Politics

Mortgagees vs tenants

By Jo Tamar on 2011-10-25 • ( 13 )

Is a mortgagee required to give a tenant a notice to move out of a leased property, or does it have an immediate right to possession?

FBI updates its definition of rape

By tigtog on 2011-10-24 • ( 2 )

This will have a knock-on effect regarding discussions of rape online…

Thucydides, describing what happened when the Hellenes’ Great War veterans came home from the battlefields –
Quoted by commentor at Juan Cole’s blog back in January, but I didn’t end up posting it then. Just observing various blogstoushes has prompted me to post it now.

What’s going on in the world?

By Chally on 2011-10-18 • ( 17 )

So, as we’ve probably all noticed, Australian news is kind of… Australia-centric? I’m wondering what news stories you’ve been encountering that really should be getting wider coverage. Here are some of mine: After years of military dictatorship, Burma is on… Read More ›

Friday Hoyden Quicklink: Dr Auntie Ruby Langford Ginibi 1934-2011

By tigtog on 2011-10-14 • ( 1 )

We lost a great Australian on October 1st, 2011.

Looks like the police in Toronto have learnt NOTHING since January

By tigtog on 2011-10-13 • ( 12 )

*headdesk* *headdesk* *headdesk* *headdesk*

a red/white/blue poster done in the style of the Barack Obama "Audacity of Hope" posters. The image is of Tony Abbott, and in block letters underneath, it says "NOPE"

ObBloodOath post: entering Buffoon Central

By tigtog on 2011-10-13 • ( 6 )

After Tony Abbott’s “pledge of blood” response to the passing of the carbon price bill in Parliament yesterday, it seems that any minute now he’ll nudge over the line into full-blown WHARRGARBL* territory…