Monthly Archives: June 2012

We’re blaming fornication.

[Senator] Catherine Noone (FG), above, said the use of the pill should be a last resort. The rise in sales seemed to indicate that it was being used as a contraceptive.
Young women in many instances were putting themselves at risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases, she said. The use of the pill also had many side effects in terms of reproductive health as well as all sorts of problems down the line for women in the younger cohort.
Perhaps consideration should be given to raising the price, which had been cut from €50 to €15 last year. She believed that a rise in price should be accompanied by an accompanying awareness campaign.

Oh.

Responding to what he termed her “extraordinary suggestion”, John Crown (Ind) said it was akin to attempting to reduce the incidence of abortion by “increasing the waiting list to 10 months”.

Seanad Report (Jimmy Walshe, Irish Times)

Previously: Michelle Mulherin: She So Forni

Thanks Lars Biscuit

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUdM9vrCbow

Six Things You Need To Know

1. It’s the new Quentin Tarantino, all right? That’s pretty much all
you need to know.

2. It’s QT’s ‘unique’ riff on the cult Spaghetti western Django. Movie
nerds keep your eyes peeled for original Django star Franco Nero. And
Don Johnson dressed as Colonel Sanders.

3. Jamie Foxx is in it because Will Smith turned Tarantino down to do Men In
Black III. Seriously.

4. Reservoir Dogs is 20 years old this year. Jesus Christ.

5. Quentin wanted Leo DiCaprio to play the Christoph Waltz part in
Inglorious Bastards.

6. Great trailer.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Slz5H5ziQM4

Why do the good ones always go so soon?

The “Trololo” clip, as YouTube fans called it, opens with a kaleidoscope of rainbows on a golden background. Mr. Khil then emerges wearing a car salesman’s double-breasted brown suit, a mustard-yellow tie and an ear-to-ear smile under a helmet of brown hair. As he tests his voice, he pantomimes a carefree walk and waves to imaginary passers-by. He sings joyfully, without ever using any actual words.

Eduard Khil, Unlikely YouTube Sensation, Dies at 77 (New York Times)

Thanks Lars Biscuit

THE CONSTRUCTION firm of Independent TD Mick Wallace has made a €2.1 million settlement with the Revenue Commissioners for under-payment of VAT.

The settlement, which arises from the failure of MJ Wallace Ltd to make full tax returns on apartment sales over a two-year period, will be published on the Revenue’s next quarterly list of tax defaulters next week.

The Wexford TD believes that none of the money will be paid to Revenue because his company is insolvent and he is not personally liable.

Regrets? He’s had a few…

“I’m going to get hammered anyway. This kind of thing is happening to builders every day of the week but I’m different because I’m in the Dáil.” What he did was wrong but he wasn’t in a position to undo it now, he said.

Mick Wallace makes €2.1m Revenue Settlement (Irish Times)

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