http://flamingodancer.vox.com/library/posts/tags/politics/page/1/ If I am a Goddess why are my feet stuck in the trenches? en Vox Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:59:57 +1000 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss politics http://flamingodancer.vox.com/library/post/riddle-me-this.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Flamingo Dancer) http://flamingodancer.vox.com/library/post/riddle-me-this.html?_c=feed-rss http://flamingodancer.vox.com/library/post/riddle-me-this.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:59:57 +1000 Ok I admit, conscious today so watching cable news - bad move. When we call for more drilling, nuclear power, more hydro power, more coal mines, we are of course assuming that none of it will be in our back yard aren't we? 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Our former foreign minister Alexander Downer is resigning from parliament and is taking a part-time job with the UN. The man was part of a government that tried to reintroduce the white Aust... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://flamingodancer.vox.com/library/post/i-am-going-to-run-to-you.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398d088dc000300fae8c7cace000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> politics australia un downer http://flamingodancer.vox.com/library/post/why-is-it-a-bad-thing.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Flamingo Dancer) http://flamingodancer.vox.com/library/post/why-is-it-a-bad-thing.html?_c=feed-rss http://flamingodancer.vox.com/library/post/why-is-it-a-bad-thing.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:55:07 +1000 I don't understand, why is it a "bad thing" that Obama has declined public money for his campaign? To me, an outsider, I would have thought that was a good thing - more money for things like health and education rather than making advertising com... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://flamingodancer.vox.com/library/post/why-is-it-a-bad-thing.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398d088dc000300fa968092000003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> politics opinion obama http://flamingodancer.vox.com/library/post/leading-lady-to-a-nation---or-hillary-wasnt-the-first.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Flamingo Dancer) http://flamingodancer.vox.com/library/post/leading-lady-to-a-nation---or-hillary-wasnt-the-first.html?_c=feed-rss http://flamingodancer.vox.com/library/post/leading-lady-to-a-nation---or-hillary-wasnt-the-first.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:17:30 +1000 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://flamingodancer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398d088dc000300fad69145a40004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00e398d088dc000300fad69145a40004-50si" alt="Enid Lyons by Anne Henderson ISBN: 978-0-9802924-9-7 | RRP $29.95AUS | June 2008" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> First woman to be elected to the Commonwealth Parliament Enid Muriel Lyons (nee Burnell) was born in the far north-west of Tasmania at Duck River (now Smithton). In 1915 at the age of seventeen she married Joseph Lyons, the then Minister for E... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://flamingodancer.vox.com/library/post/leading-lady-to-a-nation---or-hillary-wasnt-the-first.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398d088dc000300fa967ed4900003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> biography politics australia enid lyons anne henderson http://flamingodancer.vox.com/library/post/the-day-i-agreed-with-jerry-springer-and-lived-to-tell-the-tale.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Flamingo Dancer) http://flamingodancer.vox.com/library/post/the-day-i-agreed-with-jerry-springer-and-lived-to-tell-the-tale.html?_c=feed-rss http://flamingodancer.vox.com/library/post/the-day-i-agreed-with-jerry-springer-and-lived-to-tell-the-tale.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:44:12 +1000 I know that Sean Hannity is a very conservative, conservative but lately he has been sounding hysterical. 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That’s how one survivor described the sight of over 300 bodies of fathers, mothers, and children, scattered over kilometres of ocean when the sun came up on October 20th 2001. These people, mostly refugees from Saddam Hu... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://flamingodancer.vox.com/library/post/shame-john-howard-shame.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398d088dc000300e398f8c9820004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> politics memorial refugees canberra siev x http://flamingodancer.vox.com/library/post/let-them-cook-their-own-cupcakes.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Flamingo Dancer) http://flamingodancer.vox.com/library/post/let-them-cook-their-own-cupcakes.html?_c=feed-rss http://flamingodancer.vox.com/library/post/let-them-cook-their-own-cupcakes.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 05 May 2008 20:12:53 +1000 The movie marathon continued today and we finished with License to Wed with Robin Williams/Mandy More. Laughter, happy ending so it met the criteria. I did notice though that her career was being a florist. Of course it was her own business, mode... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://flamingodancer.vox.com/library/post/let-them-cook-their-own-cupcakes.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398d088dc000300e398f6a8b70005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> women rant gender culture politics movies opinion