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The increasing commodofication of public spaces into private and the arrival of a dystopian reality?

June 16, 2013by footballcliches 1 Comment

I’m sure like many of you reading this, you have a Sunday routine that may involve reading a paper of repute (or not) from early morning all the way through […]

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Business/Economics, Culture, Politics
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If you think politics is puerile in Northern Ireland…

June 15, 2013by footballcliches 2 Comments

Dimbleby over on SOT is crying a river about the state of politics and the ‘system’ up in Stormont at the moment. Oh, if only we would listen to people like […]

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Politics
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Furry Activist highlighting issues in Northern Queensland

June 2, 2013by footballcliches Leave a comment

Here’s something I wanted to bring to your attention folks. As I’ve noted before, I had the great pleasure to be invited to the May Day parade here in Brisbane […]

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Humour, Politics
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Ireland is doing alright in straightened times?

June 2, 2013by footballcliches 4 Comments

We all have our reading habits and for me, I usually find myself reading the Stephen Collins’ article every Saturday in the Irish Times. He is not someone I would […]

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Business/Economics, Politics
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Damn you Brisbane Lions!! My love affair with Australian Rules Football

May 26, 2013by footballcliches 7 Comments

So last night I was at the Gabba here in Brisbane checking out the home town Lions take on the Carlton Blues, a team from Melbourne (most Aussie Rules or […]

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Culture, Sport
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Music: Deerhunter and ‘Monomania’

May 26, 2013by footballcliches Leave a comment

Happy Sunday all. The site has been somewhat on and  off over the past few weeks with yours truly either getting a sports related injury or most recently getting the […]

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Culture, Music
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The Syrian Civil War and why a US No Fly Zone may not be a goer

May 19, 2013by footballcliches 3 Comments

Like  many, I’ve been shocked at the deaths and the escalation of violence in Syria and the crisis it is creating in one of the hottest political and conflict areas […]

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Politics
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Die Hipster, DIE!!!

May 14, 2013by footballcliches 3 Comments

Do you know what a hipster is? I bet you do, it’s someone you probably dislike on first sight, they may wear a large, chunky sweater with skinny jeans, glasses […]

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Culture, Humour
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Ariel Castro and the Death Penalty

May 11, 2013by footballcliches Leave a comment

First up, apologies for the radio silence all, however, I unfortunately did something to my shoulder and neck about a week ago which has thankfully healed but I decided typing […]

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Hump Day Music: Waxahatchee, back to some politics tomorrow…

May 1, 2013by footballcliches Leave a comment

A bit of a mouthful above, right? She can be found either here on Facebook and she is touring at the moment. ‘She’ is a solo project of Katie Crutchfield and […]

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Culture, Music

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