13
May
One “soft Liberal” voter in his early 30s from Queanbeyan put it this way: “I guess I follow politics the way most people follow the weather. On any given day I’ll take a look to check that it is not ‘raining’ (that something big is not going on that I’d like to be, or should be, interested in).
05
May
This is your brain on finals, guys.
27
Apr
Operation Cuddly a success: RTÉ News’ webpage right now.
That teddy bear rose up through the ranks quickly.
03
Mar
(Source: kevin-pricee)
27
Feb
and one of the defining features of the process is the tension between the local and national levels in political parties. I found this gem of an example of a party’s national executive getting its way in a thesis written by James Murphy
On one occasion in 1977, a centrally favoured aspirant’s eligibility was challenged on the ground that she had been a member for five and a half months [and not the required six months], the national executive ruled that it was enough as it amounted to six lunar months.
07
Feb
Who let him near a TV studio wearing that?
06
Feb
Most of the smart people I know want nothing to do with politics. … We expect other people to do it for us, and grumble when they get it wrong. We feel that our responsibility stops at the ballot box, if we even get that far. After that we’re as laissez-faire as we can get away with. … What worries me is that while we’re laissez-ing, someone else is faire-ing.
30
Jan
“My local library branch started doing this “Blind Date with a Book” thing, thought you guys might like it. The shelf was full when we got there, but was like this as we were leaving. The books are wrapped in paper and have different designs on them, and then a few words vaguely describing the subject matter of the book. Things like “Drama”, “Plot Twists”, “espionage”, etc. The only thing exposed on the book is the barcode that you use to scan the book out. I thought it was a pretty cool idea.”
(Source: reddit.com)
26
Jan
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