history

those who do not know are doomed to repeat etc, besides it’s fascinating

One thinks Jess is brilliant

By tigtog on 2006-03-20 • ( 2 )

Via Kim at Larvatus Prodeo, Jess at ausculture exercises her peculiar talent as she watched the Opening Ceremony of the Commonwealth Games last week and reveals to the panting hordes: The Queen’s Thoughts On The Opening Ceremony (PICTORIAL EDITION) Makes… Read More ›

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 ›

Packer lacked respect for women – is anybody surprised?

By tigtog on 2006-02-20

Stephen Mayne, in today’s Crikey! , dishes some dirt on the long-rumored philandering of Kerry Packer and his serial string of alleged mistresses over the years and ties it up in a bow of anecdotes detailing KP’s utter lack of… Read More ›