After the debate in Ireland on the age of Consent. Canada is changing its law to the Age of Protection law. It raising the age to 16 from 14 and including
a close-in-age exception, which means that teens who are 14 or 15 can have a sexual partner who is “less than five years older.”

A few months a go an American said this.

“It is time for Congress to take a look at the minimum wage and other legislation that can help working families.”

“The U.S. minimum wage of $5.15 an hour has not been raised in nearly a decade and we believe it is out of […]

No this is not a joke. Well an intented joke anyway.
“While Driving through Ennis town yesterday afternoon a local anti-war activist put six young US service men under (citizens) arrest.”
From Indymedia (where else). And they wonder why
The top cop was more annoyed that Mr. Cregan had rang the Ennis Gardai Station on the 999 emergency […]

Here is one that slipped under the radar. A visit by a delegation from the Iraqi parliament. Namely one Adnan Pachachi. Great stuff surprised it didn’t get much coverage now had it been from the Palestinian parliament ….

When the international community stopped funding Palestine I thought it was a mistake as I thought it would drive them into the arms of Syria and make them even more hardline. However I was wrong. From the Guardian.
Hamas has made a major political climbdown by agreeing to sections of a document that recognise Israel’s right […]

The Irish Times is reporting that a leadership struggle is going on within the PD’s.
The Progressive Democrats have been convulsed by a power struggle over the past week with Michael McDowell claiming he had an arrangement with Mary Harney that she would step down as party leader before the next election,

While peace seems to have […]

Interesting article about some scientist reaction to climate change. So what do ye think. Hat tip (california conservative)

The draw has been made for next years Heineken Cup. Cardiff Blues, Bourgoin, Leicester, Munster. Munster beat Cardiff Blues in the last game of the Celtic league. But they were the top non-Irish team in that league. It is going to be one tough group. But Munster being Munster will win all home games. And […]

Just spotted this in Irishblogs.ie. What is the deal with politicians starting blogs and not writing them in the first person. Take Fine Gael election hopefull Lucinda Creighton’s “blog”. The whole thing is the third person. It is a joke. Would people vote for a politician that went door to door reading press releases. […]