They’re not washing until they get a 0.5 per cent rise in GNP and a 2 per cent rise in GDP.
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Come on.
How long are you going to keep this up?
Honestly.
He just loves talking to embassy people.
Taken at Iveagh House this morning with Labour TD Jan O’Sullivan behind.
Ambassadors Urged To Promote Irish Image Abroad (RTE)
(Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)
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A month before the phenomenon known as the ‘midnight sun’, the polar sunset and sunrise are separated by this magnificent 8 to 12 hour lightshow – the sun barely dipping below the horizon before rising again.
Captured earlier this month at Norway’s Lofoten archipelago by photographer Mr TSO.
Gorgeous – a full screener.
Music: The Arctic Light by Marika Takeuchi.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHeDD9tnFw4&feature=player_embedded
Australian Labour senator Penny Wong tears miaowing conservative politico David Bushby a new cat flap as saddened women (behind Penny) tweets her concerns in real time.
Then there’s Bushby’s defence:
“It could have been a male or female cat…I thought she was like an angry cat, the way they sometimes strike out. I like cats.”
It’s literally a purrfect storm.
Catty comment comes straight back to bite the Coalition (Sydney Morning Herald)
Via Jezebel
General Michael Hayden, Former Director, CIA and NSA
Philip Mudd, Former Executive Assistant Director, FBI National Security Branch
Major General Michael E. Dunlavey (USAR) retired Former Deputy Commander, U.S. Army Intelligence & Security Command
Cees Wiebes, Senior Analyst at the Expertise & Analysis Department at the Office of the National Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism (NCTb) in the Netherlands
Frank Daly, Chairman of NAMA
Hang on.
Why Is The Head Of Ireland’s Bad Bank Going To A Gathering Of Spooks (Financial Times)
Global Intelligence Forum
August 16, 2005: A query on politics.ie about Kathleen O’Meara, then a prospective Dail candidate.
Today: Same query about Kathleen O’Meara on Liveline – within hours of announcing her wish to represent Labour in the forthcoming presidential election.
Crikey. It’s getting very dirty.
Landmark
Don’t worry, it’s not the real globe. Silly!
It’s inflatable.
Taken within the last two hours.
Tania Stewart, Clodagh McKenna and Louise Lennox launching Oxfam’s GROW appeal, which raises cash to pay for top of the range Land Cruisers, iPads and lavish dining for the charity’s management.
KIDDING.
It’s for hungry kids of course.
Oxfam Launches Global Grow Campaign (Campaign)