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100 ways we could have spent Anglo’s 25 BILLION

Posted on August 17, 2010 by colly

Anglo Irish bank is costing the Irish Taxpayer €25,000,000,000. Do you ever wonder what else you might have been able to do if we had that 25 Billion to spend ourselves…. he SBP complied a list of 100 things we … Continue reading →

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The World’s Resources by Country – Inforgraphic

Posted on August 16, 2010 by colly

This is pretty cool. Detailed infgraphic by mint.com showing the breakdown of the worlds (previous) resources by country.

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The Story of Bottled Water

Posted on March 23, 2010 by colly

I posted a while back a great video called The Story of Stuff – this is another video from the same woman and it’s a excellent little insight into why bottled water is so bad. This one about trading Carbon … Continue reading →

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Are the Americans the real Terrorists?

Posted on January 16, 2010 by colly

Terrorist acts committed by the United States of America against a sovereign nation since WWII 1.China 1945-462.Korea 1950-533.China 1950-534.Guatemala 19545.Indonesia 19586.Cuba 1959-607.Guatemala 19608.Belgian Congo 19649.Guatemala 196410.Dominican Republic 1965-6611.Peru 196512.Laos 1964-7313.Vietnam 1961-7314.Cambodia 1969-7015.Guatemala 1967-6916.Lebanon 1982-8417.Grenada 1983-8418.Libya 198619.El Salvador 1981-9220.Nicaragua 1981-9021.Libya 198622.Iran … Continue reading →

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Microlending – Charity 2.0

Posted on February 21, 2009 by colly

Charity. It’s something we all think about and most of us try to do our little but, but form many reasons we just do not do it as much as we should, or could really afford. I think one of … Continue reading →

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Barack Obama – “President 2.0″

Posted on January 16, 2009 by colly

I’d like to say I was an avid follower of the US Presidential Election race, but unfortunately I was not. I kept and eye on what was going on but really I was not particularity cued up on either. I … Continue reading →

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The Irish Property Market in 2009

Posted on January 14, 2009 by colly

About 9 months ago I watched a fascinating documentary on RTE1 called “Future Shock Property Crash” – a frank and honest report by an Irish Journalist called Richard Curran, about what he saw as being an impending properly crash – … Continue reading →

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Is Global Warming just a Myth?

Posted on January 4, 2009 by colly

I’ve always been very sceptical of the Global Warming Theory. Don’t get get me wrong, I do consider myself somewhat green, in my household we recycle everything possible and I try not to waste energy, but there are some aspects … Continue reading →

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The Islamification of Europe?

Posted on January 6, 2008 by colly

Following on for Pat Condells funny video’s on Atheism and slagging off most modern religion, I saw a fascinating documentary by the UK Channel 4 journalists “Dispatches” called “Undercover Mosque“. It was filmed over 12 months detailing some pretty scary … Continue reading →

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A comedian with a serious message

Posted on January 6, 2008 by colly

I recently stumbled across a British Comedian and Political Commentator called Pat Condell. His website starts off with a fantastic introduction “Hi, I’m Pat Condell. I don’t respect your beliefs and I don’t care if you’re offended. Cheers” which sets … Continue reading →

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