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Listed below are comments made by Drew_Herzig between Friday, 10th October 2008 and Wednesday, 6th May 2009.

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New Poet Laureate 10:45pm on 06 May 2009 I've been following this story, and only today, from an American LGTB television journal, did I learn that Carol Ann Duffy is a lesbian. Yes, in her BBC profile, it mentions, in passing, that she lives with her 'partner', and guards her private life. The birth of her daughter is given ample coverage, yes. That fact that her daughter has two mothers, no.

How can young lesbian and gay people ever hope to find role models, if journalists continue to 'edit out' this information? I wish we were farther along, but the personal is still political. It's important for every LGTB person in the world to know that the newly-elected head of Iceland's government is an out lesbian. And it's important for every LGTB person in the world to know that the newly-appointed Poet Laureate of Great Britain is an out lesbian. Don't cheat us of our history, even as it is being made!
The Cleansing 05:46am on 03 Nov 2008 About the word 'regime'... Many Americans feel that both the 2000 and 2004 elections were stolen. Hence an illegitimate presidency. No 'as if' about it. There's even a popular bumper sticker - "Regime Change Begins At Home".

Also, the Bush-Cheney regime does not hesitate to apply that term to any government with which they disagree, whether duly elected or not. Sauce for the goose...

So this usage shouldn't surprise you!
Tennant plays for laughs at RSC 07:31am on 10 Oct 2008 Your column - "such is Tennant's cache"

I think the spelling for this usage is 'cachet'. Unless you were referring to the contents of his codpiece...!

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