Shane Rooney tweetz:
Beware of the snipers in the Phoenix Park.
MORE to follow.
Bill Clinton and Enda Kenny at a Clinton Foundation event at New York University in February, 2012
As you may be aware Irish Aid, the Government development agency, donated $5 million to $10 million to the Clinton Foundation.
Further to this.
For years, Clinton partisans have blindly defended every criticism of the Clinton Foundation by pointing to the good work the charity has done.
But the WikiLeaks emails from John Podesta, Hillary Clinton‘s campaign chair, have confirmed nearly every criticism of the Clinton Foundation, debunking the claim that it is solely a philanthropic endeavor run by the Clintons.
Jeff Stein, a writer at the generally pro-Clinton Vox, rescinded previous claims he made that the Clinton Foundation wasn’t used to personally enrich the family’s wealth after WikiLeaks released an email revealing Chelsea Clinton used the foundation to direct investors to her husband’s hedge fund and treated Clinton Foundation funds as a personal bank account.
“His raising money for his own fund hasn’t been going well and he has cvc making some calls for him to get mtgs with some clinton people,”
Teneo president Doug Band, who has some close ties with the foundation, wrote in a January 2012 email to Podesta and other Clinton staff:
“Marc has invited several potential investors and a few current business ones to the poker night. I assume all are contributing to the foundation, which of course isn’t the point. What is the point is that he is doing precisely what he accused me of doing as the entire plan of his has been to use this for his business which he is.”
Previously-released emails have revealed a pay-to-play exchange between the government of Morocco and then-Secretary of State Clinton. Ukrainian billionaire Victor Pinchuk used his prolific donations to the Clinton Foundation to solicit political favors….
Good times
Latest WikiLeaks Reveals Clinton Critics Were Right All Along (Observer)
The Podesta Emails (Wikileaks)
Earlier: To The Wire
Michael Taft: May The Best Woman Win
Previously: Anyone For Teneo?
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In case you missed it.
The Rubberbandits’ Guide, having kicked off last winter with the Guide to 1916, has returned as an ongoing concern, beginning with the Rubberbandits’ Guide to Money.
In the trailer above: the Modern Economy Gameshow.
Nobody wins.
‘sup?
This afternoon.
GPO, Dublin 1
Santa Claus arrivesd with Rudolf and twins Ann and Maria Connors, to officially launch the programme of festive events for Dublin At Christmas a partnership initiative between DublinTown, Dublin City Council and the city’s transport providers.
The message is ‘Go To Town‘ and “experience the magic and tradition of Dublin at Christmas time”.
Lighting ceremonies are taking place from Sunday November 13 until Sunday 27 November across four of Dublin’s iconic city centre locations (see link below)
Fight!
Dublin At Christmas (Dublin City Council
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Langermas
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‘Tis officially the season, folks – this year’s issue of the Holly Bough has landed in Cork, with a modern touch this year…
…with cover art from Marvel artist and Corkonian Will Sliney, portraying, among others, Michael O’Regan, the famous Patrick Street Echo Boy, slinging papers on the city’s main thoroughfare for over 50 years.
Crossword entries are pouring in already.
In fairness.
Is this yours?
Dan writes:
I found this VISA debit card outside the Jameson distillery/Jo Burger in Smithfield [Dublin 7] at around 1pm today I can hand it back to a branch but thought it might be worth posting here first in case it can be re-united its owner without the need to go through the hassle of cancelling it..
UPDATE: Lisa located (see comments)
A genuinely hilarious video currently doing the rounds, featuring Brazilian actor and comedian Oscar Filho affectionately imitating his friend’s boxer, Mel.
This morning/afternoon
Almost 70% of second-level schools are closed today as the Association of Secondary School Teachers in Ireland (ASTI) engage in the second of a series of one-day strikes over the issue of equal pay for more recently qualified teachers.
From top: Loreto College Dublin 2; pics 2-4: Pobalscoil Neasain, Baldoyle; pic 5: ASTI President Ed Byrne (right) and ASTI General Secretary Kieran Christie and ASTI members
Second day of strike action by ASTI teachers (RTÉ)
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