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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 » -
Help me with the West Wing: Essential viewing or Party Political Broadcast?
Having somehow managed to avoid watching a single episode of the widely praised West Wing TV series I was delighted to discover the entire Box set in my Christmas stocking – and with enough spare time over the holidays to give it a good lash. But with 10 episodes of the first series under my [...] read our review »
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Of the Old North and other Vanished Kingdoms..
I’m currently trawling through Norman Davies’s fabulous new tome – “Vanished Kingdoms” – Five stars in the (London) Telegraph’s review from Ben Wilson: All the nations that have ever lived have left their footsteps in the sand,” writes Norman Davies. “The traces fade with every tide, the echoes grow faint, the images are fractured, the human [...] read our review »
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Comment on “If astronauts are ever to venture again beyond low-Earth orbit…”
on 17 April 2010 at 6:29 am
I forgot it is those rockets that leave everybody starving
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Comment on “If astronauts are ever to venture again beyond low-Earth orbit…”
on 17 April 2010 at 5:43 am
‘what better way to eradicate poverty than creating wealth’
I cant believe you are being sarcastic making that statement. Do you have any grasp of economics? Do you not believe in the creation of jobs? 20% spent on social security and 0.5% on NASA, catch your self on.
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Comment on “If astronauts are ever to venture again beyond low-Earth orbit…”
on 17 April 2010 at 5:05 am
MH
It is estimated that NASA spending brings a ROI of 33% on its spending. Thats without detailing the many scientific breakthroughs that have resulted from NASA research. What better way to eradicate poverty than creating wealth. You may have an arguement with domestic policies in the US where funds may be allocated more efficiently or even the defence budget which accounted for 23% of Federal spending in the US. This compared to the 0.5% recieved by NASA. NASA is not causing child poverty, you sound like some young earth nutter .
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Comment on Some thoughts on North Antrim
on 17 April 2010 at 4:53 am
I think you are right regarding the small impact the nationalist tactical vote will make. The pact in FST will not have garnered much favour among nationalists.
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Comment on “If astronauts are ever to venture again beyond low-Earth orbit…”
on 17 April 2010 at 4:21 am
I should say that point was addressed to those that believe science funding should be cut in a time of recession,my comment wasn’t very clear. The advances in scientific knowledge and the technological advances that go with it is surely an arguement for investing in such a program at this time. It is a sad day when people would try to limit the scope of knowledge that we currently have, if anything science is woefully funded.
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Comment on “If astronauts are ever to venture again beyond low-Earth orbit…”
on 17 April 2010 at 4:10 am
Space exploration is important in pushing new boundaries in science. It is not only a mark of human progress but a catlyst for it.
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Comment on “confused, narrow minded, ill-judged”
on 15 April 2010 at 1:26 am
LabourNIman
How exactly will the unionist vote be spread evenly? Surely that would suggest more than one candidate, does it not?
You are clutching at straws by comparing the two. One is a pact to keep nationalists out of the seat, not abstentionist MPs as some may claim. Two parties, one of which branded the other’s leader a Liar, decided to withdraw amd find an ‘independant’ candidate who was not a catholic/nationalist to run in the seat. How does this compare to one’s own party trying to increase there own representation?
The main point is looking after one’s party is to be expected. Withdrawing your party from a seat decreases your representation but makes sure one of themmuns don’t get in.
The most obvious differece, is that in one, SF increased their own representation in a PR system. The other situation is where two unionist parties ensure their representation does not increase and the nationalist representation does decline. If you don’t see a difference, I suggest an optician.
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Comment on Judge refuses injunction over DUP election leaflet…
on 14 April 2010 at 11:48 pm
Now that I have saw what the message was about. Could Jim not use this to his advantage? He was a very successful man in his own right, more than can be said for Ian ‘Daddy, give me a job’ og.
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Comment on “confused, narrow minded, ill-judged”
on 14 April 2010 at 11:40 pm
Two unionists parties deciding to stand aside altogether to make sure a nationalist is not elected is quite different from Sinn Fein trying to maximise their own representation. You really are clutching at straws there.
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Comment on Did the DUP ask the nice lady if she would ACTUALLY vote for them?
on 14 April 2010 at 11:30 pm
Con
You took the words right out of my mouth. He didn’t even read my first paragraph. Did he not realise it was criticising his stances that flip more than Ian in Shameless?
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