Icons, voting and a conductor caught in the act

[matgb]

• IM represents 'new linguistic renaissance' | The Register
  I still dislike using IM, but the snobs are wrong: far from ruining teenagers' ability to communicate, IM lets teenagers show off what they can do with language
  (tags: language linguistics)
• Science and SF articles needed
  For the science writers and reviewers out there, Nick Mamatas needs feature articles for his Clarkesworld magazine. He'll even pay you.
  (tags: writing nick+mamatas)
• La conductrice qui jouit
  Note to train drivers - if you're going to have a wank after making an announcement to the whole train, turn off the intercom first? (from Popbitch, natch)
  (tags: humour masturbation)
• Girly B Icons - Various Academia Quotes
  There are some rather good ones in this set, haven't figured out what to yoink yet but will definitely grab something
  (tags: icons livejournal)
• Who to vote for - The Public Whip
  Not a bad little tool, biased against the Govt but not horribly so, picks 14 issues of the last few years and you get to compare your opinion to the party voting record, includes stuff like the smoking ban and fox hunting, not all dry stuff
  (tags: politics predictions public+whip)
• redscharlach: Blackadder II mini-icons: Two spikes would be an extravagance
  These are brilliant
  (tags: blackadder livejournal icons)
• Liberal Conspiracy » Forza, Viola
  Jarndyce is spot on with this one: The notion that sport and politics should never mix is a curious, and also deeply political, one. Sport, after all, is just the waging of international politics by other means
  (tags: sports politics)

Comments

[doccy.livejournal.com]

Huh. So, other than the Nuclear thing and the smoking in public places thing, I'm Lib Dem. As opposed to what I always thought I was, which was "Uhm... Kinda Conservative? Bit Labour, bit of everything except the scary loons. Still missing the Monster Raving Loony Party".

[matgb]

Yeah, um, the two things I disagreed with? Those two. There might've been a third actually. The biggest problem the Lib Dems have got is actually letting people know what they believe in in a way that makes sense. I know, and I still disagree with stuff, but they're moving closer and closer to me all the time.

Besides, you're in Cornwall, what else were you going to be...

(worth noting it's biased as it's on voting record—UK parlt works on Govt proposing, and mostly everyone else opposing, so Lib Dems tend to oppose except on the self evidently good ideas (and the party activist base is more split on the smoking ban than the MPs were from what I've figured).