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Roads are only for cars, opines ridiculous columnist

By tigtog on 2009-10-29 • ( 11 )

his cartoon accompanying Miranda Devine’s typical exhibition of frothing at the mouth over cyclists! Using roads that by rights should only have cars on them! is way OTT offensively topsy-turvy from reality, where it is motorists who regularly turn to the thuggish side against cyclists.

Fought and died “for the flag”?

By tigtog on 2009-10-22 • ( 5 )

One thing that leaped out at me during the media blitz on the Battle of Trafalgar flag that fetched a record price at auction is that it brought out one of my least favourite pieces of rhetoric from the anonymous flag collector who won the auction, in a radio interview, about the connection he felt to those who had “fought and died for this flag”.

Sweet FSM, that phrase raises all my hackles.

“But what do we CAAAALL them?” – the language of shackling

By lauredhel on 2009-10-19 • ( 18 )

[This has been cross-posted at FWD/Forward.] I don’t know who David Southwell is when he’s at home, but he’s showing his arse big-time over at his “Sub in the Pub” blog at news.com.au. Following up on the story about the… Read More ›

So, we just missed Pastor Danny Nalliah at Mt Ainslie yesterday

By tigtog on 2009-10-18 • ( 6 )

I’d forgotten all about the panicmongering from Catch the Fire ministries about alleged blood sacrifices by witches on the mountain-top from a few weeks ago, but Saturday was the day of the exorcism for the evil spirits raised by these rust stains at the base of an air safety beacon just below the summit.

Dear hyperventilating Aussie media

By tigtog on 2009-10-16 • ( 6 )

Andre Rieu is not a violin ‘virtuoso’. He is a band leader who plays a decent violin. As my darling says, he’s about as good a violinist as Liberace was a pianist i.e. a canny showman who puts on a… Read More ›

Quickhit: Rape Culture 101

By tigtog on 2009-10-10

Because Melissa McEwan’s comprehensive post deserves to be read and bookmarked by absolutely everyone. Obviously, trigger warnings apply.

Hey, Hey it’s offensive in Australia too

By hatbluemilk on 2009-10-09 • ( 76 )

Remember when something as outrageously racist as a minstrel show was considered funny? Mainstream funny, not white supremacist funny? No, me neither. That kind of cruelty was a long, long time ago. Or so we thought. Then this week a… Read More ›

Quickhit: Roman Polanski arrested in Zurich

By tigtog on 2009-09-28 • ( 15 )

I always thought that he should have served his time upon his conviction for statutory rape 31 years ago. For a start, why should someone with the money to flee from law enforcement just be able to get away with it?

Horrendous autism “advocacy” video

By tigtog on 2009-09-27 • ( 16 )

Because Kids with Autism are just that Difficult to Know and Understand, and that Huge a Burden to Real People, apparently. Also, the message is that supporting Autistic people here and now is not nearly as important as raising money for cure/prevention some many years in the future.