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Slugger O’Toole Nominated For An Award

Posted on March 28, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Congratulations to the “independent” website Slugger O’Toole (partner of Stratagem which advises the Rowntree Foundation which has donated £98,000 to the Alliance Party since 2007). Slugger has been nominated for a blogging award. Alas, I am the George C Scott … Continue reading →

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Facebook Status (1908)

Posted on March 27, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Is Social Media really so new? Take this postcard sent for a half penny from the (British) Army Camp at the Curragh in County Kildare to Miss J Walls in East Belfast. Sent on 10th May 1908.  An early pioneer … Continue reading →

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Sounding The Last Post?

Posted on March 27, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

News that the price of a “first” class postage stamp is going up from 46 pence to 60 pence has shocked many people. The thought persists that this is a means of “fattening up” the Royal Mail to make it … Continue reading →

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The Fiftieth Anniversary Of The Fiftieth Anniversary Of The Easter Rising

Posted on March 27, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

You have not misread the Headline. I have chosen my words quite deliberately. The year 2016 will mark not merely the Centenary of the Easter Rising. It will also be the fiftieth anniversary of the fiftieth anniversary in 1966. I … Continue reading →

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Donorgate

Posted on March 27, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

So a Conservative Party treasurer (and millionaire) got on the wrong end of a newspaper sting……..and was secretly filmed (will they ever learn?) negotiating a Premiership type donation to the Conservative Party. Apparently for £250,000 Peter Cruddas was offering dinner … Continue reading →

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Trayvon Martin RIP

Posted on March 26, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

One of the hardest things for Europeans to understand about United States is the Gun Culture…the right to bear arms….the National Rifle Association and all that. I thought that United States had changed. I am old enough to barely remember … Continue reading →

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Bertie Ahern…A Bit Of A Chancer?

Posted on March 25, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

The Mahon Report which was published earlier this week did NOT determine that Bertie Ahern, the former Taoiseach was corrupt. It merely noted that as Minister for Finance he did not have a bank account of his own……which is to … Continue reading →

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Olympic Update

Posted on March 25, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Disappointing news from Belgium. The Irish Womens Hockey Team was comprehensively beaten by Belgium in the Olympic play-off.

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Dick Cheney Gets A Human Heart

Posted on March 25, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

The news that former American Vice-President Dick Cheney has underwent heart transplant surgery……and has received a HUMAN heart is surely good news. All neo-cons should be rounded up and given compulsory heart transplants. It might make them behave better. Apparently … Continue reading →

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Parsley On “Sunday Politics”

Posted on March 25, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

How on earth did Ian Parsley……his Wikipedia entry describes him as a politician, business man and linguist get on “Sunday Politics”? He had an obvious delight at merely being on the show. But at least it will earn him some good … Continue reading →

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