“Sweet suffering succatash!” Mel Blanc, as the three-time Academy Award-winning Sylvester J. Pussycat, Sr. might have lisped to Tweety Pie in one of those wonderful Friz Frelang , “Looney Tunes” cartoons. It really is as mad as that, after all. Norneverland really is the land of lunacy all right. Here’s the latest revelation to ponder […]
October, 2015
John McAllister and his bill
Picture by sluggerotoole.com I like John McAllister. He’s friendly, thoughtful and thoroughly unionist. I think his part in the bust-up of NI21 before it even got going is probably one of his less-illustrious moments, although the way he tells it the whole thing was Basil McCrea’s fault. I’ve asked Basil for an interview but he […]
Colum Benstead talks about his search for truth
What they did to Pat Benstead
I am one of the lucky ones. Other than a distant relative who died in the Omagh bomb, I haven’t suffered the loss of a loved one in the course of our Troubles. Mind you, having lived outside the north during most of the 1970s probably helped, but I still feel blessed. Colum Benstead was […]
‘Under the Spotlight’ by Seamas Og
Picture by Theen Moy Watching the debate on Spotlight I have to ask did either of the two main Unionist politicians answer any question on local issues without just trying to point score against SF? Did any of the political parties offer fresh new solutions to local issues? When discussing the issue of the health […]
THE STENCH OF THE UNDEAD
It’s a fine open morning in October and the honeybees are still flying .indeed the big purplish -blue passionflowers, hanging off the trellis ,on the deck , are open and in mad, tattered bloom and the bees are wrecking through the big stamens looking for a late season treat. They haven’t settled to the idea […]
The south of Ireland: how they doin’ so far?
Picture by No 10 Economics, they say, is the dreary science. It’s also one that’s hard to get your head around. I was watching a Fine Gael TD on the Claire Byrne Show on RTÉ the other night, and the way he was telling it, the south’s economy has really turned the corner, fastest growing economy […]
John Dallat + Harry McAvinchey = two heads are better than one…
Dallat: Business as usual between DUP and UDA SDLP East Derry MLA John Dallat has called on the DUP to show consistency in its approach to dealing with groups linked to paramilitaries. Mr Dallat made his comments after a DUP spokesman stated last night that they would continue to work with the UPRG the […]
WEE PATRICK by Randall Stephen Hall
WEE PATRICK. Lyrics by Randall Stephen Hall © Audio You Tube Film link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzJMUam-0zU Just cut and paste the web link into your browser if it doesn’t work. Thanks. Sung to the tune of “The Mountains of Mourne”. * The original traditional Irish Tune is known as “Carrigdonn”. The lyics to […]
Ian Paisley’s books
Picture by John Baucher Maths was never my strong point so I’m open to correction in what follows. In fact I’d welcome it. Ian Paisley, we heard on Newsline 6.30 yesterday, left a library of over 50,000 books. As the presenter followed Baroness Paisley round the library, he asked how many of these the late […]