Maximilien Robespierre’s The Cult of the Supreme Being was intended to be  the state religion of the new French Republic

On this day Robespierre had a dream
Of of a cult of a Being supreme
A long winded and odd
Way to talk about God
Which quite swiftly fell from esteem

John Moynes

Property developer Johnny Ronan in Capetown, South Africa

Last night.

Following on from the circulation of a video of property developer Johnny Ronan in Capetown, South Africa…

Tom Lyons, in The Currency, reports:

Johnny Ronan, one of Ireland’s most successful property developers, has apologised after a video went viral in recent days showing him joking with friends three months ago about Covid-19.

The video spread unexpectedly on Whatsapp this week before leaking onto other social media. At the time it was made by double Olympic cyclist Philip Cassidy on February 29, it had been shared only to a small group of friends before somehow it spread more widely.

Cassidy is a friend of Ronan, who is also a keen cyclist, and they were on a cycling trip together in February in Cape Town, South Africa prior to Covid-19 reaching Ireland.

“I’m sorry”: Apology as 3-month old video of developer Ronan joking about Covid-19 goes viral (The Currency)

Yesterday: We’re Back Baby

The vividly macabre Hieronymus Bosch style visions of German artist Wolfgang Grässe (1930-2008). 

Above: (1-4) ’The Throne Of Death’ (1999) and (5-8) ‘Kingdom Of Death’ (2000).

Explored in detail here.

thisisnthappiness

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Early 1960s.

Two rarely-seen images of views from the top of Nelson’s Pillar, O’Connell Street, Dublin 1 prior to its destruction at the hands of Horatio-hating republicans.

Name those jammers, anyone?

Pics Clarence W. Sorensen via University of Wisconsin

Capetown, South Africa

Sun-grizzled property developer Johnny Ronan self isolates.

What a complete and utter character.

Previously…

Meanwhile…

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