Monthly Archives: June 2012

You may recall the maternity hospital poster (above)

ProudToBeirish writes:

Recently spotted this in the Coombe along with other Irish flags etc and cheered me up. Returned another day and noticed it was all gone. Being nosy I asked why. Apparently higher ups in the hospital made them take it down in case it offended non-Irish patients!!!! I for one am now a very offended Irish person. Political correctness gone more than mad. Shame!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QoEEGySGm4#!

No, really.

Dutch private startup company Mars One is planning a human colony on Mars by 2023, ten years ahead of NASA. The $6billion project will be financed by turning it into ‘the biggest media event ever’. Auditions for the four Martian colonists begin this year.
The company sez:

Mars One will establish the first human settlement on Mars in 2023. A habitable settlement will be waiting for the settlers when they land. The settlement will support them while they live and work on Mars the rest of their lives. Every two years after 2023 an additional crew will arrive, such that there is a real living, growing community on Mars. Mars One has created a technical plan for this mission that is as simple as possible. For every component of the mission we have identified at least one potential supplier. Mars One invites you to join us in this next giant leap for mankind!

Naturally, Big Brother creator Paul Römer is a sponsor, and Nobel Prize winning physicist Professor Gerard ‘t Hooft (who features in the promo video above) seems enthusiastic too.

dailywh.at

“And they all moved away from me on the bench
there, and the hairy eyeball and all kinds of mean nasty things…”
(Alice’s Restaurant by Arlo Guthrie)

 

INDEPENDENT TD Mick Wallace is facing censure by his Dáil colleagues and a possible criminal prosecution over his admitted under-declaration of VAT payments by his construction firm.

Fellow members of the Dáil technical group last night joined in the condemnation of his €2.1 million settlement with the Revenue Commissioners, while Fine Gael and Labour TDs called on him to consider his position.

Mr Wallace faces up to five years’ imprisonment if prosecuted and convicted over his under-declaration of VAT over a two-year period.

Wallace Faces Dáil Censure After Admitting VAT Offence (Irish Times)

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