Economic Mismanagement — The Irish Experience

It happens here too, you know. Just over a year ago, I was writing this: Banks Are Safer in Small Corrupt Countries and this: Fuck the government Here too: Be [...]

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America's Subtle Coup d’État?

Ever since Bush's popularity began to sink beneath the ground, people have been worrying that Cheney would never relinquish power.  People were predicting that the administration would declare a national [...]

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McCain on Spain is Plainly Under Strain

John McCain thinks that Spain, a Nato-member and US ally, is in South America. Here's the interview on Radio Caracol, Miami.  

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Dáil Returns.  Back on the Magic Roundabout.

Dáil Returns. Back on the Magic Roundabout.

 

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What To Do With The 700 Billion

What should be done with the 700 billion dollars? Simple: give it to the people who didn't fuck up. Give $2,300 each to every single person in the United States [...]

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How Dubya Found The Money

We had a quiet little night, just myself and the children and a few of their friends.  A quiet little night, preceded by a quiet little evening. I made a [...]

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Andrew Hanlon Reminder

Andrew Hanlon Reminder

Imagine if you'd raised this boy in Ireland … … and he became this young man … … and then he was slaughtered in the street by somebody like this [...]

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United States Treasury Buys Banks' Bad Debts

United States Treasury Buys Banks' Bad Debts

Where did George keep the 700 billion dollars, and what was he using it for before he decided to give it to the banks? Was this 700 billion dollars just [...]

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The PalinDrome

Well shit anyway!  There I was thinking I'd come up with another world-beating snappy Sarah Palin joke. Why not start a series on Sarah's home, I said to myself, where [...]

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Sarah Palin's Qualifications to Become President of the United States

You're a vice-presidential candidate and running-mate to someone who could easily drop dead without warning.  Let's see how you stack up. This is what you've done in your life. You [...]

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