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• The FLDS polygamy and statutory rape farm

  By tigtog on 2008-04-21 • ( 10 )

  Haven’t blogged anything about this, so this is just a quick hit. There’s lots of blogging about this around. AP: Texas polygamist sect is accused of indoctrinating girls SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) — Girls in the west Texas polygamous sect… Read More ›

• 7 decades of McNasty McCain

  By tigtog on 2008-04-21 • ( 3 )

  I hadn’t realised until I read this article in the Washington Post that Senator McCain was given the McNasty nickname due to his aggressiveness as a schoolboy. The article details how his temper has manifested on many occasions since his… Read More ›

• Eccentric Eye on the World: Moustache and Beard Championship

  By tigtog on 2008-04-21 • ( 1 )

  Footage via Reuters, of men competing for the most “extravagant” look (no journalist commentary) at a competition organised by the Eastern Bavarian Beard and Moustache Club. Jury member Thomas Zauener explained that there were “different categories: natural beards, moustaches and… Read More ›

• Roundup: 2020 summit

  By tigtog on 2008-04-21 • ( 5 )

  There hasn’t been as much coverage of the summit around the blogs as I expected (not yet anyway). LP has had plenty of threads, of which I think the standout is this one. TimT suggests that the photo of Rudd… Read More ›

• Carnival of Radical Feminists

  By lauredhel on 2008-04-21

  The Thirteenth Carnival of Radical Feminists is now up at Shut Up, Sit Down.

• Quick summit observations

  By lauredhel on 2008-04-21 • ( 11 )

  Edit: My Blogging Against Disablism day contribution on this issue is now up here: “BADD: The radical notion that people with disabilities are people, and Australia’s 2020 Summit” ~~~ A couple of things I noticed about the Health section of… Read More ›

• Contraceptive implants for disabled Aboriginal 12-year-old girls

  By lauredhel on 2008-04-20 • ( 6 )

  Quick hit, because spoons are low, but I don’t see this being discussed anywhere: There are reports that 12-year-old girls with disabilities in rural/remote Aboriginal communities are having implants placed with questionable or non-existent consent procedures, and minimal discussion of… Read More ›

• APOD: Running Messier’s Marathon

  By tigtog on 2008-04-20 • ( 3 )

  When I retire I’m going to become an astronomy geek. Explanation for the photo below from APOD. Image Credit: Amir Hossein Abolfath

• The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD: La Bohème at Paddo’s Chauvel Cinema

  By tigtog on 2008-04-19 • ( 5 )

  Conductor Nicola Luisotti; Production Franco Zeffirelli; Angela Gheorghiu, Ainhoa Arteta, Ramón Vargas, Ludovic Tézier, Quinn Kelsey, Oren Gradus, Paul Plishka Despite our ill-health, mr tog and I managed to drag ourselves to pick up our tickets (booked weeks ago) and… Read More ›

• Apropros of a discussion taking place somewhere else entirely

  By tigtog on 2008-04-19 • ( 7 )

  Sorry. In-joke. Forget you saw anything, including the couple of revisions of this short post. Instead: what do you think of this list of 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches of All Time? (Via sweetmachine at Shapely Prose.)

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