Archive for the ‘Trivia’ Category
Tuesday, January 27th, 2004
I'd come across this story a few years ago, but was prompted to relocate it after various conversations with friends where I found myself quoting it. In essence, God Kills Babies, and an activist had the reference engraved in a sponsored brick outside a library, between various religiously tinged slogans.
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Thursday, October 30th, 2003
One of the highlights of my day today was when a friend passed me a story about the Simpsons' parody news ticker. Enjoy
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Friday, September 12th, 2003
Slightly off-topic for this blog, but noteworthy: Johnny Cash is dead.
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Thursday, September 4th, 2003
Radio Left - and CNN - classify this story as 'offbeat' and 'humorous' but it highlights the idiocy of a system designed primarily to penalise, rather than help, the unemployed:John Bothe was unemployed with time to spare -- so he paid a radio station about $1,000 for air time ...
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2003
Heard on RTE Radio's Rattlebag:The war on terror is like trying to swat a wasp with a fridge
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Monday, July 28th, 2003
Greetings and Salutations,
I'm back in the US for about a month now, having enjoyed a relaxing, if all too short, break in Galway (apologies to all those I didn't manage to meet during my visit). A compendium of short items this time:
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Thursday, July 24th, 2003
FromInterWorld Radio:
The population of southern Africa is expected to fall by nearly a quarter by the year 2050 because of AIDS, says a new study. A report by the Population Reference Bureau also says that India will overtake China as the world's most populous country. Central Africa is expected to ...
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Monday, July 21st, 2003
RTE is reporting flooding in what it calls the 'Spanish Arch area of the city.' An accurate description, of course, though I was amused to see that the picture they use to illustrate the story online is taken from ... Flood St.I suppose saying 'Floods in Flood St area of ...
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2003
Seems the 'Iraqi Most Wanted' playing cards have a rival. According to this AP story (in the Mercury News) a San Jose teacher has produced an Operation Hidden Agenda deck - featuring such luminaries as Rumsfeld, Cheney, and Bush. The tagline on her site says it all "The only 'Official' ...
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Saturday, July 12th, 2003
This has been doing the rounds by email, but if you haven't already seen it, you should:
1) go to google.com
2) type in weapons of mass destruction
3) click the "I'm feeling lucky button"
4) read and enjoy!
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