Flu Fridays: Looking back at the 1918 flu pandemic

It’s Flu Friday , and today we’re going to do a little time travel. Ninety-four years ago this week, in March of 1918, more than 100 cases o...

A Small Post About Nothing

Because having caught up with the email alerts for the last two weeks, (100s of stories) there is nothing you haven't heard before and n...

Tips for creating a useful first-aid kit

Do you have a first-aid kit at home? If so, when’s the last time you checked on the contents and made sure you have what you need? If you’re...

John Pilger Gives Feminism and Julia Gillard a Kick Up the Arse

Quite a bit of dissent in the comments, which I don't really know what to make of. Are they seeing things as only black and white with n...

How the Surging Popularity of 'Himalayan Viagra' Is Causing Murder and Violence in Nepal

I read two pages of this 'different culture' story last night, I'm off to read the other four now. And if like me, you do a seco...

The Religious-conservative Insanity of the American Right

Enjoy your trip sister mine, to Ida-fuckin-ho of all places. The poor dear is labouring under the misapprehension that America is a modern i...

Dennis Kucinich And “Wackiness”

I've come full circle on Dennis Kucinich since I started blogging, he's an OK guy for a Pol. This is a big article, primarily of int...

Rule Britannica Gone!

I had an alert for this story from a source other than the two below. But having had a look round I have settled for these two separate offe...

Lyme Disease Awareness Contests

May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month and Maine CDC is offering a series of events with a focus on prevention. This year’s theme is “Know tick...