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A cute little ‘toon whereby we learn that a little imagination is not always a good thing.
Made by Pixar intern Avner Geller and PDI Dreamworks vis dev artist Stevie Lewis for Cartoon Brew’s Student Animation Festival.
Two-bedroom flat, Scarborough (Right Move)
Luciano ‘Unlucky’ Storero (1995-2000)
As Nuncio to Ireland in 1997 Storero signed a 2-page letter (below) that warned the Irish bishops against implementing a policy “that included ‘mandatory reporting’ of suspected abusers to civil authorities.”
Giuseppe ‘Guisseppe’ Lazzarotto (2000-2007)
In September 2006, the Murphy commission wrote to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith seeking information on reports of clerical child sex abuse sent to it by the Dublin archdiocese over a 30-year period. It also sought information on the document Crimen Solicitationis, which deals with clerical sex abuse. The congregation however did not reply. Instead, the CDF contacted the Department of Foreign Affairs that the commission had not gone through appropriate diplomatic channels.
In February 2007, the commission wrote to Archbisop Lazzarotto asking that he forward all documents relevant to it and which had not been or were not produced by the Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin. It also requested that he confirm if he had no such documents. The papal nuncio did not reply.
Giuseppe ‘Fredo’ Leanza (2008-present)
After the Muprhy report Archbishop Leanza declined an invitation to address the Oireachtas Foreign Affairs Committee after it was revealed that the papal nuncio had refused to co-operate with its inquiry into clerical abuse in the Dublin diocese. In a letter to committee chairman Michael Woods, Archbishop Leanza said “it is not the practice of the Holy See that apostolic nuncios appear before parliamentary commissions”.
The letter, dated 12 February, said: “As the papal representative I am always available to examine questions of mutual interest in the relations between the Holy See and Ireland through contacts with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, as has been the norm hitherto.”
Expel The Papal Nuncio (Facebook)
With Banksy’s Exit Through the Gift Shop documentary due for release in Japan this week, this is what befell a van promoting the film in Shibuya when the driver went for lunch.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMXMuEo_OxE
See? That’s what happens when you do that. You big eejit.
Photomontage portraits by Moscow-based artist Maxim Ksuta. Particularly deft examples of this kind of thing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZSBpFMWk-M
Motorhead Casey Putcsh and his self-built, street legal replica Batmobile. There have been others, but this is the only one powered by an actual jet turbine. From the official description:
The car is a replica of the vehicle from the classic 1989 Batman movie that was directed by Tim Burton starring Michael Keaton as Batman. It is registered and insured for the street and features a military spec Boeing turbine engine that was used in a drone helicopter by the Navy to drop torpedoes on enemy submarines. Putsch taught himself about turbine engines and successfully rebuilt this surplus engine by himself. The engine powers the rear wheels via a semi automatic transmission and is driven like any other conventional production car. The car’s engineering and construction is fully racing derived and can be considered the most extreme exotic car on the planet.
Needs a stealth mode though.
Gearhead Builds Turbine Powered Batmobile (Escapist)
A more illuminating trailer than the last one, along with a later release date. It’s still going to have screaming and running though.
Release Date (UK): September
“One ex-member left a tab €1,654 at the Dail’s restaraunt while another owed €240 to the bar. There are at least 111 active credit accounts for sitting TDs and senators with the average catering debt standing €473. But the range of bills stretches from the lowest of just €3.70 to an astonishing €3,716.
“Dail deputies who took offfice earlier this year have already stacked up drinks and food credit of €60,000.
“Despite receiving massive pay offs and pensions, 31 ex-TDs and senators failed to settle their tabs before exiting Leinster House [after the general Election].”
