: Bible bashing the homeless, Abbott style Since my thread on “Abbott said what now?” has already evolved to cover more than one incident, I’m keeping comments on this post closed and will add this latest to the thread… Read More ›

• Kevin07 isn’t the Left Messiah, he’s just a conservative boy

  By tigtog on 2010-02-16 • ( 22 )

  So, Rudd’s allegedly said something that is appallingly socially conservative and anti-feminist. Oh wow, what a huge surprise and disappointment, are these scales I see falling from my eyes?…NOT.

• So, am I missing out if I don’t jump onto the formspring bandwagon?

  By tigtog on 2010-02-15 • ( 6 )

  I see on twitter etc that quite a few of my fellow bloggers are setting up formspring pages. I’m more than a little reluctant to add to my already formidable array of social network thingummies. Those of you that are… Read More ›

• Femmostroppo Reader – February 13, 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-02-14

  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. Did the fathers of modern obstetrics murder more women than Jack the Ripper? – Dissection of… Read More ›

• Endangered Sunday: Year of the Tiger

  By tigtog on 2010-02-14 • ( 3 )

  Extrapolations from the current rates of poachers killing wild tigers predict that there could well be zero tigers living in the wild by the next Chinese Year of the Tiger in 2022.

• Piers Akerman quotes a statement nobody else can find – is anybody surprised?

  By tigtog on 2010-02-13 • ( 2 )

  The arithmetic skills, not so hot, are they?

• Femmostroppo Reader – February 11, 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-02-12 • ( 1 )

  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. But he meant it to be ironic! – “Some people think he just has to be… Read More ›

• Cocktail Cagematch: Margarita vs Mojito

  By tigtog on 2010-02-11 • ( 11 )

  Tonight, my vote is for mojito, so long as it’s made with really fresh mint and kaffir limes.

• Whoydensday: finally in Oz this Sunday Night

  By tigtog on 2010-02-10 • ( 2 )

  Yay! We get to see End of Time Part 1 on Sunday 14th, then End of Time Part 2 on Sunday 21st. Auntie seems to have taken forever to get them to us…

• Unsolicited visual image of the day

  By tigtog on 2010-02-10

  Fran Kelly owes me a bucket of brain bleach.