Ireland’s future depends on breaking free from bailoutIreland’s future depends on breaking free from bailout by Morgan Kelly in teh Irish Times: WITH THE Irish Government on track to owe a quarter of a trillion euro by 2014, a prolonged and chaotic national bankruptcy is becoming inevitable. By the time the dust settles, Ireland’s last …
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The arctic ice is gone.
Well, nearly. The latest models indicate ice-free summers in the arctic this decade. We won’t have to wait 100 years for the effects of climate volatility. They are here now. BBC: New warning on arctic ice melt
A drink or two helps cancer grow in you.
The latest research finds that people who drank more than two standard drinks a day for men and one drink a day for women were particularly at risk of alcohol-related cancers. Of course anyone who is drinking every day is displaying signs of addiction. Can you remember the last day you didn’t have a drink? …
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Energy prices peaking and still rising.
They say that the peak in oil prices is caused by the unrest in the Middle East. The data doesn’t necessarily support that. In fact some might say that what is happening in the middle east is good for trade and efficient pricing because oil producing countries will become more democratic and transparent rather than …
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There is no atonement for killing.
So the gander killed the hen and I killed the gander. He had been marked for some days. He had a mean look and was the loudest to hiss. I couldn’t tell him from the other geese easily. So finally I marked the one I thought most aggressive. And over the next 24 hours it …
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Yahoo.src for seamonkey
Seamonkey users might find this useful till 2.1 comes out. Copy the text below to a text editor and save as yahoo.src in searchplugins in your profile directory. Restart seamonkey. # Yahoo Search Plug-in for Mozilla # # Created by Robert Fernandes (e-mail address removed by casey1992), Matthew A. McGuigan (e-mail address removed by casey1992), …
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Where are you going?
It is important to know where we come from, because if you don’t know where you come from then you don’t know where you are and if you don’t know where you are then you don’t know where you’re going. And if you don’t know where you are going, you’re probably going wrong. Terry Pratchett, …
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At least we’ve got a vote.
Ireland is going to the polls today. I voted for 19 people. Just because I could. It might not affect the outcome, but at least I know what it feels like to vote. Of course we vote everyday with our wallets and mouths, but that exercise in pseudo-democracy is worthwhile. At least we’ve got a …
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The smell of a nuclear bomb!
It was late in the evening. I had nearly forgotten that I was going to read to the boys. So, I ran upstairs and into their room. I lay down next to Jaz and before I could look at the book, was attacked by a powerful aroma. The foul stench of special naughty boy fluff …
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