Ireland's impotence in the face of the threat from Venezuela is @paulmurphy.pbp.ie's fault: Stephen Collins in tomorrow's Irish Times
January 4, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Ireland's impotence in the face of the threat from Venezuela is @paulmurphy.pbp.ie's fault: Stephen Collins in tomorrow's Irish Times
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all this is both foolish and unnecessary
January 4, 2026 at 9:47 PM
all this is both foolish and unnecessary
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Somebody on here quipped earlier that we live in precedented times. It hit home with me.
In 2003 I watched US troops roll in to the oil rich Iraqi city of Kirkuk and roll straight out the other side to take up defensive positions around the oil refinery.
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In 2003 I watched US troops roll in to the oil rich Iraqi city of Kirkuk and roll straight out the other side to take up defensive positions around the oil refinery.
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January 4, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Somebody on here quipped earlier that we live in precedented times. It hit home with me.
In 2003 I watched US troops roll in to the oil rich Iraqi city of Kirkuk and roll straight out the other side to take up defensive positions around the oil refinery.
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In 2003 I watched US troops roll in to the oil rich Iraqi city of Kirkuk and roll straight out the other side to take up defensive positions around the oil refinery.
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I promise you, you'll never guess which "politics" they're referring to
January 4, 2026 at 4:39 PM
I promise you, you'll never guess which "politics" they're referring to
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As is fairly obvious, I love reading, and I'm happy that my son does too. But I don't always love the way we talk about child literacy, nor where the UK media tends to place the blame for those rates' recent, and worrying, fall.
January 4, 2026 at 11:21 AM
As is fairly obvious, I love reading, and I'm happy that my son does too. But I don't always love the way we talk about child literacy, nor where the UK media tends to place the blame for those rates' recent, and worrying, fall.
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This is how you do it. No preamble to swear to God you don't like Maduro.
January 3, 2026 at 9:23 PM
This is how you do it. No preamble to swear to God you don't like Maduro.
Watching this Robin Williams documentary really underlines the fact that cocaine is only fun if you're the one doing it.
January 4, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Watching this Robin Williams documentary really underlines the fact that cocaine is only fun if you're the one doing it.
Anyone still using the word "distraction" at this point is, not to put too fine a point in it, a fucking moron.
They are not doing one thing to distract from another thing.
They are doing all the things.
They are not doing one thing to distract from another thing.
They are doing all the things.
Never has a President wagged a dog harder than Trump and MAGA now.
To distract from Epstein, the explosion of health and homeowners insurance costs, and the tariffs that are decimating small businesses, Trump is plunging this country into a war and using our soldiers as pawns.
To distract from Epstein, the explosion of health and homeowners insurance costs, and the tariffs that are decimating small businesses, Trump is plunging this country into a war and using our soldiers as pawns.
January 4, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Anyone still using the word "distraction" at this point is, not to put too fine a point in it, a fucking moron.
They are not doing one thing to distract from another thing.
They are doing all the things.
They are not doing one thing to distract from another thing.
They are doing all the things.
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And now, a word from Airstrip One...
Keir Starmer: "I constantly remind myself that 24/7 our defence, our security & our intelligent relationship with the US matters probably more than any other relationship we've got in the world and it would not be in our national interest to weaken that in any way"
January 4, 2026 at 5:22 PM
And now, a word from Airstrip One...
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The good news about an explicitly "Might Makes Right" foreign policy, where we do whatever we want to other countries because we can, is it will benefit us without causing blowback
January 4, 2026 at 5:15 PM
The good news about an explicitly "Might Makes Right" foreign policy, where we do whatever we want to other countries because we can, is it will benefit us without causing blowback
Ads for Hamnet saying "In cinemas January 9: book tickets now" are warming the cockles. I'm no cinephile myself and don't go often, but, presenting your film as a fucking *film* that people should actively go and watch and not some algo slop content is a Good Thing. I will book tickets and go.
January 4, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Ads for Hamnet saying "In cinemas January 9: book tickets now" are warming the cockles. I'm no cinephile myself and don't go often, but, presenting your film as a fucking *film* that people should actively go and watch and not some algo slop content is a Good Thing. I will book tickets and go.
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I want to remind everyone that the US has sanctioned members of the International Criminal Court for going through a formal legal process to identify international leaders who engaged in war crimes, making them vulnerable to arrest.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Why wasn't congressional authorization necessary?
RUBIO: It wasn't necessary because this was not an invasion. We didn't occupy a country. This was an arrest operation.
RUBIO: It wasn't necessary because this was not an invasion. We didn't occupy a country. This was an arrest operation.
January 4, 2026 at 4:50 PM
I want to remind everyone that the US has sanctioned members of the International Criminal Court for going through a formal legal process to identify international leaders who engaged in war crimes, making them vulnerable to arrest.
In Ireland we would call someone like Chuck Schumer "a waste of good skin".
January 4, 2026 at 4:53 PM
In Ireland we would call someone like Chuck Schumer "a waste of good skin".
The likes of UvdL and KK (and our own non-entity Helen McEntee) burble about "International law" but in fact stand forsquare against it; upholding the US's unilateral actions in "arresting" a foreign head of state but undermining the ICC's authority.
3/ Maduro is a monster, but the U.S. action is also unravelling protections for Heads of State and Foreign Ministers around the world.
Just recently the United States government made this point on the "personal inviolability" of such foreign officials from criminal arrest.⤵️
Just recently the United States government made this point on the "personal inviolability" of such foreign officials from criminal arrest.⤵️
January 4, 2026 at 4:35 PM
The likes of UvdL and KK (and our own non-entity Helen McEntee) burble about "International law" but in fact stand forsquare against it; upholding the US's unilateral actions in "arresting" a foreign head of state but undermining the ICC's authority.
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Just the very normal stuff you would expect from a government that is not rammed with crackpots and wackos
January 4, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Just the very normal stuff you would expect from a government that is not rammed with crackpots and wackos
The maddest thing about Irish politics is how the people in power really insist they're not. "We should increase defence spending!" Sure who would you talk to about that?
January 4, 2026 at 1:25 AM
The maddest thing about Irish politics is how the people in power really insist they're not. "We should increase defence spending!" Sure who would you talk to about that?
Dw i'n newydd yma ond mae Liam Dutton @liamdutton.bsky.social yn just effortlessly fantastic here 🏴
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHxO...
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Liam Dutton nails pronouncing Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
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January 4, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Dw i'n newydd yma ond mae Liam Dutton @liamdutton.bsky.social yn just effortlessly fantastic here 🏴
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHxO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHxO...
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Resistance historians are rediscovering international law now that it's not being violated against Palestinians.
January 3, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Resistance historians are rediscovering international law now that it's not being violated against Palestinians.
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The craven genocidal EU sycophants like Merkel, Kallas, and von der Leyen who have fought for a mostly International law based system that only excludes certain people from having rights will not suffer consequences themselves, but they will live to see the logical conclusion of their work.
January 3, 2026 at 5:39 PM
The craven genocidal EU sycophants like Merkel, Kallas, and von der Leyen who have fought for a mostly International law based system that only excludes certain people from having rights will not suffer consequences themselves, but they will live to see the logical conclusion of their work.