The first was from a woman with breast cancer who was awaiting test results. She told the presenter that she hoped her results would be good to which she was told: “Is it good or is it bad? Well, em, I would say it’s good at this moment in time….”
“Recent decades have seen the advance of a spiritual desertification,” [Pope Benedict] said, opening a worldwide “Year of Faith”. “We see it all around us … the void has spread.”
The Vatican has termed this effort the “new evangelisation” of the developed world and it has asked Catholics, particularly those who have left the Church, to look deep into their hearts and either rekindle their relationship with God or deepen it.
Actually, maybe not.
Pope Warns Lapsed Catholics Of “Spiritual Desertification” (Reuters)
Jawdropping
atChris de Burgh is on Sky News talking about Iran. This is not a joke. twitter.com/ChristineBohan…
— Christine Bohan (@ChristineBohan) October 11, 2012
Thanks John Moynes
Enda Kenny receives a green cycling jersey from Paddy Power at a press conference to announce 600 new jobs (to be filled by the end of 2015) by the bookmakers within the past 30 minutes.
Bullshit Performance enhancing PR, as it’s known
Reilly response to Ceann Comhairle’s request for more info on primary care centres was a 3 month old press release. More on #rtenews.
— David McCullagh (@mcculld) October 11, 2012
The Pinel & Pinel Arcade PS Trunk:
This insane set includes a PS3, two Formula 1 racing seats with Thrustmaster steering wheels, a selection of 24 PS 3 games, an 1,800-watt sound system, a Playstation Move camera, four Move controllers, two Move shooter guns, four PS3 wireless buzzers, four Dualshock 3 controllers, two arcade fighting sticks, a 55″ Sony TV, and four pairs of 3D glasses.
The whole thing packs away into a custom 130 x 140 x 90cm calfskin-covered trunk
Price: just north of €70,000
.So, which one of you is the comedian?
Irish comedian Andrew Maxwell (right)
and Broadsheet code monkey Karl MonaghanUFO expert Darren Perks sneaked past the border at the site – and were forced to lie on the ground at gunpoint for three hours while the FBI checked their credentials.
BBC Film Crew Held At Gunpoint After Trying And Failing To Get Into Area 51 (Mail Online)
As in authentic.
A collection of Republican propaganda posters from the 1970s.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5dILOe0bHc
Who Wants A Man
The new one from No Monster Club
Speaking of which.
Last week’s No Monster Club t-shirt competition was won by therealkevinwHitty. Congrats.