Blog Posts about Irish TDs - (Free subscription) | yesterday
“a defining moment in Irish history was the successful negotiation by Bertie Ahern and Tony Blair of the Good Friday Agreement between the British and Irish Governments and the political parties in Northern Ireland in April 1998.” …... Continue reading »
The Flypaper Theory (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
As you may or may not know, Haggard is my hero so here's one last shot of Merle. Now here's the most complete tour of honly tonk I could put together while the ribs were cooking .
Philosophy, et cetera (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sometimes, when reading a blog, you may get the feeling that the blogger's posts are infused by a fundamentally misguided assumption. But such deep-rooted disagreements can't typically be raised within the scope of any particular post. So consider this open thread an invitation. Do you find yourself raising an eyebrow at some of my basic presuppositions? Any disagreements that run so deep you wouldn't...
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | yesterday
Does the Communist Party of India (Marxist) hope to improve its credibility among the minority community by opposing the Indo-US nuclear deal? That would argue an assumption on its part that Muslims in India are against the deal, an assumption untimely voiced by the CPI(M) politburo member, M.K. Pandhe, and repeated as a warning by the Bahujan Samaj Party chief and Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Mayawati....
TotalF1.com - Recent Formula 1 News (Free subscription) | yesterday
The day after the retirement announcement of David Coulthard and the announcement that Mark Webber got a new contract with Red Bull Racing for 2009, the two drivers seem to fly at the Silverstone track. During the second free practice session, Webber clocked the second time while team mate Coulthard finished 4th.
The Flypaper Theory (Free subscription) | yesterday
This July 4th treat your ears to an American institution, Merle Haggard. No matter what kind of a mood you're in this song-- that sounds like it could have been written yesterday-- will make you feel better
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
All manner of tales preceded her assumption of office as the new Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. A section of the media denigrated her as the anointed candidate of crooks whose brief was to undo some of the fantastic work done by Nuhu Ribadu, the ebullient pioneer chairman of the Commission. She was touted as a front for corrupt ex-governors who, in desperation...
Shoot The Moose (Free subscription) | yesterday
Happy Independence Day Everyone!
Commercial Insurance Knowledge (Free subscription) | yesterday
The usual comment whenever the failure of large financial institutions is discussed is “it’s too big to fail”. There has been an assumption that the really big lenders are immune from failure, as Uncle Sam … Bookmark To:
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
Leuna Johnson SNS, Supervisor of School Nutrition Services for Assumption Parish Schools in Baton Rouge, La. became the 1,000th school nutrition professional to earn the School Nutrition Specialist credential offered by the School Nutrition Association (SNA.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
THE IRISH Human Rights Commission is in danger of going broke by the end of the year if it does not receive increased funding, its chairman told the Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement.
Mises Economics Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Disney-Pixar film WALL-E is an assault on modern civilization, writes Gennady Stolyarov, borne of deep economic and historical ignorance. First, it makes the Marxian assumption that it would be possible for a single corporation to subsume the entire world. Then the movie shows humanity seeking salvation in abandoning a sustainable automatic food production system — which had apparently worked...
Supersonicsoul (Free subscription) | yesterday
Part and parcel with yesterday’s settlement is an assumption that no expansion teams are in the NBA’s foreseeable future. Meaning, of course, any team bearing a Seattle Sonics’ jersey in the future will be doing so because another city’s NBA dreams have gone up in flames. Leading yours truly to wonder: Is it worth it? After spending the past few days (well, months, really) bemoaning our fate and dispensing...
adii (Free subscription) | yesterday
I think I've found out the hard way this past week, that there is indeed a difference to running a business and simply freelancing on your own... Back when I was still employed in January / February this year, the company did all their financial / time budgets on the assumption that an employee would be productive 70% of the time; and back then I laughed at this, since I had always considered myself...
Business Week (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
A decade after the Good Friday peace agreement, Northern Ireland's economy is blossoming
