Noam Chomsky Podcast from Dublin, Ireland

Greetings all, I came across a

Chomsky Podcast

while searching for podcasts on the apple store website. Chomsky gave the Amnesty International 2006 public lecture in Dublin last week and this is a fantastic chance to listen to the great man speak. I urge everyone who reads this to have a listen and be amazed at what he can tell you about the biggest state-sponsored terrorist group in the world...The United States Government. I missed my train stop this morning because I was engrossed in what he was saying. It is interesting to know that the first and second poorest nations in South America are Haiti and Nicaragua, respectively. Both countires heavily influenced and governed by the USA. Also included in the podcast are many interesting facts about the Iraq war and the military occupation of Palestine by Israel. I urge you to listen to the man. He's 78 now, which I didn't know and is still active in his post in MIT, Boston. Quite a remarkable man and the greatest intellectual of the 20th Century, and now, for the moment, the begining of the 21st.

On a different note, the week just gone was uneventful. Working hard to clear my docket before heading off to Hokkaido on Thursday. I had the pleasure of listening to Steve O'Connor on Lifefm in London on Thursday night, he's back on air at 2pm GMT which means I can tune in at 11pm here!! Great to hear a familiar voice and cool to get a request played also...cool or wha'!!?? Check out the station and Steve's show at

Lifefm, London

Nice wan Stevo. A born natural, the Irish national radio stations missing out on the young talent again. From reading the Phoenix Christmas annual over the last month, it appears that that is exactly what the airwaves need back home. They finally realized that Ryan Turbidy is a twat...they took their time. Father Ted and Scrap Saturday another perfect example of the blindness of the stations.

Today I had a wee rest and woke at 9am to the sound of a jackhammer and god knows what else outside the apartment. Double glazing and insulation are not one of the apartments strong points :) So, what else to do but go to the gym and take a wander around Umeda for a tall soy latte in that fine establishment, Starbucks...although I hate these franchise's, they are amazing magnets for the ex-pat's of this world working in a foreign country. Crazy...

Anyway, sin e for now, just wanted to put a brief entry as apparently I rant a lot...Hi Gabby!!! HHHmmmmmm, kettle pot black comes to mind but I haven't heard from her in ages so it was good to hear from her :)

Carmo's diet: gone to pot (I wish, hahahahaaa)...This week, I've mostly been eating Japanese sticky short grain rice with fish eggs. The editors at Men's Health Mag would cringe if they read this.

Carmo's Birds for Byrdy: Palm