Weekending

How does the world feel after ridding itself of irritable Cowell syndrome? What do you mean we don't get to fire him into space? Call this Christmas? Damn it all, let's do weekending then.

Blogs - random spots

• Pete Um, of course.
• Left of the Pleiades, nice.
• A softer world, good thoughts.
  

Blogs - Oz/NZ edition

• Kathleen Maltzahn is over in this bit of the world at the mo, but when she's down south she's a Green candidate in Richmond.
• Hoyden about town, down under feminist blogging.
  
• Ben Solah is a horror writer and socialist in Melbourne.
• Left Click is a Socialist Alliance supporting blog.
• Reading the Maps is a long running New Zealand lefty blog.
• The Red Wombat Hole is an excellent Oz socialist blog.
• Frog Blog is the (semi?) official blog of the New Zealand Greens.
• Capitalism bad: Tree pretty wins the prize for the best named Oz blog.
• Adelaide Green Porridge Cafe is, well, I think you can guess that one.
• And who would you put in the tenth spot?
  

Posts - no doom allowed

• Well, ok, a little doom then. Dave's Carnival of Socialism looks at Copenhagen.
• Talking of which John Prescott (yes, him) says climate change is not just about maths.
• Andrew Adams at Lib Con has a climate change primer.
• LFAT tells us who thinks climate change is like the holocaust.
  
• Ben Goldacre looks back at a vintage year of bad science.
• Charlotte Gore looks again at a famous scene from Star Wars.
• Darrell looks at why people are confused about the Lib Dem tuition fee policy.
  
• Chris Dillow thinks we're all anarchists now.
  
• Mark Steel tells an Irish anecdote.
  

Youtube - such a good song!