Author: brian greene

The former Fianna Fáil minister, Ray Burke, has been jailed for six months by the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for tax offences. Yes only 6 months for not decaring taxes in an amnesty. He has received what amounts to one tenth of the maximin sentence. Judge Desmond Hogan told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that he…

On Dec 10th my old blog hosted here died, the DB has been restored and here it is. My old rants and pics are all there, this was my blog using my homespun blog tool newsvendor. NewsVendor is still available as a news site tool for CMS at www.newsvendor.com via the design works of Dublin…

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RANT STARTPredicting elections: who will be first to air the winner? are the candidates in the Iraqi elections really hoping to not win? so they wont have to govern the US mess post Sadam? Exporting Freedom is a difficult process! even if your trade deficit is as large as uncle sam’s. Freedom Freedom Freedom Freedom…

Ireland: Minister for Justice Michael McDowell today announced two initiatives, Electronic Tagging & a national identity card. Some would spread out the bad news over different days but McDowell brings it on thick and fast. ID cards? we’ve nothing to hide, we?re not involved in terrorism so cool lets all have them. Wait a minute,…

I’ve been surfing to long without waves. Long Medium and Shortwaves. I stopped logging SW (incl. all bands 0-30Mhz 30Mhz – 1300Mhz) in about 1994, the year I bought my first house. I got active in politics I got active in work and the internet zapped all of my time. I also got married and…

Jury sentences Graner to 10 years in military prison: “Army Spc. Charles Graner Jr. was sentenced to 10 years behind bars Saturday for physically and sexually mistreating Iraqis in the first court-martial stemming from at Abu Ghraib prison scandal, an embarrassment to the U.S. military fueled by the release of graphic photographs. But the Military…

3G is here, dwarfing HSCSD & GPRS its goals goals goals, at broadband speed. But what if your a 7 year old child, the UK mobile industry watchdog for radiation wants your parents to know that a mobile phone is bad for your health. So how come a big phone company can install (with out…