Archive for the 'Ireland' Category

Why Does Chicago Dye Its River Green For St. Patrick’s Day?–Yahoo headline question

Monday, March 17th, 2008

Because ‘brackish’ is the national color of the Kosovodians?*
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Then again, Maybe Saint P. drove all of the Prestone dealers
off the Emerald Isle.

*W-Speak for Kosovars.
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Images: (citscape/river) chicagopictures.net; (coolant checker) Family Hardware via hd.com

Nobel winner: Hillary Clinton’s ‘Silly’ Irish Peace Claims–Daily Telegraph headline

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

I’ve been picking on Hillary Clinton because she supports the Republican candidate to the detriment of the party which will lose if she is nominated.
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By Toby Harnden in Washington
Last Updated: 9:30am GMT 08/03/2008
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Hillary Clinton had no direct role in bringing peace to Northern Ireland and is a “wee bit silly” for exaggerating […]

BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN…

Monday, October 29th, 2007

Ah’m back inta Baghdad agin,

Out where religion don’t bend,

Where Condaleezza’s leads

End up as Cheney’s deeds,
Back inta Baghdad agin.
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Chalabi back in action in Iraq
By Nancy A. Youssef | McClatchy Newspapers
Posted on Sunday, October 28, 2007
BAGHDAD-Ahmad Chalabi, the controversial, ubiquitous Iraqi politician and one-time Bush administration favorite, has re-emerged as a central figure in the latest […]

I’d say it’s about time!

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

Danes say sorry for Viking raids on Ireland
Owen Bowcott, Ireland correspondent
Thursday August 16, 2007
The Guardian
More than 1,200 years ago hordes of bloodthirsty Viking raiders descended on Ireland, pillaging monasteries and massacring the inhabitants. Yesterday, one of their more mild-mannered descendants stepped ashore to apologise.
The Danish culture minister, Brian Mikkelson, who was in Dublin to participate […]

On those occasions when this blog breaks a story first, it is a function of dreams, humor and paranoia.

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

On September 6, 2006, I had foreseen the realm of
KIDZ ‘n KILZ.
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July 17, 2007
Mascot for Hamas TV Show Is a Mouse No More
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
JERUSALEM, July 16 — Hamas television, which was criticized for a Mickey Mouse-like character named Farfur who spouted anti-Israeli and anti-Jewish nostrums at children, has replaced the mouse […]

Halliburton’s name surfaces in Building 18 scandal!!

Saturday, March 3rd, 2007

“The letter said Walter Reed also awarded a five-year, $120-million contract to IAP Worldwide Services, which is run by Al Neffgen, a former senior Halliburton official.”
Committee subpoenas former Walter Reed chief
By Kelly Kennedy - Staff writer
Posted : Saturday Mar 3, 2007 9:31:09 EST
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has subpoenaed Maj. Gen. George […]

I thought it was R-A-D-I-S-S-O-N.

Sunday, December 10th, 2006

With the realization that this question may be taken as flip, is it surprising that a defector from a spy agency turns up dead? I don’t think these folks–whatever their national persuasion–cotton to defection. The use of Marquess of Queensbury rules and the practice of political correctness are far down their To-Do Lists.
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