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Constitution sez “No”
Shorter Antony Green: Nothing that is happening in Parliament right now is capable of providing a constitutional trigger for a double dissolution.
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Today in Slices of Awesome: One Man Disney Movie
I’m not sure that one person having this much fun is legal, is it?
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I wish to make a deeply heartfelt apology to all motorists
In the wake of Elevatorgate, I realise that in habitually engaging in threat/risk-assessment vigilance every single time I cross the road, I have actually been doing you all a most grave injustice.
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Google+ thinks I blocked 23 people before I even joined?
I don’t remember telling any googlethang that I didn’t want to interact with one person, let alone 23! Especially when some of you in that “blocked” group are actually some of my favourite people?
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Tech Tip: is your domestic WiFi secured?
Do you know how to check whether your home wireless internet service is secured or open for your neighbours to use, and if it’s not secured do you know how to make it secure?
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Sunday Insult Collection
So, what particularly creative insults have you heard lately?
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Femmostroppo Reader July 16, 2011
Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments. Shameless self-promotion entirely welcome!
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Friday Hoydens: Saffire – The Uppity Blues Women
Saffire was an acoustic trio of uppity blues women who performed together for 25 years from 1984-2009.
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More Elevatorgate: cornering, uncongeniality and warning flags
Ironically, no one hates high pressure sales tactics more than skeptics. We can’t stand it when a sales associate gets in our face and uses cheap psychological tricks to try to make us buy stuff we don’t want. We take it as an insult to our intelligence. We resent it.
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C’est Quatorze Juillet! Célébrons!
Stocking up on Roquefort and paté today!
Hoyden About Town 