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• Are you a Thompson or a Calley?

  By tigtog on 2006-03-10 • ( 2 )

  Next week, on 16 March, is the anniversary of the My Lai massacre in Vietnam in 1968. Lt. William Calley was in charge of one platoon of the American troops who killed either 112 (USA military figures) or 504 (Vietnamese… Read More ›

• Blog against Sexism on International Women’s Day

  By tigtog on 2006-03-09

  Actually I’m a day late for Blogging Against Sexism – busy day yesterday with no time for blogging after I got my comedy festival tickets, and I couldn’t think of anything original to say anyway. So here’s a few choice… Read More ›

• Cracker Sydney Comedy

  By tigtog on 2006-03-08

  So, I just got my tickets for Ross Noble in the Cracker Comedy Festival. I’ll probably also go to see Jackie Loeb, who I worked with a few years ago when she was going through a totally undeserved career slump…. Read More ›

• Go go Gadget Mars

  By tigtog on 2006-03-06

  Some guys have essentially invented a tricorder that’s going to Mars in 2009. I heard an interview with a team leader, Robert Downs of the University of Arizona, on tonight’s Science Show. Based on the Raman spectrometer, which gained for… Read More ›

• ObOscars

  By tigtog on 2006-03-06 • ( 2 )

  I find the actual awards show tedious, but I like the red carpet fashions purely for the inevitable faux pas. I try to avoid this overused word, but really, it’s pure schadenfreude at its most indulgent. I want to see… Read More ›

• Anglican head criticises Guantanamo

  By tigtog on 2006-03-06

  I’ve got a lot of time for the current Archbishop of Canterbury.

• Cancer Screening – Benefits and Harms

  By tigtog on 2006-03-06

  I just finished listening to the third part of a report on ABC’s Radio National Health Report programme, which is always a fascinating listen. This piece was apparently on last year also and I missed it, and all I have… Read More ›

• Scruples galore

  By tigtog on 2006-03-05

  Kevin over at Sufficient Scruples has a series of posts on abortion rights in the USA at the moment. Go on and check them out. Anti-Choice Blogger Takes a Deep Breath, Sadly Concludes That Women Have to Die For His… Read More ›

• Lies about cheese crucial to War on Terror

  By tigtog on 2006-03-04

  This is an old story from 2004, but let’s lay it out for those that missed it last time, as Firedoglake reminds us that this man has a habit, and he can’t seem to kick it. George Bush can’t even… Read More ›

• Chemicals are our Friends 1: oh but it’s Natural 0

  By tigtog on 2006-03-04 • ( 2 )

  Those who know me well online are aware that whenever I hear anybody utter the “it’s natural so it must be good for you” line I am fond of muttering darkly about whether they’d like a cup of fresh-from-my-pesticide-free-garden foxglove… Read More ›