messiah

A Tennessee judge has ordered the parents of a seven-month-old baby to change their child’s name from Messiah to Martin because the name was earned by one person and “that one person is Jesus Christ”.

According to Judge Ballew, it is the first time she has ordered a first name change. She said the decision is best for the child, especially while growing up in a county with a large Christian population.

“It could put him at odds with a lot of people and at this point he has had no choice in what his name is,”

Looks like we got us a Redeemah.

Tennessee Judge orders baby’s name be changed from ‘Messiah’ (WBIR)

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(Hat tip: Mark Geary)

badgrandpa

What you may need to know

1. Make no mistake, it’s a Jackass movie.

2. We’ve already had Bad Santas, Teachers and Lieutenants… What next?

3. Johnny Knoxville’s acting career remains DOA, largely on account of an absence of acting ability. Apparently he hangs out in Donegal.

4. The Jackass crew had a decent run, until the unfortunate passing of Ryan Dunn. Wait, that rhymes.

5. Broadsheet Prognosis: Witty is overrated.

Release Date: October 25

ryanair

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvCxWzQVn-U

Tonight at 8pm on Channel 4’s ‘Dispatches’ serving Ryanair pilots reveal their worries over Ryanair’s fuel policy and pilot working conditions.

Ryanair accused of intimidating pilots with safety concerns (David Millward, Daily Telegraph/Irish Independent)

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My two sisters’ passports.

Gulp.

He hangs up the phone and says, “There’s no one on the train other than the driver, and he can’t stop the train. You will have to wait for it to reach the end of the line and then have my guy at Howth (the final stop) check to see if it’s still there.

“I’m going to be completely honest with you: I don’t think it will be there. That train is passing through some really bad areas.”

And so the wait begins….

I Left My Camera Bag on a Train (Alexander Jansen, PetaPixel)

Pic: Alexander Jansen

(Thanks Cathal O’Rourke, Trampa et al)

tullamore

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSfwnr2n4DA&feature=youtu.be

You too, cow persons.

Edward Smyda-Homa writes:

I took my camera to the Tullamore National Livestock Show [Co Offaly]  yesterday and made a short film to capture the grooming, fun, and competition that went on.

 

BRa5bLOCYAAeDcaThe Karma nightclub in Athlone.

Really?

Athlone Town Councillor Jim Henson said he heard about the controversy from a number of students. He cautioned: “Young people need to celebrate on the Leaving Cert night without marketing companies taking advantage of them.”

 

Yes, but penis rodeo?

Really?

REALLLY?

Cllr James Henson (Labour.ie)

Ah here, sleaze it out (Niall O’Connor, Irish Sun)

11/6/2013. Irish Bishops Conferences

Others had pointed out “that the bishops being a group of aging celibate men have no right to interfere with a woman’s right to choose what she wants to do with her body”. And there were the arguments, “made by several senior politicians that, whilst bishops are entitled to their views, they as politicians have to legislate for all the people, for the public good”.

 

Archbishop Eamon Martin speaking at Féile an Phobail last night as he delivered the Oliver Plunkett address.

Church message ‘increasingly counter-cultural’, says Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh (Patsy McGarry, Irish Times)

(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)

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