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It's on: Stewart versus Cramer
The Intros: The Daily Show With Jon StewartM – Th 11p / 10c Intro – Brawl Street: Get Read to Buy Low! And Sell Die Daily Show Full EpisodesImportant Things w/ Demetri Martin Political HumorJim Cramer The Daily Show With Jon StewartM – Th 11p / 10c Bern After Pleading Daily Show Full EpisodesImportant Things…
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Stewart vs Cramer
It’s been confirmed. CNBC pundit Jim Cramer will appear tonight as a guest on Jon Stewart’s show – perhaps to finally put to bed the ongoing feud. The most recent clip detailing the feud is up. Stewart talking to Dora the Explorer was very funny! The Daily Show With Jon StewartM – Th 11p /…
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The National editorial salaries
Someone is in big trouble. The pay of 250 staff at the recently launched “The National” newspaper in Abu Dhabi have been leaked online via Wikileaks. You can have a read of the list here. Or here (Right click on the link to save to your desktop) As a guide, divide the sums by five…
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Fianna Fail and house prices
I came across another interesting article from the archives. This time it’s from April 3, 2001, and is an opinion piece by Maev-Ann Wren. It’s title says much: Why is Government against falling house prices? Wren argues that vested interests have a bigger role in Government circles than is widely known and the latter half…
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New Irish blogger
My colleague at the Irish Examiner, Adrian Russell, has finally started blogging. It only took nearly three years of badgering to get him to agree to the idea. He will mainly be blogging about sports. He expects lots of traffic from me, so please do go take a gander.
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Stewart responds to Cramer
The Daily Show With Jon StewartM – Th 11p / 10c In Cramer We Trust Daily Show Full EpisodesImportant Things With Demetri Martin Political HumorEconomic Crisis
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Warning of problems
While scanning through the Irish Times archives I came across this little gem. Tucked in the corner of the business pages on February 12, 2000, was this: “The former head of supervision at the Central Bank, Mr William Slattery, has reiterated his recent warnings about the danger of negative equity for house owners if house…
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Bertie Ahern's wiki
I didn’t do it.
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Paddy McKillen
The Sindo has named a fifth member of the Anglo 10, along with the four already in the public domain. Mr McKillen is the man behind the successful Jervis Shopping Centre in Dublin and is a member of the consortium that recently mothballed the proposed U2 tower in Dublin docklands. So now we have: Paddy…
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Green Party Ard Fheis 2009
I made it here this morning and am updating on Twitter with the hashtag #gp09. You can also follow over at Scribble. 12.30: Got a good picture of Senator Dan Boyle playing with an iPhone before he takes to the stage shortly. 15.40: Someone in the Green party has apparently let slip that the date…
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