Archive for October, 2006

And you thought Gitmo was bad.

Writes simon on October 20th, 2006

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Peter Andrea and Jordan sing A whole new World If you think you are hard enough.

Oh Dear

Writes simon on October 19th, 2006

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What kind of person do you need to be to govern Russia? When you can come out with this shite.

After that, the press was ushered out, and the president apparently thought the microphones had been turned off. “Say hi to your president,” Putin said. “He turned out to be quite a powerful person! Raped […]

"Fixing" the News?

Writes tuathal on October 17th, 2006

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Those of you who frequent this blog will no doubt be aware of the high esteem we hold Jon Stewart and the Daily Show in. Those of you who didn’t know this now do (have a cookie to celebrate!). In it’s early days one of the shows slogans was, “When News breaks….we fix it”! Here’s […]

Terror at the Movies

Writes ck on October 16th, 2006

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On the 5th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, United 93 and World Trade Centre have reached our screens but what purpose have these movies in telling these events?

Mild Spoilers

The context of each movie and the scale of the commentary each makes on the events of 9/11 are somewhat paradoxical. World […]

Unique Idea

Writes simon on October 16th, 2006

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I just turned on my MP3 player and listened to the Stone Roses to I want to be adore and I was overcome by this compulsion to write to create to put down something unique that has never been committed to paper before. And so this is it my piece of originality that I am […]

Suduko

Writes simon on October 15th, 2006

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Do you find Suduko hard? Maybe you should try the Limerick Leaders one. They give you a wee hint.

Cider Renaissance

Writes ck on October 13th, 2006

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The UK branch of the Bulmers brand, Magners, is reporting substantial increases in the popularity of cider, so much so that the company cannot meet demand. The reversal of fortune and perception of the brand is due to what the British Independent reports is the marketing success of the decade.

For my female readers.

Writes simon on October 12th, 2006

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Here are two fashion /Beauty blogs to check out. Beaut and Style Treaty.

I have talked about male beauty products before here. Marketsexuals.

Deliever us from Evil

Writes simon on October 12th, 2006

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This is causing a stir on liveline

Ban all donations

Writes simon on October 12th, 2006

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I think I once said that there is nothing wrong with corporate donations. My argument was that the corporate donation does not make a politician corrupt, the politician makes the donation corrupt. But with the revelations from Bertiegate and Tim O’Malley’s details of Labour and Fine Gael donations, I have changed my mind. Corporate donations […]