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Beautiful creature.
November 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Did you get a friend for Joyce?
November 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Who's a good god of war? You are Mars, yes you are.
November 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I think the French have a word for Kon.
August 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Leading the Giro, Tyler Hamilton broke his collar bone with a few flat stages left, told no one, finished the race as winner and went to the dentist to get the teeth fixed that he had ground down to the nerves such was his agony in the final days.
August 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The IOC and FIDE too. There's a solid PhD to be done on the Russian misintry of foreign affairs infiltration of sporting bodies in pursuit of pr and soft power.
August 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Hi, dunno if you're interested but I read a book recently "I was a Russian Oligarch" that gave an interesting sideways look at potato production/privatisation in the 90's. I found it gave great background on your agri threads.
August 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
There was a great reddit interaction years ago when some American claimed a part of London was a no go zone at night due to Sharia law and a white resident answerd the American live while recording their walk around the area with a can of beer chatting to all he met. Unfortunately I can't find it.
August 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
It's crept into rugby commentary recently, always sets my teeth on edge.
August 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Given the cash that Russia invests in mini states to gain soft power/votes in FIFA, the IOC etc that's more than a symbolic gesture. Fair play to Micronesia.
July 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Seems extraordinarily risky to me. One bit of horse meat entering the EU food chain via these processed (it's the food being processed and from a "trusted trader" that makes it eligible for green lane rather than red lane from NI to RoI) meat dishes and GB food exports could be in dire trouble.
June 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Some interesting comments here about "not for eu" green lane goods finding their way into RoI from NI.
www.reddit.com/r/ireland/co...

TLDR ... the big retailers, Tesco in particular, are saving money bringing these goods in as the political consequences of halting them are too high.
From the ireland community on Reddit: Tesco Selling ‘Not For EU’ in Ireland
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June 18, 2025 at 11:52 AM
And a little dash of Eco. It is quite the sight to see the 1930's speed running in a matter of months across one's computer screen.
June 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Real bang of Jurgen Habermas and the public sphere off that comment.

That's a compliment btw.
June 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Barbarians.
June 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I found it rather telling that amoungst the usual people who bribed him he also pardoned a penniless sheriff who formed his own militia. Fascinating times to see such a speed run to authoritarianiam in months rather than years.
June 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Mike Leigh - Wikipedia
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May 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Alexa, what is a visual metaphor?
May 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Wee anecdote. A friend worked in a senior position in a UK business. Her work made her do GCSEs in English (she's a native speaker from Ireland) and maths (she's a post-grad in comp-sci) due to tory rule changes re foreign qualifications. She now works, and pays her top rate of tax, back in Ireland.
May 18, 2025 at 10:41 AM
So, what would you do if you could become invisible?

Strangle a mime artist.
May 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Thinking of you on what we call in Ireland the month's mind David. May your mother rest in peace.
April 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
A mighty woman much traduced.
April 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The Base? I wonder what that is in Arabic?
April 6, 2025 at 10:51 AM
He has a big anniversary coming up he needs to top ... www.reaction.life/p/britain-lo...
What Britain looks like after Brexit
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April 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
What a sight it was tonight in Cork tonight David. New moon and earth shadow. Absolutely beautiful.
April 1, 2025 at 12:57 AM