1937 Germany's Luftwaffe bomb Guernica in Spain on Franco's behalf during Spanish Civil War
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| A burn in Guernica, 1937 |
10:03
McDog is on the McGod radio show. Mick, Pat. I'm sweating in my underpants. Everyone is acting surprised because Blertie is coming back in the polls. I think there's a mood out there for not changing a thing.
10:10
Each nostril registers smell in a different way. The right detects pleasant odours, the left nostril is more accurate.
10:39
- The policy makes as much sense as an Hashtray on a Harley Davidson. Fish ina barrel. Hula hoops, like. More holes than a packet of.
- Somebody else is in charge of that.
- "To some extent a lot of people have that perception."
- I will try to use the word "robust" in answer to every question asked.
10:44
"We are perceived as hard party with no compassion. If that is the way then so be it. We have raised Ireland to greatness in our 200 years in coaliton glubbernment."
10:46
It's a successful company competing with the company who owns it. I'm going to blend the mistakes in with the successes and obscure the disasters in telecoms and transport and everything else pretending it's some form or economic development when it's nothing of the sort.
12:01
It's Irish Keynsianism. Do nothing and a miracle might come along to sort it out.
12:15
Survey of typical words in an Irish Times letters page 'round Easter:
reprehensible
moral choices
the gun out of Irish politics
resort to violence
perspective
reference
unequivocal
compliance with best practice
inadequacies
dictum
sin qua non
Roman Catholic Church
Is mise
contemporary
Church of Ireland
unpalatable truth
honesty and integrity
gesture of inclusiveness
contemplating
injunction of our Lord Jesus Christ
post hoc
lingering resentment
manifest
12:43
Text messaging is a virus infecting the email in instutions. Dickheads. Haven't a CLUE what they're talking about. Should shut up, just.
12:44
“You cannot reduce Chaucer to a soundbite.”
(- "Shyte").
13:03
Number of abductions up. Murders down. Satisfaction with the Gardai has halved since 1998.
13:00
Elegant, eloquent jabs at the opposition, finally landing a combo uppercut/haymaker:
Addressing the opposition benches, he said: "It was your fault, because you totally objected."[Examiner.ie]
As those same opposition benches collapsed with laughter, Mr Ahern added: "The voting worked perfect, all the analysis of the voting worked perfectly, but politically you wouldn't agree with it, and you took off on a political exercise getting in a few people from around the world to try and find flaws with it. And I can tell you, it's a disgrace, and any waste of money on the voting system lies at your door."
13:01
It starts with an (electoral) coup:
It is an embarrassment, and I do hope in the next Dail, that we're able to rid ourselves of the horrendous difficulties we have trying to be a modern country.
13:05
We're one of de biggest exporters of software in the world but we're going back to the py-ang louis.
14:42
We're upgrading your internet security for the bank. Er, no we don't support Firefox.
- But Firefox is the more secure browser?
15:00
Suicide prevention office admits problems exist.
15:20
Speed may be the key to winning an election in time for the weekend but I need a bit of grunt to process my complex transactions on a browser. Damn I'm about to reboot. If I can force my browser to close. It's in a sulk. Firefoxy.
21:05
Martin Sharpy, Minister for Bling, has taken to referring to the self in yon third person.
21:34
"Ttermination. Strengt. Bertie is great, so he is. We would vote for him as afternoon tea shock. Men of good will."
22:24
No affordable homes built.
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| A nation (tears itself apart) once again |
