I used to lurk on an etiquette website, E-hell.

Ah, Palm Beach, Florida. A sunny place for shady people.

If they are acting like Neville Chamberlain, they’ll be talking peace but preparing for war. What Chamberlain was trying to do was buy time for Britain to build up its armed forces.

An analysis of a speech by then Australian Prime Minister John Howard at the Reconiliation Convention, 1997

Nice victim blaming.

That’s because it’s not a rational reaction. It’s a way of avoiding pain.

I would have thought it far too obvious to be state that it’s a human rights matter, but that Pew survey showed me different. 

this is my complete lack of surprise

Churches claim moral superiority.

Was rather hoping it was a soap opera about chicken sexing, rather than chicken sex. 

Meanwhile, in Australia....

I have never seen anybody so thoroughly damned by such faint praise.

Two depressing reasons for this and Pope Francis’ announcement of support for the NBA players - these two pieces of news from the Land Down Under:

His aunts diagnosis of his emotional age as 3 years old is proving more and more accurate as time goes on.

preach it, little doggy!