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Blogger’s Handbags at Dawn: The *More Popcorn* Sagas.

September 5, 2011
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One of the defining features of the comments section of political blogs is the propensity for reasoned debate to slide into hysterical abuse. Frequently the comments can be better than the original blog posts as commentators relieve their frustration that other commentators hold views equally as virulent as their own, just as entrenched, and flatly [...]

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Anna Raccoon the Mug

August 27, 2011
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Would anyone like to buy an Anna Raccoon mug to support the site? There’s a bit of a story here – the first experiment in an idle moment was with a mug using the slogan “Phil Woolarse MP”, after an article published here late last year. [Update: I have been summarily corrected in the comments, [...]

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Granny became a Shooting Star

August 24, 2011
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I’d have expected the inescapable Damian Thomson, who runs the Daily Telegraph blog operation (three million page impressions in a week, natch), and Tweets as HolySmoke, to have picked this up, but if he did I can’t find it. A US company – also Holy Smoke, with attached slogan “Celebrate Your Life” – is offering [...]

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Credo: contra contemtio

August 24, 2011
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This week, there was a bit of a Twitterstorm when Twitter user Lord Credo, who posed as a spin doctor for the Conservative Party was revealed to be something of a charlatan. Now, it’s not exactly unusual for people to have an online persona, but it’s very rare for people to maintain the persona when [...]

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Anna Raccoon on a Smartphone (Update Sat)

August 20, 2011
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[Update Sat 11.45 am. I've installed the Mobile Theme, so readers on Smartphones, Mobiles and perhaps iPads should see the changes. There's still a lot of configuration (aka buggering about) to do, so there will be adjustments later. Anyone wanting to see what the Mobile Version looks like using a PC can use the User [...]

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Total Politics Blog Awards

August 19, 2011
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This is the last day of voting for the Total Politics Blog Awards. If you intend to vote, for Anna Raccoon or other sites, you have until midnight. At this time of year Total Politics Magazine are running the Total Politics Blog Awards blog awards, where you can vote for Anna Raccoon, and some of [...]

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The Gnu Songs

August 15, 2011
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The Gnu song was mentioned in the comments on yesterday’s 10pm post, so I looked out the Muppets’ version of the Gnu song: And the original Flanders and Swan version:  

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