I’ve blogged on the “partnership” between the International Breastmilk Project and for-profit human-milk-mining pharmaceutical company Prolacta before. To catch up: Feed the wo-orld”¦ one baby, anyhow. Salon’s “Milk Money”: media scrutiny of the IBMP-Prolacta partnership Milking it in California and… Read More ›
culture wars
Broadly, conservatism vs progressives / social liberties vs authoritarianism / social justice vs elitist marginalisation.
Predatory corporate capitalism
This is the phrase Robert Jensen (UT Austin) uses to describe our current economic system as not only unsustainable, but inhuman and undemocratic, in Anti-Capitalism in Five Minutes. His goal is to outline to progressives how to discuss radical politics… Read More ›
Well done, Virgil
Chris Henning wrote a humorous piece last week speculating on Wikipedia edit wars between the staff of John Howard and Peter Costello. This week we find that parliamentary staff from the PM’s Department actually have been editing articles of interest… Read More ›
The consideration of active consent and decriminalisation
Two Victorian stories: Rape laws strengthened. VICTORIA’s rape laws will be strengthened to ensure defendants cannot avoid being found guilty by arguing they had not considered whether a victim had consented to sex. Attorney-General Rob Hulls said several new changes… Read More ›
Another Mike Adams column, another day where the rest of the world wonders WTF he’s smoking
Mike Adams is a professional American conservative – he writes columns on Townhall.com and writes books about being oh so lonely as a conservative college professor fighting the Evil Liberal Agenda (TM). I have regularly read his name mentioned in… Read More ›
PM admits to being warned against inappropriate behaviour
The Poison Dwarf, Glen Milne, has unleashed a story that’s been sat on since 2003 about Kevin Rudd attending a strip club in New York while drunk, at the invitation of a New York Post journalist. It’s obviously an attempt… Read More ›
Butbutbutbut the US is the world, isn’t it?
This is the gist of a recent formulaic dummy spit from global warming skeptic Michael Duffy, arguing that a minor shift in US figures after re-analysis somehow implies something crucial about global changes which were measured differently. Penguin Unearthed dissects… Read More ›
Feminism Friday (belated): Disruptive Posters Index
I’ve noticed lately on my favourite feminist blogs that several thread hijackers are using a relatively new technique. Because most if not all femiblogs (on platforms which allow it) have enabled the option to always moderate first-time posters, these people’s… Read More ›
Boffins wa-hey!
So what is the difference between a Boffin and a Wonk? Is it merely that “wonk” is a USAnism and “boffin” is a Britishism? Or is it to do with scholarly rigor – wonks are fascinated but waffle (or at… Read More ›
A snag in the plan
There’s a snag in the plan. Who knew? ABC News reports: Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Mal Brough has confirmed that the new Northern Territory intervention legislation will have to be amended. He says under the legislation the Commonwealth will take… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 