<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688575101664733227</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2024 03:25:19 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>sponsored post</category><category>daily life</category><category>politics</category><category>news</category><category>food and drink</category><category>travel</category><category>football</category><category>film</category><category>television</category><category>funny</category><category>music</category><category>photography</category><category>Australia</category><category>review</category><category>working life</category><category>blogs</category><category>countryside</category><category>sports</category><category>writing</category><category>books and literature</category><category>cartoon</category><category>poem</category><category>Abbott</category><category>Bristol</category><category>blogging</category><category>musings</category><category>nonsense</category><category>poetry</category><category>England</category><category>interesting</category><category>Gypsy Kings</category><category>London</category><category>cool sites</category><category>opinion</category><category>religion</category><category>theatre</category><title>The Lionheart&#39;s Den</title><description></description><link>http://lionheartsden.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1205</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688575101664733227.post-1248989623671216925</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2016 09:41:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-04-25T19:41:10.352+10:00</atom:updated><title>logo </title><atom:summary type="text">

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You&#39;ll be amazed what amazing artworks are currently available from Amourdart.com, the art dealer of distinction. A huge range of fine art is on show, just ripe for to be snapped up for a savvy art lover. And yes, art is in the eye of the beholder in terms of what constitutes a thing</atom:summary><link>http://lionheartsden.blogspot.com/2015/02/a-treasure-trove-of-art-at-amourdartcom.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (editor)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688575101664733227.post-987938776881253313</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2014 23:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2014-09-28T09:22:56.074+10:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Abbott</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Australia</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">news</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">writing</category><title>Partisan pundits</title><atom:summary type="text">
It is a crucial part of any journalist&#39;s remit to adopt a healthy measure of scepticism when scrutinising an incumbent government. After all, it would be a foolish inquirer who took everything he or she was told at face value without probing further.&amp;nbsp;



&amp;nbsp;And perhaps it&#39;s something peculiar to Australian society where, in so many facets of everyday life, the options boil down to a </atom:summary><link>http://lionheartsden.blogspot.com/2014/09/partisan-pundits.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (editor)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688575101664733227.post-9076592474927328566</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2014 08:18:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2014-09-27T18:18:03.954+10:00</atom:updated><title>Alas, the Swans..</title><atom:summary type="text">Oh well, never mind. From what I glimpsed, Hawthorne seemed on top for most of the game. What a weird thing is momentum really. When you have it, you can&#39;t seem to put a foot wrong but when the pendulum swings the other way nothing you do seems to work.</atom:summary><link>http://lionheartsden.blogspot.com/2014/09/alas-swans.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (editor)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688575101664733227.post-8046957492342418225</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2014 04:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2014-09-27T14:27:52.445+10:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Abbott</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Australia</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">television</category><title>All aboard the looney train</title><atom:summary type="text">
At least they pay their own way and don&#39;t require $1.2 billion in public money to spout their left-wing adolescent ramblings like the national broadcaster, but at times Channel Ten&#39;s Project gets my dander up in a way that never ceases to baffle me.&amp;nbsp;



&amp;nbsp;I believe they have now been forced to halt their insane and strangely deluded attempts at classing the atrocities by the muslim </atom:summary><link>http://lionheartsden.blogspot.com/2014/09/all-aboard-looney-train.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (editor)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688575101664733227.post-6711343537398541741</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2014 01:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2014-07-19T11:24:58.454+10:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">television</category><title>Banner Day</title><atom:summary type="text">






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Following some debates in the Senate last
week, I was struck by some odd phrasing and linguistic glitches on the part of
some of the honourable members. There was the Greens child-senator Hanson-Young
who said the nasty old government was literally bashing up the poor unfortunate
children of refugees (..).



She also described the circumstances of an
indeed very tragic case of a juvenile asylum</atom:summary><link>http://lionheartsden.blogspot.com/2014/07/pork-chops-politics.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (editor)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688575101664733227.post-218457576260693814</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2014 06:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2014-03-20T17:46:05.750+11:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">news</category><title>Debris pieces found?</title><atom:summary type="text">Tony Abbott announced large debris found in southern Indian ocean.</atom:summary><link>http://lionheartsden.blogspot.com/2014/03/debris-pieces-found.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (editor)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688575101664733227.post-1831255597206122935</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Nov 2013 10:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-11-05T21:03:24.561+11:00</atom:updated><title>Science and Savings</title><atom:summary type="text">
Are you into science and technology? Yes, well then you do not have to look any further, no sir. Personally, I find the world of scientific discovery and knowledge about the universe and all that surrounds us emintently fascinating.&amp;nbsp;



But, perhaps I digress. You should most certainly check out SciTechDaily right now for intriguing and enlightening articles that will have you riveted to </atom:summary><link>http://lionheartsden.blogspot.com/2013/11/science-and-savings.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (editor)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688575101664733227.post-7463427801753067476</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2013 09:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-09-04T19:07:27.743+10:00</atom:updated><title>HOla</title><atom:summary type="text">What gives?

ab57539b9e7cd5c866585993cfdbca742bb35aa166b94561cc</atom:summary><link>http://lionheartsden.blogspot.com/2013/09/hola.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (editor)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688575101664733227.post-9093651294066688022</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2013 03:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-07-01T13:34:39.090+10:00</atom:updated><title>Sunshine in town</title><atom:summary type="text">
The sun&#39;s rays shine happily upon old Sydney town today.

Car rego check sorted, wallet considerably lighter.



Oh well. Keep on trucking, I suppose..
</atom:summary><link>http://lionheartsden.blogspot.com/2013/07/sunshine-in-town.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (editor)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688575101664733227.post-5030129069021593130</guid><pubDate>Sun, 30 Jun 2013 09:52:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-06-30T19:52:02.843+10:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">daily life</category><title>Sunday night chill out zone</title><atom:summary type="text">
Busy week ahead.

Chilling out big time with my family. Nothing beats that..
</atom:summary><link>http://lionheartsden.blogspot.com/2013/06/sunday-night-chill-out-zone.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (editor)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688575101664733227.post-3489129115322562576</guid><pubDate>Sun, 30 Jun 2013 02:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-06-30T12:27:41.922+10:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">music</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">musings</category><title>Music musings</title><atom:summary type="text">
I love discussing music with my 24-year old step-daughter. I enjoy her take on things and what, in her opinion, makes for a credible artist or a good song.



In many ways I think music is something genuinely special and rare. If done right, a song or a symphony or an aria or a even a jaunty little tune on a tin whistle can aim its arrows straight at one&#39;s heart and create something truly </atom:summary><link>http://lionheartsden.blogspot.com/2013/06/music-musings.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (editor)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688575101664733227.post-1455241417511601713</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-06-19T09:54:58.397+10:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sports</category><title>Socceroos qualify!</title><atom:summary type="text">Good on ya, lads!



</atom:summary><link>http://lionheartsden.blogspot.com/2013/06/socceroos-qualify.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (editor)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3gs7BIklVh59bVIDQjW-QatT3TCIg7H6PlejxCWDHATRQJaP1a12KgUJrQxjm68qB53CrSn9QgH339XsTg3a5BGTWTDZHwk31V78nRjSr4vTXRvrd81JvzjY8SRUjuWIu-a5pR-IKjRg/s72-c/922897-130618-josh-kennedy-jubo.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688575101664733227.post-5062408152218930725</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 03:26:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-04-28T13:26:05.882+10:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">writing</category><title>Un-Australian</title><atom:summary type="text">
Apparently, professional idiot Catherine Deveny announced on Anzac Day that she &#39;hates all Diggers, past and present..&#39; Nice.



Even allowing for the sad cliched method of provocation to generate interest in herself (shades of Greer perhaps? Greer, of course who responded to Salman Rushdie&#39;s fatwa by saying he&#39;d only himself to blame) it&#39;s rather despicable.&amp;nbsp;

I

t&#39;s not the kind of </atom:summary><link>http://lionheartsden.blogspot.com/2013/04/un-australian.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (editor)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688575101664733227.post-7183030286685094712</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-04-26T23:28:58.995+10:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">politics</category><title>Professional politician?</title><atom:summary type="text">
Rumours are building that Abbott is leaning towards changing his stance on marriage redefining and also that he doesn&#39;t mind the reduction in price of the do-it-yourself abortion pill from $900 to $36.

I suppose that&#39;s what he meant when he said he wouldn&#39;t let his Catholicism interfere with his policy making..



What&#39;s the point of that?
</atom:summary><link>http://lionheartsden.blogspot.com/2013/04/professional-politician.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (editor)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688575101664733227.post-254929221458393719</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-04-25T09:38:26.143+10:00</atom:updated><title>Today</title><atom:summary type="text">Lest we forget..</atom:summary><link>http://lionheartsden.blogspot.com/2013/04/today.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (editor)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688575101664733227.post-6574691417777033549</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-04-13T09:45:47.711+10:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">politics</category><title>Demise</title><atom:summary type="text">
I wasn&#39;t a fan of the Iron Lady by any means. I didn&#39;t like that spooky husky and haughty tone in her voice. And I&#39;m sure I would have been feeling hard done by if I&#39;d been a miner striking in 80s Britain.



I did share her passionate anti-Communistic views and liked the fact that she was so courageous. She had no need to cry &#39;misogynist&#39; every time someone challenged her. Our PM responded to </atom:summary><link>http://lionheartsden.blogspot.com/2013/04/demise.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (editor)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688575101664733227.post-7302295519645577150</guid><pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2013 06:18:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-04-07T16:18:59.821+10:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">politics</category><title>Mr Blair tells it like it is, only funnier</title><atom:summary type="text">Check out&amp;nbsp;this post&amp;nbsp;on his outstanding blog..had me chuckling for one.</atom:summary><link>http://lionheartsden.blogspot.com/2013/04/mr-blair-tells-it-like-it-is-only.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (editor)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688575101664733227.post-7883812774490486324</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-03-25T22:16:42.085+11:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">politics</category><title>Another fine example of the PM&#39;s sharp judgement</title><atom:summary type="text">Oh well, surely this nice Easter Bunny can&#39;t be a misogynist, right?



</atom:summary><link>http://lionheartsden.blogspot.com/2013/03/another-fine-example-of-pms-sharp.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (editor)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688575101664733227.post-6317587792586513860</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 00:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-03-24T11:06:26.714+11:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">politics</category><title>Prone PM</title><atom:summary type="text">
Another week about to start, let&#39;s see what our intrepid PM can bugger up this week. Oh, that&#39;s right, parliament has broken up, I think. Oh well, I&#39;m sure she&#39;ll be able to find something to wreck or mess up somewhere...
</atom:summary><link>http://lionheartsden.blogspot.com/2013/03/prone-pm.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (editor)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688575101664733227.post-8994211498652240135</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 05:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-03-23T16:08:10.608+11:00</atom:updated><title>The Sydney Times: Doubt it..</title><atom:summary type="text">The Sydney Times: Doubt it..</atom:summary><link>http://lionheartsden.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-sydney-times-doubt-it.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (editor)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688575101664733227.post-1484616134480954885</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-03-23T11:00:33.774+11:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">politics</category><title>Never mind the crack-down</title><atom:summary type="text">
A left-wing government in desperation reverts to its totalitarian baser instincts and seeks to rush through &amp;nbsp;legislation to stifle unwelcome criticism. Well done. Let&#39;s employ a state-run Politbureau to oversee what any free commercial press outlet is allowed to say about the government.

That&#39;s the problem with left-wing thinking. They are all for free speech as long as that free speech </atom:summary><link>http://lionheartsden.blogspot.com/2013/03/never-mind-crack-down.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (editor)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688575101664733227.post-6855228732008570002</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 06:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-03-22T17:35:55.111+11:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">politics</category><title>Sick joke</title><atom:summary type="text">This Labour farce just gets better and better. It&#39;s like sick horse that needs shooting..</atom:summary><link>http://lionheartsden.blogspot.com/2013/03/sick-joke.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (editor)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>