Life Under The Taliban
Posted on February 28, 2009 - Filed Under International Politics, News Item, Religion | Leave a Comment
Here’s a NYTimes video report from Swat Valley in Pakistan. The Taliban have succeed in shutting down all girls’ schools in the region, and the Pakistani government recently more or less ceded control of the area to the Taliban in exchange for a cease-fire. If the Pakistani state can’t control parts of its territory 100 [...]
Ryanair To Charge People For Use Of Toilet
Posted on February 27, 2009 - Filed Under News Item | 1 Comment
From BBC News: Irish budget airline Ryanair has said it is considering charging passengers for using the toilet while flying. Chief executive Michael O’Leary told the BBC that the Dublin-based carrier was looking at maybe installing a “coin slot on the toilet door”.
BOW DOWN BEFORE THE ONE YOU SERVE
Posted on February 27, 2009 - Filed Under Media, Music | Leave a Comment
You’re going to GET WHAT YOU DESERVE! Post the fucking tour dates already!
Canines Swindled Out Of $8,000,000,000
Posted on February 26, 2009 - Filed Under Animals, News Item | 4 Comments
From BBC News: The fortune left by late real estate tycoon Leona Helmsley can go to charities other than those solely related to dogs, a US court has ruled. A New York City judge said that Helmsley’s legal documents allowed her estate’s trustees “sole discretion” in donating the money to charity. When Helmsley died in [...]
A Cogent & Concise Argument Against Gay Marriage
Posted on February 26, 2009 - Filed Under Film, Philosophy, Politics | Leave a Comment
Arsenal Vs Roma
Posted on February 24, 2009 - Filed Under Football | 1 Comment
I’ve been burned by making foolhardy predictions in the past, but I’m going to go out on a limb here and say 3-0 to the Gunners. They’ve obviously been squirreling away their good form for the Champions League, and that’s why they’re languishing in 5th position in the Premiership (in b4 “that’s not how it [...]
Messi Video
Posted on February 20, 2009 - Filed Under Football | 1 Comment
Bookmarks
Posted on February 19, 2009 - Filed Under Internets | 3 Comments
I tend to visit the same few sites every time I’m online, and I figure that many of you probably do the same. Apart from checking in on Gmail and Facebook, I invariably read Matt Yglesias’s blog, the blogs at The Atlantic website, and nin.com, to see if Trent Reznor’s posted tour dates/anything else interesting. [...]
Generation Kill
Posted on February 17, 2009 - Filed Under American Politics, Film, Iraq, Media | Leave a Comment
Generation Kill is a HBO miniseries about a platoon of marines involved in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. In Ireland, it’s shown on FX on Sky Digital (channel 164). If you have any interest in the Iraq war, or like war movies, or just like good television, then you should probably check it out. It’s [...]
Gears II
Posted on February 15, 2009 - Filed Under Video Games | Leave a Comment
I plan to post something more substantial about it in a week or so, but for now all I can say is something along the lines of zOMG, it fucking pwns!!111
Bros Before Hos
Posted on February 12, 2009 - Filed Under Music | Leave a Comment
If I Needed A Valentine’s Day Card…
Posted on February 12, 2009 - Filed Under Life-In-General | Leave a Comment
… I would opt for this one.
Dear Trent Reznor
Posted on February 11, 2009 - Filed Under Music | Leave a Comment
Stop being such a cocktease and post some goddamn tour dates on nin.com! P.S., please play a proper show in Ireland this time and not another open-air support role.
Rambling Thoughts on Hunter Thompson
Posted on February 11, 2009 - Filed Under American Politics | Leave a Comment
Having just finished watching Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, it’s hard not to think pretty badly of Thompson. He was certainly a talented writer, but after achieving a measure of literary success and, more damagingly, fame, he seems to have completely lost his zeal and creativity. The hedonism of his [...]
Ferret Song
Posted on February 11, 2009 - Filed Under Music | Leave a Comment
Bet you didn’t see that (0:58) coming.
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