Sunday 17 March: Videotube of a badger charging an Alsation in a fight and running him off

09:00
1762 First St. Patrick's Day parade takes place in New York as Irish soldiers serving in British colonial army celebrate with the help of a marching band 
 

10:10
It is estimated that there are 80 million people worldwide of Irish descent, wtih 50 million Americans claiming Irish ancestry 
11:31
Dirty dubs make bad schoolboy poetry into an industry:
U2 har verdens beste sangtekst

A line from Irish band U2's One has been named the UK's favourite song lyric of all time. The poll was run by music television station VH1 and the line that participants voted most favourably for was "One life, with each other, sisters, brothers.

18:53
The Communards
- Gay, no? Jimmy Whatshisface. Don't. Leave me this way-ya-haaaay!
Paris Communards. 18-hundreds. Revolted against the French national authority because their country was in chaos. The leadership skipped to Versailles crappin' themselves. Les rebels took over Paris and set up a sovereign municipality.
- Like it.
Socialist. Reformist. Idealist.
- Randy, I'll bet.
Put down a couple of months later.
- The dream lives on.
21:02
Tax income is up 3 billion euro. Government run for profit. Spending totals 700m behind target. Costs down. Incomes up. 25.8 billion euro in eight months. House buyers paying. Stamp duty 575 m above target. ECB says the situation is abnormal. The government warned off interfering with speculation in the market. Economic expert says could be trouble if they do interfere, could be trouble if they don't. Let's do nothing lads. Let's do nothing. We're billions of euro to the good. That's good, right?
22:24
I like the rebel patches made with animal heads. Double headed eagle of the Kosovo Liberation Army and the snakes thing from Syria. Tigers for Tamils. What'll we call it? What'll we use for our badges? 
- What badges?
Badgers!
- What badgers?
For the badges.
- Multi-headed animal designs.
BADGER BADGES!
- Poor ol' roadkill feckers.
And the ferrets too.
- Nearly hit one with the white van coming back from a recent mission to Ballyfeck.
You cut the grass then?
- First bit of dry weather in a month. Poor judgement on his part but by jaysis what he lacked in timing he made up for in speed. Just don't know if the car coming the other way didn't get him off the white line.

I think badger will be better, for you know, an image of defiant suffering.
- A bit like a panda.
Kind of cute, but fearsome. Buried underground. Cool black and white stripes. Nocturnal. Hungry fucker but self reliant. Just likes to mind his own business. Blamed for everything from tuberculosis to dog bait. Fights his corner.
22:34
Me likeski:

The Tupolev Tu-16 (NATO codename: Badger) was a twin-engine jet bomber used by the Soviet Union. It has flown for more than 50 years and remains in service with the Russian, Ukrainian and Chinese air forces.

- most of the badger references on youtube are to kids' stuff. 

Badger Airways

22:37
I'd be nervous if I was a badger, on the highways and byways, about that white line on the middle of me head which might be mistaken for a bit of the road. 
22:38
Badgers live in a Sett. Mothera God the tube-streaming is dreadful slow. They're like little bears. Are they ursine?
Mooching around in ditches. Stumpy legs. Tails thick and tapering. White striped faces all different, distinctive faces. Piggy little noses, but more defined, romanesque. Rabbity snout. Love song by Moby music. Likes Match of the Day (supports Newcastle Utd) and only comes out at night. Large disposable income. Either they have secure housing or they're dead.
22:46
Well I never:

The lower jaw is articulated to the upper, by means of a transverse condyle firmly locked into a long cavity of the cranium, so that dislocation of the jaw is all but impossible. This enables the badgers to maintain its hold with the utmost tenacity.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badger
22:37
Omnivores. Meles meles. Eat honey equals animal products, so not vegans, TBTG. The collective name for a group of badgers is a cete. Gaelic: broc.
Cumann na Mbroc. Cumann an Bhric?
22:49
Bring it on, baby:

Badgers are fierce animals and will protect themselves and their young at all costs. Badgers are capable of fighting off much larger animals such as wolves, coyotes and bears.

22:51
Badgercaust:

Many badger setts in Europe were gassed during the 1960s and 1970s to control rabies.

22:54
Posh nemesis:

Dachshunds were originally bred to be badger hounds.

22:56
Don't badger me:

The badger does not usually seek to attack, but, when driven to bay, its great muscular power and tough hide render it a formidable opponent. Weighing up to thirty-five pounds when fully grown, badgers have an extraordinarily dangerous bite, which they are willing to use recklessly when threatened.

23:02
Videotube of a badger charging an Alsation in a fight and running him off.
23:03
Video of a black and white jackrussel dog called Badger frolicking in the back garden with his owner and a garden hose. Happiness. Then a badger bursts through the wooden fence and grabs him, dragging him out to his death.