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• Abbott-watch redux

  By tigtog on 2010-07-30 • ( 12 )

  I’m sick to the back teeth of the MSM coverage of this campaign descending into trivial gossip about Labor rifts and rivalries.

  I want to know what bloody Abbott is up to, and highlight just how awful its implications (no doubt) will be.

• Friday Hoyden: Jane Austen Fight Club

  By tigtog on 2010-07-30 • ( 6 )

  For those of you who haven’t already seen it.

• Friday Cheezburger

  By Mindy on 2010-07-30 • ( 2 )

  

  Today’s theme is Awkward. When you realise you forgot to put up the Cheezburger post yesterday. Sorry.

• Femmostroppo Reader – July 29, 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-07-30 • ( 4 )

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. What did I miss? Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments.

• Children are awesome

  By lauredhel on 2010-07-29 • ( 22 )

  My scooter stopped today, while I was out with the Lad. Just … stopped. No lights, no fuel indicator lights, no beepability, brakes locked on. “Bother”[1], thought I, “that’s going to be a right pain in the buttocks”. There were… Read More ›

• The data screams that the world is warming

  By tigtog on 2010-07-29 • ( 4 )

  Climate so-called skeptics need to properly engage with just how huge these mountains of data are. It simply is not possible for all these measurements to have been fudged by a cabal of scientists with some nebulous agenda.

• Tony Abbott – the man your PM should be (Old Spice) parody

  By Mindy on 2010-07-28 • ( 4 )

  If you haven’t seen the Old Spice ad that this is parodying spend some time here. Then watch this.

• Reading the policies: the Coalition’s parental leave consultation document

  By Mary on 2010-07-28 • ( 10 )

  My attitude to the vast bulk of elections, including the 2010 Federal election, is “I don’t like any of this, please get me out of here”. I usually intend to make an informed decision based on policies and then have… Read More ›

• Obligatory #FryOperaHouse report

  By tigtog on 2010-07-28 • ( 11 )

  Last night 2500 Sydneysiders provided the most charming theatrical moment I have ever been privileged to share as they gasped as one at the revelation that Stephen Fry was unaware of the existence, let alone the gustatory delights, of the noble Australian Tim-Tam

• Friendly Campaigning

  By tigtog on 2010-07-27 • ( 9 )

  In the “a picture says a thousand words” department, this photo was scanned from last week’s SMH:

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