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• Valentine’s Day is for the menz!

  By Mindy on 2009-02-13 • ( 55 )

  Apparently, ladies, we are expecting far too much on Valentine’s Day and are just selfish, selfish, selfish! We should be, according to this little spiel, be secretly arranging for him to have the day off on Friday (and three of… Read More ›

• That Koala from the Fires – Video

  By lauredhel on 2009-02-13 • ( 4 )

  Via A.E.Brain, video of the rescue of that koala who was stuck, dehydrated and with burnt paws, after the Victoria bushfires. More here at the Herald, showing Sam’s journey on the mend. She now has another koala to cuddle. You… Read More ›

• Thursday Cheezburger

  By lauredhel on 2009-02-12 • ( 6 )

  more animals Runnerup: Results May Vary. Post your own favourite cheez o’ t’ week here, and wait for admin image magic to make it appear! Please post either the full embed code from ICHC type pages, or a link to… Read More ›

• “We Teach Boys”

  By lauredhel on 2009-02-12 • ( 44 )

  [From byronbache, via crazybrave] Rumour has it this was a real print ad.

• Happy Darwin Day!

  By tigtog on 2009-02-12 • ( 1 )

  Check out the official Darwin Day website for a list of events etc. In case you haven’t been paying attention, this year is the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth, and also marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of… Read More ›

• Quickhit: Internet censorship trials to go ahead

  By lauredhel on 2009-02-11 • ( 5 )

  The Federal Government’s mandatory internet filtering trials, which were scheduled to begin on Christmas Eve 2008, are now set to go ahead. Telstra, Optus, and Iinet, Australia’s three biggest ISPs, are not involved. Half of the ISPs that are involved… Read More ›

• Feeding a child? Call the police! …again.

  By lauredhel on 2009-02-11 • ( 28 )

  A woman in Asheville had the police called on her for breastfeeding. (Video news report at link). An Asheville woman says she was asked to cover up or leave a local Denny’s restaurant while breastfeeding her son, Sunday afternoon. Crystal… Read More ›

• ASCA child abuse “Wedding” ad followup: transcript of the “Life Matters” discussion

  By lauredhel on 2009-02-11 • ( 1 )

  With many thanks to Su, we now have a transcript of the ABC’s Life Matters show on the recently-launched ASCA child sexual abuse awareness advertisement campaign, as linked by Fine in comments on our post on the TV “Wedding” ad,… Read More ›

• “The Doctors” TV – Fair and Balanced on “The Alternative Birthing Debate”

  By lauredhel on 2009-02-11 • ( 21 )

  I just watched “The Doctors” on birthing. They called the show “The Alternative Birthing Debate”. I thought I’d live-semi-transcribe it for you. Some of this is quickly paraphrased, but the quoted material is not misquoted in ways (I hope) that… Read More ›

• This is the first of no doubt many occasions that I will utter my husband’s new perfect curse

  By tigtog on 2009-02-11 • ( 25 )

  THE doctor who sparked the scare over the safety of the MMR vaccine for children changed and misreported results in his research, creating the appearance of a possible link with autism, a Sunday Times investigation has found.

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