First black US president visits.
Seriously, could we not have found one black Irish person to sit behind him in the good seats?
Apparently not.
Monthly Archives: May 2011
Now it’s the turn of farmer Dave Egar from Wicklow downing a carton of milk at the IFA protest literally minutes ago.
Is that your lunch? We asked
“Yes, me hang,” he replied with a twinkle.
(Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland)
David Thompson from Limerick in Merrion Square minutes ago
Merrion Square
George Clarke and Victor Fennell from Carlow
Got price-fixed milk?
Up to 5,000 farmers joined the protest against the raid on the IFA HQ by the Competition Authority this afternoon.
Earlier: Meanwhile, On Stephen’s Green
(Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland)
Laura Helmuth at the Smithsonian debunks ten commonly touted ‘facts’ about the human brain. For example:
We use only 10 percent of our brains.
So what’s the other 90% for? Packaging?
It’s all downhill after 40 (or 50 or 60 or 70).
Who said that? Is this my semolina?
We have five senses.
Pfft. And the rest.
Brains are like computers.
No. We think different™.
We know what will make us happy.
We haven’t a frickin’ clue.
Men are from Mars, women are from Venus.
‘Theory’ from Uranus. But you knew that.
READ ON: Top Ten Myths About the Brain (Smithsonian Mag)
(Thanks@cairotango)
Then you must see the HUGE panoramic photo taken by detail-obsessed lensman Con O’Donoghue.
Click here.
Go full screen, sweep around, poke about and zoom into your OWN face!!!
Thanks Con
Taken five minutes ago.
Farmers protesting a recent raid by the competition authority on the IFA headquarters, part of an investigation into allegations that the IFA had been attempting to fix the price of milk sold in supermarkets.
The protest includes some livestock:
IFA To Protest Competition Authority Raid (RTE)
Thanks TW and EH
Drunk Obama
athttpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxkfG7q0Nzw&feature=player_embedded
From Conan O’Brien.
Dublin Chamber of Commerce estimate that the publicity generated for Guinness over the course of the President Obama and Queen Elizabeth visits is worth well over $200 million.
Diageo’s Ireland MD John Kennedy said: “It is a real honour that President Obama chose to savor a pint of Guinness as part of his journey back to Irish roots.
“This truly marks an occasion that will be remembered by people all over the world for generations to come.”
Added the Irish representative of a global alcoholic beverages company headquartered in London.
Guinness Cash In On Obama’s Moneygall Visit (Irish Central)
Meanwhile, in other queasy news: