Someone think of the Children! "Limbo" is abolished!

BBC NEWS | Magazine | How can limbo just be abolished?

His Naziness, Pope Benedict XVI, last week abolished 'limbo.' Limbo was described as the place where unbaptised babies would go if they died. Created on a whim, now, apparently abolished on a whim. Isn't Catholicism so convenient for a sitting Pope?
For hundreds of years, unbaptised children were buried outside the walls of the graveyards, because they hadn't been indoctrinated into the cause. What now of their memory?
Suppose the next Pope doesn't like the idea of heaven? Will he be able to go *poof* and get rid of it?
With that sort of power over zealous catholics (who will no doubt eradicate all trace of limbo from their lives, and memories, and any lives or memories they have control over ie their children), no wonder the Vatican are so protective of their position.

New NHS money-saving techniques

It seems the NHS is trying to avoid unnecessary expenditure of precious time, and therefore money. Rather than have patients schedule appointments for advice, it is best that they know the information they would have recieved before they even enter the building.

Just when you thought Paddywhackery couldn't sink any lower

Politics.ie Government to collapse tonight

A few weeks ago, I was almost moved to break from my blogging holiday to comment on the near copycat behaviour of Dublin politicians, by holding a leadership contest for the PDs, about three days after the subject of the Labour Leadership in Britain had finally been brought to the fore.

Now, thanks to those dilligent folk over at Slugger O'Toole and politics.ie, my judgement of Dublin Paddywhackery has been dropped further. It seems as though Bertie Ahern has stared resignation, and, therefore a life of shame, in the face over the course of many hours tonight, with regard to his financial dealings in Manchester in the early nineties. Of course, who steps up to the plate to offer the pillar of vocal support? None other than the potentially most hated minister serving in Leinster House, Michael McDowell. Surprise Surprise.
The Irish President was even moved to contact the Teashop's office to discuss the protocol regarding the resignation of a sitting PM.
After all the fuss, it seems the An Teashop will now wait until Tuesday to discuss the matter in the Dail. It seems a constitutional crisis in Irish politics is not enough to disrupt a Friday schedule.

the mire of football...

World Cup, been and gone. Heads placed firmly in chest. The moneyed-up merry-go-round of Professional soccer dwindles yet further into uselessness.
The three big Italian Clubs were facing realistic financial ruin a few weeks ago, when pretty severe sentences were handed down for the widespread cheating fiasco. Relegated to a lower division, and scores of points taken off them, some teams may not have recovered.
Good, I was thinking, finally the epidemic of protectionism in football has been broken.
Wrong!! The authorities in charge of this decided that was a bit too harsh, and decided to recede nearly all the important punishments that they had inflicted. For example, A.C. Milan, one of the main offenders in the case, have been allowed to compete in this year's Champion's League, thereby getting all the money that being there entails.

Be rich - get away with murder.

"Your car has been turned into a cube."

crushmy307.co.uk

Apparently taking direct influence from the Simpsons, a man has vowed to crush his Peugeot 807 into a cube, because of Peugeot's refusal to fix the problems in their car.
An interesting idea, but I would be more inclined to donate to his other suggested cause, Cancer Research.