Yearly Archives: 2013

obama

Or a great speech for Northern Ireland?

Obama’s address at Waterfront Hall, Belfast, yesterday (highlights above).

Eddie writes:

I have just watched  the whole of Obama’s speech in Belfast on UTV. player…It is so unbelievably patronising….I can’t believe that even he isn’t embarrassed.

 

Full speech here

 

Obama tells Belfast ‘peace is harder than war’ (Irish Independent)

 

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The trigger was a 2 June increase in the price of a single bus fare in Sao Paulo from 3 reals ($1.40, £0.90) to 3.20. …In a country soon due to host the World Cup and Olympics, many are now complaining that vast sums of money are being wasted instead of used for health and education.
Political leaders have also been accused of nepotism and corruption.

Related: Meanwhile, On O’Connell Street

Brazil protests spread in Sao Paulo, Brasilia and Rio (BBC)

(AFP)

drone

Jenk K sez:

Tuesday afternoon on June 11th 2013, Police fired bullets at RC controlled flying camera during the protests in Taksim square, Istanbul. Police aimed directly at the camera.Unfortunately the last video was not saved properly on the memory card due to the impact of the bullet. The camera and the helicopter are completely broken.Here is the footage from that camera! This footage you are about to see is from the previous flights minutes before the incident.

(Hat tip: Mark Malone)

Pocket

“Put that in your pocket now. Put that in your pocket now. Put that, put that in your pocket now. Go on.”

“And what did your last slave die of?”

“Isn’t he a gas ticket.”

“Sure it’ll be grand.”

“Well he now is an amadán of the highest order.”

“Look at that now. And you can take pictures and everything with that? The lot? Isn’t that a great little gizmo now.”

Etc.

Previously: “Where Did We Get Him?”

Thanks Bebhinn 

Sashie-Masakatsu01 Sashie-Masakatsu03 Sashie-Masakatsu05 Sashie-Masakatsu08A series of oil paintings by Japanese artist Sashie Masakatsu, depicting Man of Steel-ish gravity-defying spheres of compacted urban detritus floating above ruined landscapes.

The works envision a future where environmental disasters have made the cities depicted uninhabitable.

Is that what you want? ‘Cos that’s what’ll happen.

illuminations/faithistorment