Khartoum Time: the Great Islamic Teddy-Bear Scandal of 1423

No doubt you'll have learned by now that Gillian Gibbons has received a jail sentence in Sudan for naming a teddy-bear Muhammad. The vile criminal. Of course, like me, you'll [...]

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The Mobile Consecrator Rises Again

The Mobile Consecrator Rises Again

Looks like time to wake up the Machine. All this talk of religious bigotry and madness reminded me of an old project that got shelved last year, and I suppose [...]

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Islam and Christianity Find Something in Common

Islam and Christianity Find Something in Common

I wrote a post called Islamic Savages a few days ago, and some people thought I shouldn't. Don't know why. Some people said I should write about George Bush instead, [...]

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Support the Plain English Campaign

Did I ever mention to you that I fucking hate business jargon, going forward? Just thought I'd mention that. It isn't a new thing, you know: I've been around for [...]

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Splintered Sunrise Maman Poulet JC Skinner The Voyage Omnipotent Poobah The Chancer Hill Country Gal Travors.com Value Ireland

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Irish Breast Cancer Scandal

Irish Breast Cancer Scandal

Why did ninety-seven terrified Irish women have to gather together in one place yesterday, under the glare of the media, and wait all day to find out if they had [...]

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Irish Government Proposes Honours System

Irish Government Proposes Honours System

Hitler once defined a unit of measurement — the Goering — as the largest amount of metal that can be pinned to one man's chest. Good man Adolf. Whatever about [...]

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Munster 36 - Clermont 13

Munster 36 – Clermont 13

Here's a few pics from the rugby last Sunday. As you can see, Thomond Park is a bit of a building site at the moment, but they still managed to [...]

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Homeopath Charlatan Threatens Mother of Autistic Child

Homeopath Charlatan Threatens Mother of Autistic Child

Sharon has a charming blog called The Voyage which is about all sorts of things, including her autistic child. Sharon posted this about the claims of a charlatan called John [...]

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Introducing John Petrucci

This, courtesy of Bullet.

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