Yearly Archives: 2016

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“For Lily and Ben, there are only two certainties in life, death and… is it tax day already?!”

The season closer for the Dublin-based web comedy series following the trials of a millenial couple from the minds and acting chops of Kelly Shatter, Luke Benson and Kevin Handy.

In fairness.

Previously:  Episode 5, Episode 4, Episode 3, Episode 2, Episode 1

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Gulp.

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough reflects on the self immolation of the mainstream media during the US Presidential Election.

Meanwhile…

“When the conventional wisdom is wrong this often, we really ought to take pause. It’s a sign that those in charge of reading the world for us aren’t reading it right. It’s like they’re speaking the wrong language.

It’s one thing to call an election wrong here or there. But to do it again and again should have alarm bells ringing very loudly in newsrooms, in academia, in the corridors of power generally.

It is simply not good enough that almost all of our pundits, researchers, presenters, producers and ‘experts’ are clearly so out of tune with so many voters. It’s one thing to call elections wrong, but what makes it worse, and obviously contributes to all those wrong calls, is that the ‘experts’ are indeed so out of tune and so out of sympathy with so many voters. Worse than that, they have huge contempt for huge numbers of voters”

In fairness.

FIGHT!

‘Conventional wisdom’, based on contempt for voters, got it wrong (David Quinn, Irish Independent)

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A tribute to 138 years of cinema by UK filmmaker Vugar Efendi. To wit:

…you remember the movies not for the most intricate plot twists or the elaborate set pieces but rather the characters and the emotions they convey.

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Tickets for the Rio Olympic Games

You may recall how it was announced, on August 24th, that retired judge Mr Justice Carroll Moran would lead an inquiry into the reselling of tickets for the Rio Olympics that were originally part of the Olympic Council of Ireland’s allocation of tickets.

It was also said a report on the matter would be presented to the Minister for Sport Shane Ross within 12 weeks of the inquiry’s commencement.

Further to this…

The Moran Inquiry invites submissions from members of the public concerning their experience in applying for tickets at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.

This Inquiry has been established by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport and the Minister for State with responsibility for Tourism and Sport to investigate the distribution and sale of tickets at these Olympic Games.

Persons wishing to make a written submission should do so on or before the 30th November 2016 by post or electronically to the addresses set out below.

Any such submissions should be accompanied by all emails, correspondence and other relevant documents. The text of the Terms of Reference of the Moran Inquiry can be found here

The postal address is: Moran Inquiry c/o The Property Registration Authority, The Four Courts, Dublin 7. D07 T652. The email address is info@moraninquiry.ie

H/T: Gavan Reilly

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The Highlighter Cannabis Vapour Pen ($50) – a USB rechargeable battery powered element warms 50% THC cannabis oil to deliver a cool vapour toke.

Available in Sativa, Indica, Hybrid, and strain-specific Single Origin varieties and for every unit sold, the California based 1-for1 medical marijuana manufacturer Bloom Farms donates a healthy meal to a local food bank.

Available at Bloom farms outlets only.

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The new Christmas ad from Lidl.

With the tagline Buy Share More This Christmas.

Harrumph

Mmf.