by charley | Apr 2, 2015 | Current Affairs
Buccaneer of Bullshit Boldly Bounces Back I know that I often find myself puzzled by what goes on around me. It often seems like I’m watching the workings of a parallel universe: one that’s a little bit– but not quite– like ours. Yet even by...
by charley | Mar 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
Using the Instruments of Fear Can Backfire “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear…” So wrote the great New England writer H. P. Lovecraft, way back in 1926. And although our corrupt government leaders may not be familiar with the author,...
by charley | Mar 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
I feel that an open letter of apology to Luke Flanagan is in order. I have become so entrenched in my dislike for all politicians that in some cases I may have become a blinded fool indeed. I think that it’s probably understandable, but when Ming took on the job in...
by charley | Mar 14, 2015 | Uncategorized
Good Lord, but that was painful to watch; and not for the reasons that I have no doubt Taoiseach Enda Kenny thought it would be. He doubtless believed that he was humiliating Independent TD Mick Wallace this week, when he refused to answer in English a legitimate...
by charley | Mar 3, 2015 | Current Affairs
There’s a very funny episode of Two and a Half Men where Charlie Sheen has his therapy group round and they include Sean Penn, Elvis Costello and Harry Dean Stanton – all playing themselves and bitching about getting old. One of them is bemoaning the fact that...
