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Fianna Fail leader Micheál Martin (above centre), Sinn Féin’s Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (right) and Independent TDs Catherine Murphy (left) and Roisin Shorthall explain why they walked from the Dail this morning.

Jackboot tactics, dude.

Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan presents Minister with glass of dirty water over water charges (Newstalk)

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Fancy a little diversion from the festive juggernaut?

Alex Grybauskas’s multi award-winning short is a new take on the classic ‘deal with the Devil’ premise, exposing the absurd human habit of rationalising evil in order to get the things we want.

On the floor of a bar restroom, a man on his deathbed is met by Danny Pickler: a former classmate of his … who died twenty-six years ago. On the brink of damnation, he is offered a deal that could save his life – but in the process may destroy his humanity.

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cover2fashion1blue-maxclamp-parksafeYIKES!

A sample of the hair-raising (and often practical) content of the Charlie-backing soft-core business mag, Executive. Christmas 1979.

Good, safer times.

More Here: Executive Magazine Christmas Issue 1979 (BrandNewRetro)

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Rassen chopsticks by Japanese designer Nendo and chopstick manufacturer Hashikura Matsukan are a single unit which separates into two for eating – created using a multi-axis CNC mill to achieve the twisting form.

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