Verbo.se

Richard Dawkins: I will arrest Pope Benedict XVI -Times Online

12/04/2010

<applause>

Times Online: RICHARD DAWKINS, the atheist campaigner, is planning a legal ambush to have the Pope arrested during his state visit to Britain “for crimes against humanity”.

Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, the atheist author, have asked human rights lawyers to produce a case for charging Pope Benedict XVI over his alleged cover-up of sexual abuse in the Catholic church.

The pair believe they can exploit the same legal principle used to arrest Augusto Pinochet, the late Chilean dictator, when he visited Britain in 1998.

David Prowse as Vader

12/04/2010

Despite knowing all about Prowse, I’d never actually heard his voice before today. Thank the gods for James Earl Jones!

We don’t even own a majority of NAMA?

31/03/2010

According to Money Guide Ireland we actually only own 49% of this toxic waste, the rest is owned by PTSB, AIB and BOI, who purchased their share for just €51m. That’s can’t be right, surely?

But – there is a small catch – PRIVATE INVESTORS actually own 51% of Nama’s (National Asset Management Agency) property loans.

17% is owned by Irish Life which is part of Permanent TSB

17% is owned by New Ireland – which is part of the Bank of Ireland Group

17% is owned by “major pension and institutional clients” of AIB Investment Managers

They paid €51 Million for a 51% share in NAMA.

Stop Nestlé Destroying Rainforests For Palm Oil

30/03/2010

Apparently YouTube took down the original at the behest of Nestlé. Greenpeace have a copy on their site if my copy is taken down, they’ve asked that people download the original and upload it to video sharing sites they’re members of. Of course YouTube shouldn’t have taken it down in the first place, they know damn well it was Fair Use.

It’s a bit gross, and I’m not generally a fan of shock advertising, but the palm oil idiocy has to stop. Unilever last updated me on their intentions in May 2008, on the back of another campaign by Greenpeace. Their deadline for sourcing palm oil from sustainable sources? 2015. I mean, fuck off like.

Recent Posts
Categories

Copyright © 2020 Adam Beecher. All Rights Reserved.