Via Andrew Sullivan comes a link to a zealous young historian, who rightly acknowledges that referring to an ancient copy of a 18th-century Koran as ‘bookporn‘ might be a smidge inappropriate.
Describing the delicately-crafted gilt publication as ‘UNBEARABLY HOT’ might not go down too well with the fanatics, nor would the clearly sexual concept of the ‘torrential salivation’ it stimulates.
The Koran is not a one-handed read. Unless you’re Abu Hamza.
Day-job time, and the latest Irish Echo is at newsagents now. If you’re in Australia, there’s no better printed source of detailed analysis of the Irish election. We expose a visa-extension scam hitting Irish backpackers, which has seen several people sent home, having paid up to $600 to a third party to extend their working-holiday for a second year.
I meet Mr iinet, the man who kisses Doovalackeys, and offer my take on how Irish voting policy could be tweaked to increase the turnout further. We have a real-life story from Michelle Byers, who came close to death from malaria in Tanzania, and look at the number of ExPads here who, like myself, are hitting the pavements in aid of charity.
Plus all the usuals, the hurler on the ditch, a look at the popular 457 visa, and plenty more besides.
Do I miss Ireland? Yes.
Do I miss the good people of Dublin? On the whole, no. Why?
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It’s easy to heap scorn on the Republicans. They make it easy. But this time it’s the Democrats misbehaving, targeting under-fives with propaganda.
Note the subtle lettering on the building blogs blocks. Note the snooty Republicans (we assume) ignoring the beggar in the background, part of the ‘subtle (and not-so-subtle)
satirical swipes at the Bush administration and the Republican party’ that the author is so proud of.
Quote from happy, brainwashed tot on the homepage, littledemocrats.net: “I loved this book. It is my favorite book.”
-Kyleigh Gruhlke (age 5),Shady Shores, TX
Awwww. Isn’t she cute? Someone get a politician to kiss her and a cameraman to capture it.
Via: Stay in Touch
Lebanon’s little first-person Irish ray of sunshine, Macdara, got out of the wrong side of bed this morning:
‘MacDara went into work this morning; he was not the most motivated person. Maybe it’s the post holiday blues; maybe it’s the constant worry about bombs or maybe he just hates the people he works with.‘
Luckily, the People’s Front of Judea were there to cheer him up.
Splitters!
