Attacking soldiers on the eve of Remembrance Day – Really?

Demonstrating against something you find wrong is to be encouraged. However attacking folk with eggs is not, especially when those folk are not free to protect themselves.
Okay the police intervened eventually, but the attackers had to know that the soldiers they targeted would not defend themselves initially. What do you call folk who attack people [...]

Wowser – a great word that will apply to all of us some of the time and some of us all of the time

Came across the magnificent word “wowser” today.
It’s Australian in origin and means:
“An ineffably pious person who mistakes this world for a penitentiary and himself for a warder” CJ Dennis

Women’s Soccer hoo-ha – bad game management all around and a chance for the media to get all self righteous

A certain video tape has been doing the rounds lately highlighting the behaviour of a Lobos player.

There is no doubt that her actions were outwith the laws of the game and should have been dealt with by the officials in accordance with the laws. But and it is a large but, [...]