Greetings, folks! [A transcript of president-elect Barack Obama’s acceptance speech at Grant Park is here.] Earlier today, we had a liveblog/chat during the US election result counting. I’ve cleaned it up and trimmed it a lot (trying to maintain the… Read More ›
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Where would your eight homes be?
Saw this meme over at Cara’s and as she doesn’t tag people, I’m just taking it. For those who have not been paying obsessive attention to the US election details, it’s a reference to how many homes the McCains own… Read More ›
Election Watch: only two weeks to go for the presidential poll!
Photo of the Week: the McCain funnyface. Video of the Week: Palin on Saturday Night Live. Canadian election: Stephen Harper is PM again New Zealand election: still got 2 and a half weeks of campaigning to go, with their polling… Read More ›
Linkfest: from steampunk to flamingos
Check out Sophie’s Steampunk Suffragette costume, now at the Hoydens About! flickr pool. She wore this for the Wasteland Steampunk convention. ~~~~ I’ve a guest post up at Shakesville, reprising the Monica Dux saga and responding to her article which… Read More ›
John McCain: Sarah Palin a direct counterpoint to feminism
OK, so can we stop talking about how feminism and feminists should rally behind Sarah Palin now? John McCain, answering “Hasn’t Governor Palin become a drag on your ticket?”: “As a cold, political calculation, I could not be more pleased…. Read More ›
As the US election campaign descends farther and farther into black farce
Jesus’ General makes the appropriate accompanying video: Passionately Credulous Bigots For McCain (We’ll Believe Anything) So, is anything marginally more sensible happening in the election campaigns in NZ or Canada?
Lazyblogging Replay: “Yes We Can” vs “Ten Thousand Years”
We’re getting a lot of googlers popping by after searching variations on mccain obama compare and contrast I just rewatched the two videos on the original “Obama and McCain: Compare and Contrast” post, and they’re as relevant now as they… Read More ›
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Feminism Friday and the twisted talking point de jour
And that talking point is: “If you truly support ALL women’s rights then you will get behind Sarah Palin and fight for her.” The news that a group of veteran feminist organisations have endorsed the Obama/Biden ticket (many of the… Read More ›
Families, politicians and stupid rumours
I was very unimpressed with some rumours I read within hours of the announcement that Sarah Palin was running for VP on the McCain ticket: to whit, rumours that infant Trig was in fact not her son but was instead… Read More ›
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