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Why can't MEPs discuss Strasbourg?
What's that expression? Oh yes. Hat tip to Open Europe for pointing out this article in "The Parliament" magazine... http://www.theparliament.com/latestnews/news-article/newsart icle/eu-parliament-discriminating-against-anti-strasbourg-me ps/ A poster promoting debate on the......Read More

Posted on: 2008-11-01 14:57:38 | Rating:

| Views: 108 | Comments: 0 | Tags: EU Europe European Parliament Strasbourg oneseat.eu Brussels MEP

Christian words, unbelievably crass advertising
I'm not usually easily offended by advertising. For this, I'm making an exception. Head and Shoulders, which I think is the number 1 shampoo brand worldwide, not just in the UK, is running an advertising campaign in the UK the jist of which is that we all commit sins against our hair and......Read More

Posted on: 2008-11-03 11:37:44 | Rating:

| Views: 205 | Comments: 1 | Tags: advertising complaint ASA christian christianity head and shoulders shampoo damage rescue religion faith trivial offensive

In for a duck
First words from my 1-year old: to date we have mama, dada, uma (grandma), gaga (grandpa), car, cup, get (for anything that's out of reach), get-get (for something he's just been handed that he'd wanted) and the favourite... duck. Everything that goes in the bath is duck. Every toy......Read More

Posted on: 2008-11-03 12:56:55 | Rating:

| Views: 132 | Comments: 1 | Tags: family life children kids child development first words duck

UKIP offended...
... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7706857.stm ...Read More

Posted on: 2008-11-03 15:17:56 | Rating:

| Views: 100 | Comments: 3 | Tags: EU Europe politics elections

British teeth, American teeth
Perfect white teeth... standing straight, dazzling gleam. That's what I thought I'd have by now. But no. I've inherited the sort of teeth that would make it into the Simpsons' "Bumper Book of British Teeth". I spent my teens undergoing some fairly extreme......Read More

Posted on: 2008-11-03 16:31:48 | Rating:

| Views: 274 | Comments: 1 | Tags: teetch dentist dentistry veneers crowns braces orthodontics

Race is won, now let's cure misogyny...
So Obama is President and, all's right with the world, right? It would certainly be naive to think that just because Obama has made it as first black President that all America's issues on race have been sorted. But it is symbolic, and sends a message that America is taking at least a......Read More

Posted on: 2008-11-05 18:08:13 | Rating:

| Views: 200 | Comments: 1 | Tags: policy politics USA Obama Palin Clinton Hillary misogyny women race 2012 feminism

Yet another way to damage your children
So there's yet another story in the press about how normal everyday life is damaging children. I'm getting really fed up with it. I'm trying to do everything I can to raise my son to be a happy, healthy, well-rounded human being. But I just can't. We chose our baby buggy......Read More

Posted on: 2008-11-23 06:08:22 | Rating:

| Views: 153 | Comments: 1 | Tags: family life baby buggy pushchair rear facing forward facing stress parenting parents kids University of Dundee damage

Shampoo washes away sin - it's official
I had a reply from the Advertising Standards Authority. If I've read it right, it's ok to trivialise the basis of faith as long as it's not outright derogatory. And I'd've had more of a case if I'd complained that the Head and Shoulders advert was offensive to all religions. This was......Read More

Posted on: 2008-11-24 17:30:19 | Rating:

| Views: 229 | Comments: 4 | Tags: shampoo soap advertising standards Heads and Shoulders sin salvation saviour faith religion Christianity sin

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