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Wednesday, Feb 8th 2012


Satire on Irish Left Review

The Satire section contains all satirical articles. As Lenny Bruce says: “Satire is tragedy plus time”.

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Crocnodile Shoes

Satan is my co-pilot.
The evil usurper anti-Pope Bendedict is being in Spain for the last couple of days, as if our poor beknighted country is not having enough to worry about. Yesterday he was in Santiago de Compostela, where he was give out about the “aggressive anti-clericalism” which is holding Spain in its sway, [...]

Wronging Writes

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Oh We of Little Faith

An extract from The Sceptics Bible. Part 518 of 666.

IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the word was God.

2 Even though Wittgenstein has proved the impossibility of a private language.

3 All things were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was made.

Varnishing Point

Just because the economy is on its death bed doesn’t mean you have to forgo any part of your beauty routine. After all, when you look good, you feel good, and now more than ever the whole world is looking for reasons to feel good. And what’s more, scientists have proven [...]

Terms of Endearment

FIFA, the international governing body of association football, today released its bi-annual update detailing changes to the nicknames officially assigned to the national football teams of its member states. While for the great majority of countries there was no need to introduce new sobriquets, for a significant majority it was felt that there was sufficient [...]

Don’t Mock the Afflicted: Exploit Them for Literary Gain

In rather feeble attempts to demonstrate their erudition and unsuccessfully prove that they have a sense of humour, members of the medical profession have in recent years been generating articles for publication in which they diagnose the purported symptoms exhibited by the protagonists of well-known works of fiction. Thus, in the American Journal of Diseases [...]

Caution: Devil at Work!!

The Usurper Bendedict: Don’t worry, is just a bit of wind, queen.
Queen: Si, but I think I may have follow through, usurper.
The usurper Bendedict is on the fake papal visit to Britain this week in an attempt to butter up the Queen and Prince Phillips and divert attention away from sundry ill-doings and goings-on [...]

Dublin launch of ‘Dreams for Breakfast’ by Susan Millar Du Mars and ‘Frightening New Furniture’ by Kevin Higgins

Seven Towers, in association with Salmon Press, presents the Dublin launch of ’Dreams for Breakfast‘ by Susan Millar Du Mars and ‘Frightening New Furniture‘ by Kevin Higgins.
Venue: Chaplin’s Pub, Hawkins Street, D2
Date: Saturday, September 25th
Time: 5pm
T: 0872283351

None of Your Fancy French Lickers

Every June, the schoolchildren of the Greater Manchester area nominate and vote for their Lollipop Lady of the Year. Lollipop Ladies are a British institution, known abroad variously as Crossing Guards, School Crossing Supervisors, Crossing Patrol Operatives, Pediatric Pedestrian Transverse Street Enablers, Lollipop Men (in Muslim countries), and, in France, as Les Otaries Effrayantes. We [...]

Romas Go Home!!

Where is My Fire Engine, Thieving Gypsy Lady?!
I am can only give you a roundup of the impressive fascism-on-the-march news this week, since it have all been so busy, but you should all be inspire and motivate by seeing some of the most important people in Europe FINALLY doing some moves to promote the escape [...]

Sins of the Father

Sins of the Father:

Tracing the Decisions

That Shaped the Irish Economy,

by Conor McCabe

from The History Press

Now Available as an e-Book.

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