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Entries from February 2008

The Short Shortlists

February 28th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Blogging, Irish Blog Awards, Uncategorized

(or the final list of the Finalists who have made it through 2 rounds of judging) are out today for the Irish Blog Awards. Best Blog Finalists Bock The Robber Ice Cream Ireland Maman Poulet On The Record Fatmammycat.com Beaut.ie Twenty Major Gingerpixel Irish Flirty Something Grannymar I am not worthy… Looking forward to seeing [...]

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Love is…

February 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Blogging

when yer mot buys this for you the minute she see’s it in the shops. (Easons if you are wondering but sightings are being made all over the place!) Bet Twenty is throwing up somewhere already…but then I’m only an blogging about lesbian chickens. Why did the lesbian chicken cross the road?

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Michael Lynn – The banks close in and a Panama connection?

February 25th, 2008 · No Comments · Michael Lynn

The Financial Regulator and others might want to know how Simon Carswell from the Irish Times is finding out today (subs. required) about payments in the personal account of one of Michael Lynn’s right hand men. Anthony Cantwell seems to be getting paid from Panama. Ah yes Panama that place yer man in the canoe [...]

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Bitches get stuff done

February 25th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Newstalk, US Election 2008

The Writers Strike is over, Saturday Night Live returned…. and Bitches get stuff done… (unless you’re Brenda Power from Newstalk and think that shouting down the phone at a Civil Servant live on air is going to change anything….miaow…) I have to wonder if the free enough ride that Obama has gotten in the past [...]

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What does B.T Stand for?

February 25th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Irish Politics, Tribunals

So the Drumcondra Mafia account whoops I mean the St. Lukes expenditure trust account recently renamed Building Trust – but previously called the BT account. Bertie’s T?????? It’s intriguing me something rotten now – we know it stood for something else…but what?? Your efforts in the comments….

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EuroSong 2008 – The Results

February 23rd, 2008 · 5 Comments · Blogging, Eurosong

So are we all ready? Dinner was lovely thanks – fish and chips ala Marks and Spencers. It seems Ireland still has to suffer Ryan Tubridy tonight for her sins. 21.42 Ad break following the weather which was strangely cut short. Will Marija do a costume change?? How many times will Ray Darcey say ‘well [...]

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Eurosong 2008

February 23rd, 2008 · 5 Comments · Blogging, Eurosong, Queer

I could live blog this… but I have a life… or do I? I have a cold, cough, whatever – I’m Sick. Bored to tears. Switch over from Rugby (well done Ireland) to see a lesbian, not just any lesbian but the one who won the Eurovision last year. Ah yeah whatever happened to her? [...]

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Hello Newstalk staff

February 22nd, 2008 · 4 Comments · Irish Media, Newstalk

Hi Brenda or members of Your Call Team. Nowt else to be doing with your day except vanity google? mail.newstalk.ie – – [22/Feb/2008:13:30:29 +0000] “GET /?p=326 HTTP/1.1″ 200 35526 “http://www.google.ie/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3A official&channel=s&hl=en&q=newstalk+your+call&meta=&btnG=Google+Search” I do wonder what the real story in Newstalk head offices is – is there anyone really worried about what the recent tabloid turn [...]

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Newstalk getting the brushoff

February 22nd, 2008 · 8 Comments · Irish Media, Irish Politics

I’m delighted… Brenda Power is not Joe Duffy – she thinks she is or is better than Joe…and as bad as some might think Duffy is he wouldn’t stoop to bullying civil servants and others live on air without prior knowledge that they would be on air. Her 10 o’clock ‘ring a civil servant live [...]

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Democrats Abroad Primaries – The Results

February 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments · US Election 2008

For those of us who like looking at these things they make interesting reading. (PDF file here) The Irish based voters voted 2-1 in favour of Obama. Overall the complete results of the DA primary produced a similar result. 389 voted in the primary including Irish Blog Award nominee Richard Delevan – I suspect more [...]

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