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This afternoon.

Pfizer vaccine volunteer, Glenn Deshields, a lobbyist from Austin, Texas, USA compares the side effects of the Pfizer rona jab to “a severe hangover” without any preceding hooch-filled fun.

Hic.

Pfizer vaccine volunteer describes side affects as ‘severe hangover’ (Independent.ie)

Conan O’Brien

Course you are.

On The Late Late Show…

…Jennifer O’Brien writes:

Gabriel Byrne will speak to Ryan about why, at the age of 70, he decided to get around to writing a revealing autobiography…

Conan O’Brien will discuss his proud Irish heritage, his hugely successful podcast, and whether Donald Trump is a guest he may want to interview in future.

Former US ambassador to the UN Samantha Power, joins Ryan to speak about being a close colleague of the now President-Elect Joe Biden….

Ireland’s favorite immunologist Luke O’ Neill will be in studio to delve into this week’s exciting developments in the search for the Covid vaccine….

Ryan will meet Lily Collison, the woman who was instrumental in the success of billionaire Stripe founders, John and Patrick. Lily will also speak about John and Patrick’s younger brother Tommy’s story of triumph over adversity.

To mark the centenary of Bloody Sunday next weekend, The Croke Park Museum will be moving part of their exhibition into the Late Late studio…

Italian Opera Singer Andrea Bocelli will also join us for a very special performance of a beloved song, and The Coronas will be in studio, performing their latest single.

The Late Late Show tomorrow at 9.35pm on RTÉ One.

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Fantasy Ireland.

A trailer for Episode 6 of the animated series, from Dublin-based Igloo Animations and the writers of Zig and Zag, featuring Dara O’ Briain, Michael D Higgins, Bono and a giant fish all in cartoon form.

Tonight on RTÉ2 at 11.20pm.

Catch up on the series here.

Previously: Fantasy Ireland on Broadsheet

Dublin Airport last Christmas

This afternoon.

The Dáil.

“I think in terms of people booking flights for Christmas to come home, I’d advise them not to do that at the moment.

“I know that’s difficult, I know that’s tough, but Christmas is six weeks away and it is too soon now for people to be booking flights to come home”.

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar.

Meanwhile…

Mr Varadkar said there are dangers that international travel could reseed the virus here.

Visitors still welcome.

Good times.

Tánaiste advises not to book Christmas flights home yet (RTÉ)

RollingNews

SPLUTTER!

Stephen McBride writes:

Oh dear….Also, plug for my own bus app (ios and Android) which features 100% fewer pornographic newsletters…

Donald Trump (left) and Joe Biden

This morning.

To recap…

…The Trump campaign has filed lawsuits in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Arizona asking judges to stop state officials from certifying the vote in the US Presidential Election 2020.

Via Wall Street Journal:

Denying Mr. Biden the 47 electoral votes in those three states would block his path to securing a majority. Mr. Biden leads by about 50,000 votes, or 0.75%, in Pennsylvania; by about 146,000 votes, or 2.6%, in Michigan; and by about 13,000 votes, or 0.4%, in Arizona.

Few courts have considered similar requests in the past, leaving few precedents.

[States use their popular vote for president to send a set number of electors to formally vote for president in the Electoral College. The Constitution says state legislatures shall determine how the electors are chosen, leading to speculation about what would happen with deadlocked results.]

Asked about the Trump campaign’s attempts to delay certification in some states, Biden campaign general counsel Dana Remus said Tuesday: “They simply have no evidence, and to succeed in a lawsuit that will stop certification, there has to be evidence of a problem with the process.”

In Pennsylvania, government officials say the law doesn’t allow the Legislature to send up a pro-Trump set of electors.

Arizona is scheduled to certify its election results on Nov. 30. Michigan and Pennsylvania have deadlines of Nov. 23, under most circumstances.

What Is Trump’s Legal Strategy? Try to Block Certification of Biden Victory in States (WSJ)

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Meanwhile…

Anyone?

Gulp.

This morning.

Anyone?

Meanwhile, dawn swimmers at Bray seafront…

(Thanks Janet Phillips)

The question of our time.

Will Bond ever go electric?

Dublin Bond maniac Alan Carroll  writes:

We took the Tesla Model X out for a drive to see. Comparing it the new Aston Martin DBS that will appear in ‘No Time To Die’ as well as some of the cars from James Bonds past. I was wondering is this a Bond car?

Alan Carroll

Medical campaigners John Wall and Vicky Phelan

This morning.

The Irish Examiner has seen hundreds of pages of analysis from the Department of Health and Department of Education that show the departments ‘are closely monitoring social media and keeping detailed accounts of topics that have criticised and praised them throughout the pandemic’.

Via Irish Examiner:

Despite hundreds of pages of analysis, only two are dedicated to misinformation.

Certain journalists or columnists come up repeatedly in the Department of Health’s analysis, including but not limited to staff from the Irish Examiner, RTÉ, Newstalk, Virgin Media, as well as other major newspapers and public figures.

Notable health professionals including Dr Holohan feature extensively, as does Dr Maithiú Ó Tuthuail, who later found himself at the centre of a political scandal over leaked documents.

Campaigners Dr Ilona Duffy, John Wall, and Vicky Phelan all feature in the analysis of critical tweets about cancer screenings.

Government monitoring social media of journalists, Tony Holohan, Vicky Phelan and others (Irish Examiner)

Meanwhile…

Meanwhile…

Taoiseach Micheál Martin this afternoon in the Dáil at the Convention Centre

Meanwhile…

But that leaves two million of us prick-free.

Pause.

SAVE yourselves.

Earlier: One Jab