Monthly Archives: February 2012

Oh.

Richard Bruton with economist (and chairman of the Ireland Russia Business Association) Constantin Gurdgiev at a breakfast briefing on Russia this morning, part of the Dublin Festival of Russian Culture 2012.

Hang on:

That’s more like it.

Natallia Kabiak from Rathmines wearing traditional Belarus dress, Inna Tykhovod from Lucan wearing traditional Ukrainian dress, Inna Karimova from Balbriggan wearing traditional Russian dress and Galyna Dubey from Tyrrelstown wearing Moldavian traditional dress.

The week long festivities culminate in a family day on Sunday February 26th (traditionally celebrated in Russia as Maslenitsa or Pancake Day), where entertainment  will take place in and around Cow’s Lane and Essex Street, Temple Bar. The centrepiece concert of the festival at the Olympia Theatre, featuring renowned Russian performer Oleg Pogudin, also takes place on Sunday at 2:30pm and 5pm.

(Sasko lazarov, Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5z0rQRdsiE

Nothing to see here.

“So this forces the Greeks into a corner. Either Greece pays the banks or it’s on its own with a new Drachma. Anyone who knows anything about economics understands that the issue is not that Greece will default or might default it is that it won’t be allowed to default enough. ”

 

Look.

Pretty pictures.

DavidMcWilliams.Com

Meanwhile:

Before Greece is even given permission to bail out Europe’s banks, its creditors first demand that the province of Bavaria Sachs, formerly known as Greece, satisfy a checklist of 38 specific conditions, which the now fully colonized nation will have to complete before the end of the month (so in about 5 days), before it is permitted to transfer taxpayer cash to French, German, Italian and Spanish banks. How anyone, even the world’s most degraded debt slave, is willing to subject themselves to such humiliation is simply inconceivable.

 

Behold The Greek Debt Slavery “To Do” Checklist Permitting It To Bail Out Europe’s Insolvent Banks (ZeroHedge)

Louise F writes:

Every time I pass this sign in Tesco, Cabra [Dublin], it annoys me. From my rudimentary knowledge of the laws of physics I think it’s impossible for something to create more energy than it uses as in a fixed system like this store. Energy cannot be created or destroyed it can only be converted from one form to another. Surely this sign is wrong then? But even if I’m wrong about this the sign is very annoying.

February 24, 1914.

From the National Library of Ireland:

These are the crew members of a Norwegian vessel, who survived what is known as the Fethard Lifeboat Disaster. These men were on board their vessel, The Mexico (with its cargo of South American mahogany), when it ran aground on the Keeragh Islands, Co. Wexford, on Friday, 20 February 1914. The Fethard Lifeboat that came to their rescue through a storm was destroyed with the loss of 9 of the 14 lifeboatmen. Not sure where this photo was taken – somewhere in Wexford or Waterford presumably, so please tell us if you know…

 

National Library Of Ireland Flickr Stream