Fionnán Sheahan: Life of Ryan – Greens attract plenty of ire, but criticism just means they have fulfilled their promises

Independent.ie— Mimicking Monty Python, the good-humoured senator Róisín Garvey mixed her strong west Clare accent with her best Cockney imitation. In the Life of Brian, John Cleese’s character asks his fellow beleaguered peasants: “What have the Romans ever done for us?” Upon reflection, the rebellious citizens decide the Roman invasion has turned out to be a good thing as they now had an aqueduct, sanitation, roads, irrigation, medicine, education, wine, public baths, safety, order and peace.

BroBible—Deion Sanders Left Himself Just One Year To Fulfill His National Championship Promise At Colorado. Deion Sanders left himself just one year to make good on his promise of a national championship at Colorado. It does not seem likely that the Buffaloes are going to reach that level of success in that timeline. In fact, they will be lucky to make the 12-team College Football Playoff at this rate! Coach […]

www.counterpunch.org—Life and Life Only. A good memoir should be more than an autobiography and less than a confessional but contain elements of both. As a reader, I am less interested in being overwhelmed with family trauma and pathos except when it informs the greater tale being told. Quite often, it is the memoirs that feature an excess of pathos More

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