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• Refusing to be ashamed

  By tigtog on 2008-01-14 • ( 8 )

  Audrey Apple, in her non-alliterative RL persona, has written an online column for Adelaide’s Sunday Mail where she freely discusses her experience of two abortions as simple relief, and that she refuses to be shamed for not feeling guilt or… Read More ›

• Bernadette McMenamin trolling The Australian on internet filtering?

  By lauredhel on 2008-01-13 • ( 2 )

  Did you catch the article “Filters needed to battle child porn”, by Bernadette McMenamin of Child Wise? The one in which she wrote stuff like this: It is beyond belief that some representatives of the Australian internet service provider industry… Read More ›

• Lib wannabe busted: snaps open woman’s bra-strap in “party trick” in chambers

  By lauredhel on 2008-01-13

  Troy Buswell wanted to be the leader of the Western Australian Liberal Party. Now, his “dream is in tatters”, according to a news.com.au report. Buswell has been dinged for snapping open the bra strap of a Labor Party staffer, in… Read More ›

• But if we value it, we actually would transform what it’s like to age

  By tigtog on 2008-01-13 • ( 8 )

  Why is the number of medical specialist geriatricians in the USA declining so sharply at a time when the population is aging so rapidly?((And is the same thing happening here in Australia, and elsewhere in the affluent West?~tigtog)) Below is… Read More ›

• Emotional Manipulation

  By tigtog on 2008-01-12 • ( 7 )

  Source: Tom Toles in the Washington Post

• Free Lizard Cunnilingus for All Female Backpackers!

  By lauredhel on 2008-01-12 • ( 2 )

  Courtesy of The Worst Of Perth blog, which today warns us to beware of amateur signwriters:

• Just for Kate: Macquarie Word of the Year vote

  By lauredhel on 2008-01-12 • ( 2 )

  [image source] The Macquarie Dictionary is running their Word Of The Year 2007 vote. Thought it really should be called “Word Or Phrase Of The Year 2007”. Not all of these originate in Australia, of course, but they were all… Read More ›

• Friday Fun: Hoyden in Wonderland?

  By lauredhel on 2008-01-11 • ( 2 )

  Har. Which Alice in Wonderland character are YOU?created with QuizFarm.com You scored as Cheshire Cat You scored the Cheshire Cat! You are quite a cheerful sort although you can be very cheeky to others. You like to stir up trouble… Read More ›

• Universal Smartarses Cooperative

  By tigtog on 2008-01-11

  Just a bit of fun, yer ‘onor. Every now and then I feel the urge to “play the Troll card” or “play the Bored card” on certain discussion threads i.e. point out that another commentor has grown tedious in one… Read More ›

• Two cubic metres down and counting

  By tigtog on 2008-01-11 • ( 3 )

  That’s how much unneeded clutter was hauled away from my driveway this morning, courtesy of my council’s Free Booked Waste Collection. How much do I love not having to pay for a skip and then have the stress of filling… Read More ›

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