The red hand (which we saw in 2013’s WBLY) might be faded but the West Bank Loyalist (Youth) want us to know that they are still here (i.e. The Fountain area of London/-Derry).
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emic’s (web) signature piece is the outstretched hand. This new version is surrounded by pro-gay-marriage slogans such as “support love” and “legalise love” and “love equality“.
Also by emic (formerly This Means Nothing): This Means Nothing | Lost In The Music | CameraMan | Through The Fog | Deconstructions | Through The Mists Of Time.
Replaces Elph’s Imaginarium in Garfield St.
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Three images from the Taughmongh Family Learning Centre (run by Taughmonagh Community Forum) in Finwood Park of children from days gone by: the boys are playing football and girls are playing games in the street, in front of the old bungalows on the estate from the 1940s that were replaced in the 1980s. (For a small gallery of vintage images, see this BBC page.).
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More commentary on the Renewable Heat Incentive scheme (see also yesterday’s Flaming Hot Tottie): Arlene Foster is depicted as a dragon, flogging wood pellets on her (burner!) mobile: “U lukin NE pellets – got score bags here”. Her jacket pocket is stuffed with twenties and she wears a “F**k Equality” badge on her lapel (see the wide shot, below). “killing kids” is perhaps a reference to the closure of a children’s ward at the Ulster Hospital because of short-staffing (BBC-NI).
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[Arlene] Foster & [Jonathan] Bell have created a hot drink to keep you warm during the cold winter nights: the Flaming Hot Tottie. To make, combine wood burning pellets, a squeeze of lies, and a twist of aggression, and top it off with collective responsibility. Price: 400 million pounds, though free to MLAs. Commentary on the “cash for ash” (a.k.a. Renewable Heat Incentive) scheme from Comply Or Die.
See also Heating Empty Barns … Killing Kids.
Thanks to the artist for the image.
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An electrical box painted with an Irish Tricolour and the letters “IRA” – Westland Street, Bogside, Derry.
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Ballyclare UVF memorial mural to volunteers from the 3rd and 1st battalions.
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For CNB16/HTN in Belfast’s city centre street artist VisualWaste (Web | Fb | Tw) painted rapper, producer, and clothing designer (and recent Trump admirer and visitor to Trump Tower) Kanye West.
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This image of London-/Derry in days-gone-by is on the outside of the walls of Derry, looking in. The brickwork of which it appears to be the portal is also fake; in fact, this is a covered walkway leading from Bishop Street to the Fountain.
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Glasgow artist Conzo Throb (web | Fb) was back in Belfast for CNB16/HTN. The Avon name dates back to 1929 in New York and the company has sellers in more than 100 countries. Male sellers are uncommon but not unheard of – here’s a 2006 NYTimes profile of an ‘Avon Man’. Nonetheless, “Yer Da sells [the] Avon” is the ultimate Scots insult.
Previously by Conzo Throb: Fill Up On Colour | Let’s Melt
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