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• Catholic Church says “Thalidomide-analogue cancer trial? No contraceptive advice for you!”

  By lauredhel on 2011-06-06 • ( 16 )

  Cancer doctors are on a collision course with a Catholic health organisation over new religion-based rules which prohibit them recommending contraception to patients taking a drug derived from thalidomide, which can cause severe birth defects.

• Noms Thread: Winter Warmers

  By tigtog on 2011-06-05 • ( 25 )

  

  I’ve been cooking a lot of soups and stews lately, plus even more roasts than usual. What’s everybody else found specially nommish while it’s cold?

  If you’ve already blogged some recipes, please do link!

• What happens when the unscrupulous tell lies about scientists?

  By tigtog on 2011-06-04 • ( 6 )

  Scientists get death threats, that what happens.

• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2011-06-04 • ( 40 )

  This dear little otter was snapped four days ago by VIDYO in Sparrowpit, England. And today’s otterday comes with a BONUS meerkat stack!

  Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires.

• Why is it always

  By tigtog on 2011-06-03 • ( 1 )

  … contrarians who can’t be arsed to set up their own free blog who whinge about being “silenced” when they’re not allowed to dominate comment threads on other people’s blogs?

• Robbie Williams, Professor of Manology at Science University

  By tigtog on 2011-06-03 • ( 7 )

  In which Robbie Williams reminds us that it’s not feminists who think that all men are garbage:

• Thursday Cheezburger – Sneeze and snuffle

  By Mindy on 2011-06-02 • ( 5 )

  

  Today’s theme is sneeze and snuffle. Because it’s all about me.

• Today in kiltblogging

  By tigtog on 2011-06-02 • ( 2 )

  

  How on earth has Kilt Roulette been on the internet for nearly 18 months and I haven’t seen it until today? I am most severely displeased, minions!

• So what else happened in Parliament yesterday?

  By tigtog on 2011-06-02 • ( 1 )

  The media’s way too excited about the ‘meow’ incident to tell us, so Grog’s Gamut gave a summary of the day’s proceedings. Barnaby Joyce put in his regular carrying on like a pork chop time in the Senate Estimates Committee. And did you notice that despite the drop in GDP, the Terms of Trade figures are looking really good?

• Today in sexism

  By hatbluemilk on 2011-06-02 • ( 14 )

  Finance Minister Senator Penny Wong gets called ‘catty’ in Parliament by Coalition member, Senator David Bushby and addresses it head on. See the video here.

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