Why all Americans drink coffee
by Bernard Harbor
 
The late, great Beethoven was born on this day in 1770.
The late, great Beethoven was born on this day in 1770.

Housing minister Darragh O'Brien gave an interview to The Journal yesterday against a background of soaring house prices. Meanwhile, the ESRI warned that the Omicron variant could mar an otherwise upbeat economic outlook as a basic income pilot was agreed for artists next year.

 

Elsewhere, nearly 4,000 kids with disabilities are waiting for an assessment of their health needs, Ireland's drinking water is generally good (though the future don't look so bright), and planned post-Brexit checks on Irish exports to Blighty have been postponed.

 

Planet-wise, Ireland missed its renewable energy target last year amid warnings that an imminent glacier collapse could raise sea levels by up to ten feet.

 

Next door, the voters of North Shropshire decide whether to give Boris Johnson a deserved bloody nose today, and it's been confirmed that most dogs lack taste when it comes to Christmas tunes

 

Zen marks today's anniversary of the 1773 Boston Tea Party (click on the pic to get the story) with the help of the  late-lamented Sensational Alex Harvey Band. We've not one but two versions of their slightly unnerving 1976 treatment of this seminal moment in the American revolution, together with some classic Top of the Pops shape-throwing.

 

Seize the day.

 

Bernard

 

 

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