RunningWithBulls.com - The curse of Sanfermin

I get what El Paso tries to do. I understand what they are into. Covering local news and commenting. Thats good. Local newspapers don’t have RSS feeds (even though I asked some people). People want to keep in touch with local stuff.
The Limerick Blogger does the same thing.
Without the bullshit.
I wouldn’t call them lepers, […]

Guernica, the famous painting of Pablo Picasso, the painting that came to symbolise democracy may be resituated to the Basque Country. This may go some way to extending a hand between Madrid (it currently is housed in the Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid) and the Basque Region.
The painting was inspired by the bombing in 1937 […]

ETA, Euskadi Ta Askatasuna, the Basque armed speratist organization, yesterday released a permanent ceasefire. El País call it a “permanent ceasefire”.
The news was released to Gara (or Gara), ther Basque newspaper. Gara is the usual voice channel for ETA related announcements.
While it is not the first time ETA have called a ceasefire (most recent was […]

Skimming through my feeds this morning, I look through the excellent Oasis.gov.ie feed and find something of interest for the St. Patrick’s festival this week.
St. Patricks Festival begins in Dublin this Wednesday. What events are taking place around the city?
If we were in Dublin, I would definately try to get to see “Frankie Gavin - […]

RunningWithBulls.com has been listed in the 2006 BlogAwards.
Best Blog/Blogger - Runningwithbulls.com
Best Blog Post - Running with Bulls - Post removed by Lawyers
The best blog post was a contraversial post. I will be explaining this in the next few days…for those who are not aware of it.
If you feel that RunningWithBulls.com is the best […]

Do people really want their information to be protected?
Again, another apt quote from Bruce Schneier’s “Secrets and Lies”:

“Anonymity is more expensive because extra risks are associated with an anonymous system……If you are a merchant, try this experiment. Put a sign up in your store with the words “5 percent discount if you give us your […]

Noam Chomsky is coming to Ireland for his January 18th for what is already an overbooked talk. (I have my request in for tickets since November) Today Prof. Chomsky is quoted in the Irish Times (page 7). Its a pity that no one seems to be making a big enough fuss of this. People went […]

Today has been a mad busy day, and before I got a chance to check the European Parliament website to see how our elected MEPs voted on the Data Retention Law, Tuppenceworth has done the same.
Here are the votes:
Dublin
Proinsias De Rossa (Lab- ESP)- For
Mary Lou McDonald (SF- GUE/NLG)- Against
Gay Mitchell (FG-EPP)- Against
Eoin Ryan (FF-UEN)- Abstained
East
Liam […]