All articles from: May, 2006

Guess who’s back

Fiona has posted her first of what I believe will be weekly posts On Irish Election. While it was a shame to see her suspend her own blog. It is good to see her sharp anaysis is still on the sphere. Check it out. Opinio Hiberno 31-05-06 Sex and Justice – It’s Time to Talk [...]

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Webchat with Geogre Lee

Webchat with Geogre Lee on friday must remind myself to ask a few questions.

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The wind that shakes the Barley Wins.

The wind that shakes the Barley has won Cannes. Here is the Trailer

You can see the Press conference about the film prior to the win here.

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Daddy or Chips America or China

The phrase daddy or chips comes from this ad where these two girls or walking home from school. And the one girls goes to the other girl. Which do you like the most Katie Daddy or chips. They walk down the road weighing up the decision. Daddy or chips daddy or chips daddy or chips. [...]

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Discrimination is always wrong but sometimes its worse.

This particular case has really pissed me off. From the Sunday Times

MORE than 20 babies have been aborted in advanced pregnancy because scans showed that they had club feet, a deformity readily corrected by surgery or physiotherapy.
According to figures from the Office for National Statistics covering the years from 1996 to 2004, a further [...]

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Clare Vs Cork and Munster

Check out the match currently on RTE2 Clare vs Cork great match.
Also want to know something annoying. I was at the Munster Match Last night where they brought the cup home. I remembered to bring spare batteries for my camera. But guess what I forgot my Camera. DOH

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David vs Goliath

An American company is playing “send Lawyers letters to shut the little guy up. There has been a lot of Blogosphere coverage about it. Tom the focus of these letters has all the details on his site. The company is seriously nothing doing much for its bottom line. And we all know what happened Goliath.
Damien [...]

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The Muppetness of George Galloway

From the BBC

In the interview, former Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan asked: “Would the assassination of, say, Tony Blair by a suicide bomber, if there were no other casualties, be justified as revenge for the war on Iraq?”
The Respect MP replies: “Yes it would be morally justified. I am not calling for [...]

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Time to Support McDowell

It is the ultimate struggle for many people. The decision they thought they would never have to make. The decision that divides many to the very core. Usually many people would be happy seeing people throw stuff at McDowell thinking the “Herr McDowell authoritarian Minister for injustice” deserves everything he gets. But who do they [...]

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Why to privatized Aer Lingus

Some interesting comments over on Irish Election on my post Labour Target the Poor’s Savings . When asked why the goverenment should not invest in a profitable company. Here is my answer. Check out the rest of the comments.
Firstly there is a big difference [...]

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