But that doesn’t make them unique.

A fairly outrageous, if studiously stock photo-free, animated defence of man/woman-only weddings from the the funky design wing of the Iona Institute.

Damn scripture-sodden hipsters.

Alan Early writes:

Once again the Iona Institute totally ignores the complexity and beauty of modern relationships in place of religious prejudice yet again. Worth noting that they do mention that not all married couples choose to have children but they don’t say what should be done with those heathens.


‘Everything Will Be OK’ – the first chapter of ‘It’s Such A Beautiful Day’ by independent animator Don Hertzfeldt, whose films have been described as ‘Looney Tunes directed by Franz Kafka’.

Created in three parts over five years, the film stars a stick figure called Bill who, despite the childlike simplicity of his rendering, you’ll find you care about.

All three parts are available on DVD from Hertzfeldt’s website.

The Best Animated Film Of The Year (Slate)

Google it.

[Eric] Schmidt is “very proud” of the corporate structure Google set up to divert profits made in European countries, such as the UK, to its firms in the low-tax havens of Ireland and The Netherlands, thus minimising its tax bill.
“We pay lots of taxes; we pay them in the legally prescribed ways,” he told Bloomberg. “I am very proud of the structure that we set up. We did it based on the incentives that the governments offered us to operate. It’s called capitalism.”

 

Ah.

Our old friend: The U2 Jedi Mind Trick.

Schmidt ‘Very Proud’ Of Google’s Tiny Tax Bill: ‘It’s Called Capitalism’ (The Register)

Quite literally booty-licious.

By Fergal Brennan who writes:

“Everything in it [the cover] is fake. I like making things that are fake. Like magic tricks or something. It’s fun.”

 

Le Cool Dublin

Fergal Brennan

ALSO, this issue includes:

An interview with Broadsheet’s surly webtard festive code master Karl (above) about his iPhone app, The Santa Report.

Honey Boo-Boo let him win at Weapons of Warcraft..

Pic by Sean And Yvette

Thanks Ciaran Le Cool

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