It has always been true that within Fianna Fail, the supposed Republican Party, there was never an understanding of what 1916 was really about. Michael Martin personifies that confusion, now standing in diametric oppostion to those ideals.
The Taoiseach flung an accusation of past 'Nazi' support at Sinn Féin in Dáil row today.
Leader's Questions became heated during the exchange between him and Mary Lou McDonald.
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The level of coordination is astounding. If this had been an attack where on the previous day a large part of Leipzig Airport had been destroyed, I would understand the next-day EU reaction of solidarity with similar words…. But we are talking about an unexploded, broken drone that was discovered 4 weeks prior to this media onslaught. It took a month for the preparation and then like on the push of a button, these boiler plate messages go out. Really makes one wonder if it is in fact the same PR agency literally managing the accounts of all of these „leaders“.
Probably that‘s not how it goes down, but there must be actual mechanisms for the exchange of message templates among the PR offices and the social media managers…
Pat Leahy @IrishTimes is hosting Brendan O'Connor @rte again today. Brendan is on holiday and it seems like Alison and Brenda are too.
The Irish Times article about Barry Andrews' request for scrutiny of the number of Russian visas issued has just been closed for further comment in case you're interested. It's not like the writer could be accused of far-right dog whistling or anything.
Why are RTE or Newstalk not telling us about this daily instead of trying to scare us with some shite about a virus on a cruise ship?
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A lot of people, important Europeans in NATO especially, think this is a famous composer with a little baton. It's actually President Roosevelt and his big stick.
Listen in to Brendan O'Connor @RTEOne with (I think) Mark Little explaining geopolitics like Trump and Iran for people who don't have or never had access to the internet.
I can imagine David McCullagh of @rte introducing this actual journalist.
"Good morning Mr. Mizrahi, I'm afraid that's all we've got time for"
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BRILLIANT PIECE on IRAN !!!!!
Alon Mizrahi, an Israeli journalist, one of the most worthy Jews in the world:
"We are witnessing history. Iran, to everyone's surprise, is destroying American bases so thoroughly, on such a large scale, and so decisively that the world is not ready for this.
In 4 days, Iran has managed to expand its sphere of military dominance in the region. Iran has destroyed the most valuable and expensive military bases, property, and equipment in the entire world.
The American bases in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia are among the largest military facilities in the entire world. These facilities have cost trillions of dollars over several decades to build. We are talking about the fact that the bulk of the military spending that has been made over more than 30 years has gone up in smoke.
We see radars costing hundreds of millions of dollars each being destroyed in an instant. We see entire military bases being abandoned and burned, looted, and destroyed. And I'm telling you, as far as I know, the U.S. has never suffered such destruction in its entire history, except perhaps for Pearl Harbor, but that was just one attack.
No enemy in a conventional war has ever done this to American military forces as Iran is doing right now. It's hard to believe. The military situation is so serious that censorship is blocking almost all new information about this war. If you've noticed, we're getting less and less information every day.
Thirty-five years ago, during the first Iraqi war, we were shown endless footage from Iraq. Back then, smart bombs and cameras were a novelty, but every night we were shown night-time footage. Now we hardly see any videos at all.
Understand this! Supposedly, this is the world's largest military power, with the world's largest air capabilities, and on the fourth day of the U.S. offensive, supposedly and supposedly breaking through Iranian defenses, we don't see any signs of American dominance in the Iranian sky. Where are all the video recordings of our planes flying over Tehran or any other part of Iran, for that matter?
American soldiers can't even dream of setting foot on Iranian soil. And to understand how desperate this war is, on the fourth day you're already hearing the most insane proposals and ideas from the Trump administration. They're proposing sending military escorts for oil tankers leaving the Persian Gulf. What are you even talking about! You want to send American ships into the zone of destruction of thousands of Iranian missiles? NOW no one can get through the Strait of Hormuz.
The Iranians have been preparing for this for decades. They're flaunting the idea of arming Kurdish militias to invade Iran. What the hell are you talking about? Have you seen a map of Iran!? It seems the Trump administration has never seen a map of Iran! Do you know how vast it is? What does it mean to invade Iran!? Do you think a militia of 10,000 people could invade Iran!? Or even 50,000? Or 100,000? Iran will swallow them up.
The U.S. and Israel have already lost this war. The U.S. and Israel can kill millions of civilians in their homes. They have powerful bombs and can blow up buildings, but they won't win this war. Iran's military infrastructure and weaponry is deep underground all over IRAN. Neither the Americans nor, especially, the Israelis have any chance of reaching any of it. They're in deep shit.
They started something they have no chance of finishing. When this all ends, the U.S. will never return to West Asia. There will be no American presence in the Middle East. I'm telling you this now with certainty."
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Jeffrey Sachs telling the truth about Ukraine to David McCullagh on RTE. David recognising the danger of letting Irish people, who can't use social media hear the truth says - Professor Sachs we're running out of time😆. We need to get on with some BS and put people back to sleep
With the staggeringly hypocritical pronouncements of European leaders on the actions of the United States in the supposedly rogue State of Venezuela, it is no exaggeration to say we now have two rogue continents in this small world.
How is this any different from someone who says 'Up the 'RA'?
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Heard @bbboatclub on the radio telling some convoluted story about 'Shipbuilding'. He's a great person but does he have to be so careful in telling us that this song says when all else fails the bastards take you to war?
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Six political prisoners who targeted factories arming Israel’s genocide are weeks into a hunger strike. But in contrast to the IRA’s 1980s hunger strike, this one is being blanked by the media.
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I am gravely concerned about the safety and well-being of the six prisoners on hunger strike.
The lack of media coverage over this emergency is truly shocking.
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"The US couldn't care less about how many Ukrainians die, they don't give a f..k"
(Jeffrey Sachs)
Brendan O'Connor introduces his pro-EU, pro-NATO (at least one rabidly anti-Russian) all anti Catherine Connolly panel. It's going to be a normal cliche ridden Sunday morning show. Marian RIP.
Niall Collins (? Party)is backing Heather for the presidency....I've looked it up, he's a member of Rural Fine Gael.














