Flash mob go for softly-softly approach…
CUSTOM House Square in Belfast city centre was the venue for this rather surreal pillow fight on Saturday afternoon.
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Hearing the Other Voice from the Grave: Why Should we Listen to David Ervine’s Stories?
Ed Moloney’s Voices from the Grave: Two Men’s War in Ireland has received considerable attention in the press and in the public realm since its publication earlier this year. Although the book relates the experiences of the Provisional IRA’s Brendan Hughes and the PUP/UVF’s David Ervine, much of the discussion has focused on Hughes’ stories [...] read our review » -
The Imperfectionists (Tom Rachman) – an insight into a newspaper that’s maybe not so fictional
‘news’ is often a polite way of saying ‘editor’s whim’ Given the shift from print to online and e-ink, maybe Tom Rachman’s The Imperfectionists was a suitable first first book for me to finish reading on the Kindle. Considering the economic pressures on the newspaper industry, his novel perhaps captures the spirit and soul of [...] read our review »
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The peace process not such a good model after all
Which reminds me…. Platform for Change’s driving force Robin Wilson has produced a corrective to the notion that the lessons of the NI conflict are easily exportable. Like myself, Robin is associated with the Constitution Unit. He introduced his new book in a CU blog which I here reproduce. The water crisis in Northern Ireland [...] read our review »
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I was there at 1pm when Duke Special was busking to promote his Dukebox gig at Belsonic. Busy Saturday obviously.
Twenty thousand grandma’s
Waving their hankies in the air.
All burning up their pensions
And shouting, “It’s not fair!”
There’s a regiment of soldiers
Standing looking on.
And the queen is bravely shouting,
“What the Hell is going on?”
Jigsaw Puzzle, Beggar’s Banquet, Rolling Stones 1968
In the U.S., the Dems are going crazy over recent meetings between legislators and constituents re health care reform.
Seems that the taxpayers are quite vocally criticising Obama’s Plan (9 from Outer Space).
Dem leader Nancy Pelosi declares those so stridently opposed are un-American.
I sure didn’t hear her complaining about the protestors in Iran recently.
She, and others, indignantly declare that the disruptions are “orchestrated”.
Even if true, I guess she believes that flash-mobs are only to be used to support liberal-left agendas.
What’s Twitter for the goose, is Twitter for the gander, IMO.
I’m just glad that Obama decided to pursue his health care agenda BEFORE his illegal alien amnesty agenda.
Now, he’s got a whole lot of people riled up. The health care reform debacle has become a metaphor for voter discontent.
What a bunch of pricks!