It helps if you use a German accent while reading.
‘Treatment Of Ireland A Disaster For Europe’ (Irish Times)
Monthly Archives: May 2011
Reports of a suspect device at the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin were a false alarm.
The area was evacuated this afternoon, following the report of a suspicious device in the building.
The Army Bomb Disposal Unit was called out and traffic diversions put in place.
However, a short time later gardaí confirmed the report was a false alarm and the situation has returned to normal.
Guinness Device Alert A False Alarm (RTE)
(Photocall Ireland)
The horror. The horr…oh.
Intensive training, you say?
The 104th Battalion of the Irish Army in In the Glen of Imall, Co Wicklow this afternoon.
Preparing for deployment to the Lebanon?
Carry on.
(Eamon Farrell/Photocall Ireland)
Should be falls.
Value falls.
Ross Horsley’s blog, My First Dictionary is a wicked mashup of vintage children’s book illustrations with twisted word definitions. Well worth a bookmark.
Speaking of books, it’s now a book, too:
If you’ve already mastered the basics of reading and writing, no doubt you’re sick of hearing about Peter playing with his balls and Susie stroking her puppies. Now it’s time to learn some words that will really help you to understand what Mommy and Daddy are whispering about behind that closed bedroom door.
Find out why you should act quickly if you want to be included in a dying relative’s will….how special pills can make you feel mellow…And what it means if a hit man tells you you’re his latest assignment.
My First Dictionary: Corrupting Young Minds One Word At A Time – €6.83 on Amazon
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The Rhythm Corporation’s Beatbuilder. You’ll like it. There’s a bodhrán and a bit of dancing and everything.
Yesterday’s Time Waster: Incrédibox
(Thanks Bongobob)
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSEvle0rBK0&feature=channel_video_title
Joe Higgins questioning Taoiseach Enda Kenny during leaders’ questions on his support for the “shoot to kill policy” against Osama Bin Laden.
Kicks off at 4.49…
Higgins: “Taoiseach, you said in 2003 that, under international law and order, the war in Iraq was wrong, unjust and unnecessary. Tens of thousands of innocent Iraqis were killed…”
Ceann Comhairle: “Could we have a supplementary question please?”
Higgins: “The two figureheads of that invasion, Messrs Bush and Blair, were responsible for that. If a group of aggrieved relatives of those tens of thousands of dead mounted an assault on Mr Blair’s luxury compound, wherever that might be, would you equally justify that? Because the same logic would apply. And they would no doubt argue that they couldn’t get justice in Britain.
“I put it to you, Taoiseach, you have no mandate from the Irish people… Your support for this assassination – albeit of an utter reactionary – in my view, if there was a debate among the Irish people, while they would excoriate Obama [sic], his likes and everything that he did, as we have done, and we did, we did, we did to the US and Britain, which supported these reactionary regimes. They do not agree with your position. Now, justify why you support the shoot to kill policy in some instances.”
Enda Kenny: “I wasn’t aware that Deputy Higgins was a supporter of Osama bin Laden’s.”
[Prolonged shouting]
Kenny: “As Deputy Higgins will be aware, my views on the Iraqi conflict were well known. And as you’re aware, if Hans Blix …”
Higgins: “Withdraw. Withdraw your remark. Withdraw your remark.”
Later, he did just that.
OK You Are Not A Bin Laden Fan, Taoiseach Tells Joe Higgins (Irish Independent)