Author Archives: Nick Kelly


1981 and 1982.

DeLorean begins and ends production in Northern Ireland.

Good times.

Meanwhile…

The new Delorean EV

The San Antonio City Council is hoping the revamped car brand from the “Back to the Future” movie franchise will bring economic success back to San Antonio in the future.

City council members unanimously approved up to $562,500 worth of grants for DeLorean Motor Company to set up its headquarters at Port San Antonio and also allowed it to apply for $1.25 million worth of tax refunds through the state.

DeLorean, which is not related to the original car company from the 1980s, is relaunching the iconic brand as an electric vehicle company…

City of San Antonio gives DeLorean up to $563k in grants to establish headquarters at Port SA (KSAT)

This morning.

GAA Museum, Croke Park.

Top from left: Event manager Eamon O’Boyle, Superintendent Martin Mooney and Head of Croke Park Operations & Events Tony McGuinness briefing media on the safety and security arrangements along with the Garda Traffic Management Plan for the Ed Sheeran concerts at Croke Park next Saturday and Sunday.

Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews

Professor Luke O’Neill, Chair of Biochemistry at Trinity College

This morning.

“It’s like a deck of cards and it keeps getting reshuffled.

“You know an immune system can recognise the same cards, basically. So far the worry would be a new deck of cards might emerge, or a different kind of suit of cards … might emerge, and then we might be in more trouble, but for the moment as I say it’s the same deck of cards being reshuffled basically.”

Professor Luke O’ Neill on ‘Today with Philip Boucher Hayes’ on RTÉ Radio One

Vaccines effective against new Omicron variant – O’Neill (RTE)

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via Threads Irish:

Within the last few months a lot has been happening to Ireland’s scaremonger supremo Prof Luke O Neill.

On 25th March O Neill penned an article for the WEF entitled: Deltacron: What scientists know so far about this new hybrid coronavirus

O Neill is now an official agenda contributor to the World Economic Forum.

Surely it’s just a coincidence that O’Neill has also been named named as a leading member of the Government’s new Covid-19 Advisory Group…[more at link below]

Did You Know Prof Luke O Neill Is Now A Member Of The World Economic Forum? (ThreadsIrish, Substack)

This morning.

Shanghai, China.

Shanghai is preparing to ease its lockdown over the city’s 25 million people.

Via The Guardian:

Major companies including Tesla and Volkswagen are among 666 firms told they could restart production this week, under closed-loop management. A memo reportedly circulated at Tesla told employees they would have to sleep at the factory, with the company providing each with a sleeping bag and mattress, daily meals and a stipend.

Drone footage taken by Chinese media appeared to show Tesla employees arriving at the factory on Tuesday with luggage, and several people moving the frame of a Tesla car around the site. Volkswagen, which restarted production at its Changchun factories after restrictions there eased, said it was still studying the feasibility of resuming production in Shanghai, Reuters reported.

Shanghai prepares to ease Covid lockdown as factories reopen (The Guardian)

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Um.

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Ah here.

Earlier…

The US Centre for Disease Control (CDC) did not have the legal authority to impose a mask mandate for airline, bus and train passengers, and that the government broke the law by doing it without first seeking public comment, a federal judge has ruled

Last night/this morning.

Via The Guardian:

A federal judge in Florida has struck down Joe Biden’s national mask mandate covering airplanes, airports and other public transportation, prompting the White House to announce the rule would not be enforced while federal agencies decide how to respond to the judge’s order.

The ruling appeared to free operators to make their own decisions about mask requirements, with several airlines announcing they would drop mandates, but other transport networks including the New York City subway planning to keep them in place.

The mandate was overturned on Monday by the US district judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle in Tampa, who judged the rule as exceeding the authority of US health officials in the coronavirus pandemic.

She added that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had failed to justify its decision and did not follow proper rule-making procedures.

US judge strikes down Biden mask mandate for planes and trains (The Guardian)

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In fairness.

NBC

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Driven Snow – Trying

Sometimes there’s sneachta in April.

The debut single from dynamic indie troupe Driven Snow (featuring Delorentos‘ Kieran McGuinness (top left) and Emily (right), a vocalist with Republic Of Loose and Stars On Fire) is a warm-hearted, contemplative song that will strike a chord with many a listener in these difficult times.

Driven Snow are: Kieran – guitar, vocals, keys; Emily – vocals, keys; Tommy McLaughlin – Additional programming, keys, and production.

It was recorded in Donegal’s Attica Studios and mastered by Fergal Davis.

To quote the press blurb:

“With influences including Neil Young, Beach House, Cat Power, Scandinavian TV shows and fireside beers, the realities of life as a musician in modern Ireland have never been more beautifully articulated.”

Nick says: Once upon a time in the North West.

Driven Snow

BASFs plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany

This afternoon.

Via Bloomberg:

BASF SE’s plant in Ludwigshafen is emerging as a symbol of Germany’s opposition to a full embargo on Russian gas amid rising calls to punish President Vladimir Putin for his war on Ukraine. Cutting it off, BASF says, could render its factory—the biggest supplier of the base chemical acetylene—inoperative, sending shock waves through many industries and causing Germany’s economy irreversible damage.

The warnings have alarmed policymakers in Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s administration, which has been scrambling to offset Germany’s reliance on Russia for roughly one-third of its energy.

…Germany could face a €220 billion ($240 billion) hit to output over the next two years should gas supply be severed immediately, according to a joint forecast of economic institutes, the equivalent of a 6.5% annual output cut, tipping the country into a recession of more than 2% next year….

Germany’s Faustian Pact With Russia Haunts Industrial Giants (Bloomberg)

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2018.

They’re not laughing now.

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Yesterday.

MSNBC’s “Reports” with Andrea Mitchell.

Dr Anthony Fauci, Chief Medical Advisor to President Joe Biden, said:

“China has a number of problems, two of which are that the complete lockdown, which was their approach, a strictest lockdown you’d never be able to implement in the United States. Although that prevents the spread of infection, I remember early on they were saying, and I think accurately, they were doing better than anyone else.

“You use lockdowns to get people vaccinated so that when you open up, you won’t have a surge of infections.

“Because you’re dealing with an immunologically naive population of the virus because they’ve not been exposed because of the lockdown.

Also, they have a lot of their older population, which are the most vulnerable among us, and so, there’s a double negative there. One, they don’t have people who are protected, and B, the people who need it most, are not getting the vaccination. That’s the source of the problem in China.”

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Yikes.

Dundalk Democrat, Summer 1977

1977.

Supple wrists and feet.

Good times.

Brother Josh – Crawl Back

Get this party re-started.

Irish newcomer Josh Bass (left) and his cousin Daz Bass (right) aka Brother Josh, bring the house down in their new video directed by Michael Reid.

Josh writes:

“The absence of work made the lockdowns a difficult time for musicians. Apart from the lack of income, most felt cut adrift by the absence of that magical connection between musicians and fans in the live context.

“I’m determined to take this project all the way. I’m really excited by the material I’ve written and can’t wait to get it all out there and get back to playing live again.”

Nick says: Brother act.

Brother Josh