Apparently, when some people in the USA wave this foreign flag it’s a bad bad thing: But nobody gets upset when some people in the USA wave this foreign flag every single year: Apparently, ancestors from some countries are better… Read More ›
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*swoon* Clive Owen in tights, oh my
Elizabeth: The Golden Age “begins filming in April 2006 in the UK” apparently. I hope it lives up to the first film, which is an all-time fave of mine despite the glaring historical inaccuracies (does anyone know of a site… Read More ›
single occupancy cell…natural light….access to group areas
That could mean Hicks is in cells like this with other inmates nearby that he can talk to: And that he gets his 30 minutes daily exercise like this with other inmates nearby that he can talk to: Those are… Read More ›
Would you buy a used headline from this woman?
You just know there’s dwarves buried under her patio, don’t you? What was the wardrobe department at Ten thinking? Watch out for warty old ladies with apples, Sandra. And in my defence, I was only watching Ten because Ross Noble… Read More ›
Hicks, Dreyfus, Kafka?
I was listening to an interesting radio program (RN’s Law Report) which had some discussion of comparisons between the Guantanomo detainees appearances before the military tribunal and the celebrated Dreyfus Affair. This is a controversial comparison because we now know… Read More ›
Little kids rock
Seen while driving home from dropping off the togster to his school band practise: an adorably dressed preschool girl holding her nana’s hand while waiting at the pedestrian crossing signals. She couldn’t just stand there, so she was jumping and… Read More ›
Mad scientist at work
Well, that’s what the SMH article’s accompanying picture would have you believe just by looking. I’m sure this nice boffin in the white coat doesn’t always look like he’s wondering about photographers a la fava beans and a nice chianti…. Read More ›
Damn, should have taken the kids to the beach yesterday
Not to swim, though. Just to look at the big, huge swell that came around Sydney beaches due to a concentrated low pressure zone further south. And at the mad bastards out riding it. SMH Photo: Dallas Kilponen A photo… Read More ›
Defiance, horror stories and rape report rates
Despite the immense wave of public admiration for Tegan Wagner’s decision to allow her name to be used in the reportage of the trial of her gang rapists, and her widely reported defiance toward them in court, it has to… Read More ›
Pollie childcare, Family Benefit B reform, and emergency contraception
Two Australian stories this week indicate some shifts in political thinking about balancing career and family life: Care for federal MPs’ babies at last POLITICIANS have finally won their campaign to have a childcare centre in Parliament House, just as… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 