miss


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpUWpcbewNQ

At the Miss USA pageant on Sunday night: Miss Utah, Marissa Powell flubs a response to a question about gender-based income inequality, inadvertently stealing the limelight from eventual winner Miss Connecticut, Erin Brady, though not quite eclipsing the reigning queen of flubs Miss Teen South Carolina.

Just adorable.

Then the poster girl of ‘Go Back To Sleep America’ Miss Alabama, Mary-Margaret McCord stepped up to address the NSA Prism surveillance programme.

Just terrifying.

dailywhat

 

 

Grand day to take off in Fimnegans in Dakkey and all that.

Meanwhile….

Anger over ‘vigil for life’ leaflets given to pupils in Dublin primary school (Patsy McGarry, Irish Times)

Previously: Mind The Step

imfAmazing.

Just a quarter.

 Completing its tenth review of Ireland’s bailout programme, which also saw it release the final €950m of its loans, the IMF said there needed to be resolution on the 25% of loans that are currently non-performing.

The IMF said it was vital that this was achieved before the country enters the European banking union, and ahead of European stress tests due to take place next year.

And good luck with that.

Bad loans at Irish banks hindering new lending – IMF (RTE)

IMF approves $1.27bn to Ireland (irish Times)

90304612903046189030461090304615Wickla, boy.

Historian George McCafferty explains the story of Glendalough to Michelle Obama and her daughters earlier.

Lise Hand tweetz:

“The Obamas at the Deer Stone in Glendalough. Poor Sasha (top right) eaten alive by the midges…”

 

(Sasko Lazarov/Photocall ireland)

Update:

BNCtiiSCQAADEsFBNCs_oZCYAIAcoLThe Obama people carriers.

Thanks Liam Phelan

 

 

The Case for a Wealth Tax (patricknulty.ie)

base base2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKoTqM0C3sE

It took three hours for these two base jumpers to ascend (2000 feet/610m) to the top of an unnamed TV antenna, and rather less time (equipped with forward and backward facing helmet cams) to get back down.

Hold onto your cookies.

22words/b3ta

Broadsheet.ie