tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967Thu, 17 May 2012 23:08:16 +0000Mary Lou McDonaldHuman bombPrison Staff violenceHenry Rollins UncutExpacEamonn McCannNI PolicingHome RepossessionJeff BridgesIbrox DisasterIsraelWest BelfastMartin McGuinnessDixieClerical Child AbuseArthur MorganBook ReviewsPeace processMaghaberryPearse DohertyGearóid Ó CairealláinParliamentary BriefWar CrimesReal IRACensorshipRUCHolidaysKevin MyersBenefit fraudRadio Free EireannPatrick's DayPapal VisitEnda KennyCatriona RuaneGraffitiHugh OrdeGodKaylene JohnsonPhysical Force RepublicanismCrazy HeartChuckle BrothersInformersGerry McGeoughThomas ElliottBritish State StrategySectarianismPeter KingStieg LarssonRwandan genocideAnti-Social BehaviourMarian PriceMarty CullenMorning After PillNorthern Irish PoliticsThe Forgot About FolderReligious Hatred LawFianna FailGerry BradleyTzipi LivniAlec McCroryHans KüngFilm ReviewCavehill CampaignCiaran Doherty KillingHamasNorthern Bank robberyIrish PresidencyJonathan PowellBook LaunchTour of the NorthMervyn StoreyBoston College SubpoenaStockholmInterviewMargaret ThatcherSunday TimesGreat EscapeGARCSoccerSaville InquirySpecial FeatureSinn Fein Abuse ScandalPeter RobinsonKevin BeanPat SheehanCriminalisationReligious DiscriminationMike BurkeTommy GormanLiam O RuaircNI PoliticsMick HallTommy McKearneyUS PoliticsFergal KeaneWar and MoralityDavid LatimerOrange OrderGeneral ElectionMairtin O'MuilleoirDavid QuinnEd MoloneyIrrelevant LeftTerry JonesBrian KeenanUUPIrish ElectionsBlanket protestSatireIrish LanguageDissentAtheismUCD Frank Ryan SocietyTheatre reviewBrendan LillisPrisonsRobert McCartneyChildrenGazaIris Robinson ScandalNIFCOld Drogheda SocietyEirigiRobin EamesBrian FeeneyDenis BradleyStormontArdoyne Child AbuseFootballAirline disastersBBCReadingTheoneste BagosoraGuest WriterMassereene BarrackContinuity IRAHome DefencePadraic Mac CoitirFrank HughesCrimeMI5DignitasPopeInternet and Intelligence GatheringMichael PatersonTruth And ReconciliationHunger strikePastafarianismJoe O'ConnorJoe McDonnellHillsborough Stadium DisasterElection 2010Martin LynchReligion and MoralityMs CahillWorkTV ReviewStephen CarrollSean MatthewsPublic MeetingMI6Bobby Sands TrustFictionLá NuaDolours PriceKoran BurningBreast CancerGerard HodginsA Little of This A Little of ThatXmasJoseph RatzingerINLANiall MeehanMaurice MorrowWorld CupHaiti EarthquakeIrish NewsLiverpool FCEx PrisonersLisbonJohn BlellochFourthwriteTom ElliotDrugsSDLPRevisionismMovie ReviewDanny MorrisonRepublican PrisonersInternmentIrish UnityGerry AdamsChris WardEaster commemorationDisplacedIsraeli rapeIsraeli TerrorBudget 2009Civil LibertiesMicheál MartinIntimidation of SFBrendan HughesCartoonDebateChristopher HitchensObituaryGood Friday bookKhader AdnanIndex on Censorshipdaughter's birthdayGreat Hatred Little RoomMichaela HarteBrian MórGerry DalyBrian CowenCrossmacglynnOwen FarrellSinn FeinIrish Blog AwardsCharles DarwinRichard FalkNIOProvisional IRARacismIan PaisleyReligionGerry + Liam AdamsReviewsKidsIslamNoel ThompsonLoyalismGeorge CarlinCreationism and EvolutionRepublicanismAIDS in AfricaIrish LeftDUPPanoramaLong KeshFriends of Irish FreedomJulie DuchatelMartin MeehanBig FreezeDeath and dyingYouTubeBNPVictimsRichard DawkinsRIRARichard O'RaweTory CutsPeace ProcesseryIrish RepublicanismIranBaby PPSNIOrange MarchesJimmy DuffyJay LenoBobby SandsFinn GeaneyBrian ArthursFrank HegartyPrisonKarl MarxRNUSarah PalinThe Pensive Quillhttp://thepensivequill.am/noreply@blogger.com (AM)Blogger887125http://thepensivequill.amhttp://img218.imagevenue.com/loc254/th_86255_pqfb_122_254lo.jpgThe Pensive Quillbigmackershttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-498918971569569029Thu, 17 May 2012 19:29:00 +00002012-05-17T20:29:38.814+01:00Religion and MoralitySecularocrats Undermine Priest Process.A priest was driving along and became upset when he ran over a frog. He stopped and was surprised to find the frog alive. Taking it home he revived the frog with a warm bath and some fly soup. Then the frog was tired so he popped it into bed. The frog needed a kiss to get off to sleep so the priest delivered a small peck on the cheek. In an instant the frog transformed into an eleven year old boyhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigmackers/~3/nsuBaYx3Fbs/secularocrats-undermine-priest-process.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AM)6<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bigmackers/~4/nsuBaYx3Fbs" height="1" width="1"/>http://thepensivequill.am/2012/05/secularocrats-undermine-priest-process.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-2296222252001660585Thu, 17 May 2012 08:27:00 +00002012-05-17T17:43:36.558+01:00TV ReviewEnlightenedToday The Pensive Quill features a review of a television show by guest writer Carrie Twomey  A new television show I enjoy watching is Laura Dern's Enlightened, currently showing on Sky. It's a strange little show, only a half hour long, with Dern as the main character who is frighteningly off-balance and, as one of her workplace friends called her, angry. Her character, Amy, is both repulsive http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigmackers/~3/L6iZfUaFZAY/enlightened.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AM)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bigmackers/~4/L6iZfUaFZAY" height="1" width="1"/>http://thepensivequill.am/2012/05/enlightened.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-9145838282667434707Wed, 16 May 2012 19:52:00 +00002012-05-17T08:29:39.147+01:00Liverpool FCThe King is DeadFenway Sports Group (FSG) and Liverpool Football Club announce that Kenny Dalglish is to leave his post today as Manager after having his contract terminated. After a careful and deliberative review of the season, the Club came to the decision that a change was appropriate. It is not a decision that was reached lightly or hastily. The search for a new Manager will begin immediately – Statement http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigmackers/~3/2bUWIVk5Hkk/king-is-dead.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AM)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bigmackers/~4/2bUWIVk5Hkk" height="1" width="1"/>http://thepensivequill.am/2012/05/king-is-dead.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-949260711270279256Wed, 16 May 2012 08:19:00 +00002012-05-16T09:19:23.479+01:00Republican PrisonersCovertly Interned by BritainToday The Pensive Quill features a letter by Hugh Brady and Thomas Dixie Elliott that first appeared in the Newry Times on 5/05/2012 Dear Editor, ‘I am standing on the threshold of another trembling world. May God have mercy on my soul.’ Bobby Sands March 1st 1981. On the 5th May, 31 years ago, Bobby stepped beyond that threshold. In the months that followed nine brave men followed him. Longhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigmackers/~3/ARorvJK7JaU/covertly-interned-by-britain.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AM)6<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bigmackers/~4/ARorvJK7JaU" height="1" width="1"/>http://thepensivequill.am/2012/05/covertly-interned-by-britain.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-8014378990545339989Tue, 15 May 2012 20:00:00 +00002012-05-15T21:00:50.975+01:00Guest WriterThe Living and the Dead both have key roles to PlayTonight The Pensive Quill features guest writer Dr John Coulter, a former Blanket columnist with an article that originally appeared in the Tribune Magazine on 6/05/2012 With the peace process holding, the living seem destined to spend the future fighting over the dead. The next four years will see a host of centenary commemorations. Already Northern Ireland is capitalising on the 100th http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigmackers/~3/68eQAphaV7M/living-and-dead-both-have-key-roles-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AM)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bigmackers/~4/68eQAphaV7M" height="1" width="1"/>http://thepensivequill.am/2012/05/living-and-dead-both-have-key-roles-to.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-1415713250173441725Tue, 15 May 2012 07:54:00 +00002012-05-15T08:54:31.096+01:00Guest WriterIncarceration PredicamentToday The Pensive Quill carries a statement from guest writer Gerry McGeough released on 5/11/12 A Cairde, May I begin by extending my warmest greetings and deepest gratitude to you all for the wonderful support and solidarity you have shown and continue to show, towards my family and I at this difficult time in out lives. You have no idea how much this means to us may God bestow bountiful http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigmackers/~3/2A4-FPiVRZc/incarceration-predicament.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AM)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bigmackers/~4/2A4-FPiVRZc" height="1" width="1"/>http://thepensivequill.am/2012/05/incarceration-predicament.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-4105466699784028547Mon, 14 May 2012 19:00:00 +00002012-05-14T20:45:04.097+01:00Marian PriceOn Bail in JailWe do not support putting people away in prison because of intelligence or because of some political point of view and we are convinced that she has been detained without trial because of that by the secretary of state  ...  She doesn't even have her own counsel to represent her in relation to the intelligence report. They appoint a counsel, an outside barrister, to represent her on that - her http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigmackers/~3/bKgJ-IZxU08/on-bail-in-jail.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AM)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bigmackers/~4/bKgJ-IZxU08" height="1" width="1"/>http://thepensivequill.am/2012/05/on-bail-in-jail.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-7217699220986343676Mon, 14 May 2012 07:23:00 +00002012-05-14T08:23:49.324+01:00Gerry McGeoughGuest WriterBeyond Making Muted RepresentationsToday The Pensive Quill features a letter by guest writer Martin Galvin. It appeared in the Irish News 9/05/2012 and raises the isue of Gerry McGeough's imprisonment. A chara G McGee claims in his (21 APRIL) polemic against Gerry McGeough that “anyone can be convicted for actions prior to 1998.” Perhaps he could explain to the families and friends of victims of Bloody Sunday, the Ballymurphy http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigmackers/~3/hv95cXMjSF8/beyond-making-muted-representations.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AM)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bigmackers/~4/hv95cXMjSF8" height="1" width="1"/>http://thepensivequill.am/2012/05/beyond-making-muted-representations.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-454176103414217096Sun, 13 May 2012 21:18:00 +00002012-05-14T07:57:19.265+01:00SoccerSnatching Victory from the Jaws of DefeatThis piece almost had the title Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory. Manchester City left it late, very late. They took their supporters to the precipice of disaster and despair where nothing other than the plunge beckoned, only to haul them back from the brink at the very last second. For the past three weeks the championship had been theirs for the taking. Yet with only minutes remaining http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigmackers/~3/ySrLcZTvBFs/snatching-victory-from-jaws-of-defeat.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AM)10<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bigmackers/~4/ySrLcZTvBFs" height="1" width="1"/>http://thepensivequill.am/2012/05/snatching-victory-from-jaws-of-defeat.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-3289871719749706110Sun, 13 May 2012 07:55:00 +00002012-05-13T08:55:15.780+01:00Marian PriceTravesty of Justice and a DisgraceToday The Pensive Quill features a letter on the ongoing imprisonment of Marian Price. It was written by Marie Flynn, Kate Mc Kinney and Eve Brady, former republican political prisoners in Armagh Gaol. An edited version of this letter originally appeared in the Irish News on 5/05/2012 Marian Price is a 57 year old woman and a mother. Marian suffers from chronic ill health conditions and despite http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigmackers/~3/dFkaGfsWWgA/travesty-of-justice-and-disgrace.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AM)10<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bigmackers/~4/dFkaGfsWWgA" height="1" width="1"/>http://thepensivequill.am/2012/05/travesty-of-justice-and-disgrace.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-3563431908864620259Sat, 12 May 2012 19:42:00 +00002012-05-12T23:20:01.512+01:00Marian PricePublic Persecution ServiceA book might be written on the injustice of the just - Pauline Kael The less than gratifying response of the British state’s leading prosecutor in Ireland to the judicious stance taken by a Derry judge in the case of Marian Price et al has further reinforced a vindictive trend in Britain’s Northern Irish policy. It also underscores the need for society not to take its watchful eye off an area http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigmackers/~3/-knlI8WcmBQ/public-persecution-service.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AM)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bigmackers/~4/-knlI8WcmBQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://thepensivequill.am/2012/05/public-persecution-service.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-2407323306953405045Sat, 12 May 2012 09:05:00 +00002012-05-12T19:38:11.837+01:00Cavehill CampaignNo Royal Beacon On Cavehill – McArt’s FortToday The Pensive Quill carries an appeal from the No Royal Beacon at McArts Fort Cavehill Campaign Group. Recently Belfast City Council votes to allocate £56,000 in ratepayer's money to celebrate the Diamond jubilee of the British Queen. In addition, another £48,000 was due to be made available to communities and youth groups to organise their own Jubilee events. Both these funding initiatives http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigmackers/~3/Fr7aKRDFhIs/no-royal-beacon-on-cavehill-mcarts-fort.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AM)32<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bigmackers/~4/Fr7aKRDFhIs" height="1" width="1"/>http://thepensivequill.am/2012/05/no-royal-beacon-on-cavehill-mcarts-fort.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-6358380453134009908Fri, 11 May 2012 19:55:00 +00002012-05-11T20:55:04.313+01:00Marian PriceDisorder in the CourtMarian Price and three co-accused yesterday saw charges against them thrown out of a Northern Irish court by the judge, Barney McElholm. He expressed some disquiet at the length of time it had taken the prosecution to complete the papers necessary for the British crown to proceed with its case against the accused. Prolonged remands, as in this case, are a throwback to the days of conveyor belt http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigmackers/~3/jQ4Y74vid50/disorder-in-court.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AM)18<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bigmackers/~4/jQ4Y74vid50" height="1" width="1"/>http://thepensivequill.am/2012/05/disorder-in-court.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-3578408050041028315Fri, 11 May 2012 08:15:00 +00002012-05-11T09:16:08.646+01:00Boston College SubpoenaCarrie Twomey Letter to Senator Lugar, forwarded to Department of Justice and State Department Congressional Action, Senator Lugar Letter This letter was forwarded by Senator Lugar to the Department of Justice and the State Department with a request for a response to the issues raised.  January 18, 2012 The Honorable Richard Lugar 306 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510-1401  Dear Senator Lugar,  My name is Carrie Twomey. I am writing to you regarding the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigmackers/~3/lf79S3cVmxg/carrie-twomey-letter-to-senator-lugar.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AM)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bigmackers/~4/lf79S3cVmxg" height="1" width="1"/>http://thepensivequill.am/2012/05/carrie-twomey-letter-to-senator-lugar.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-8013353198455556838Thu, 10 May 2012 18:09:00 +00002012-05-10T19:09:15.739+01:00Gerry McGeoughGuest WriterMcGeough Family Benefit - May 19, 2012Tonight The Pensive Quill features guest writer Helen McClafferty detailing an upcoming event in support of the family of republican political prisoner Gerry McGeough Gerry McGeough of the Brantry, County Tyrone was jailed on February 18, 2011, for resisting British rule during the time of the 1981 Hunger Strike, thirty-one years ago! His wife and four young children need your help.Few patriotshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigmackers/~3/4YVKHxceQTI/mcgeough-family-benefit-may-19-2012.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AM)6<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bigmackers/~4/4YVKHxceQTI" height="1" width="1"/>http://thepensivequill.am/2012/05/mcgeough-family-benefit-may-19-2012.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-6010561309636270783Thu, 10 May 2012 07:59:00 +00002012-05-10T08:59:41.255+01:00Guest WriterThe Final Ibrox Disaster.Today The Pensive Quill features guest writer Larry Hughes, sharing his thoughts on the decline, or demise, of Glasgow Rangers. As another season of SPL ‘football’ comes to a close it has been remarkable for just about everything except, once again, the football. Bullets and bombs in the post combined with death threats and physical assault by opposing fans seemed to be keeping the Celtic http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigmackers/~3/Tqu4uZTHm_I/final-ibrox-disaster.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AM)7<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bigmackers/~4/Tqu4uZTHm_I" height="1" width="1"/>http://thepensivequill.am/2012/05/final-ibrox-disaster.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-3891990757696083621Wed, 09 May 2012 18:32:00 +00002012-05-09T19:32:20.700+01:00SatireA Modest Proposal For the English FA.There is a measure of consistency to the English national soccer team. The FA coach selectors having determined that the team will win nothing have selected a new coach who will ensure that there will be no pleasant surprises along the way. At least in these days of austerity something has to be sacrificed so why not the hefty fee certain to be incurred were the FA to buy Harry Redknapp of Spurs http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigmackers/~3/MHc77l5lfQI/modest-proposal-for-english-fa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AM)8<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bigmackers/~4/MHc77l5lfQI" height="1" width="1"/>http://thepensivequill.am/2012/05/modest-proposal-for-english-fa.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-6139991524683169441Wed, 09 May 2012 07:52:00 +00002012-05-09T08:52:33.161+01:00Marian PriceGuest WriterA Policy of Laissez Faire or Guardian of the Rule of Law?Today The Pensive Quill features an article by guest writer Michael Brentnall who is Chairperson of the Irish Law & Democracy Committee (ILDC) a Human Rights campaign group set up by a number of law students in Queens University in 2010. The recent case involving the Attorney General, John Larkin QC and Peter Hain in regard to the latter's memoirs commenting on the judicial decision during his http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigmackers/~3/G1cWQ8lAhoY/policy-of-laissez-faire-or-guardian-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AM)9<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bigmackers/~4/G1cWQ8lAhoY" height="1" width="1"/>http://thepensivequill.am/2012/05/policy-of-laissez-faire-or-guardian-of.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-7960873355675388051Tue, 08 May 2012 17:07:00 +00002012-05-08T18:14:08.575+01:00Marian PriceGuest WriterRighting a Grave InjusticeTonight The Pensive Quill carries a letter written by guest writer Nuala Perry. It originally appeared in edited form in the Irish News on 3/05/20112. In recent times I have read quite a bit about Coiste na n-Iarchimi  proposals to have the British Government indicted for the suffering and carnage caused to many Irish people and their families during internment. Last year on the fortieth http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigmackers/~3/TX0KPuS01k8/righting-grave-injustice.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AM)15<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bigmackers/~4/TX0KPuS01k8" height="1" width="1"/>http://thepensivequill.am/2012/05/righting-grave-injustice.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-5136817809124383195Tue, 08 May 2012 08:05:00 +00002012-05-08T12:21:25.596+01:00Boston College SubpoenaChris Bray: Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, Attorneys at Law Boston College appellate brief, May 3, pg. 12: The assurances of confidentiality were documented when the interviews were concluded. Each interviewee was given a form to donate his or her interview materials to the Burns Library at Boston College on the express condition that the materials would not be disclosed, absent the interviewee’s permission, until after his or her death. Very http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigmackers/~3/GYC9fLn73Kc/chris-bray-tweedle-dee-and-tweedle-dum.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AM)9<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bigmackers/~4/GYC9fLn73Kc" height="1" width="1"/>http://thepensivequill.am/2012/05/chris-bray-tweedle-dee-and-tweedle-dum.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-4692119671772187573Mon, 07 May 2012 18:14:00 +00002012-05-07T19:14:53.648+01:00Clerical Child AbuseRendezvous in RomeWhen the mountain refused to come to Darragh MacIntyre, he went to it. When he reached it he out scaled Mount Arrogant and shone a light down upon it. It was not a pretty sight. The men hiding behind the burning bush these days have one commandment: ‘silence.’ As much as they would love to command MacIntyre to shut up he was not some abused child who could be terrified into silence by stern facedhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigmackers/~3/IsA2wdoKqJ0/rendezvous-in-rome.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AM)60<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bigmackers/~4/IsA2wdoKqJ0" height="1" width="1"/>http://thepensivequill.am/2012/05/rendezvous-in-rome.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-2064656447343292818Mon, 07 May 2012 07:52:00 +00002012-05-07T08:52:25.779+01:00Guest WriterStatement by Gerry McGeough, May 3, 2012, Maghaberry PrisonToday The Pensive Quill features a statement from guest writer Gerry McGeough Through my incarceration and ongoing political persecution the British are sending a stark message to Irish Catholics.  That message is an old one.  It is ‘Croppies Lie Down’.What the British/Unionist establishment is, in effect saying, is that the IRA lost the war and Sinn Fein bungled the peace.  We are in total http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigmackers/~3/ZPZ-mWoBnHg/statement-by-gerry-mcgeough-may-3-2012.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AM)8<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bigmackers/~4/ZPZ-mWoBnHg" height="1" width="1"/>http://thepensivequill.am/2012/05/statement-by-gerry-mcgeough-may-3-2012.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-2089848578846975045Sun, 06 May 2012 19:22:00 +00002012-05-06T20:22:38.968+01:00Liverpool FCWembley WoeYesterday I relented and ended up watching the FA Cup final. I took my six year old son along to the pub, plied him with sweets and soft drinks, and myself with pints. I then listened to him cheer as Liverpool predictably went under for the umpteenth time this season. He likes Manchester United but on the day wanted to see Chelsea win. ‘I hate Liverpool’ is what he tells me. At times I do too. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigmackers/~3/NmODJ5AfgBc/wembley-woe.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AM)15<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bigmackers/~4/NmODJ5AfgBc" height="1" width="1"/>http://thepensivequill.am/2012/05/wembley-woe.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-2022123612173903763Sun, 06 May 2012 10:11:00 +00002012-05-07T20:26:21.168+01:00Boston College SubpoenaEd Moloney: Boston College’s Shameful Sham AppealAs Chris Bray writes here, Boston College has lodged its plea with the First Circuit Appeal court and he points out that the college have unceremoniously dumped Dolours Price, choosing to interpret two controversial newspaper articles in the Irish News and Sunday Life back in February 2010 as evidence that she had relinquished her protection of confidentiality and therefore any need for http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigmackers/~3/aBR4T4N3_lM/ed-moloney-boston-colleges-shameful.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AM)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bigmackers/~4/aBR4T4N3_lM" height="1" width="1"/>http://thepensivequill.am/2012/05/ed-moloney-boston-colleges-shameful.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-6418854112266036689Sat, 05 May 2012 19:58:00 +00002012-05-05T21:00:12.967+01:00Bobby SandsLegacy and its Creators We will always remember May the 5th. How could it be otherwise? We remember it even more poignantly when, unlike today, it falls on a Tuesday. The phrase will forever resonate in our minds: Tuesday the 5th of May. 31 years ago this very day Bobby Sands lost his life on hunger strike having endured 66 days without nutrition. His journey was not for the faint hearted. After he had completed it andhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigmackers/~3/2gtX4G0g16c/legacy-and-its-creators.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AM)6<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bigmackers/~4/2gtX4G0g16c" height="1" width="1"/>http://thepensivequill.am/2012/05/legacy-and-its-creators.html