Blairs' marriage is weird says Greer. That's Germaine Greer, fruit basket extraordinaire:
Germaine Greer, the mother of modern feminism, yesterday accused Tony Blair of presenting a skewed example of marriage to the nation.We look forward eagerly to Germaine's assessment of Bubba and Hillary.
Speaking on the unequal nature of marriage, in which women were forced to make huge sacrifices and were "bound hand and foot by their notions of what is correct in society", Ms Greer said: "The marriage of our own prime minister is an interesting case in point. That is a very weird relationship. I want to say to him, 'Leave her alone, for Christ's sake. She's 47 years old. She doesn't practise contraception because she is a Catholic. So stay off her!'
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"The sexual politics of the Labour party have always been neanderthal and always will be. At least the sexual politics of the Tories were straightforward: perverse and corrupt."
And then for the Ecoweenie market, GM unveils photos of `skateboard' fuel cell vehicle:
The car has no engine, transmission, brake or gas peddles and is controlled by a box that looks like it belongs in the hands of video game jockey.This article didn't have the photos, but they're right here. I'm afraid it doesn't have room for my gun rack.
The sweeping windshield on the four-door sedan body reaches down close to the bumpers and there's room to spare inside because there are no mechanical components.
The body is connected to a skateboard-like chassis that contains most of the vehicle's working parts.
General Motors Corp. revealing the first pictures Wednesday of the fuel cell powered vehicle, called the Hy-wire.
It's the first drivable version of a concept the automaker unveiled during January's North American International Auto Show in Detroit under the name Autonomy as its attempt to reinvent the automobile.
The new name ''conveys the message we're above the crowd, we're willing to take risks and we're capable of doing some things with this technology that one would not normally expect,'' Larry Burns, GM vice president research and development and planning, told reporters at a recent briefing here.
