A clear message on bullying clouded by bad behaviour.
Politics
Actually, EC President Barroso did NOT “slap down”/”slam” Gillard
Maybe, if we’re being scrupulously generous, it might be only one journalist who made up the anti-Gillard spin, and all the rest just copied it instead of viewing the primary source material. Still doesn’t speak much of their ethics, does it?
Quick Hit: Again! Again! That horse can’t be dead.
Leadership tensions again. And again and again.
Conflicted
There is at least one awesome school chaplain out there.
Rape Culture Observation: grooming victims *looks* like being “a good person”
Humans, even rapists, are complex entities. A rapist is capable of doing good things for some people, while doing grave harm to others. In Sandusky’s case, what appeared to be (and in some cases maybe actually was) good works was simultaneously the grooming of victims.
Signal Boost: Kickstarter for documentary on violation of workers’ rights in strip clubs
This feature documentary is about the choices that three San Francisco strippers, Lola, Daisy, and Mariko, make as their workplaces engage in illegal labor practices. Strip clubs refuse to pay strippers even minimum wages & actually charge them for the privilege to work.
Juneteenth
Happy Juneteenth
Hey guess what?
Guess what word gets you banned from participating in a debate on an abortion bill in Michigan.
This week in Streisand Effecting: funnyjunk.com hires a lawyer who doesn’t understand SEO to sue theoatmeal.com
See that post title just above these words? And the link I’m adding to this name right here? => That‘s how SEO works, Charles Carreon Attorney At Law.
Media Circus: new polling lows, media asks why nobody likes either side?
Dear Media, it’s not them, it’s you.
Hoyden About Town 