Archive for July, 2007

Bill Maher on Religon

Writes simon on July 19th, 2007

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Very interesting Debate on religion on the Bill Maher show. Basically going on about fanaticism in religion. Thing with many people on the Christian right and most other religion’s ignore is the main part of their faith.

“Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy [...]

Latin Mass

Writes ck on July 19th, 2007

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Pope Benedict has so far certainly been nostalgic for ways of old in his term as Pope. He has been seen to wear parts of the Pope’s wardrobe not seen since medieval times, has claimed all other churches outside that of the Catholic Church to not be true churches and most recently passed a decree [...]

Reminder

Writes ck on July 19th, 2007

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The final ever episode of the Sopranos is on tonight on RTE 2.
Then tomorrow Top 6 Friday looks at ways to end a TV Show.

Who should i Donate too

Writes simon on July 19th, 2007

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About 2 years ago I was coming out of a night club in Tarragona in Spain and I found €20, not seeing anyone likely to own it ( there was no one in sight in the square. I took it and decided to give it to charity. But I never got around to do that. [...]

Stuff to Read

Writes simon on July 19th, 2007

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McDonald’s converting to bio-fuels.
The fast food retailer, which has often been the target of criticism from environmental groups, is to power its fleet of 155 vehicles to run on fuel consisting of processed leftovers from its restaurants, cooking oil and rapeseed oil.
According to Mathhew Howe, the company’s vice president, this will result in a [...]

Patrick’s Day moved

Writes ck on July 19th, 2007

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So mark your calendar for next year - the Church have decided to move St. Patricks Day to the 15th March, to avoid it clashing with the second day of Holy Week that is Monday the 17th. The Church have justified it with the usual its not the day that matters it is the celebration. [...]

Liberty

Writes simon on July 18th, 2007

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Most be people who are believe that an individual has a certain right to liberty and that this liberty can only be taken away from them in very set circumstances such as in courts. Hence why the idea of Guantanemo even with out torture thrown in is pretty bad for most people. I wrote [...]

Happy Birthday!

Writes ck on July 18th, 2007

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If the Tipp Banner can run across the top of the page then I am taking liberties and wishing my sister a happy birthday - so happy birthday sis! This picture is just for you!

Innovation comes from Capitalism my arse

Writes simon on July 17th, 2007

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I usually like the Adam Smith Institute Blog but this has to be one of the silliest things I have ever read.
This ties in neatly with William Nordhaus’ paper on the profits to innovation: only some 2.2% is kept by the innovator, the rest goes to consumers. Clark then goes on:
“But the efficiency [...]

New Blog

Writes ck on July 16th, 2007

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I’m just recovering from a good weekend in London having stayed with good friends of mine. I was happy to discover my mate Paul has begun his own personal blog and even within the few months he has been blogging a certain Langley based IP address has popped up on his tracker! So too he [...]