From The Australian (!): THE key plank of a controversial British documentary has been discredited by new research showing that the sun is not causing global warming. The findings are in stark contrast to claims made in the documentary The… Read More ›
Politics
A timeline to think upon
If Iran Were America (And We Were Iran): A Timeline This is a very well done example of reversing protagonists and putting shoes on other feet. It’s also a useful pointer for people who have been previously unaware of just… Read More ›
Living Black
First, a news snippet: The Age: Indigenous land takeover angers NT govt NT Attorney-General [and Member for Nhulunbuy] Syd Stirling said Aboriginal communities territory-wide were angry, confused and talking of legal action. He said the territory government was seeking advice… Read More ›
Work/Life/Family Balance in NSW
On a day dominated by the media attempting to beat up a story about NSW Premier Morris Iemma taking time off to spend the school holidays with his young children, another story got hardly any traction. Both stories tie into… Read More ›
Imagine, I so nearly missed this sight
Published while I was away on hols: why oh why couldn’t the SuperHornet pilot have strapped him in “for more realism, Sir” and told him to push the ejector seat button (“this starts the mighty engine, Sir”)? Image Credit: The… Read More ›
They’re creepy and they’re … creepy. Three datapoints.
Via IBTP, buried in a long stoush about bigotry against children and whether under-18s are subhuman: To passer-by, crying child’s ear-piercing rings of abuse. Marilyn Johnson thought so when she heard a girl’s screams in a Wichita Wal-Mart on Sunday… Read More ›
“Only stupid women are breeding” – academipanic from New Zealand
Jim Flynn, Emeritus Professor of Political Studies at a New Zealand university, has pronounced himself the arbiter of which women should be allowed to breed. Note that fathers are completely invisible in his genetic-decay worldview, what could just as easily… Read More ›
Image du jour: Please Leave Jackboots Here
From the ABC News, Police support Indigenous permit status quo: Reactions of indigenous people and local police to the Howard government’s plan to steal Aboriginal land and open it to “public scrutiny”. Criticism in this article centres around two issues…. Read More ›
Feminist read’ems: men harassing WOC online, iconic blondes, and party-pollie numbers games
Feminist read ’ems! ~~ “A Disincentive to the Female Voice Online” Jenn talks about men who cyberharass bloggers who are women of colour. Her experiences are harrowing and revolting, but she vows to survive: When I participated in a popular… Read More ›
NT Plan Read ’ems: “white man’s burden”, Howard’s poll plunge, and reactions from Pat Turner and Lt Gen Sanderson
Here are your Northern Territory Aboriginal “emergency plan” read ’ems for today! I’ve included excerpts, but do read the whole articles for context and elaboration. Mark Lawrence: The white man’s burden: Howard’s attack on Aboriginal self-determination Excellent post on the… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 