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Feb

tagged: Categorical Imperative, England, featured, German philosopher, Immanuel Kant, Immanuel Kant's Categorical Imperative, Lara Bingle, London, Steve Martin, The Jerk, tweet, Tweet Law, Twitter, Twitter Law

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Time for a tweet law

Posted by Evan Williams in Entertainment, Humour, Technology

Everyone follows that one person who doesn’t think before they tweet. They choose to wear their keyboard on their sleeve and tell you about everything that happens in their life. Sometimes if you’re lucky though, they will stop short of alerting you that the sun rose today.
I won’t berate

Feb

tagged: civil rights, Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, gay marriage, Gay Rights, homophobia, Mardi Gras, Mardi Gras 2011, Peter Madden

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Peter Madden: “not a bigot” but…

Posted by Kate Fox in Politics, Religion, Sexuality

This week was the first I’d heard of Peter Madden, and now I wish I hadn’t.
Interviewed yesterday on the Kyle and Jackie O show (which probably says it all), Peter Madden ruined my otherwise delightful Wednesday morning with narrow-minded BS.
His short-sighted view on the Gay and

Dec

tagged: America, Australia, Bill Clinton, Cablegate, China, George Bush, George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, John Howard, Kevin Rudd, Lowy Institute, USA, Wikileaks

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Stuck in the Rudd: Australia’s sticky relationship with China & the US

Posted by Max Mason in Politics, World

During Hillary Clinton’s recent trip to Australia, the Secretary of States called for Australia to strengthen ties with the US, prioritising it over China. She warned of China’s unpredictable behaviour internationally in a way that has come off not only selfish and misguided, but also a bit insecure.
The last thing

Dec

tagged: Assange, Bill Clinton, Bob Crane, Cablegate, George Washington, JFK, Julian Assange, Mozart, News With Nipples, Wikileaks

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So Assange is a dick, so what?

Posted by Claire Connelly in Media, Politics, World

Ok I want to deviate for a moment from the “WikiLeaks is changing the world” stories that seem to be dominating the interwebs the past few days, and discuss the puritan aspect of how Assange’s arrest has been portrayed in the Mainstream Media (MSM).
I’ve been getting quite a lot of

Dec

tagged: Julian Assange, Julian Assange arrested, Wikileaks

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Julian Assange arrested: liveblog

Posted by Claire Connelly in Politics, Technology, World

Julian Assange has been arrested in Britain and is due to appear in court.
Follow the breaking news on the Assange arrest as it happens at Social Scapegoat.
7.39 am – BoingBoing is reporting that the New York Times may be under investigation for espionage (aka doing their job).
6.45 Assange’s lawyer confirms

Dec

tagged: boobs, breast cancer, breast cancer awareness, breasts, cancer, Jenene Freer, NZBCF, NZGirl, Tee Twyford, World News

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And on and on it goes

Posted by Boganette in Media, Sexuality, World

You need to watch this interview.
It’s of NZ Girl editor Tee Twyford justifying the “I’ve got a lovely pair” campaign. Watch right to the end. I do like the whole ‘I’ve got my head cut off’ line. sigh. And particular the noises from the camera guy. “Titties!”.
The reason why I

Dec

tagged: boobies, breast cancer, breast cancer awareness, breast cancer awareness month, breasts, cancer, I've got a lovely pair, I've got a nice pair, NZGirl

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Breast Cancer awareness – you’re doing it wrong

Posted by Boganette in Sexuality, World

It’s breast cancer awareness month again! You know what that means! It’s time to put photos of your breasts on a website. That way people can directly comment on your breasts. They can tweet them, or “like” them on Facebook or “favourite” them. Yay breast cancer awareness 4eva!
Ummmm what?
That’s correct,

Dec

tagged: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, Burmese Military, Capitalism, democracy, General Suharto, Indonesia, Maung Aye, miltary, Monarcy, Suharto, Sun Kyi, Than Shwe, World, World News

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Democracy’s dirty little secret: Why Burma won’t be free

Posted by Max Mason in Politics, World

Democracy. It’s this funny little concept where everybody gets a say in how and on who, runs the government. A little known dirty truth about democracy is its true intentions when brought into the Western world.
Democracy as we know it in modern society was actually the product of capitalism’s struggle

Dec

tagged: Big Brother, Deadliest Catch, featured, Ice Road Truckers, reality, reality television, reality tv, reality tv show, So You Think You Can Dance

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My Top Five Reality TV Show Pitches

Posted by Evan Williams in Entertainment, Media

With shows about driving trucks and fishing, it seems reality television has been moving ever closer to the utter mediocrity of reality. One rightly feels then that with this ridiculously low standard, any silly idea could find an audience and become the next reality TV hit. Thus, I have decided

Nov

tagged: John Brumby, Labor, Liberals, South Australia, Ted Baillieu, The Greens, Victorian Election

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A rather South Australian view on the Victorian Election

Posted by Chase Stevens in National, Politics

Do you not live in Victoria? Do you not pay attention to the news? Do you, in fact, live under a rock?
If you answered yes to some of these questions you may not be aware but Ted Baillieu has (some say surprisingly) won the recent Victorian Election ousting Former Premier