I keep telling you guys - independent electoral commission. Seriously, try it. They balance the electoral districts, keep the rolls, count the votes, are beholden to neither side of politics, are funded partly by the federal gov (as public servants), partly by fee for service (for printing the ballots, running the…

Battlefield Earth. (It’s actually a good book, if you like over-the-top space opera, but most of the plot is completely unfilmable, and the rest is problematic.) I re-read it regularly, and almost pissed myself laughing at the movie.

I am so in two minds about this. Part of me says ‘well, he’s a brilliant character actor, maybe he could pull off the portrayal, regardless of the issues of colour and race’ and part of me says ‘HAHAHAHAHAHA NO F- OFF srsly this is so wrong why would you even think this was okay for half a second let alone actually do…

But he’s retired, and as far as i’ve heard, isn’t standing for office again. He’s not a politician (in which case, yes, this would be suspect because corruption, influence, campaign funding etc), he’s a private citizen, getting paid to provide something to people willing to pay for it. (And getting gypped, I might…

Rooo, I’m as white as the driven snow, Anglo-Saxon peasant ancestry back as far as records exist, and if I ever do anything to deserve the label ‘wypipo’, you are free to thump me upside my dumbass head. Holy shit these fucktards - I keep waiting for them to hit bottom, but nooooo, it’s Bret and Becky bitchin’ all the…

I think you can stream Foxtel now (presto is now gone). The best way is to only have one at a time - I watched Netflix for about nine months last year, ran out of stuff to watch, switched to Stan for about three months, had nothing for about four (watched all the shows that had been piling up on my recorder), then…

Not yet announced, but probably Foxtel.

I read a lot of golden age scifi, pulp magazines etc. Roughly 1930's to 1960's, occasionally newer stuff. I’m constantly coming across situations and statements that could be ripped from today’s headlines, or a snarky article on Jez. We ain’t come that far yet, kiddies.

From what I recall, even the most inbred human population known is pretty low on the scale used to measure these things. Ironically that’s why humans have such a ‘dirty’ gene pool and such a high rate of defects in even inbred children - inbreeding identifies and removes deleterious traits. (Biologically speaking.)

Trapped forever in a small room, filled with phones and tablets, all of which are constantly beeping with twitter alerts. The tweets are all by Obama, or about Obama, and how great and presidential he is. And not one device lets him post a reply. Ever. Not matter how hard he mashes the buttons with his tiny hands.

Aren’t the stars paid for? I mean, there isn’t an independent body awarding these things for merit, you just pony up the dough, justify it with a flimsy excuse and get a meaningless, ugly piece of concrete with your name on it?

And spiffy new brown uniforms, too?

OOoo, blindsight! Hated reading it, would love an adaptation of it.

There’s also that little frog - when food is short, it lays eggs, the tadpoles eat scum and tiny things and get fat, mummy frog eats tadpoles. Repeat until wet season. Self cannibalism as survival strategy!

Which is a reason to keep it away from children and young people. And maybe require some warning labels and health awareness campaigns. You know, just like alcohol?

Yup. My first thought was, and what percentage of those requests are asking for non existent evidence to support nutjob conspiracy theories, classified information on current operations (so risking people’s lives if released) or just outright time wasting bullshit? Like, half? Three-quarters? Refusing doesn’t mean…

You can take bc pills month round and never a period/withdrawal bleed. I take them because the steady hormones help my depression - taking a week off would defeat the purpose. I haven’t had more than a few days spotting in fifteen years.

Yaaass! She was the best in that Riddick sequel, which really wanted to be Dune.

Jumpsuit. Live by the orange, die by the orange.

Oh for fucks sake...