The Blood is The Life 22-03-2012
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012 09:00 am- Cardiac specialists wondering if the religious might give them a little credit for Muamba survival
"With headlines proclaiming that the prayers of a nation have helped Muamba back from the brink, experts have described this assertion as ‘fucking nonsense’. “What saved his life is the years of dedication to scientifically proven treatments from a range of medical professionals you can actually see.” “If you want to credit God with anything, why not blame God for giving him the heart attack in the first place?”"
- Anti-Street-Harrassment video and commentary thereon.
"If you’re a man, you have so much more clout with a male harasser because you’re not a fuck-object in their eyes. Speak up. It will make a difference."
- Pictures of the cast announced for Prometheus
On the one hand, two women, one man. On the other hand, the man is Michael Wifebeater, whose sexism is so extreme, couched in violent language, and offensive that it made the normally quite robustly sexist Top Gear totally unwatchable for me the other week.
- My MEP does something to be proud of.
- The best Englishman, Irishman, Scotsman joke I have ever seen
... even though it slightly bothers me that the Englishman is always a posh southerner, and that they are all always men.
- Excerpt of Let’s Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir — TheBloggess.com
The article starts off pretty dull, but is fun when it gets to talking about penises.
- Housing on the minimum wage: how many hours would you have to work? | News | guardian.co.uk
And do remember, this is just the rent on a one bedroom flat, not the council tax or utilities or (heaven forfend) buy food...
- BBC News - Labour complain about Boris Johnson Twitter 'swap'
- TRK - Lighten Up
Oh THIS. So much, this.
- TRK - Vagina Invalidation Argument
Two posts from the same blog in the same linkspam? Yup, I was that impressed by her.
- BBC News - Researchers solve Darwin's copycat evolution puzzle
YAY Skience!



