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Washington Post
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
Readers critique The Post: These long-running comic strips are offensive
Every week, The Post runs a collection of letters of readers' grievances — pointing out grammatical mistakes, missing coverage and inconsistencies. These letters tell us what we did wrong and, occasionally, offer praise. Here, we present this week's Free for All letters. As I've previously proffered, there seems to be some form of comic collaboration occurring on the pages of The Post. On May 8, four strips featured takeout food, and two of them specifically mentioned pizza. Granted, Dagwood in 'Blondie' is obsessed with eating the most unhealthy, gargantuan sandwiches almost every day. How does he stay so slim?
Yahoo
02-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Where to get your democracy sausage on election day
Many voters are facing a bigger question than policies announced by Labor, Liberal, Greens or Independent. They're wondering where they can find the best democracy sausage on election day. While democracies around the world face mounting threats, Aussie voters generally approach polling booths with a light heart. And they're rewarded for their efforts with the chance to support a local community group by purchasing a snag with white bread, onions, and tomato sauce. Or controversially, maybe even mustard, barbecue sauce, or worse still, plain. "I think it's lovely that the focus on election day in Australia is often where can I get my democracy sausage? And the kind of the freedom to vote is safely and easily is taken as a given," Democracy Sausage website founder Annette Tyler told Yahoo News. Annette and a small group of friends have been maintaining the Democracy Sausage website since 2013. Today, it lists over 900 locations where voters can find themselves a snag. So if you're wondering where to find a tasty feed on election day, all you need to do is click here. 'The one thing that brings everyone together is the democracy sausage,' she said 'For a lot of people, a big part of the tradition is that you go vote, and then get a sausage.' The Democracy Sausage website continues to be run on a shoestring budget by Annette and her mates. But it's got fancier over the years, and it now includes other offerings like cupcakes, vegetarian food, bacon and eggs, coffee, and halal. There's also a handy column showing which locations are wheelchair accessible. The team don't own the slogan democracy sausage, and have never sought to commercialise it. But they do offer merchandise now that's sold at a price that covers the costs of production. This year, in what must be one of the first times a food company has released election-themed produce, Masterfoods will be providing its own brand of democracy sauce at some polling booths. 'That's an independent thing. They did let us know about it,' Annette said. 'But our principle is generally to stay non-partisan and to avoid commercial entanglements.' Urgent $6.2 million plea to protect iconic Aussie island from invasive 'killer' Opposition Leader Peter Dutton's rogue AFL act Albanese accused of signing endangered species' 'death warrant' Over the years, politicians have been roasted over their clumsy attempts to eat sausages. There's one famous shot of Opposition Leader Peter Dutton eating a Dagwood dog at the 2022 Ekka show in Brisbane that often does the rounds on social media. And a couple of years ago, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's aids tried to shield him from the cameras using his jacket, but it didn't stop photographers from getting a short clip of him wolfing down his snag. But for Annette award for the most disastrous attempt to eat a sausage still goes to a now retired former Prime Ministerial hopeful. 'Nothing is ever going to eclipse Bill Shorten, right? That's an all-time classic,' she said. 'I feel like after that, they've all been trained in eating democracy sausages.' Love Australia's weird and wonderful environment? 🐊🦘😳 Get our new newsletter showcasing the week's best stories.
Yahoo
26-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Where to get a tasty democracy sausage as Albanese and Dutton face-off
Many voters are facing a bigger question than policies announced by Labor, Liberal, Greens or Independent. They're wondering where they can find the best democracy sausage on election day. While democracies around the world face mounting threats, Aussie voters generally approach polling booths with a light heart. And they're rewarded for their efforts with the chance to support a local community group by purchasing a snag with white bread, onions, and tomato sauce. Or controversially, maybe even mustard, barbecue sauce, or worse still, plain. Annette Tyler was one of the founders of the Democracy Sausage website back in 2013. Today, it lists over 900 locations where voters can find themselves a snag. So if you're wondering where to find a tasty snag on election day, all you need to do is click here. 'The one thing that brings everyone together is the democracy sausage,' she told Yahoo News. The website continues to be run by the group of mates, and now includes other offerings like cupcakes, vegetarian food, bacon and eggs, coffee, and halal. There's also a handy column showing which locations are wheelchair accessible. The team don't own the slogan democracy sausage, and have never sought to commercialise it. But they do offer merchandise now that's sold at a price that covers the costs of production. This year, in what must be one of the first times a food company has released election-themed produce, Masterfoods is selling its own brand of democracy sauce. 'That's an independent thing. They did let us know about it,' Annette said. 'But our principle is generally to stay non-partisan and to avoid commercial entanglements.' Urgent $6.2 million plea to protect iconic Aussie island from invasive 'killer' Opposition Leader Peter Dutton's rogue AFL act Albanese accused of signing endangered species' 'death warrant' Over the years, politicians have been roasted over their clumsy attempts to eat sausages. There's one famous shot of Opposition Leader Peter Dutton eating a Dagwood dog at the 2022 Ekka show in Brisbane that often does the rounds on social media. And a couple of years ago, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's aids tried to shield him from the cameras using his jacket, but it didn't stop photographers from getting a short clip of him wolfing down his snag. But for Annette award for the most disastrous attempt to eat a sausage still goes to a now retired former Prime Ministerial hopeful. 'Nothing is ever going to eclipse Bill Shorten, right? That's an all-time classic,' she said. 'I feel like after that, they've all been trained in eating democracy sausages.' Love Australia's weird and wonderful environment? 🐊🦘😳 Get our new newsletter showcasing the week's best stories.
