Monthly Archives: August 2012

Well, it rhymes with ships.

Kidding.

At the quays at Dublin this afternoon was Elizabeth Barrett (centre) from the Irish Navy, with, from left: Lisa Cannon, Glenda Gilson, Kirsteen O’Sullivan and Karen Koster.

“At the launch of Foroige’s attempt to break a world record for the largest number of people to ‘Rock the Boat’, taking place during the ‘Tall Ships Races 2012’.”

That’s Monday for ye.

Meanwhile: on the LÉ  Hotness:

Glenda Gilson (left) with Ordinary Seaman (oer, etc.) Brian ‘Matt Damon’  Hayes and Kirsteen O’Sullivan.

(Laura Hutton/Photocall ireland)

 

Alexander Barankov sits, today, in a Quito jail awaiting extradition to Belarus.

Having angered the Belarussian dictator, Alexander Lukashenko (current darling of the Equadorian economy) the blogger finds himself in a rather worse pickle than Julian Assange.

“Far from the world’s attention, the (Ecuadorian) government is evicting an ex-government worker from Belarus who has enjoyed three years of asylum status in Ecuador. The reason is that six weeks ago, Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko was in Quito to sign a number of trade agreements and applied pressure. A short time later the man, Alexander Barankov, was arrested in Quito. Against this background, the flowery words of Ecuador’s foreign minister about the huge importance of political asylum don’t hold much value.”

Assange Case Exposes ‘International Hypocrisy’ (Spiegel Online)

Democratic Underground

(Hat tip @soundmigration)


My heart leaps for joy when I see,
Advances in biology,
Now we’ve found an escape,
From “legitimate rape”,
Three cheers for the great G.O.P.

John Moynes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdisTOKom5I

The genius of Missouri GOP Senate candidate Todd Akin.

shortformblog

(Reuters)

Sliabh na mBan: Michael Collins’ armoured ‘jam jar’ at Béal na mBláth, Co Cork, yesterday on the 90th anniversary of the Corkman’s death.

Enda Kenny told the gathering

“I think it is safe to say that the giant discrepancies that have occurred in recent years would leave Collins, like all of us, absolutely speechless But helpless? Never — he was a pragmatist, a doer, a passionate lover of Ireland and an unfailing optimist.”

Hmm.

Watch the restoration of Sliabh na mBan in timelapse here.

Taoiseach Leads Tributes To Collins As Thousands Turn Out At Beal na mBlath (Ralph Riegel, irish Independent)

(Thanks Moss)