Penn Jillette Interviewed By Nick Gillespie, On Trump And Libertarian Politics
I’ve been a big fan of the showmanship of Penn Jillette, of the eponymous magicians’ act Penn and Teller, for many years but lessContinue Reading
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The Óglaigh na hÉireann Propaganda Demonstration In Derry
On the evening of Friday the 29th of July the minor Republican Resistance grouping, Óglaigh na hÉireann (ÓnaÉ), staged aContinue Reading
Fox News And Roger Ailes’ Secret Black Room Team
Gabriel Sherman of the New York Magazine has written a short exposé on Fox News’ much-rumoured “Black Room”, a non-tooContinue Reading
The Sci-Fi Typography Of Stranger Things And Blade Runner
Watching Netflix’s nostalgic science-fiction drama, “Stranger Things”, I was struck by the accuracy of the show’s 1980s setting. While quite reminiscentContinue Reading
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Journalism
Most blogging is parasitical in nature and that is especially true for blogs which primarily focus on news and currentContinue Reading
Where Have All The Liberal Muslims Gone?
Offended by my refusal to see all adherents of Islam as knife-wielding jihadists an exasperated American acquaintance of mine once asked me,Continue Reading
Language Strategies In Ireland And Wales, Tokenism For The Natives
On the 21st of December 2010 the then coalition government of Fianna Fáil and the Green Party launched the “20-Year Strategy for theContinue Reading
The Real Americans On Sanders, Clinton And Trump
The voice that is rarely heard in presidential elections in the United States. Representatives of the Native American nations and communitiesContinue Reading
The Chinese Opera? Opera Browser And SurfEasy VPN Sold To China
For the last few years I’ve been using the Norwegian-developed web browser Opera, or its siblings, as my default program for internetContinue Reading
Views On The Thick Micks From The Colonial Brits
So you’re browsing through the website of a mainstream national newspaper in Ireland and you unexpectedly stumble upon an article indulging the noxiousContinue Reading
A Clear Majority Favours The Reunification Of Ireland
The British apologists of the Irish news media, led by a coterie of decrepit newspaper columnists, have claimed for decades that, “…no one wants aContinue Reading
The Clinton Machine Rolls Over The Opposition At The Democratic National Convention
With Hillary Rodham Clinton anointed as the Democratic Party candidate for president all’s over bar the shouting at the organisation’s 2016 nationalContinue Reading
Could Donald Trump Defy The Polls And Do An Electoral Brexit?
Michael Moore, the left-wing American documentary-maker, has been saying it since last year, though it’s only in recent months that peopleContinue Reading
The Norwegian Dialects Versus Anglo-American English
British-based journalist, Jessica Furseth, who was raised in Norway, has written an article on the increasing and disruptive presence of theContinue Reading
The Young Turks Versus Alex Jones
Right-wing propagandist and conspiracy theorist par excellence, Alex Jones, crashed a live broadcast of the left-leaning Young Turks during theContinue Reading
An Sionnach Fionn On Twitter And Facebook
Just a quick reminder that if you prefer more tongue-in-cheek stuff An Sionnach Fionn is also on Twitter, @AnSionnachFionn, where offence is neverContinue Reading
The Digital Tech Of The Islamic State And Others
Bellingcat has an interesting article by Jett Goldsmith summarising some of the online techniques used by adherents of violent political Islam toContinue Reading
To Reunite Or Not Reunite, That Is The Question. For Ireland’s Worried Elites
Is it just me, or is the Continuity State going through a period of existential crisis?
Heil Kaiser Drumpf!
There’s not much one can say about the elevation of Donald J. Trump to the position of sun-king-in-waiting by the Republican PartyContinue Reading
The SDLP And Colum Eastwood: Make Me Green, But Not Just Yet
So is it Colum Eastwood, the SDLP leader, or the members of the press who are sending mixed messages on the regional party’sContinue Reading
Comic Book Girl 19 Ain’t Afraid Of No Ghosts
Unfortunately I’ve had no time to see the new Ghostbusters film, though the mass coverage in the media makes meContinue Reading
Kenny And Martin Wrap The Green Flag Around A Finger Or Two
The post-referendum effects of the Brexit vote in the UK continue to ripple out across the European Union, lapping up onContinue Reading
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