Posted in War, Crime on Oct 9th, 2010 2 Comments »
Politics may be the art of the possible but, at least in life, give the impossible a go. So, of course, the vision is painted in the colours of the rainbow, and the reality is sketched in the duller tones of black, white, and gray. But I ask you to accept one thing - hand […]
Posted in United States, War on Mar 17th, 2010 No Comments »
This comes via Democracy Now! (headlines clip, 17 March 2010, 12:05mins).
“A prominent Irish peace activist says he’s had his US visa revoked without explanation. The activist, Edward Horgan, is the co-founder of ShannonWatch, which has documented the use of Ireland’s Shannon Airport in the US kidnapping practice known as “extraordinary rendition.” Horgan is a former […]
Posted in War, US Election, satire on Oct 18th, 2008 1 Comment »
I only put it up because it was on Who Is IOZ, and Who Is IOZ is so hot right now.
Posted in War, UK Politics, US Politics on Aug 22nd, 2008 7 Comments »
The video below is taken from a stop the war coalition meeting in London, 14 August 2008. Mark Almond gives his analysis of the ongoing conflict. (and before anyone makes the joke, no, it’s not THAT Mark Almond.) This is from stopwar.org.uk:
MARK ALMOND, lecturer in History, Oxford University and expert on the Caucasus, provided the […]
Posted in War, Politics on Aug 12th, 2008 No Comments »
Last night I was having a short chat with Conor on the phone about this and that and the Georgian-Russian war came up. Conor mentioned that he’s started watching Bloomberg TV, you know, to keep an eye on the capitalists. In one report there was an financial analyst suggesting that now is a good time […]
Posted in War, RTE on Aug 8th, 2008 5 Comments »
The geography of faraway troubled places would appear to be a rather difficult challenge for your average RTE web operative at 7:30 of a morning :
Will the Boys in Green manage to find the right one this autumn, one wonders ??
