Eoin Butler: writer, journalist and Mayoman of the Year
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THIS MORNING ON THE INTERNET I LEARNED…
1. That 95% of blogs have been abandoned.
2. That the headless torso of a woman discovered in a Berlin hospital is believed to be that of Rosa Luxemburg. So who the hell is buried in Rosa Luxemburg’s grave?
3. That an Australian news anchor has rebuked Gordon Ramsey live on air for calling her a pig and a lesbian. (Ramsey has issued a belated apology, but only after prompting from his own mother: his mother being the sole female whose wishes a misogynistic arsehole like Ramsey can be seen to defer to.)
4. That Nicholas Sarkozy has serious, serious height issues.
5. And finally, they don’t come much smaller than this… That Brian Kerr is just about coping with the pressures of the coveted Faroe Islands job.
“CONTINUOUS UPSURGE AND BRILLIANT VICTORY…”: SERIOUSLY, WOULD I LIE TO YOU?
“North Korea has stepped up its threats to deploy nuclear weapons to defend itself as the families of two US journalists sentenced to 12 years’ hard labour called on Pyongyang to show compassion…” reports the Irish Times this morning. The unthinkable horrors of life in the Hermit Kingdom has been preying on my mind lately. So much so, that I’m planning a visit there later this year. Read the rest of this entry »
FAITH ALIVE
1. Frog that changes colour worshiped as god in India.
2. Veil-wearing Muslim teaching assistant strikes blow for religious freedom on BBC News 24.
3. What ever can it mean? Image of the Virgin Mary found on air conditioner in Texas.
4. Holy Spirit possesses American teenager, inspires her to speak in tongues. Also, turns on webcam and thoughtfully uploads video results to YouTube.
5. String him up! Christopher Hitchens on the human condition: Read the rest of this entry »
THE DOLPHINS (1968)
HOW AUNTIE CARMEL HAS REMAINED SINGLE TO THIS DAY IS TRULY A MYSTERY TO US ALL…
THIS IS FUNNY
| The Colbert Report | Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c | |||
| Better Know a District – Wyoming’s At-Large – Cynthia Lummis | ||||
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The Colbert Report has just begun a week of shows from one of Saddam Hussein’s former palaces in Iraq. To celebrate, here’s a random pick from the archives: Colbert quizzing Wyoming congresswoman Cynthia Lummis about the Equality State’s burgeoning cougar population.
YOUR MA: A CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE
There has been a tendency in recent times to reinvent the matriarch by endowing her with glamour, sophistication or sex appeal. Unapologetically bucking that trend, however, is your Ma: a gormless, rotund but ultimately lovable woman, who makes a persuasive case that the best path forward for the Mammy lies not in elegance or refinement, but in understatement and verisimilitude. Read the rest of this entry »
THIS IS (UNINTENTIONALLY) FUNNY
WOMAN IS THE NIGGER OF THE WORLD (1972)
I COMMITTED A CRIME, OH LORDY, CRIME A’ BEING HUNGRY AND POOR*
You want the truth? You want the truth? You can’t handle the truth… I’m an innocent man! My father was an innocent man! I’m going out the front door with Gerry… Only you can set me free, cos I’m guilty (guilty!) of love in the first degree… etc. etc. Yes, yes, today was my long awaited court appearance. Read the rest of this entry »