Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Trumps
British comedian Peter Serafinowicz reimagines Donald J. Trump as a London “geezer“, though the words remain the same. Frighteningly, the cockneyContinue Reading
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How Netanyahu Won The 2015 Election In Israel
In the week leading up to the 17th of March 2015, the day of the general election in Israel, the governingContinue Reading
Bessie Coleman
Elizabeth “Bessie” Coleman was a young pilot of Native- and African-American descent who became something of a minor press sensation in the United StatesContinue Reading
The Banking Inquiry Whitewash, Covering Up For The Party Tigers
With the death of Ireland’s so-called “Celtic Tiger” economy in 2008-2010 the country entered a period of severe recession, made worse byContinue Reading
The Shankill Bombing And Britain’s Proxy-War In Belfast
Just after 1 pm on the afternoon of Saturday the 23rd of October 1993, Thomas Begley and Seán Kelly, two volunteers ofContinue Reading
Headquarters Of The Fenian Brotherhood Of America, New York City
In the latter half of 1865, the Fenian Brotherhood of America (FBA), the formerly clandestine Irish revolutionary organisation in the UnitedContinue Reading
Dublin, Easter 1916, Their Sympathies Were With The Rebels
I’ve made reference before to one of the great myths of the Easter Rising of 1916. That is, the absence ofContinue Reading
Swimming To Cambodia
Many years ago, discouraged by the need to go to school the next day, and unable to read, let aloneContinue Reading
The Gaelic-Haters Of Britain Are At It Again
Well, it’s been a busy week for those who despise the Scottish Gaelic language and the communities which speak it. From attack-stories on government supportContinue Reading
The Scale Of Surveillance Operations By The Irish State Is Staggering
While many people, certainly informed journalists and anti-austerity activists, would have been aware of the soaring levels of surveillance being carried outContinue Reading
The Latest Fake Controversy Over Scottish Gaelic In Scotland
So, another day, another staged controversy drummed up by anglophone supremacists (for which one can read in this case, British nationalists) attackingContinue Reading
Cybernetic Warfare Is Simply An Addition To Blood And Guts Warfare
With the UK Labour Party self-immolating in fine old style as various factions debate its policies on nuclear armaments, specifically the Trident submarine-launched ballistic missileContinue Reading
Mebyon Kernow Wants 2016 To Be Cornwall’s Year
Mebyon Kernow, the Party for Cornwall, has outlined its objectives to make 2016 the year of “…Cornish recognition”. This follows the UK’s long overdue designation ofContinue Reading
The African-American And Irish Civil Rights Movements
From NBC News, an article by Chandra Thomas Whitfield examining the influence of the African-American civil rights movement on its IrishContinue Reading
NBC News – YouTube Democratic Candidates Debate 2016
For me it was a another win for Bernie Sanders, albeit a narrow one, over Hilary Clinton and also-ran, MartinContinue Reading
Britnat Nastiness Is Mainstream In The UK Press
Merryn Somerset Webb is a relatively well-known business journalist and editor in the UK who writes on a wide range of financial matters for theContinue Reading
In Sinn Féin Lotto 32, I Pick Numbers 1, 9, 1 And 6
At first I thought this was a joke, but no, this is actually a Sinn Féin initiative to drum up newContinue Reading
Masters Of The Force Awakens
A magnificent mash-up of 1987’s big-screen turkey, “Masters of the Universe”, and 2015’s winner of Most-Grating-British-Accent-Ever, “Star Wars: The ForceContinue Reading
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, VFX Before And After
Watch it while you can!
The Fantasy History Of The 1916 Easter Rising
Liam Kennedy is a professor of economic and social history at Queen’s University Belfast, which is somewhat shocking given thatContinue Reading
Antipathy To The Irish Language Is A Legacy Of Colonialism
Irish is the indigenous language of the island nation of Ireland and has held that unique position for at least theContinue Reading
More On The Artist Seaghán Mac Cathmhaoil Or John P. Campbell
My post yesterday on an eyewitness account of the Easter Rising of 1916, published some three months after the insurrection by the NewContinue Reading
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