Delicious LiveJournal Links for 7-23-2010

[andrewducker]

• The Big Society exists, just not where the Tories want
  (tags: society politics uk)
• Lashings of Ginger Beer - The Queer Radical Feminist Burlesque Collective
  (tags: feminism lgbt burlesque)
• David Cameron's use of crime statistics is a "propaganda effort Joseph Goebbels would have been proud of"
  (tags: statistics uk crime police)
• PM unveils national service scheme for 16-year-olds. Voluntary. I bet he gets nobody.
  (tags: uk wtf politics)
• Advice to charge police officer over Ian Tomlinson death ignored
  (tags: g20 police corruption government uk)
• Joss Whedon Officially Directing the Avengers Movie
  (tags: movies joss_whedon marvel comics Avengers)
• New “Avatar” Series “The Legend of Korra” Premieres in 2011
  (tags: avatar tv anime)
• Super Heroes vs. the Westboro Baptist Church. I think the nerds win this one.
  (tags: comics funny religion activism epicwin usa superheroes)
• In a Crumbling Mansion, Creativity and History Meet
  (tags: history art usa)
• Scotland may take the lead on marriage equality
  (tags: religion marriage law scotland)
• Mythbusting Princess Leia’s Hair
  (tags: starwars hair)
• Renowned street artist Banksy tags Detroit, ignites controversy
  (tags: art banksy graffiti detroit usa)
• Everything you need to know about Progressive Rock
  (tags: funny music progressive rock)
• DC offered Alan Moore Watchmen back. He refused.
  (tags: alanmoore comics)
• Nearly 50% of PC video game purchases are done online
  (tags: games gaming business)
• How the police got away with murder over Ian Tomlinson's death.
  (tags: police uk EpicFail)
• Why it's never too late to be a lesbian
  (tags: gay interesting sex sexuality lesbian)
• Stonehenge twin discovered stone's throw away
  (tags: archeology uk)

Comments

[heron61.livejournal.com]

The Big Society exists, just not where the Tories want

I'm again struck by the fact that while your conservatives are clearly less insane than ours, but they are no less vile. That sort of libertarian/conservative PoV definitely an ideology that the planet and everyone on it would be better off without.

[spacelem.livejournal.com]

Scotland is pretty progressive with marriage. Jules and I were able to get married in a pagan ceremony - something not possible anywhere else in the UK, and only in very few other places in the world.

I'm glad to see it get progressiver.

[innerbrat]

OH YES BABY FEMALE AVATAR SING IT.

Best news in the world, seriously.

[andrewducker]

We're onto the last disk of season one at the moment, and looking forward to finishing it when Julie gets back from her conference. Season two is on its way to me from Amazon, hopefully arriving today.

[innerbrat]

I'm so glad that everyone's discovering the show. the travesty that is the MNS movie has had one good effect.

*shakes Iroh's butt at you some more*

[bracknellexile.livejournal.com]

Cracked seemed to have pretty much nailed Prog to a tee until they mentioned Rammstein, an industrial metal band with barely a song over 5 minutes* and always in 4/4. What on earth are they doing in that article?

Ah Cracked, you were doing so well at the "it's funny cos it's true" until you revealed that you actually have no idea what you're talking about and have almost certainly assembled the article from a mix of Wikipedia, stereotyping and Google image search rather than knowledge.

The one exception being Seeman which is just DULL!

[marrog.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it was an interesting mention, that - particularly given that the article seemed to have a tone of genuine fondness to it, making me think that whoever wrote it was a Prog fan, and yet a couple of the bands they cited were a bit 'what?'

'Tis strange. Good enough for a repost mind you as you'll have seen, heh.