We’re still looking at a hung parliament at this stage over here in Western Australia, with National leader Brendon Grylls continuing to refuse to fall into line behind either of the major party leaders to form a coalition. But this… Read More ›
Politics
US Republican Party feud against UN conventions for the rights of women and children
Shakesville has a post up pointing to the official GOP policy platform site, http://www.gopplatform2008.com. The Republican Party platform includes the following: We strongly support the long-held policy of the Republican Party known as the “Mexico City policy,” which prohibits federal… Read More ›
Web to Schlaflyites for Palin: no, you no can haz memory hole
Deleting that Palin post won’t make those questionnaire answers go away, Eagle Forum Alaska. Welcome to the world of googlecache and screensave. Palin is ignorant of basic historical facts on at least one question that she does understand (#11), and… Read More ›
RNC and McCain’s speech: responses roundup
John McCain made his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention, and others watched it so you didn’t have to. Some of them even liveblogged it.
Otterday! And Open Thread
Today’s otter is from the Monterey Bay Aquarium, via Cute Otters. They have a new African Spotted-Necked otter baby named Ziwa, after the Swahili word for “lake” or “pond”. Ziwa will be three months old tomorrow, which is getting close… Read More ›
Wallowing in victimhood in our purple ghetto
And the “fair and balanced” mainstream media quote of the day goes to … The Australian! From “Redefining feminism: Have activists morphed into female chauvinist piglets?”: Unlike the professional feminists who love to wallow in victimhood in their purple ghettos,… Read More ›
Today I actually have some mild fondness for Morris Iemma
At least he made sure that Michael Costa was sacked before Iemma himself got toppled by the NSW Labor caucus. *putting champagne in the fridge*
Linkage in lieu of a post
Lucy Tartan’s latest Reading Log is giving me ideas for my bedside book pile. Antivax: new evidence shows (again) no link to autism from Bad Astronomy by Phil Plait Best explanation for the non-existence of global warming ever from Pharyngula… Read More ›
Quickhit: protests and arrests in Minneapolis St. Paul stifle legitimate dissent
If it wasn’t for blogs I would hardly have heard that nearly 300 people have been arrested while protesting the Iraq war and the Republican convention over the last few days. The city centres have been heavily militarised with large… Read More ›
Republican sexism watch: Sarah Palin gives us no evidence that she values girls
An edited version of this post has been guest-posted at Shakesville. There’s a rather lively discussion going on, if you’d like to check it out. ~~~ If I heard that someone’s teenage son was going away to war, I don’t… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 