Been in the news since yesterday. The White House has confirmed that its search for Iraqi weapons of mass destruction had ended without finding anything. They searched for two years at a cost of millions and still came up empty handed. Shit lads, all you had to do was ask anyone and they’d have told [...]
Jeez, you’d think they’d be glad of the help but the feckin Indonesian Government is trying to make life difficult for people helping with the aid efforts in the tsunami hit region. Not only must aid workers register to travel outside of the towns (supposedly for safety) but now they have set a deadline for [...]
British TV reporter Martin Bashir is to testify for the prosecution at the Jackson trial. You may know Bashir from the documentary he made about Jackson a year or two back. I don’t think much of Jackson at all but felt sorry for him when I saw the documentary. New York based Bashir (Britains own [...]
According to the Indo (I don’t know why I read it either) Johnny ‘Mad Dog’ Adair is on the run [registration cheat] from his UDA buddies. The Finnish will know the man as “Hullu Koira” (mad dog) because he visited Finland not so long ago. During one of his excursions abroad a couple of years [...]
The title caught my attention on this one, a humorous look at a very serious subject. Nathan Abrams discovered he had testicular cancer and decided to write a diary recording his thoughts during his ordeal. Well worth a read.
The IRA have released photos of decommissioned arms….
The Consumer Electronics Show was just on in Las Vegas. Jo Twist of the BBC takes a look at some of the best items on show this year. I like the look if the Creative Zen Micro, and I gotta get me a Seagate pocket hard drive.
…is how the mother of one entrepreneur described her son’s idea to sell advertising space on his forehead! Andrew Fisher from Omaha, who is running his offer on E-Bay said he would have a non-permanent logo or brand name tattooed on his head for 30 days. Bids are currently at $322.77!
The body of a young Dublin girl was found in Thailand today and becomes Irelands first confirmed victim of the tsunami. Three others are said to be missing presumed dead while a further 17 are “medium risk”.
The government has been asked to send troops to SE-Asia to assist with the humanitarian operations. It’s not clear here who this request is coming from as the request has not come from the UN or the countries involved. It would be a good contribution as the Irish Army have lots of experience with logistics [...]