All articles from: June, 2006

2 different views on gobalisation in the developing world.

Comment is free.
Keep on rocking in the free market

Mail & Guardian (South Africa)
Becoming Modern

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Osama in comeback special

Usama bin Laden Will Issue Video Tribute to Musab al-Zarqawi.
Will it be something like this. This is not the greatest terrorist in the world this is just a tribute.

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On Irish Academia

Richard alludes to an interesting piece in today’s Irish Times (why is there always something interesting in the times on the days I don’t buy it). Anyway it is about the amount of people in college and whether that is dumbing down standards.

Is it possible for the currently under-financed university sector to initiate and socialise [...]

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New Look Irish Election

Just encase you were wondering why material has been short of late. I have been working on a rejigging of the Irish Election site. If you spot any errors let me know.

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Wierd searchs

Someone came to my site from Google via the search Evilness in my infant. Strange

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Sound bites more important then the enviroment for the Greens.

Niall O’Brolcháin Green candidate in Galway West is trading in the Mayoral jag for a more environmentally friendly car. Yet what he is doing is not enviromentally friendly at all.
In 1994 the Environment and Forecasting Institute in Heidelberg, Germany conducted a survey on the energy and environmental impact of a car through out its [...]

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Special Olympics

I haven’t mentioned this before nor have I seen much in the blogosphere about it. But anyway the special Olympics Ireland games are taking place in Belfast at the mo. If any one is in Belfast drop and have a look. And cheer on the competitors. It is a great cause.

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Air India inquiry begins

I heard nothing about this.
From CBC
The inquiry’s commissioner, John Major, opened the inquiry in Ottawa almost 21 years after Air India Flight 182 exploded off the coast of Ireland, claiming the lives of 329 people, including 82 children. Two baggage handlers at Tokyo’s Narita Airport died in another connected bombing.

Hat tip.(Blast furnance Canada.)

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