Last night in the UK, a televised attempt to contact the spirit of Michael Jackson was transmitted to TVs. And people actually watched it! Popjustice's Peter Robinson called it "the worst thing I have ever seen... [yet] strangely arousing"; another blogger noted that whatever Jackson was saying wasn't too important---the cosmos-crossing communication was stopped midway through one of his...
This is a flavour of what the TUV leader Jim Allister has been directing at the DUP in his party’s annual conference address. According to Allister Peter Robinson consulted a doctor (joke) on the wellbeing of his party. Dialogue went as follows: “Is it political swine flu ? ” Peter asked. “No” said the doctor. “Your problem:TUV it is. TUVITIS”...
A year ago today I set off for my week's holiday in Paris. Before I left I spoke with the UUP's Alex Kane by phone and we discussed the ongoing refusal of Sinn Fein/IRA to work devolved government due to their childish fit of pique over the devolution of polcing and justice 'powers' (in reality it is nothing more than transferring the budget from London to Belfast as the police will retain operational...
BBC NI political editor Mark Devenport reports the DUP leader Peter Robinson’s response to the threatened sulk by his party’s partner in OFMDFM. From the BBC report [Peter Robinson] said his party will neither submit to blackmail nor negotiate in a climate of blackmail. “I know it is hard for Sinn Fein to come to terms with the new circumstances in which they can no longer bully and...
Watch Reagan Library discussions today here . George Weigel, Peter Robinson, Michael Rubin, Dinesh D'Souza, and more react to President Obama's decision not to go to Berlin here .
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The report which Sir Christopher Kelly’s Committee on Standards in Public Life published on MPs’ expenses and allowances on Wednesday, as yet, only comprises recommendations. Nick Robinson, on his blog , has set out the likely process for its implementation, during which MPs might, he contends, attempt to ‘smooth off the sharpest edges’ of the proposed reforms. The committee...
Chai Cha Na Mining Inc. ("Chai Cha Na" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Kristian Whitehead to the board of directors of the "Company". Mr. Whitehead is a graduate of the University of Victoria and has worked as a senior geologist for several junior exploration companies including Statagold and Hawthorne Gold Corp. Mr. Whitehead is also the president...
A tough task awaits the new chief constable JUST when the finishing line was in sight, a stumble. Last month, after long talks with Northern Ireland’s ruling politicians, Gordon Brown agreed to hand over GBP800m-1 billion ($1.7 billion) to the Stormont government to finance the final stage of devolution—giving Belfast responsibility for policing and justice. The self-congratulatory announcement...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Media Contact: Stephen E. Dreikorn 703-994-4314 * * * MEDIA ADVISORY * * * Reagan Foundation and Library and Heritage Foundation to Offer Live Internet Stream of Entire Conference Commemorating 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall, November 6, 2009 WHAT: The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library and The Heritage Foundation will commemorate the 20 th anniversary...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Media Contact: Stephen E. Dreikorn 703-994-4314 * * * MEDIA ADVISORY * * * Reagan Foundation and Library and Heritage Foundation to Offer Live Internet Stream of Entire Conference Commemorating 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall, November 6, 2009 WHAT: The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library and The Heritage Foundation will commemorate the 20 th anniversary...
Here’s the relevant passage: One aspect of paid employment outside the House is that, partly for reasons of recent history, 16 out of 18 Northern Ireland Westminster MPs are also members of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Five of them currently hold ministerial positions there. The only other example of dual mandates is that the First Minister of the Scottish Parliament is also an MP. He has indicated...
Victor Davis Hanson, the Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and Robert Baer who spent 20 years at the CIA as a field officer covering the Middle East, discuss Iran and the nuclear threat on Uncommon Knowledge with Hoover research fellow Peter Robinson.
When Peter Robinson refused to go to Downing Street to meet Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister jumped on a plane and came to Stormont House. It was something of a rebuke for the First Minister. Portraying himself as ‘a cool dude’ after the meeting with Mr Brown Peter Robinson asked “Do I look under pressure ?” He was under pressure. Sources close to Mr. Brown spoke of his ‘tetchiness’...
Irish News 30/10/09 1997: The Parades Commission was established following an RUC decision to allow the Orange Order to march down the predominantly nationalist Garvaghy Road in Portadown, Co Armagh 1999: The commission carried out a four-month review following complaints from nationalists and unionists 2000: Garvaghy Road resident Evelyn White took a legal challenge on the grounds the Parades Commission...
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