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While the ALP and LNP squabble over the Independents, the media misses the real story . . .
The Greens achieved some astonishing results in the federal election. Below are just a few;
* Over 1.7 million people voted 1 for the Greens in the Senate
* Over 1.5 million people voted 1 for the Greens in the House of Representatives
* The largest vote swing in this election was to the Greens - 3.7% nationally. This was much larger than ( Read more... ) -
Yesterday never seemed so far away . . .
I had been planning on writing about the first 24 hours following Monday morning's excitement, as well as 'lessons learned', which I will get to in a minute, but I want to get this down in writing before I forget it all.
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Australian woman spends a week wedged between toilet and door
Okay, so Ipswich is part of Brisbane in the same way that Ridgewood, NJ is part of NYC -- actually, Ridgewood is closer to NYC than Ipswich is to Brisbane (what the fuck people? How long does it really take to do 12 seconds of research? Ipswich isn't even part of the BCC!). But besides that niggling bit of inaccuracy, it's a fairly amusing story. ( Read more... ) -
So what DOES a person do with excess pound cake?
2 8-inch round pans full of useless pound cake. 2 bloody pans of utterly useless pound cake.
Actually, that's not true. 1 8-inch round pan and a half-dozen tiny circles and two containers of crumbs of useless pound cake.
I have this problem -- I can't waste food. I'd rather eat it, even if I don't like it and I'm full, than see it being thrown ( Read more... ) -
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I can, on occasion, be a teeny bit cynical and sarcastic. This cynicism and sarcasm is largely dedicated to stupid rules and mindless procedure at work and other such silliness, but (always the egalitarian) I make sure that I myself don't miss out on the love. I fear that too much of this makes me the 'boy who cried wolf' (or 'the girl who cried "I ( Read more... ) -
Fat discrimination . . . kind of the same thing as being a racist?
I'm not really sure. But despite the yammering on afterwards about how the ad was 'too shocking' for the real message to go through, I'm still thinking about it. I'm not sure if I buy the actual premise, since there's a big difference between being black/gay/jewish* and being fat. At the same time, the notion that it's not my place to make fun of ( Read more... ) -
In a galaxy far far away, where people are actually human . . .
Much like the British, Australians have a habit of pessimism; we're always quick to blame ourselves. No matter what side of the political spectrum you're from, if you're Australian you're probably quite sure that Australia is going downhill. Each study that finds Australia at the bottom of the heap in whatever topic (fattest country, worst species ( Read more... )
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