The Odds & Ends Drawer

Here be goodies:

• Dave encounters some difficulties with getting much information from the Minister of Women's Affairs staff.
• Lita looks at the Willie Jackson v Tony Veitch stoush, and how Tony Veitch is still not the victim.
• Lew shares some pics from the Pink and Blue Project.
• Deborah lived through the Great New Zealand Internet Blackout and returns to tell the tale.
• Homepaddock supports the Government's decision to fund the Plunket Help line 24/7.
• Luddite Journo reports on a truly truly awful game which is all about rape.
• Anita has kicked off an interesting discussion about the relative pay of nurses and police officers, and the gender dimensions therein.
• Psycho Milt puts his case around pay equity at No Minister, explaining why right wingers just don't see it as an issue.
• Queen of Thorns eviscerates Karl du Fresne's column about a man dying in an immigration raid on a brothel.
• Anjum writes about her experiences at the 6th National Interfaith Forum.
• Anne Else posts a column from Michele A'Court about the stripper at the stag party cliche.
• Matthew and Waverney reflect on a year without rubbish.

Feel free to add links to your own goodies, or someone else's, in comments.