The always interesting Lebanon an Irish Experience through the bottom of a glass
Has a great piece about the recent events in Lebanon.
MacDara was witness to a people at their best, Young and old, Christian , Druze and Muslim were all there to remind the politicians that it is there country and that they want [...]

Richard Waghorne of Sicilian Notes said
I don’t have a problem with inequality, either of income or of opportunity, though I believe people are far better off in a free society rather than a planned society in any case.
Not so long ago Michael McDowell said that Inequality was good for the Economy. And people were like [...]

Last night on Questions and Answers (watch here) Michael D Higgins said that Pat Rabbitte’s remarks about 40 million poles was unfortunate. Is that not what Sinn Fein say of the killing of Garda Jerry McCabe. That is was unfortunate. Is this the kind of dodging the question spin we have to put up with [...]

In the past few elections the SDLP has been taking a hammering in the Northern Elections with Sinn Fein engineering themselves into the position where they say they are the true Irish party. So the SDLP have been trying to claim back this territory for themselves last year they had their White paper [...]

I’m a physicist by education and few of you have actually meet me. So in your mind what do you imagine me to be like. Do you see a pimpled guy with glasses who looks like Professor Frink from the Simpson. Who has an encyclopaedic knowledge of every episode of Star Trek. Or do you [...]

The pinnacle of American debate that is the Little Green Footballs don’t like Mary .
With such choice comments as
“you ignorant biotch”
“She doesn’t mean it, the infidel tart”.
“CAN WE START BOMBING THESE IRISH BASTARDS NOW?”
They use loyalist sites as a source of facts. Which is a bit like using www.hamas.com for facts on Israel.
They have also [...]

I think Carlsberg used to say the “Carlsberg the best best in the World” but had to change it to “Carlsberg probably the best best in the World” as they couldn’t prove that is was the best beer in the world.
This is why Toyota can still say “the best built cars in the world”. Hat [...]

Article from this months Physics World.
Also in this months Physics World
The mystery of the skipping stone
And an article about a better way of destroying plutonium by burning it with thorium. This article is however not online I think.

I regret the yes in extreme cases option now I feel it should have been a straight yes no vote. I’ll stop the vote now as the Irish Debate seems to be over. Anyway the results.
Yes 16 votes
Yes in extreme cases 8
No 8
So pretty even really I would say. I don’t think I actually voted [...]

The Green party traditionally has not been seen in the best light by framers. As farmers are against such things as the Nitrates Directive which the Greens are for. But there is sections where the Greens policies can attract some farming votes.

One of the green parties policies is renewable energy. I am totally in [...]