Roast a turkey and fill the punch bowl,
Fly Old Glory from a totem pole,
It’s the day that the Yanks,
Gather round and give thanks,
To the people whose country they stole.
John Moynes
Pic via Polymic
An armed robbery witnessed and covered (somewhat laconically) by DCU FM’s ‘Lunchtime Sauce’ crew today.
Listen here.
Thanks Cian McMahon
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Inishbofin, off the coast of Galway, yesterday evening.
Luke Murray writes:
This was taken by a woman named Marie Coyne and it is of the Inishbofin Island Ferry battling its way out of the harbour. I reckon it is quite stunning, and there are an abundance of such pictures to be found on her Facebook page.
Inishbofin is a small island home to a fabulous collection of people and it would give a lot of people great happiness to see it brought to the attention of a wider audience. Anyways, I said I’d send it on to ye anyways and see what ye thought. If you like it enough to post I’d just ask you to please mention Marie Coyne of Inishbofin, she deserves the recognition.
You were wrong.
The final instalment of Pope Benedict’s trilogy on the life of Jesus: it’s finally here.
Take that, George Lucas/Christopher Nolan/EL James, etc.
Pope Launches Final Volume Of Jesus’ Biography (Amy Croffey, TheJournal.ie)
From the charming Hank ‘DFTBA” Green‘s vlog SciShow.
Here he explores the chemistry and biology of our dependence on drugs, junk food, booze, sex, the Internet and whatever you’re hopelessly addicted to yourself at the expense of everything else, including survival.
To mark the 49th anniversary of the death of JFK.
A bizarre exchange in the Dail from the late 1960s concerning a new game from America.
Wait for the killer last line.
Dáil Éireann, April, 1967.
Davdid Andrews (FF TD): “Will the Minister for Industry and Commerce ensure that the ‘Do it yourself Kennedy Assassination Kit’ will not be placed on sale in Ireland?”
Minister George Colley: “There are no powers at my disposal for dealing with a matter of this kind.”
Andrews: “Since I tabled this question, a number of shops in Dublin have this kit on sale. Would the Minister agree that this toy, for want of a better word, should not be placed in the hands of children? Furthermore, would he agree that this is another commercial gimmick to cash in on the death of the United States President? Would the Minister not consider, if there is no legislation to prohibit the sale of this type of article, introducing legislation to prevent the sale of this kit in the country?”
Colley: “To deal with the last portion of the supplementary question first, I did not say that there is no legislation to deal with it. There may be, but I am not aware of it. What I said was that there is no machinery at my disposal to deal with matters of this kind, nor is it really appropriate to the Department of Industry and Commerce. I understand that these items are at present on sale in Dublin and that the folder is marked “Recommended for adults or older children”. I have not seen the thing myself so I find it difficult to comment on it. From the descriptions I have received, it would appear to be in doubtful taste at least.”
Patrick Norton (Labour TD): “Could the Minister tell us what an assassination kit is?”
Colley: “I do not think we should give it any more publicity.”
Sean Dunne (Labour TD): “There are a few experts in that line around these parts.”
Supertree Grove is a collection of 18 solar powered metal-framed tree structures that form part of Singapore’s Gardens By The Bay redevelopment project.
The tallest ‘tree’ is 50m tall and has a restaurant built into its ‘canopy’.
(Pix: Pete Hottelet)