Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/05/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Since Mercans are not only Irish but Jewish and Italian and Honduran and English and Lithuanian and, and, and, and, and, and, and, we tend to be soft touches for causes in the home country, especially when we still have relatives there, or are attuned to a cause. We put our money where our mouth is. SonC On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 11:52 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Interesting documentation, Douglas. Since I see little benefit to Putin of > either outcome, I suppose the generous funding for the NO campaign must > have come from the evangelicals across the Atlantic?after all, Americans > are used to funding Irish causes of various types, some quite unsavoury (I > am thinking of all the funding for the IRA from Boston and environs). > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 28 May 2018, at 01:08, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > > > The last few months have seen the Irish airwaves stirred up to fever > pitch with heated rhetoric from the Pro-Choice and Anti-Abortion sides as > Ireland ran up to a single question referendum on changing the Irish > constitution. In addition to the cacophony of voices, every single lamp > post was decorated with posters, while committed people were wearing > t-shirts, badges, and hats proclaiming their views. After voting myself on > Friday, I hopped into the car and took photos of the variety of political > posters that festoon the area I live in. The No or N?l (No in the Irish > language - anti abortion pro life) were very well funded and had posters up > from the get go. They also had vigorous social media campaigns which > appeared to be funded from outside the state. The Yes or T? people were > slower off the mark, but seemed to have more momentum towards the end. > > > > Here are 22 images starting with a leaflet on my doormat from the No > side. I'll have to buy a new doormat as this one looks tatty in the > image... Anyway, the pictures are all taken with my Sony A7ii and kit zoom. > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/politics/ > Referendum+May+2018/ > > > > The following day, I went into the Dublin city count centre in the Royal > Dublin Society as I got a pass through a connection. News teams from around > the globe were present, and I tried out the new Nissin flash for the Sony. > I'll post photos later when I have a look at them. > > > > Douglas > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana 1714 Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase USA