Posted in UK Politics, History, politics/world on Jul 29th, 2008 7 Comments »
This clip dates from 1948, and was made to explain the welfare state to “Charley”, who thinks it’s all a “bleedin´waste of money.” The title is: “Charley’s March of Time.”
Enjoy.
Posted in Irish Economy, Irish social history, Irish Working Class, Irish Labour History on Jul 28th, 2008 4 Comments »
In the Saorstát there is a very large internal trade in cattle, the 13 central eastern counties importing great herds of calves and store cattle from the seven south-western and from the six north-western counties. Before describing this trade it will be helpful to obtain an accurate impression of the ages of the calves and […]
Posted in memory, dublin, Irish social history on Jul 27th, 2008 10 Comments »
Came across this on YouTube. An interesting piece of footage of South Dublin, Walkinstown Cross, and the Crumlin Road (Children’s Hospital) during the “Big Snow”.
Enjoy.
Posted in Marx, Economy on Jul 27th, 2008 No Comments »
It was Donagh who first told me about this. For the last few weeks David Harvey has been putting up on the web his lectures on Marx’s Capital. The idea is to read the book in tandem with the lectures themselves. I’ve tried to read Capital before, but always gave up. This time I’m […]
Posted in US Election, US Politics, Internet, Media on Jul 27th, 2008 3 Comments »
Usually I don’t bother my arse reading Nick Cohen, but the freaky picture above on today’s Guardian website caught my attention and so like the dummy I am, I clicked on the link. Inside, Cohen is berating the liberal left for a fuckload of crimes, including the inability to laugh at Barack Obama.
If you search […]
Posted in aesthetics, Art, music on Jul 24th, 2008 5 Comments »
Oh man.
I picked this up in the Oxfam shop on Parliament street for one euro. Classic stuff. The b-side, Who’s knocking at my door, is below, along with Paralyzed.
Here’s a bit about the Legendary Stardust Cowboy from his official site:
Norman Carl Odam was born in Lubbock, Texas in 1947. Inspired by Chet Atkins, he […]
Paralyzed [2:20m]: Play Now | Play in Popup Who's knocking at my door [3:07m]: Play Now | Play in PopupPosted in Fianna Fáil, Irish Economy, Irish History, Fine Gael on Jul 24th, 2008 1 Comment »
when Irish value is not threatened by imports, grants should not be necessary to create business opportunities. The only justification for granting non-traded businesses is in cases of particularly acute regional disparities within Ireland… In addition to being unnecessary, grants to non-traded businesses create a “businessmen’s dole” mentality. All companies may come to expect a […]
Posted in Media on Jul 23rd, 2008 6 Comments »
This is weird. My brother lives in London, no that’s not weird, but being the loyal ex-pat he follows Irish news almost excessively. The conviction today of the three English drug smugglers is certainly newsworthy, and with an estimated €440 Million haul and the lengthy sentences they received, you would imagine that it would be […]
Posted in Lisbon Treaty, Media on Jul 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
There was a lot of noise generated last week about the Lisbon situation when the Irish Times reported Nicolas Sarkozy’s comments during a private meeting with colleagues in his UMP party. The comments, reported by party members to journalists outside the meeting suggested, non, insisted that Ireland would have to have a second referendum.
This […]
Posted in Irish social history, Irish Working Class, Irish Labour History on Jul 22nd, 2008 No Comments »
It’s been a busy couple of weeks. I have a two-month summer teaching contract, after which I’ll be visiting my post office on a weekly basis. At the same time I’m trying to get some research done, and so I’m snapping up stuff in the library after classes, and mulling over it as I walk […]
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