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Cathal writes:
I know you don’t normally do this – but if anyone knows Judy Ryan – found her Leap card near Docklands station and handed it in to the ticket office guy….
In the late ’90s, when the SNES ruled the world and Bill and Hillary lived at the White House, Japanese publishing house Kaneko commissioned a side-scroller for the US market, based on the exploits of Socks – the First Cat incumbent.
Taking potshots at political figures across the spectrum, Socks the Cat Rocks The Hill was well received but short-lived. Just before the game’s release, Kaneko closed its US operation, leaving developers in the lurch and the game relegated to YouTube clips and forum discussions.
Now, with Hillary destined for the White House and Clintonesque in-jokes more relevant than ever, the developers have apparently regained the rights.
Currently past the $15,000 mark on Kickstarter, the idea is to finish and reissue the game for modern systems. The funding deadline closes on November 8th.
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BREAKING: Multiple US sources tell us John Kerry asked Ecuador to stop Assange from publishing Clinton docs during FARC peace negotiations.
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) October 18, 2016
The John Kerry private meeting with Ecuador was made on the sidelines of the negotiations which took place pricipally on Sep 26 in Colombia.
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) October 18, 2016
It is claimed that US Secretary of State John Kenny personally ordered the severing of Julian Assange’s internet connectio at the Ecuador Embassy in London leveraging anti-Colombia sentiment among his hosts.
He’s worse than a Dublin landlord.
Not as petty though, to be fair.
The Podesta 11 Emails (Wikileaks
Yesterday: Please RT
Pic: Getty Images
Meanwhile…
“We’ve been bussing people in to deal with you f***in assholes for 50 yrs & we’re not going to stop now.”#VoterFraud https://t.co/2Cdqn3g1jr pic.twitter.com/y467shZnM0
— James O’Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) October 18, 2016
Good times.
UPDATE:
Eric Geller tweetz:
BREAKING: Ecuador admits it cut off Assange’s internet due to his use of it to interfere in the U.S. election.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (above, in Cleveland, Ohio) has announced its nominees for 2017.
The full ballot of those in consideration this year are: Pearl Jam, Jane’s Addiction, Bad Brains, MC5, Journey, Yes, Tupac Shakur, Depeche Mode, Electric Light Orchestra, Janet Jackson, the Cars, the Zombies, Chaka Khan, Chic, J. Geils Band, Joan Baez, Joe Tex, Kraftwerk and Steppenwolf (any excuse)
Pearl Jam and 2Pac are in their first year of eligibility for the HoF, and this is the first nomination for either Jane’s Addiction or Bad Brains.
Meanwhile, Yes are hoping to be third time lucky.
Next induction happens at the Barclays Centre in Brooklyn in April 2017.
Friday October 21 – Sunday October 23: No Idle Day mini-festival @ various locations in Dublin
Nialler9 writes:
Not only does Young Hearts Run Free raise money for a very worthwhile cause in the Simon Community, it also puts on unique imaginative events that draws people of different creative persuasion together.
No Idle Days is their mini-festival running this weekend features a community games, a magical mystery tour, a secret location gig, a their own take on The Sunday Game, a walking tour, paint classes and talks.
Participants include Donal Lunny, Mícheál Ó’Muircheartaigh, Alison Spittle, Banter, Don Conroy, No Monster Club, Spook Of The Thirteenth Lock, Donal Dineen, Joanna Walsh and and more….
Tickets here
This year’s Football Manager game (TAFKA Championship Manager, lapsed fans) will simulate Brexit in the transfer market.
Providing players with three perspective scenarios as time rolls on, the in-game economy will either have a soft Brexit, with free movement of players and staff around the EU; an exemption made for sportspeople similar to entertainers; or a hard Brexit that restricts movement of players and staff.
Says creator Miles Jacobson:
“We usually try and keep politics out of the game because nobody wants it rammed down their throat.
“But we were left with an interesting situation this year when the people of Britain voted to leave the EU and it wouldn’t have felt right to leave that out. It’s something we had to reflect in the game.
“So we sat down with the research guys and started to plan how we might put it in.”
Brexit is simulated in Football Manager 2017, and it’s going to make the game harder than ever
A 19 minute compilation of all the Tom Cruise running scenes by Andy Schneider and Jonathan Britnell. To wit:
Every Tom Cruise Run. Ever. Not speed walking. Not jogging. RUNNING.
Invasion of the Bodyslams – promoted by Over the Top Wrestling – brings a troupe of sports-entertainers, comedians and sundry Father Ted characters reprising their former roles to the Galway Comedy Carnival later this month.
Joining the roster will be comedy turn du jour Al Porter, the Rubberbandits, WWE legend Sean (1-2-3 Kid/X-Pac) Waltman and Pro Wrestling NOAH star Chris Hero.
Invasion of the Body Slams, 11pm, October 30th at the Black Box