Monthly Archives: February 2012

They’re Calling It ‘The Galway Bay Of Pigs’

From The US House of Representatives’ Committee On Foreign Affairs:

Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee [Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, top] , released the following statement today urging the City Council of Galway, Ireland to reject a proposal to erect a monument in honor of Che Guevara (above):

“Despite the image makeover which some try to give him, the real Che Guevara was a mass murderer and human rights abuser. To honor him with a monument would be an outrage, and would be a futile attempt to hide the brutal acts which he committed.

“The romanticizing image that this monument would portray would serve to diminish the brutality that was committed by Che and the painful suffering endured by many Cuban-American families and his other victims far and wide. Che Guevara was a ruthless killer who should not be idealized. Instead of honoring a killer, the City Council of Galway should honor the victims of Che and the Castro dictatorship by rejecting this proposal.”

 

Previously: The Cuban Missed Idol Crisis

Thanks N and Maria

THAT’S Not Clever Viral Marketing

THIS is clever viral marketing:

The crowd at TED got a glimpse into the upcoming Ridley Scott sci-fi film Prometheus on Tuesday, in the form of a video of a TEDTalk that takes place in 2023.

Although not a clip from the movie itself, the futuristic talk is given by Guy Pearce, who stars in the film, and offers some clues to the plotline. At one point, Pearce, who plays CEO of the fictitious Weyland Corporation in Prometheus, says, “At this moment in our civilization, we can create cybernetic individuals, who in just a few short years will be completely indistinguishable from us.”

There’s even an accompanying Weyland Industries website.

Ridley Scott’s ‘Prometheus’ teased in TEDtalk from the future (mashable)

ikono

Remind You Of Anyone?

Cough. Splutter.

And, furthermore, yikes.

Outside European Union House on Dawson Street, Dublin.

Fianna Fail TD for Galway Eamon O Cuiv (the Long Fella’s now-lookalike grandson) this afternoon flanked by Independent TD for Tipperary Mattie McGrath (left) and Fianna Fail TD for Cork Michael McGrath addressing anti-austerity protesters who had marched from O’Connell Street to Leinster House.

Hmm.

Something‘s brewing.

Also:

(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)