This afternoon.
Bray Head, Bray, County Wicklow.
Thanks Mr P
This evening.
Sandymount Strand from south Harbour Wall, Dublin.
Thanks RanelaghPete
Biden can only enter the White House as President if he can prove that his ridiculous “80,000,000 votes” were not fraudulently or illegally obtained. When you see what happened in Detroit, Atlanta, Philadelphia & Milwaukee, massive voter fraud, he’s got a big unsolvable problem!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 27, 2020
Oh.
This afternoon.
FIGHT!
Trump appears to row back peaceful transition claims (MailOnline)
Meanwhile…
This morning/.afternoon.
Dominion Voting Systems has responded to allegations in lawsuits from lawyer Sidney Powell challenging the US general election 2020 results in Georgia and Michigan and accusing the company of being part of “massive election fraud”.
The suits claim the software orginated in Vanezuala to help Hugo Chavez retain power and “was accessed by agents acting on behalf of China and Iran in order to monitor and manipulate elections.”
Via Business Insider:
Dominion Voting Systems said the fact that it was founded in Canada is a matter of public record, and it denied any connection to Venezuela or Chávez.
It also said the manipulation Powell described was not possible — “not on a machine-by-machine basis, not by alleged hacking, not by manipulating software, and not by imagined ways of ‘sending’ votes to overseas locations.”
“But even if it were possible, it would have been discovered in the statewide handcount of votes,” it said.
Meanwhile…
‘Dominion is not, and never has been, owned by Smartmatic. Neither has Smartmatic ever been a subsidiary of Dominion, as the complaint asserts. Dominion is an entirely separate company—they do not collaborate in any way and have no affiliate relationships or financial ties. Dominion does not use Smartmatic. These are all facts verifiable in the public record as well as in regulatory and legal filings.’
Hmm.
Statement From Dominion On Sidney Powell’s Charges (Dominion Voting Systems)
Yesterday: This Means…
Eric Clapton (right) and Van Morrison have teamed up for anti-Lockdown Single ‘Stand and Deliver’
This afternoon.
Via Variety:
Music legends Van Morrison and Eric Clapton have announced a new single, “Stand and Deliver,” in support of Morrison’s Save Live Music campaign. The blues track was written by Morrison and is performed by Clapton
Proceeds from “Stand and Deliver” will go to the Morrison’s Lockdown Financial Hardship Fund, which helps musicians facing difficulties as a result of the coronavirus and resulting lockdown measures
Clapton — the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — called the dearth of live events due to lockdown restrictions “deeply upsetting.”
Music Legends Eric Clapton, Van Morrison Team for Anti-Lockdown Single ‘Stand and Deliver’ (Variety)
Alternatively…
let’s Do It For Each Other – Ste Brown
Noggin’ rapper Ste asks for everyone to follow the rona rules
Thug life didn’t choose him, obviously.
Previously: Into The Medic
The Would Be’s – I’m Hardly Ever Wrong
Continuing our series of underrated Irish music since 1960, the spotlight turns on The Would Be’s from Kingscourt, County Cavan, helmed by the Finnegan brothers, Mattie, Paul and Eamonn.
I’m Hardly Ever Wrong is their brilliant debut single from 1990 with lead vocals by Julie McDonnell.
Favourites of the late John Peel and Morrissey, they went on to record a few EPs with new singer Eileen Gogan before splitting up.
The original line-up reformed in 2012 and released the album Beautiful Mess in 2013.
Nick says: Finnegans wake.
Hot Wheels
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Behold: the 1963 Porsche 356, or rather, a modified ‘outlaw’ version of same by California based artist and auto builder S Klub.
The car, which originally debuted at SEMA 2017, has a Type 4 VW engine, a bespoke one-of-a-kind leather interior and a custom Gloss Grey paint job.
Currently accepting bids on eBay and yours for around €126,000 (plus shipping, etc.)
0001 Job
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Life, Gym
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This afternoon.
The reopening of all shops along with hairdressers and gyms is now ‘most likely to happen’ next Tuesday, December 1.
Via RTÉ:
The final decision will be taken by Cabinet later but the widespread expectation in Government circles is that it will happen on Tuesday rather than Wednesday 2 December.
The Cabinet is also set to approve a plan that will allow for the reopening of restaurants and gastro pubs, most likely on Monday 7 December.
But it is expected that household gatherings will not be permitted until 18 December.
Reopening of all shops, gyms likely Tuesday under Level 5 exit plan (RTÉ)
Pic: Ben Dunne Gyms
Ardal O’Hanlon
Indeed and you probably are.
On RTÉ One’s Deirdre O’Kane Talks Funny….
…Jilly McDonough writes:
Ardal O’Hanlon joins Deirdre O’Kane as they talk funny with one another on Father Ted, performing My Lovely Horse on stage at Slane with Moby in front of 80,000 people – showing him footage he has never seen before! And from sitcom to stage, Ardal shares how it took some time for people to accept that he was a credible actor.
Of his audition for Father Ted, Ardal tells Deirdre that the only acting job in Ireland that he had done prior to Father Ted was a reconstruction for Crimecall. He admits that he didn’t have high hopes for Father Ted, thinking it would be ‘culty’ and only a handful of people might watch it.
‘You couldn’t not know with Father Ted, everything worked… so we had to start believing that this was actually good’.
When he watched the first season back with Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan he loved it ‘I remember loving it so much that didn’t see myself in it, so I wasn’t self-conscious’.
Ardal admits loving that it is referenced regularly, ‘at any protest you’re going to have the signs ‘Careful now’, ‘Down with that Sort of Thing’… in the Dáil pretty much every day somebody will refer to it’s like something out of Father Ted’.
Speaking of Dermot Morgan’s death, Ardal said his mind couldn’t process it. Having wrapped the third season just the day before, they had spoken about what was next for them, hoping to see each other that Christmas. But he got a call the next morning with the news that Dermot had died, ‘I continued to reel in shock for some time afterwards’.
Deirdre Kane Talks Funny tomorrow at 9.40pm on RTÉ One.
Pic: RTÉ
Hoofer
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One of the works of art on sale at an auction of goods from dancer Michael Flatley’s estate in county Cork.
Needs more baby oil.
The Home Of Michael Flatley (Sheppard’s)
Thanks Alan Joseph Hatton
You’ll like this.
‘Villon Song’ by East London minimalist folksters Stick In The Wheel (Nicola Kearey and Ian Carter), animated by Daniel Hardiker and Neil Hetherington of ZEROH.
A cant song, translated into London slang by W.E. Henley – a ‘straight tip to all cross coves’. To wit:
For all your efforts to get money it’ll only be your ruin: “Booze and the blowens cop the lot”.