In Defence of the USA
Posted on May 31, 2007 - Filed Under American Politics, Politics | 25 Comments
This post is in response to a rather heated argument I had with a friend today about the merits of American global hegemony, such as it exists. I tried to convince him that it was generally a good thing to have a generally good country like America exerting its influence across the globe in its [...]
Competition
Posted on May 30, 2007 - Filed Under Religion | 10 Comments
Combine this image with text in the LolCat Builder, post the results somewhere, and add a link to them in the comments. There’s a prize for the lulziest entry.
Ants
Posted on May 29, 2007 - Filed Under Environment/Conservation, Music | 6 Comments
With such a selfless devotion to the greater good, ants are the model citizens of any repressive totalitarian society. They even use their bodies to span any gaps in their little routes. Quite remarkable stuff.
This video is required posting when blogging about anything to do with ants. It has the totalitarian, selfless theme in there [...]
“This is CAKE TOWN!11″
Posted on May 27, 2007 - Filed Under Film, Funny | 2 Comments
I first saw this after I’d had a few beers, and watching it now I still find it funny, so I thought it was worth blogging.
Sexual Harassment
Posted on May 27, 2007 - Filed Under Funny | 2 Comments
Better Know Arizona’s Fightin’ 7th
Posted on May 27, 2007 - Filed Under American Politics, Funny | Leave a Comment
How to Exit a House Party in Style
Posted on May 27, 2007 - Filed Under Life-In-General | 3 Comments
1. Gain access to desktop PC
2. Open internet browser
3. Go to http://www.meatspin.com
4. Leave
Election Results
Posted on May 25, 2007 - Filed Under Politics | 4 Comments
According to RTÉ’s One O’Clock News, Fianna Fáil may well have an overall majority. The Irish electorate ought to be ashamed of itself.
Advocacy
Posted on May 24, 2007 - Filed Under Environment/Conservation, Politics | 5 Comments
I’m not a natural Green party supporter. They’re instinctively lefty on economic issues, and their ‘think about the children’ election campaign left me cold, given my mortal fear of ever being a father. However, I do not doubt their sincerity on the issue of the environment, and they are the party most likely to try [...]
Post Your Voting Intentions
Posted on May 21, 2007 - Filed Under Politics | 17 Comments
Mine are:
1. Green Party (Dan Boyle)
2. Fianna Fáil (Micháel Martin)
3. Fine Gael (Deirdre Clune/Simon Coveney) / PDs (John Minihan)
The first preference is hardly surprising. I don’t like their socialism-lite economic policies, but at least they’re serious about the environment. As for the second, I’m by no means a dyed-the-wool Fianna Fáiler, but I have great [...]
Dick Cheney’s 20/20 Foresight
Posted on May 21, 2007 - Filed Under American Politics | 3 Comments
“Once you’ve got Baghdad, it’s not clear what you do with it. . . . It’s not clear what kind of government you would put in. . . . How much credibility is [that] government going to have if it’s set up by the United States military?. . . . To have American military forces [...]
Jerry Falwell RIP
Posted on May 20, 2007 - Filed Under American Politics, Funny | 9 Comments
Two heartfelt tributes to the departed fat man by Christopher Hitchens.
“If you gave Falwell an enema he could be buried in a matchbox.” Haha, eat it Fox News! Expert IRL trolling from Hitchens…
John Hodgman
Posted on May 19, 2007 - Filed Under American Politics, Funny | Leave a Comment
John Hodgman is one of the few funny comedians on The Daily Show besides John Stewart. He has a blog here.
McCain ‘08
Posted on May 18, 2007 - Filed Under American Politics, Funny | 3 Comments
Old, but still the best candidate (from either party). His position on the Iraq war is going to ruin his chances though, and in any case I doubt he’ll get through the primaries. His ‘we do not torture people’ message didn’t seem too popular in Fox’s South Carolina debate during the week.
A light-hearted synopsis of [...]
The Genocide Olympics?
Posted on May 18, 2007 - Filed Under Football, Politics | 3 Comments
There’s a campaign under way in some quarters of the world to boycott the Olympics because of China’s compliance with the genocide underway in Darfur. I don’t think it will succeed, but Beijing is none too happy about it.
The real issue here is, I think, who watches the Olympics anyway? I’ll watch every World Cup [...]
