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  • Unbelievable

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    A WA teenager with leukaemia has been denied the disability pension on the grounds that leukaemia is not a permanent disability. Right. A condition requiring years of treatment to get better, and which in the meantime means he needs help… Read More ›

  • Well, give me a T-shirt and call me Crunk

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    but Joe Francis, the guy who came up with “Girls Gone Wild”, is revealed as a sordid, sexist jerk who gets off on harassing women who don’t play along with his script. And worse. Joe Francis, the founder of the… Read More ›

  • Hiroshima

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    It’s that time of the year again. Today is the anniversary of the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima, and in 3 days time it is the anniversary of the bomb dropped on Nagasaki. Hiroshima at 8.14, August 6th, 1945 Later… Read More ›

  • Sadly, because the French did this, the Bushites probably won’t on principle

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    This is a sidebar from an article published in 2002 about emergency contraception (EC), sometimes called “the morning-after pill” or “Plan B” and the debate then occurring in the USA about making it an over-the-counter medication rather than one available… Read More ›

  • Weekend flashback – more scifi but sadly no boots

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    The sculpted plastic posing pouch makes up for the lack of boots though, I think. And doesn’t that yoga-toned Sting look fine? I thought there would be gazillions of shots of this to choose from on the web, but no…. Read More ›

  • My new project – post the first

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    No, I’m not opening my own little shop full of simply just gorgeous things. I’ve long been envious of Lucy Tartan’s ongoing blog-project, where she photographs the outdoor sculptures of Melbourne and discourses critically thereupon. I thought “now, there’s a… Read More ›

  • The bad news is

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    The Martians have landed and want to rule over us all. The good news is:They eat rapists, and piss a non-polluting petrol substitute. OK, Class: discuss. (With apologies to comedian Utah Phillips)

  • “Pro-Life” Prioritisation

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    At the level of Bush and the head honchos of the American Religious Right, anyway. From I Drew This, dated Aug 1st: Hat-tip to Paul the Spud at Shakespeare’s Sister.

  • Caught my attention this week

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    Shakespeare’s Sister‘s Shakes’ Sis: “if the Almighty had a problem with women getting their tits out in public, then he would have put our nipples on our thumbs.”(Reminds me of another recent breastfeeding foofaraw) Cross-dressing NZ lawyer Rob Moodie: “The… Read More ›

  • Conflict: Promoting Pride and Prejudice

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    As my last two posts illustrate, there appears to be ever more promoting of xenophobia both domestically and abroad against opponents from all sides, whether ideological/political/territorial, particularly as what was meant to be a lightning military campaign to effect a… Read More ›