Novak on Hagel on Iraq
Posted on April 30, 2007 - Filed Under American Politics | Leave a Comment
There’s a reassuring piece by Robert Novak in today’s Washington Post in which he recounts a recent conversation with conservative Republican Chuck Hagel, who is probably the most prominent Republican opposed to the ongoing war in Iraq. When asked about the Bush administration’s oft-repeated claims that withdrawing from Iraq would leave a safe haven for [...]
Avril Lavigne
Posted on April 30, 2007 - Filed Under Funny, Music | 11 Comments
Yes, I thought I was over her too. I wasn’t expecting her to go off and get even hotter.
Here’s her latest single in Italian, Mandarin Chinese and French respectively. Not only can she speak eight different languages (there are eight versions), but she can also make her voice sound exactly like a computer. What a [...]
Better Know A District
Posted on April 30, 2007 - Filed Under American Politics, Funny | Leave a Comment
This is old, but it’s really, really good.
How to Write Like The Economist
Posted on April 30, 2007 - Filed Under Blogging, Media | Leave a Comment
This is an excerpt from The Economist Style Guide:
In general, try to make your writing fresh. It will seem stale if it reads like hackneyed journalese. One weakness of journalists, who on daily newspapers may plead that they have little time to search for the apposite word, is a love of the ready-made, seventh-hand phrase. [...]
Obama Responsible for 9/11
Posted on April 25, 2007 - Filed Under American Politics, Funny | Leave a Comment
It says so on Wikipedia, lol.
Threatdown
Posted on April 25, 2007 - Filed Under American Politics, Funny, Media, Politics | Leave a Comment
Featuring Segolene Royal, zeppelins and bears.
Save the Encyclopædia Dramatica
Posted on April 24, 2007 - Filed Under Media | 3 Comments
To quote the site itself:
Encyclopedia Dramatica needs moar IRL moneys, like, fucking now. Disk space is pretty much screwed, so there may be problems loading. HALP PLZ!!! Visit Encyclopedia Dramatica:Support ED or join us in ED IRC for moar details and ways to pledge your fealty!
I have no credit card, so I recommend that those [...]
No God Means No Christmas Presents Roflcopter!11
Posted on April 24, 2007 - Filed Under Funny | 2 Comments
Taken from loljesus.com.
YESSSSSSSS!!!!11111111111
Posted on April 24, 2007 - Filed Under Music | 2 Comments
NIN are finally coming to Ireland! It’s official! The only drawback is that they’re supported Dave Grohl’s uninspired radio-rockers, the Foo Fighters, who blow chunks out a monkey’s ass (as Ze Frank once said about something else). And I’m also not sure if there are still tickets left. If that’s the case I’ll just have [...]
The Violence of a Barren Toilet Roll
Posted on April 23, 2007 - Filed Under American Politics, Philosophy | 4 Comments
There’s an interesting syndicated article by conservative American commentator Charles Krauthammer in today’s Irish Times in which he calls out Barack Obama for rather shamelessly seeking to exploit the Virginia Tech massacre. In a speech delivered only hours after Cho Seung Hui ran amok, Obama allegedly (and given Krauthammer’s status as a Washington Post journalist, [...]
Boris Yeltsin
Posted on April 23, 2007 - Filed Under Politics | Leave a Comment
He was well before my time, so I’ll just say that he seemed like a decent enough, if terribly incompetent (and usually drunk), kind of guy.
Dancing Yeltsin.
Laughing with Bill Clinton after a reporter had called Yeltsin “a disaster”. The two of them cut quite a contrast with Putin and Bush.
Eileen Battersby
Posted on April 22, 2007 - Filed Under Media | 2 Comments
Eileen Battersby is the Literary Correspondent of The Irish Times and the worst thing in the otherwise generally excellent Weekend Review supplement (except on those rare occasions when that wretch Róisín Ingle slithers a disgracefully inept piece into it, and also, of course, the entire last page). As a literary correspondent, it is Battersby’s job [...]
Nicolas Sarkozy ftw
Posted on April 21, 2007 - Filed Under Politics | 2 Comments
He might not seem like a very nice guy, but this blog endorses Nicolas Sarkozy’s bid to become the next French president. He’s the only candidate in the election who seems to understand the need to liberalise the moribund French economy, and he might just have the strength of character necessary to railroad his proposed [...]
Lionel Messi V Diego Maradona
Posted on April 20, 2007 - Filed Under Football | 3 Comments
This is Messi’s goal from Wednesday night against Getafe.
It’s hard to say which is the better goal. Given the occasion, Maradona’s probably shades it, but then the England players barely tried to tackle him.
Year Zero
Posted on April 16, 2007 - Filed Under Media, Music | 1 Comment
Having listened to the album extensively since I bought it yesterday (HMV jumped the gun with the release) I feel I’m now in a reasonably good position to assess it. Therefore, I now pronounce it AWESOME!!!11
Okay, some qualifications are necessary here. It’s not the finest album I’ve ever heard, and I’d even be slow to [...]
