This afternoon.

Ginger tin foiler Dave Cullen, whose conspiratorial and conservative-leaning Computing Forever channel with half a million subscribers was removed by YouTube last January, reveals details of a recent campaign of harassment, defamation and intimidation against him by apron-wearing, Luciferian headers forces unknown, some of it caught spookily on camera (top).

That’ll learn him.

And let this be a lesson to us all.

Previously: Banned Forever

Update:

Behold: the Jumpacan – a skeletonised Dark Knight-era-Batmobile-looking Lamborghini Huracán created by off-road customiser Chris Steinbacher to take on the 2021 Mint 400 race through the Nevada desert outside Las Vegas.

There’s a 12 point roll cage, rock sliders, massively beefed up long-travel suspension and a gutted interior with Corbeau racing seats and a race display.

The desert Lambo is still in pre-race development, with plans for a skid plate and even more robust suspension upgrades but you can see it in action (eventually) here.

hiconsumption

‘200 Major and a bottle of Jameson, please.’

Yesterday morning.

In ‘the vicinity of Dublin Port’.

Óglaigh na hÉireann conducted a ‘complex terrorist exercise’ led by the Army Ranger Wing, supported by the Air Corps and Naval Service, with a Defence Forces HQ ‘command and control element’.

Assault teams were deployed on to a Stena Line ferry from AW139 choppers and hard hull inflatables before taking out Seagal ‘securing the vessel’ as it approached Dublin Port.

Name those ‘pieces’, anyone?

Any excuse.

Pics: Defence Forces

Above from left: Katherine Zappone, Leo Varadkar and Simon Coveney

This afternoon.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said that Katherine Zappone did not directly put herself forward for the role of UN special envoy for freedom of expression.

Via RTÉ

Speaking on RTÉ’s News at One programme, Mr Coveney said: “I contacted Katherine and asked her whether she would be willing to do this role, which is perfectly normal in terms of how special envoys are appointed”.

The role comes with a €13,000-€15,000 income before tax, plus expenses for travel and accommodation, and will reportedly involve 50-60 days work a year.

Mr Coveney said that no one else was considered as the minister thought Ms Zappone would be very good “as we had someone who was a former government minister, who lives in New York and has campaigned all her life on issues of freedom of expression, on human rights issues and LGBT issues, all of her life, and we now have her available to us if she was willing to do it”.

Seems legit.

Zappone did not put herself forward for UN envoy role – Coveney (RTÉ)

Earlier…

From left: Katherine Zappone, Leo Varadkar and Paschal Donohoe

This morning.

Via Independent.ie

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe spoke with Katherine Zappone 10 days before she was appointed as a special envoy for freedom of expression.

Mr Donohoe met Ms Zappone near Government Buildings for around 30 minutes less than two weeks before the appointment.

The minister’s spokesperson said the meeting was not related to Ms Zappone’s new taxpayer-funded position.

“They have a good relation and he met her for 30 minutes for coffee,” she said.

The spokesperson could not say whether Mr Donohoe and Ms Zappone discussed her eventual appointment as a special envoy.

Donohoe met Zappone 10 days before she was given taxpayer-funded position (Independent,ie)

Zappone’s home on market for €750k (The Ditch)

Meanwhile…

Katherine Zappone, former Minister for Children and Youth Affairs and new Irish envoy on free speech to the United Nations

Good times.

Previously: Zappwned

What with one thing or another.

Diary-keeping pal Clampers Outside has kindly reminded us that Broadsheet celebrates its 11th birthday this week… two days ago (to be pedantic). Cake is now being procured for an afternoon ‘sesh’.

Many happy returns and thank you all.


They’re back.

This afternoon.

Grafton Street, Dublin 2.

Doom laden members of ever so slightly creepy climate group Extinction Rebellion officiate a tug of war between square-headed Big Tech CEOs and young tykes to reflect the uneven struggle between eco warriors and companies that profit from fracking, including Amazon and Google.

Sam Boal/Rollingnews

Hardcore.

Or not hardcore enough?

Only you can decide.

Philippines locks down 13 million in Manila (The Guardian)

Meanwhile…

Oy vey.

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