North Korean leader Kim Jong-un watches a ballistic rocket launch at an unknown location.
On Monday it’s lovely to see
North Korea have gone and launched three
Missiles of some kind
Kim Jong-un will find
He’s had his revenge on the sea.
John Moynes
Pic: Reuters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFvOoMvpJGE&feature=youtu.be
Ellen Coyne and Catherine Sanz, of The Times Ireland Edition, went undercover at an ‘abortion advice’ centre in Berkeley Street, Inns Quay, Dublin 7.
The Women’s Centre advertises itself as an impartial source of advice for women who want to travel to the UK to access an abortion but has direct links to a Catholic anti-abortion group…
…A woman working at the clinic, who claimed to be a counsellor, told her that breasts and ovaries were connected and that when a pregnancy ended unexpectedly a woman’s reproductive system could be damaged, causing breast cancer…and that abortion could lead to women abusing their children in the future.
Abortion causes cancer, women’s centre claims (The Times Ireland Edition)
Meanwhile…
Taken from the Abortionadvice.ie website.
Meanwhile…
The Scarlet Phibsbernel writes:
Thought you might like this photo of the Blue Door, taken in 2014 when this outfit wore its heart on its sleeve. In those days the lovely people therein would often be seen at the front door, offering comment to anyone that might press the buzzer next door….
SEE ALSO: Evils Has Left The Building
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Grand Canal Dock, Dublin.
DarraghNoob writes:
Some nice wakeboarding action this evening with an epic sunset.
Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Pachal Donohoe (right) and The Fine Gael Minister for Finance Michael Noonan at Government Buildings this afternoon
This afternoon.
With the Cabinet agreeing to appeal the decision that ireland gave illegal state aid worth 13bn Euro to Apple….the following is reportedly what was agreed:
1. Arrange for annulment proceedings to be brought before the General Court of the European Union (GCEU) on State aid SA. 38373 (2014/C)(ex 2014/NN) (ex 2014/CP) implemented by Ireland to Apple;
2. Request the Attorney General to prepare the legal grounds in support of those proceedings and to take all other steps incidental to the conduct of those proceedings;
3. Propose the following motion before Dáil Eireann:
That Dáil Éireann:
(i) Supports the Government decision to appeal the European Commission’s decision that Ireland provided unlawful State aid to Apple.
(ii) Commits itself to the highest international standards in transparency in the taxation of the corporate sector;
(iii) Resolves that, no company or individual receives preferential tax treatment contrary to the Tax Acts and calls on the Revenue Commissioners to continue to observe this principle;” and
4. To reaffirm Ireland’s 12 and half per cent corporation tax rate
5. To arrange for a review of Ireland’s corporation tax system by an independent expert to be appointed by the Minister for Finance, excluding the 12 and half per cent corporation rate.
Fight!
Apple ruling is aimed at harming Irish tax regime, claims Noonan (Irish Times)
Apple and state aid: the end of the affair (Vincent Boland, Financial Times)
Earlier: Apple Green
Rollingnews
Earlier, with a Golden Discs voucher worth twenty five EUROS to giveaway we asked: what’s your favourite Prog track.
You answered in your tens.
But there could be only one winner.
Kolmo wins the voucher with this epic choice and Prog-like reasoning.
“The greatest prog song in my experience would have be Close to the edge by Yes owing to it’s 18 minutes of musical drama, impenetrable, but delightful complexity and the fact that it uses nearly every musical instrument known to man in the tune…
…It goes on for ages, to listen to the tune without distraction for it’s length is an achievement, by the time you reach the end it feels like you where tripping liathróidí when all you’ve probably consumed was a milky cup of tea and a digestive or possibly a chocolate digestive if the mood had taken you during the shopping trip for something sweet, as plain digestive biscuit sans chocolate is hard to understand, like, if your going to buy biscuits, I mean, life is a short event, choosing not to have chocolate on a rather plain situation is, I’ll try to be kind, miserable and frankly you might need to have an internal dialogue with your id as to the choices you make in life.”
Runners up:
Liam: “Zen Archer” by Todd Rundgren – has heavenly harmonies, military drums, time signature changes and a staggeringly good sax solo (not a phrase I type very often) as well as the obiligatory incomprehensible lyrics. What is a Zen Archer? maybe we’re better off not knowing…”
Dermot: “The greatest prog song in my experience would have be A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procul Harum owing to its haunting melody and just plain weird lyrics.”
Niallo: “The greatest prog song in my experience would have to be Watcher of the Skies by Genesis, because its just magnificent without being pretentious. And that’s Peter Gabriel Genesis kids, not Phil Collins and his big sweaty head Genesis.”
Optimus Grime: “My greatest prog rock song would be the manic “Son et Lumiere – Inertiatic ESP” double header from the Mar Volta from the seminal De-Loused in the Comatorium. Wailing non coherent lyrics with ludicrously complicated guitar riffs what’s not to love about it!”
Edalicious: “Rose by New Secret Weapon is a belter of a tune by an Irish Prog act.”
Liam Deliverance: “The greatest prog song in my experience would have be Jethro Tull – Locomotive Breath owing to the fact that Jethro Tull was a band made up of members who could actually sing and play and were not completely bonkers like a lot of their contemporaries.”
Thanks All
Earlier: Oh My Prog
