Just for posterity, here’s a screencap of the CNN international edition website from this morning. It’s good going for a great little country like Ireland to scoop both leads, no?
At the same time, the Financial Times seems to have noticed some of the more important news leaking its way out about not attempting any more bond auctions until after the budget.
Folks on Twitter got busy with the puns immediately after news of the unscheduled arrival of the cement mixer at the gates of Leinster House this morning. The BBC have the story up on their site.
‘After the Goldrush’ was released 40 years ago today. Here’s a short playlist with the original title track, an epic live version of Southern Man by CSN&Y and what’s still my favourite Neil Young cover version ever, Only Love Can Break Your Heart by St. Etienne.
Edit: As of about 11:30pm it appears that Mr. Lenihan has pulled out of attending this event.
This is John J.May. He has some issues with evolution. Conor Lenihan, Ireland’s Minister of State for Science is attending the launch of this gentleman’s book on Wednesday. You really couldn’t make it up.
“You will be shocked, mocked,amazed, dazed, confused, amused, enraged, engaged, but most of all thrilled and mentally fulfilled by the information you are about to read.” Find out more about this groundbreaking work here (warning, it’s one of those websites that plays music at you for no good reason).
Here’s one of Lenihan the younger’s previous finer moments.
More from atheist.ie. It’s on Reddit and there are 84 comments on scienceblogs.com which is rather embarassing. Well done Conor.
Any excuse to blow things up.
I love the “yah-boo, better than you” framing of this – “but we still have a better credit rating than Italy and Portugal“. Look at us, we’re not Greece.
Or perhaps it’s more a case of “please sir, can I have some more?”
For reference:
“We are not rushing into the banks without knowing precisely what the position is in those banks.” – Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan, Nov 2008
