February 2011
Play
Play
Play
No place for 'dodgy' alternative medicine on third-level courses →
irishtimes.com
UCD and IT Tallaght are among Irish institutions offering courses that turn academia into quackademia and which should not be included in any serious curriculum, writes PAUL O’DONOGHUE
This is a scandal. It puts all the good work of the students who go to UCD and IT Tallaght in jeoprady.
Sarkozy Was There
On 8 November 2009, Sarkozy posted on his Facebook page a picture supposedly showing him chipping away at the Berlin Wall during its fall. However, the dates were inconsistent and the picture was proven to be fake - and later archived footage confirmed this. This news of forgery spread in France, and later evolved into a meme, “Sarkozy Was There,” where Sarkozy is photoshopped into historical events
http://ballotbox.ie/ →
ballotbox.ie
Ballotbox.ie is a site where Irish emigrants who are not allowed to vote in the forthcoming General Election can cast a symbolic ballot.
“I don’t agree with the concept of award ceremonies, but I’m prepared to make an exception for the ones I’m nominated for. The last time there was a naked man covered in gold paint in my house, it was me.”
—
Banksy, in an official statement concerning his directorial debut Exit Through The Gift Shop being nominated for an Oscar.
[nme.]
(via thedailywhat)
When Irish Eyes Are Crying →
vanityfair.com
“At the top are the many very rich Irish people who emit noisy patriotic sounds but arrange officially to live elsewhere so they don’t have to pay tax in Ireland; at the bottom, the waves of emigration that define Irish history.”
“Fantasy is a disease, make reality fantasitc”
—Des Bishop
