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A poem for the day – Launching the Whaler Juan Peron
A Belfast epic, and one of my oldest poems, the opener of my first collection, Grub. The gist of the story was found in Moss & Hume’s Shipbuilders to the World: 125 Years of Harland and Wolff, Belfast, 1861-1986, which tells how Eva Peron was due to launch a huge whaling vessel in Belfast, built [...] read our review » -
Do Words Matter?: Book Review of Political Discourse and Conflict Resolution – Debating Peace in Northern Ireland
I share many of the concerns of Andy Pollak, whose recent post ‘My Response to the Slugger Begrudgers’ zeroed in on the ‘relentless flow of negativity’ of some Slugger commentators. Pollak’s post was largely concerned with the medium of the blog. Indeed, I think the anonymity of the online world encourages extreme discourse and allows [...] read our review »
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“You can see Newton’s mind at work…”
To add to the open access treasure trove at the Royal Society, Cambridge University Library is putting online some of its collection of books, maps, manuscripts and journals. We have called the first phase of our work on the Cambridge Digital Library the Foundations Project, which runs from mid-2010 to mid-2013 and has been made possible [...] read our review »
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Comment on 6 Nations Predictions Contest
on 3 February 2010 at 9:32 am
HHHHHAHAAHHHHHH
Points 633
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Comment on An open appeal to all Republicans from Ms Cahill
on 1 February 2010 at 7:12 pm
“Republicans would not use that term. ”
Why not? I never understood the superstition that things like the Republic of Ireland of Northern Ireland will disappear if you call them something else.
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Comment on An open appeal to all Republicans from Ms Cahill
on 31 January 2010 at 11:39 am
Of all the possible responses, going after the RCC has to be the most boneheaded imaginable. They really are doubling down on this.
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Comment on An open appeal to all Republicans from Ms Cahill
on 31 January 2010 at 10:19 am
You people really aren’t used to backchat are you?
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Comment on No, don’t bring back Blair
on 31 January 2010 at 5:23 am
His concern for child welfare struck me as more reminiscent of Winnie.
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Comment on No, don’t bring back Blair
on 31 January 2010 at 4:50 am
“Where’s the Irish Mandela? Adams? That’s a laugh. ”
Not necessarily. Depends which Mandela you mean.
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Comment on Senior SF member critical of Adams
on 31 January 2010 at 3:32 am
“I am afraid you are scraping the bottom of the barrel”
I’d like to think so but I suspect that barrel is much much deeper. I’m still waiting for one of these toy soldiers to claim you’re working for MI5
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Comment on Senior SF member critical of Adams
on 31 January 2010 at 12:45 am
“whats he all squeamish about child rape for? ”
Because it could cost him his seat.
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Comment on Unionist difficulties…
on 31 January 2010 at 12:43 am
“the Conservative leader will not be hitting out at single mothers”
He already has.
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Comment on No, don’t bring back Blair
on 31 January 2010 at 12:32 am
“what would they have negotiated about at that stage?”
Quite. Let’s not forget the provos did not claim to be a civil rights organisation until much much later.
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