I’m pretty sure, as I’ve mentioned before, that I was the first to dub Queensland’s National Party leader the Borg when I was covering the Queensland state campaign for Crikey in 2006.
Now have a look at Laurence’s new website banner.
He’s stolen our bridge! Read more »
Johnny Vegas, sexist pig. There are plenty of blog reactions to this incident where he invited a young audience member on stage and sexually assaulted her, while no-one in the audience came to her aid (though many drew audible breath, or hissed, or booed, no-one came to help her). Read more »
Suggestion for eBay Australia: when sending unsolicited advertising emails trying to entice people to engage in further commerce with your site, here's an email heading you may wish in future to avoid:
Are you a sucker for a bargain, [jeremy'sebaylogin]? Read more »
Astute readers may have noticed that I’m taking a break from the computer screen while I recover from an eye infection, but I did get a chance to write this story for Crikey yesterday before I went off and bought an eyepatch - which is quite Borgian, when I think about it. Read more »
“Chuck Norris doesn’t endorse - he tells America how it’s going to be.”
(A tip of the Hat to Mr Eugenides) Read more »
… than violent representations of women being murdered after being forced to have sex. Read more »
Headdesk of the day: Poteez single-use disposable potties. Read more »
Talk about incongruent:
Interesting use of campaign dollars by the ALP, though, since I can't imagine many of Bolt's readers are in the "swinging voter" camp.
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