Voting for indifference
I am really seriously pissed off with this referendum crap. Everywhere you look there is someone fighting over it, defacing each other's posters and whinging that the meeja are favoring one side or...
View ArticleIt’s all Greek to me
I confess I am at little at sea when it comes to the shenanigans in Greece. I have tried to follow it and have at times rubbed my hands in glee. I watched in fascination as the EU tried "negotiate" …...
View ArticleGrinding my teeth
I watched a bit of television last night. Vincent Brown has this programme he calls "The People's Debate" on every week where a panel of would-be politicians set out their stalls for the next election....
View ArticleTugging the forelock
I half watched a bit of the news last night. It was the usual crap mainly about the "banking inquiry" or tribunal or whateverthefuck they call it – Dame Enda blaming everything on the other lot as if...
View ArticleA view from abroad
I have little interest in British politics. I have no interest in the Irish mob either so that isn't really strange. I have always kept a wary eye on them though as there is a tendency for British...
View ArticlePromises promises
You'd never guess that there's an election in the offing here? Suddenly the airwaves are full of "good news". Some company announces an extra five jobs and immediately there is at least one minister...
View ArticleTeaching cynicism
We had a budget a few days ago. There is an election coming up early next year so everyone knew in advance, even without all the "leaks" that it was going to be a "giveaway" budget. Sure enough,...
View ArticleLet the great auction begin
They haven't called an election yet, but it is already in full swing. Every day we get bigger and better promises from each of the political parties. By all accounts, no matter who wins every family...
View ArticleCitizens not Subjects
I was going to write about the Leaders Debate, but it would bore everyone, most of all myself. For those of you in foreign climes, we have a General Election next week and last night there was a seven...
View ArticleMy kingdom for a beard
I watched the third [and last] "leaders debates" last night. It was the usual headache inducing cacophony of accusations, interruptions and blaming everyone else for the mess we're in. I had the germs...
View ArticleRepellent politics
It's over six weeks since we had that election. We haven't had a gubmint since and things are running very smoothly, thanks very much. It's an interesting situation – two big parties both with almost...
View ArticleIrexit
I haven't mentioned Brexit before. It has no effect on me personally so you would imagine that I would have no opinion. But there again I seem to have an opinion on everything so I had better grow one...
View ArticleThe Brexit Solution
I must confess I am a little intrigued by this Brexit lark. As an outsider, it is like a slow motion view of a major rail disaster. Two express trains heading towards each other on the same track....
View ArticleVote early and vote often
We live in interesting times. Well, it's certainly going to be interesting for the next couple of days. I won't be putting any money on the result of the referendum in the UK – I'd only do that if I …...
View ArticleAn Identity non-Crisis
There is a point upon which I have been pondering for some time. Then yesterday, along comes James pondering upon more or less the same point. What am I? There seems to be a desperate need these days...
View ArticleA matter of priorities
It’s quite amazing. There are so many top stories in the news at the moment that are dominating the airwaves, the Interwebs and half a rainforest of print. There is Trump and his impending...
View ArticleDefinitely ambivalent
There seems to be a little background chatter about migration these days? Of course Donald Duck has stirred things up over the pond with his little announcement about restricting [or banning? I wasn’t...
View ArticleA striking resemblance
Scientists claim to have found the earliest known ancestor of Homo Sapiens. I would humbly tend to disagree. I think they may have discovered the earliest known ancestor of a different and alien...
View ArticleMy Goodness, my Guinness
I received a guest post submission from The Blocked Dwarf yesterday. He added in his cover note that I might not want to publish it, and seeing the topic, I can understand why he might think I might be...
View ArticleThe Citizens’ Assembly
There is a thing here in Ireland called the Citizens’ Assembly. As far as I can gather, it is supposed to be a sop to the general public to give them the illusion that they have a say in politics. …...
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