culture wars

Broadly, conservatism vs progressives / social liberties vs authoritarianism / social justice vs elitist marginalisation.

Photo of Australian Parliament House (APH) in Canberra

What do I want from #respill today? Another hung parliament, please

By tigtog on 2012-02-27 • ( 10 )

For the last two decades of Federal and State elections, I have been voting strategically for a hung parliament (in both Houses) every time. In 2010, enough of my fellow citizens did the same that a hung Federal parliament was finally what we got.

YOU'RE FUCKING IT UP - THANKS FOR NOTHING

Labor leadership spill thread #respill #kevenge

By tigtog on 2012-02-23 • ( 15 )

I just wish Labor as a party could put more people into Parliament who know how to tell their arse from their elbow.

Quicklink: “an abrogation of medical ethics, if not common decency”

By tigtog on 2012-02-19 • ( 15 )

Under the new legislation, women who want an abortion will be forcibly penetrated for no medical reason. Where’s the outrage?

I missed Darwin Day!

By tigtog on 2012-02-13 • ( 3 )

It was the 203rd anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth yesterday. Here, have a few of my favourite Darwin pics/posters/macros.

Quicklink: What would it take to trust Komen again?

By tigtog on 2012-02-08

Crunchy analysis from Mother Jones. Komen’s anti-choice VP may have resigned, but the board itself is still stacked with problems.

A cartoon of a globe with a burner at the bottom and an ostrich putting its head in the sand at the top

Reminder: 9 of the 10 hottest years on record occurred since the year 2000

By tigtog on 2012-02-03

And that’s just one of the datasets supporting the fact that the planet’s climate is warming. The Bad Astronomer provides a case study of the tactics of climate change denial: it’s a textbook case of denialist sleight of hand, of distraction, distortion, error, and misdirection.