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“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. It is not enough, in a situation of trust in the commonwealth, that a man means well to his country.”
–Edmund Burke
At last election FF/FG were given a final chance to resolve the biggest issue facing Ireland. They are still failing. They will not get another chance.
Michael McDowell: Ministers need to stop blaming obstacles to delivery - and do something about them
Constant headlines about housing schemes being struck down by councils, the planning board and the courts are chipping away at public confidence
www.irishtimes.com
May 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
At last election FF/FG were given a final chance to resolve the biggest issue facing Ireland. They are still failing. They will not get another chance.
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Shelly-Ann racing in her kid's Parents Day race at the school is the funniest thing I've seen all week LMAO
April 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Shelly-Ann racing in her kid's Parents Day race at the school is the funniest thing I've seen all week LMAO
Is there a single emotion that Rory McIlroy has not experienced today? Incredible skill and character. There is a reason only 5 others have achieved this. Fair play to Rose as well. #themaster #rorymcilroy
April 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Is there a single emotion that Rory McIlroy has not experienced today? Incredible skill and character. There is a reason only 5 others have achieved this. Fair play to Rose as well. #themaster #rorymcilroy
Go on Rory. Another great 7 iron on 17th. Don’t know how I am gonna sleep tonight. Nerves shattered. #themasters
April 13, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Go on Rory. Another great 7 iron on 17th. Don’t know how I am gonna sleep tonight. Nerves shattered. #themasters
FFS Rory, you are putting us through the wringer here. Sublime shot on 15th. #themasters
April 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
FFS Rory, you are putting us through the wringer here. Sublime shot on 15th. #themasters
Good analysis on the strategy and lack thereof of DTs tariff war. By taking his BS to the global stage, DT is exposing his amateur “Art of the Deal” nonsense to an opponent who simply won’t buy it. There is one side that is playing chess here and it ain’t the US ‘snakes and ladders’ MAGA crowd.
Analysis: A US-China trade war could be catastrophic. What is Trump’s endgame strategy? | CNN Politics
The fast-worsening trade war between the United States and China — the planet’s premier geopolitical powers, whose economies are intricately entwined — threatens to wreak severe damage on both nations...
www.cnn.com
April 12, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Good analysis on the strategy and lack thereof of DTs tariff war. By taking his BS to the global stage, DT is exposing his amateur “Art of the Deal” nonsense to an opponent who simply won’t buy it. There is one side that is playing chess here and it ain’t the US ‘snakes and ladders’ MAGA crowd.
We’ve had the salutes and now the literature. What’s next??
Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library?
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
We’ve had the salutes and now the literature. What’s next??
Consumer sentiment lowest since 1952, trillions wiped off markets, dollar value and reputation plummeting, inflation about to soar. All within firsts 100 days. Wow!! if this does it secure “worst president in history” title what will? #WorstPOTUSinHistory
US consumer sentiment plummets to second-lowest level on records going back to 1952 | CNN Business
Americans are rarely this pessimistic about the economy.
www.cnn.com
April 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Consumer sentiment lowest since 1952, trillions wiped off markets, dollar value and reputation plummeting, inflation about to soar. All within firsts 100 days. Wow!! if this does it secure “worst president in history” title what will? #WorstPOTUSinHistory
This is an important point that has not been highlighted enough over the last few weeks. Services are easier to substitute than relocating factories. The international backlash against US service companies is already quietly happening.
"By Trump’s logic, the US – which runs a large and persistent trade surplus in services with China, the European Union, and many other countries – must be engaging in unfair trade practices on a massive scale." (bit.ly/4cv6QYf)
April 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
This is an important point that has not been highlighted enough over the last few weeks. Services are easier to substitute than relocating factories. The international backlash against US service companies is already quietly happening.
Brilliant!
Kerrygold Mule Found With 40 Pounds Of Butter Up Arse By US Customs
Kerrygold Mule Found With 40 Pounds Of Butter Up Arse By US Customs
AN IRISH MAN in America to discuss trades relations has been deported immediately after it was discovered he had attempted to transport 40 pounds of Kerrygold butter internally in a bid to avoid tarif...
waterfordwhispersnews.com
April 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Brilliant!
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April 1987:
Diego Maradona scores a vital goal for Napoli in a 2-1 win against AC Milan, with three of the greatest touches of a football you’re ever likely to see…
Diego Maradona scores a vital goal for Napoli in a 2-1 win against AC Milan, with three of the greatest touches of a football you’re ever likely to see…
April 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
April 1987:
Diego Maradona scores a vital goal for Napoli in a 2-1 win against AC Milan, with three of the greatest touches of a football you’re ever likely to see…
Diego Maradona scores a vital goal for Napoli in a 2-1 win against AC Milan, with three of the greatest touches of a football you’re ever likely to see…
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Here they are: 15 of the absolute best, most brilliant, most cutting, and most creative protest signs we spotted across the more than 1,300 demonstrations against the Trump regime on Saturday.
Top 15 Signs at Hands Off Protests
Protests in over 1,300 cities and towns all across America.
www.meidasplus.com
April 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Here they are: 15 of the absolute best, most brilliant, most cutting, and most creative protest signs we spotted across the more than 1,300 demonstrations against the Trump regime on Saturday.
Good article by Shane Coleman. Irelands government parties will not be given another chance to fix the biggest social and economic problem. Their start is far from encouraging and all indications are they are not taking it seriously. Lightweight minister put in charge. No clear policy.
Shane Coleman: Two months to decide next decade of housing delivery across the state
Time is not something the government has the luxury of right now. There is a deep sense of pessimism in the construction sector about the future
www.businesspost.ie
April 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Good article by Shane Coleman. Irelands government parties will not be given another chance to fix the biggest social and economic problem. Their start is far from encouraging and all indications are they are not taking it seriously. Lightweight minister put in charge. No clear policy.
Excellently summarised. The speed at which it has happened is astonishing. No going back
Pax Americana rested on three pillars: US military power & defensive alliances, US economic power & free trade, and US diplomatic clout and support for liberal democracy/the rule of law. All three have essentially evaporated in the space of 10 weeks. The American Century (1917-2025) is over.
April 5, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Excellently summarised. The speed at which it has happened is astonishing. No going back
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EU Put Tariffs On US Exports Of Bullshit, Crippling US Economy In Seconds
EU Put Tariffs On US Exports Of Bullshit, Crippling US Economy In Seconds
DEMAND for America's largest export has ground to a halt amid the EU placing retaliatory tariffs on bullshit, WWN can reveal.
"Divisive lies, allergies to basics facts, tweets raging about woke; we'v...
waterfordwhispersnews.com
April 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
EU Put Tariffs On US Exports Of Bullshit, Crippling US Economy In Seconds
If you think China’s retaliation was bad…. Wait til the penguins play their hand!
April 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
If you think China’s retaliation was bad…. Wait til the penguins play their hand!
We are truly living in the Age of Impunity. From autocratic tyrants ruining the world economy all the way down to joyriding teenagers murdering people and walking free.
As car thefts in Ireland hit a 12-year high, a loose network of teenage joyriders is at the heart of a growing crime wave
How the Lucky Dip gang is fuelling a car theft crisis
As car thefts in Ireland hit a 12-year high, a loose network of teenage joyriders is at the heart of a growing crime wave
www.rte.ie
April 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
We are truly living in the Age of Impunity. From autocratic tyrants ruining the world economy all the way down to joyriding teenagers murdering people and walking free.
Good to see an intelligent adult in charge. I am not comparing or contrasting with anyone in particular!
Carney: The system of global trade anchored on the United States.. is over. Our old relationship of steadily deepening integration with the United States is over. The 80 year period when the United States embraced the mantle of economic leadership… is over.
April 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Good to see an intelligent adult in charge. I am not comparing or contrasting with anyone in particular!
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The journalistic work @wired.com has been doing over recent months is incredible. This is latest example. Please keep it up as it is absolutely necessary. And people - please support them if you can.
This week in security news, WIRED uncovered exposed Venmo accounts that experts say can be highly lucrative for foreign spies and hackers. Also, Starlink will become a new addition in the White House? @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Read the story: www.wired.com/story/top-tr...
Read the story: www.wired.com/story/top-tr...
April 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The journalistic work @wired.com has been doing over recent months is incredible. This is latest example. Please keep it up as it is absolutely necessary. And people - please support them if you can.
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It’s 27 years to the day since Kenny Dalglish was on Newsnight to explain Newcastle Utd’s controversial wish to play their away FA Cup 4th round tie with Stevenage elsewhere.
And Jeremy Paxman gave King Kenny quite the introduction…
And Jeremy Paxman gave King Kenny quite the introduction…
January 9, 2025 at 7:04 AM
It’s 27 years to the day since Kenny Dalglish was on Newsnight to explain Newcastle Utd’s controversial wish to play their away FA Cup 4th round tie with Stevenage elsewhere.
And Jeremy Paxman gave King Kenny quite the introduction…
And Jeremy Paxman gave King Kenny quite the introduction…
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If Trump was President in 1940
March 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
If Trump was President in 1940
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Trump Says He Won’t Rule Out Third Reich
March 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Trump Says He Won’t Rule Out Third Reich
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Many mainstream conservatives sound like Anders Breivik these days (and of course even then his manifesto quoted many mainstream conservatives)
When the vice president uses the exact same language as a white supremacist mass murderer www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
March 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Many mainstream conservatives sound like Anders Breivik these days (and of course even then his manifesto quoted many mainstream conservatives)