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Entries from October 2006

RTE get the room ready now

October 31st, 2006 · 2 Comments · Blogging, Irish Politics, Social Media

CNN  are gathering lots of bloggers together on Election Night – for the US Mid terms on November 7. So how about it next May or  June in Montrose?  John Bowman and Miriam in one room, Irishelection.com in the other? Alternative title to this post – how to take out most of the US politicking [...]

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Inclinations…

October 30th, 2006 · 3 Comments · Lesbian, LGBT, Queer, Religion

Roman Catholic Bishops in the USA will debte a new document on Pastoral Guidelines for ‘Ministry to Persons with Homosexual Inclination’ when they meet next month. Much of it is the usual ‘love the sinner hate the sin’ type of stuff but there are new challenges for them to face including a policy affirming the [...]

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Archbishop invites Pope to visit Ireland non-shocker

October 28th, 2006 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Well I was right! (Ok so it’s only an invitation so far) And there is word of QE2 and Benny 16 visiting Norn Iron on a ‘joint visit’ next spring.  So anyone joining me in a ‘trip’ to the travel agents to plan the non-papal visit to anywhere else other than here? Maybe I’m not [...]

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Predicting Tomorrow’s News

October 28th, 2006 · 7 Comments · Blogging, Irish Media, Irish Politics, Social Media

I’ll be reviewing the Sunday Papers tonight (Saturday) on Newstalk’s Taste. I should be on about 8.45pm Irish Time and you can listen online – link to listen on Windows Media Player. One of my housemates asked me if I was doing any preparation for it – well Mystic Meg powers on predicting tomorrows news [...]

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Intravenous Feeds for Election Junkies

October 28th, 2006 · 3 Comments · Blogging, linkiness, Same Sex Partnerships, Social Media

This is a good time for us election junkies. You know the type who stay up all night watching US TV on satellite for mid terms or presidential elections - or who can tell you how they reacted when Portillo lost his seat in 1997 – there is even a phrase – Were you there for [...]

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Grace

October 27th, 2006 · No Comments · Blogging, Social Media

I posted earlier in the week about Rush Limbaugh’s rubbish about Michael J. Fox’s gamming on about his Parkinsons Disease. Thanks to Keith Olbermann of MSNBC’s Countdown you can see Rush Limbaugh as he makes those comments. Double Dickhead.

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Another blogger gets a book deal

October 26th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Blogging, Social Media

Mulley is off to NY next week (lucky bastard), knowing his penchant for good food he might try to find this blogging waiter who just signed a book deal and was interviewed this afternoon on the Moncrieff show on Newstalk.

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She’s Gay and We’re Cool with That

October 25th, 2006 · 8 Comments · Lesbian, LGBT, Queer

The Minister for State Sile De Valera launched a campagin against homophobic bullying today. Read more about it at BelongTo’s Website. Well done to them and the Equality Authority for a really important campaign and kudos to the Minister also for launching it. Her speech is available here. In the case of homophobic bullying, young [...]

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Links of a Wednesday

October 25th, 2006 · 6 Comments · Blogging, LGBT, Podcasting, Social Media

The Ipod was 5 yesterday  – however Uncle Seth reminds us that one does not necessarily need one.   IWOOT   Michael J. Fox is campaigning for Democrat politicians who support Stem Cell Research in the forthcoming US Mid Terms. Rush Limbaugh believes he’s gamming on a bit with his symptoms or at least he should [...]

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Well at least the word ‘stab’ wasn’t mentioned!

October 24th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Irish Media, Podcasting, Uncategorized

I was wondering if the Mayor of Limerick is a regular listener to the Daily Source Code*? On DSC 482 Stacey from Podcasting.ie was giving Adam Curry a language lesson in how to speak Limerick. Am sure the complaints from the Mayor will roll in soon but anyway I laughed during my cattle train commute [...]

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