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Friday Links

Posted on February 10, 2017 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday. In this week’s ‘what fresh hell’ – American school children are now safe from bears, if not from Betsy DeVos, Melissa McCartney is better at being Sean Spicer than Sean Spicer and Trump still hasn’t read the US … Continue reading →

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Friday Links

Posted on September 30, 2016 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! Well, it’s been a week, while I’m glad to get to the end of it and am looking forward to the weekend, it’s going to be another busy one… Here are this week’s links… Austerity and then chicanery: how … Continue reading →

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Friday Links

Posted on January 8, 2016 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday. It has not been the best of weeks, the shock of going back to work, the horror of discovering that I had mice in the house! Here are this week’s links…. I read 164 books in 2015, this … Continue reading →

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Friday Links

Posted on December 4, 2015 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! I’ve had a week of feeling a bit down, so three links this week! Mark Steele on bombing Syria. When I worked in Social Services, a social worker told me that the difference between parents of children in … Continue reading →

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Friday Links

Posted on November 20, 2015 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! So this weeks links can be divided into two categories, Paris (and Paris adjacent articles) and everything else. I’m going to start with Paris. Actually I’m going to start with Beirut and Iraq…Did the media ignore Beirut or … Continue reading →

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Friday Links

Posted on July 17, 2015 by nicdempsey

It’s been a week…. Whatever happened to sharing? Robin Lustig on what’s wrong with the budget. If you are single and whine about it online, prepare to stay that way. Have you ever seen someone ranting and raving about not having … Continue reading →

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Friday Links

Posted on February 20, 2015 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! It’s always good to get to the end of the week and onto the weekend! Tonight I have friends coming for dinner and other fun stuff planned for the rest of the weekend. This week’s links… 1) Tax … Continue reading →

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Friday Links on Saturday night

Posted on February 13, 2015 by nicdempsey

Friday was cancelled because of a migraine and Saturday has been quite busy. So this is a bit late! 1) Giles Fraser on Thomas More and the human capacity for love and cruelty. 2) Dresden, bombing and the rise of … Continue reading →

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Friday Links

Posted on February 6, 2015 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! Last day of the week, I’m pretty much alone in the office, all the others are on leave due to sick parents, hen weekends and weddings, so it’s going to be a quiet day! Here are this weeks … Continue reading →

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Friday Links

Posted on August 22, 2014 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! Has it felt like I’ve been missing in action this week? That would be because I have. Work was supposed to be easier this week, however, the sick has descented on my team this week (no, not me, … Continue reading →

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