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• Senate balance

  By tigtog on 2008-02-15 • ( 11 )

  We already knew from the last few years and the introduction of Workchoices and more how having a Government majority in the Senate leads to an undemocratic failure of the Upper House’s role as a House Of Review. Now we… Read More ›

• Gratuitous Official International Kilt Day men in kilts blogging

  By tigtog on 2008-02-14 • ( 56 )

  Today is indeed International Kilt Day – at least, so says kiltday.com, and who am I to argue when it means that I thus have a totally reasonable excuse to satisfy Beppie’s desire to see David Tennant and John Barrowman… Read More ›

• Anti-schmaltz, anti-saccharine Valentine linkfest

  By tigtog on 2008-02-14 • ( 11 )

  We were concentrating on more contemporary historical matters here in Oz, but yesterday was also Darwin Day. Women in “Free” Iraq Women Behind Bars (via Feministe) How cheap is your love? What would you tell your 14-year-old self? Quote Of… Read More ›

• Acknowledgement and Apology

  By tigtog on 2008-02-12 • ( 22 )

  This post is being continually updated with links to commentary on the Apology Today, for the first time, indigenous people performed a Welcome to Country ceremony at the Opening of the Parliament of Australia. Kevin Rudd’s hope is that this… Read More ›

• Ghost rants: Archbishop edition

  By tigtog on 2008-02-12 • ( 3 )

  Image Credit: Peter Brookes from The Times Online The Ghost of Violet Socks sums up everything I’ve been trying to compose about the Archbishop of Canterbury’s latest efforts. I used to rather like the man. And the Brits are no… Read More ›

• Another ex-fattie scolding those who haven’t managed the same

  By tigtog on 2008-02-12 • ( 7 )

  Charming title: Face it, fatty, your genes are innocent The Times columnist India Knight has, of course, co-authored a book (and related cookbook) about losing 5 stone a few years ago and has a website for weight-loss support which advertises… Read More ›

• Skeptic LOLcat

  By tigtog on 2008-02-12 • ( 2 )

  moar funny pictures The 84th Carnival of the Godless is up (has been up for over a week, actually) at Mind on Fire.

• Two flawed histories

  By tigtog on 2008-02-12 • ( 3 )

  I just this week caught up with two shows on cable: The Tudors (2007) and Macbeth (2007). Both productions have casting and/or directorial problems, which is hard to forgive when one is dealing with such well-known stories.

• You know you’re middle-aged when

  By tigtog on 2008-02-10 • ( 7 )

  …you catch up with old friends who’ve come down to the big smoke not because they are going to a stadium concert at Olympic Park, but because their offspring is going to a stadium concert at Olympic Park. Photograph by… Read More ›

• File in the lowered journalistic standards folder

  By tigtog on 2008-02-08 • ( 10 )

  One Harry Mount, of the UK Telegraph, simply doesn’t know how to do basic research. This is his claim: The death of feminism at British universities. Quietly, without much fanfare, women’s studies has disappeared from British universities. In the 70s,… Read More ›