It’s that time of the year again. Today is the anniversary of the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima, and in 3 days time it is the anniversary of the bomb dropped on Nagasaki. Hiroshima at 8.14, August 6th, 1945 Later… Read More ›
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Sadly, because the French did this, the Bushites probably won’t on principle
This is a sidebar from an article published in 2002 about emergency contraception (EC), sometimes called “the morning-after pill” or “Plan B” and the debate then occurring in the USA about making it an over-the-counter medication rather than one available… Read More ›
Weekend flashback – more scifi but sadly no boots
The sculpted plastic posing pouch makes up for the lack of boots though, I think. And doesn’t that yoga-toned Sting look fine? I thought there would be gazillions of shots of this to choose from on the web, but no…. Read More ›
My new project – post the first
No, I’m not opening my own little shop full of simply just gorgeous things. I’ve long been envious of Lucy Tartan’s ongoing blog-project, where she photographs the outdoor sculptures of Melbourne and discourses critically thereupon. I thought “now, there’s a… Read More ›
The bad news is
The Martians have landed and want to rule over us all. The good news is:They eat rapists, and piss a non-polluting petrol substitute. OK, Class: discuss. (With apologies to comedian Utah Phillips)
“Pro-Life” Prioritisation
At the level of Bush and the head honchos of the American Religious Right, anyway. From I Drew This, dated Aug 1st: Hat-tip to Paul the Spud at Shakespeare’s Sister.
Caught my attention this week
Shakespeare’s Sister‘s Shakes’ Sis: “if the Almighty had a problem with women getting their tits out in public, then he would have put our nipples on our thumbs.”(Reminds me of another recent breastfeeding foofaraw) Cross-dressing NZ lawyer Rob Moodie: “The… Read More ›
When you put your trust in the sword, you lose the cross
As an antidote to the bile of Michelle Malkin (see post below) it was nice to come across this story courtesy of Michael Weholt in comments over at Making Light (quoted below in full). Despite Malkin’s pseudo-Christianity and bigotry, one… Read More ›
Malkin loves the coy
The repellent hate-screeder Michelle Malkin, who doesn’t allow comments to her blog posts (thus it’s not really a blog, IMO, just a brave-brave-Sir-Robin website) has a habit of putting up posts with ambivalent titles, popping in a few blockquotes or… Read More ›
Weekend flashback: more scifi shockers
It took some doing to try and come up with a more ridiculous scifi costume than last week’s effort, but then I had the inevitable eventual “oh yeah, Barbarella!” moment. The young Jane Fonda of course has an unfair advantage… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 