Taxis May Be Required To Accept Leap Cards (RTE)
Photoshop prince James M Chimney writes:
You’ve often wondered what would happen if Scottish grumpster Lloyd Cole teamed up with Kid Creole’s Coconuts haven’t you? Well, wonder no more.
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Locals noticed that, over the last 10 days, there appeared to be a “dark spot” on the village’s Main Street.
Ten.
Days.
30ft Lamp Post Stolen In Village (Irish Times)
Thanks Barry H
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL8OAQkW_d4
“Why are you personally supporting the extradition of British citizen Richard O’Dwyer for solely linking to copyright-infringing works using an extradition treaty designed to combat terrorism and to bring terrorists to judgment in the USA?” Mozart asked.
The president replied: “I’m not personally doing anything; I want to make sure everybody understands. One of the ways our system works is that the president doesn’t get involved with prosecution decisions or extradition decisions and this has been a decision by the justice department.”
Obama spoke in greater depth on the contentious issue of internet piracy and copyright law, saying his administration was trying to “make sure that intellectual property is protected; we want to make sure that the creative works of people in this country aren’t expropriated but we want to do it in a way that’s consistent with internet freedom”.
O’Dwyer’s mother, Julia, said Obama had given a “typical politician’s response” but she was glad the question had been asked because it drew attention to the case.
Barack Obama Faces Pressure Over TVShack Extradition Case (Guardian)
Thursday is Groundhog Day in the US and Canada.
C.G.P. Grey (he of the 10 Common Misconceptions) explains why you should care.
Or not.
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Fergal O’Keefe writes:
Bray Head [Bray, Co Wicklow] – The Cross – taken Sunday – drilled and bolted in.
Badum
atThe tabernacle got robbed from Killester church yesterday. Tried their website just now but got “Host unreachable”.
— Nat King Coleslaw (@natkingcoleslaw) January 31, 2012
Tish.
Nick McKaig’s 30+ part vocal orchestration of the Simpson’s Theme.
He nails it without looking the least bit daft.
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The Government, in signing the Fiscal Treaty, has effectively committed itself to introducing up to €6 billion more in tax increases and spending cuts in the medium-term, over and above what it has already planned…The reason why we will have to endure another round of cuts can be found in the section of the text entitled ‘Fiscal Compact’:
‘The Contracting Parties shall apply the following rules, in addition and without prejudice to the obligations derived from European Union law:
The budgetary position of the general government shall be balanced or in surplus.
The rule shall be deemed to be respected if the annual structural balance of the general government is at its country-specific medium-term objective as defined in the revised Stability and Growth Pact with a lower limit of a structural deficit of 0.5 % of the gross domestic product at market prices.’