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But not spiteful for any politician, liberal or otherwise to remind any who did support him in 2024 that Trump is an untrustworthy bigot.
Trump persecutes and double-crosses conservative black muslims even more savagely than he targets white liberals.
Trump persecutes and double-crosses conservative black muslims even more savagely than he targets white liberals.
December 9, 2025 at 10:01 AM
But not spiteful for any politician, liberal or otherwise to remind any who did support him in 2024 that Trump is an untrustworthy bigot.
Trump persecutes and double-crosses conservative black muslims even more savagely than he targets white liberals.
Trump persecutes and double-crosses conservative black muslims even more savagely than he targets white liberals.
The significance of this is new to me
Neo-Nazi scum use various flag to circumvent anti-Nazi laws in Germany too.
For example in Germany where the swastika is actually outlawed, the Imperial German flag which went out of use before the Nazi rise to power is similarly misused.
Neo-Nazi scum use various flag to circumvent anti-Nazi laws in Germany too.
For example in Germany where the swastika is actually outlawed, the Imperial German flag which went out of use before the Nazi rise to power is similarly misused.
December 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The significance of this is new to me
Neo-Nazi scum use various flag to circumvent anti-Nazi laws in Germany too.
For example in Germany where the swastika is actually outlawed, the Imperial German flag which went out of use before the Nazi rise to power is similarly misused.
Neo-Nazi scum use various flag to circumvent anti-Nazi laws in Germany too.
For example in Germany where the swastika is actually outlawed, the Imperial German flag which went out of use before the Nazi rise to power is similarly misused.
The flawed logic of Musk crediting whites for abolishing slavery (after enslaving africans for centuries) reminds me of a gag by the Las Vegas comedian Shecky Greene:
“Frank Sinatra once saved my life,”
“A bunch of guys were beating on me and Frank said, ‘OK that’s enough.’”
It's similar logic.
“Frank Sinatra once saved my life,”
“A bunch of guys were beating on me and Frank said, ‘OK that’s enough.’”
It's similar logic.
December 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The flawed logic of Musk crediting whites for abolishing slavery (after enslaving africans for centuries) reminds me of a gag by the Las Vegas comedian Shecky Greene:
“Frank Sinatra once saved my life,”
“A bunch of guys were beating on me and Frank said, ‘OK that’s enough.’”
It's similar logic.
“Frank Sinatra once saved my life,”
“A bunch of guys were beating on me and Frank said, ‘OK that’s enough.’”
It's similar logic.
FIFA ?
The only entity more mired in blatantly corrupt payments from Qatar than Trump himself.
The only entity more mired in blatantly corrupt payments from Qatar than Trump himself.
December 8, 2025 at 12:43 AM
FIFA ?
The only entity more mired in blatantly corrupt payments from Qatar than Trump himself.
The only entity more mired in blatantly corrupt payments from Qatar than Trump himself.
Sponsored by Qatar no doubt.
This is FIFA.
Chuck Blazer, Jack Warner (and sons), Jeffrey Webb, Juan Ángel Napout, Alfredo Hawit, etc...
It is difficult to name a FIFA official over the last 20 years who hasn't been convicted somewhere of bribery, racketeering or corruption.
Except Sepp Blatter 🙄.
This is FIFA.
Chuck Blazer, Jack Warner (and sons), Jeffrey Webb, Juan Ángel Napout, Alfredo Hawit, etc...
It is difficult to name a FIFA official over the last 20 years who hasn't been convicted somewhere of bribery, racketeering or corruption.
Except Sepp Blatter 🙄.
December 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Sponsored by Qatar no doubt.
This is FIFA.
Chuck Blazer, Jack Warner (and sons), Jeffrey Webb, Juan Ángel Napout, Alfredo Hawit, etc...
It is difficult to name a FIFA official over the last 20 years who hasn't been convicted somewhere of bribery, racketeering or corruption.
Except Sepp Blatter 🙄.
This is FIFA.
Chuck Blazer, Jack Warner (and sons), Jeffrey Webb, Juan Ángel Napout, Alfredo Hawit, etc...
It is difficult to name a FIFA official over the last 20 years who hasn't been convicted somewhere of bribery, racketeering or corruption.
Except Sepp Blatter 🙄.
Nick Timothy co-author of Theresa May's Lancaster house speech.
The guy who forgot that Northern Ireland exists.
That guy.
The guy who forgot that Northern Ireland exists.
That guy.
December 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Nick Timothy co-author of Theresa May's Lancaster house speech.
The guy who forgot that Northern Ireland exists.
That guy.
The guy who forgot that Northern Ireland exists.
That guy.
Which Liberals said this, and using exactly which words ?
If a political figure says that Somali voters and leaders were misguided by supporting Trump, then that is not spiteful.
That is just normal political campaigning of the: my opponent has double crossed you don't vote that way again, variety.
If a political figure says that Somali voters and leaders were misguided by supporting Trump, then that is not spiteful.
That is just normal political campaigning of the: my opponent has double crossed you don't vote that way again, variety.
December 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Which Liberals said this, and using exactly which words ?
If a political figure says that Somali voters and leaders were misguided by supporting Trump, then that is not spiteful.
That is just normal political campaigning of the: my opponent has double crossed you don't vote that way again, variety.
If a political figure says that Somali voters and leaders were misguided by supporting Trump, then that is not spiteful.
That is just normal political campaigning of the: my opponent has double crossed you don't vote that way again, variety.
Yes, with respect to non-involvement of Irish military in the conflict.
No, with respect to discriminating against the aggressor (Russia) and supporting the victim (Ukraine) using sanctions and to some extent with supply of military materiel, economic and diplomatic assistance, and refugee support.
No, with respect to discriminating against the aggressor (Russia) and supporting the victim (Ukraine) using sanctions and to some extent with supply of military materiel, economic and diplomatic assistance, and refugee support.
December 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Yes, with respect to non-involvement of Irish military in the conflict.
No, with respect to discriminating against the aggressor (Russia) and supporting the victim (Ukraine) using sanctions and to some extent with supply of military materiel, economic and diplomatic assistance, and refugee support.
No, with respect to discriminating against the aggressor (Russia) and supporting the victim (Ukraine) using sanctions and to some extent with supply of military materiel, economic and diplomatic assistance, and refugee support.
Musk is a nazi-saluting grifter, and Tesla is a pump and dump scam.
If the EU is annoying him then it must be doing something right.
If the EU is annoying him then it must be doing something right.
December 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Musk is a nazi-saluting grifter, and Tesla is a pump and dump scam.
If the EU is annoying him then it must be doing something right.
If the EU is annoying him then it must be doing something right.
Yes, by using low-profile shell companies in places like Panama to discretely buy other assets like real-estate.
But Tesla is not a shell company. It's activities are widely reported and closely watched, and it is headquartered in a jurisdiction which sanctions Russians.
Why specifically buy Tesla ?
But Tesla is not a shell company. It's activities are widely reported and closely watched, and it is headquartered in a jurisdiction which sanctions Russians.
Why specifically buy Tesla ?
December 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Yes, by using low-profile shell companies in places like Panama to discretely buy other assets like real-estate.
But Tesla is not a shell company. It's activities are widely reported and closely watched, and it is headquartered in a jurisdiction which sanctions Russians.
Why specifically buy Tesla ?
But Tesla is not a shell company. It's activities are widely reported and closely watched, and it is headquartered in a jurisdiction which sanctions Russians.
Why specifically buy Tesla ?
The oligarchs money which isn't frozen is denominated in Roubles which are worthless outside Russia, in Yuan which can buy some useful stuff from China, or in Indian Rupees which would only be useful to buy stuff from India in the unlikely event that India had something a Russian oligarch wanted.
December 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The oligarchs money which isn't frozen is denominated in Roubles which are worthless outside Russia, in Yuan which can buy some useful stuff from China, or in Indian Rupees which would only be useful to buy stuff from India in the unlikely event that India had something a Russian oligarch wanted.
Russia has an expensive war to fight which it already lost in 2022, and it's EU and US assets are frozen.
Pump and dump more likely.
Pump and dump more likely.
December 4, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Russia has an expensive war to fight which it already lost in 2022, and it's EU and US assets are frozen.
Pump and dump more likely.
Pump and dump more likely.
Personally I'd prefer to have ownership of Fitbit's or Apple's or Garmin's health and fitness data.
My chances of being killed or injured in an auto accident which AI self-driving might have averted are much lower than the chances of my lifestyle killing me.
My chances of being killed or injured in an auto accident which AI self-driving might have averted are much lower than the chances of my lifestyle killing me.
December 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Personally I'd prefer to have ownership of Fitbit's or Apple's or Garmin's health and fitness data.
My chances of being killed or injured in an auto accident which AI self-driving might have averted are much lower than the chances of my lifestyle killing me.
My chances of being killed or injured in an auto accident which AI self-driving might have averted are much lower than the chances of my lifestyle killing me.
Especially the two Nazi salutes. He was already obnoxious but that was the last straw.
I have no idea why Tesla shares are so overvalued. I'm not in the market for a car, but Tesla also does batteries for solar installations, which I have been contemplating. I would never buy a Tesla product.
I have no idea why Tesla shares are so overvalued. I'm not in the market for a car, but Tesla also does batteries for solar installations, which I have been contemplating. I would never buy a Tesla product.
December 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Especially the two Nazi salutes. He was already obnoxious but that was the last straw.
I have no idea why Tesla shares are so overvalued. I'm not in the market for a car, but Tesla also does batteries for solar installations, which I have been contemplating. I would never buy a Tesla product.
I have no idea why Tesla shares are so overvalued. I'm not in the market for a car, but Tesla also does batteries for solar installations, which I have been contemplating. I would never buy a Tesla product.
Not the least bit concerned whether or not they speak English as their first language ?
If a third of Glasgow school kids speak English fluently as a second language and speak two or more languages fluently, then they are way ahead of the other two thirds of their classmates.
If a third of Glasgow school kids speak English fluently as a second language and speak two or more languages fluently, then they are way ahead of the other two thirds of their classmates.
December 4, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Not the least bit concerned whether or not they speak English as their first language ?
If a third of Glasgow school kids speak English fluently as a second language and speak two or more languages fluently, then they are way ahead of the other two thirds of their classmates.
If a third of Glasgow school kids speak English fluently as a second language and speak two or more languages fluently, then they are way ahead of the other two thirds of their classmates.
The DoJ has until December 19, 2025 to release them under the provisions of an act passed by the House and Senate with just one vote against.
So the question is not will the files be released ?
They will.
The question is will some of them be withheld or so heavily redacted they are unreadable ?
So the question is not will the files be released ?
They will.
The question is will some of them be withheld or so heavily redacted they are unreadable ?
December 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The DoJ has until December 19, 2025 to release them under the provisions of an act passed by the House and Senate with just one vote against.
So the question is not will the files be released ?
They will.
The question is will some of them be withheld or so heavily redacted they are unreadable ?
So the question is not will the files be released ?
They will.
The question is will some of them be withheld or so heavily redacted they are unreadable ?
Sinn Féin venerates and memorialises torturers, murderers, knee-cappers of teenagers, bombers of town centre shoppers and those who burned other shoppers alive.
They can ooh-aah up their arse.
I'll take no lessons whatever from Sinn Féin about which Irish people are to be honoured with a park name.
They can ooh-aah up their arse.
I'll take no lessons whatever from Sinn Féin about which Irish people are to be honoured with a park name.
December 2, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Sinn Féin venerates and memorialises torturers, murderers, knee-cappers of teenagers, bombers of town centre shoppers and those who burned other shoppers alive.
They can ooh-aah up their arse.
I'll take no lessons whatever from Sinn Féin about which Irish people are to be honoured with a park name.
They can ooh-aah up their arse.
I'll take no lessons whatever from Sinn Féin about which Irish people are to be honoured with a park name.
I would never have been a Fine Gael supporter, or given them a first preference. But when I lived in Ireland, I almost always first preferenced Labour in Dáil elections knowing that they would likely be in coalition with Fine Gael.
I would now seek to avoid Simon Harris as a possible Taoiseach.
I would now seek to avoid Simon Harris as a possible Taoiseach.
December 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I would never have been a Fine Gael supporter, or given them a first preference. But when I lived in Ireland, I almost always first preferenced Labour in Dáil elections knowing that they would likely be in coalition with Fine Gael.
I would now seek to avoid Simon Harris as a possible Taoiseach.
I would now seek to avoid Simon Harris as a possible Taoiseach.
As an Irishman living in Malta I often meet Maltese who are studying or have studied in Ireland, or Irish people studying in Malta, especially medicine and engineering.
This is since the UK leaving Erasmus took that English language opportunity away.
It is a wonderful link which I expect will grow.
This is since the UK leaving Erasmus took that English language opportunity away.
It is a wonderful link which I expect will grow.
December 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
As an Irishman living in Malta I often meet Maltese who are studying or have studied in Ireland, or Irish people studying in Malta, especially medicine and engineering.
This is since the UK leaving Erasmus took that English language opportunity away.
It is a wonderful link which I expect will grow.
This is since the UK leaving Erasmus took that English language opportunity away.
It is a wonderful link which I expect will grow.
It says something, given China's terrible human rights record, that people loathe Musk more than China.
Musk's two Nazi salutes are the clincher for me. I absolutely despise the man, and any brand associated with him.
Musk's two Nazi salutes are the clincher for me. I absolutely despise the man, and any brand associated with him.
December 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
It says something, given China's terrible human rights record, that people loathe Musk more than China.
Musk's two Nazi salutes are the clincher for me. I absolutely despise the man, and any brand associated with him.
Musk's two Nazi salutes are the clincher for me. I absolutely despise the man, and any brand associated with him.
I think you may be confusing Paul Givan ( current Minister of Education in Northern Ireland ) with Paul Girvan former DUP MP for South Antrim.
December 2, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I think you may be confusing Paul Givan ( current Minister of Education in Northern Ireland ) with Paul Girvan former DUP MP for South Antrim.
Not just Canadians.
My wife's family used to be reasonably frequent visitors to Vegas from the UK and Ireland.
There was already the problem of getting adequate medical travel insurance coverage. Now there are stories of foreign tourists being charged, imprisoned, or deported out of political spite.
My wife's family used to be reasonably frequent visitors to Vegas from the UK and Ireland.
There was already the problem of getting adequate medical travel insurance coverage. Now there are stories of foreign tourists being charged, imprisoned, or deported out of political spite.
December 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Not just Canadians.
My wife's family used to be reasonably frequent visitors to Vegas from the UK and Ireland.
There was already the problem of getting adequate medical travel insurance coverage. Now there are stories of foreign tourists being charged, imprisoned, or deported out of political spite.
My wife's family used to be reasonably frequent visitors to Vegas from the UK and Ireland.
There was already the problem of getting adequate medical travel insurance coverage. Now there are stories of foreign tourists being charged, imprisoned, or deported out of political spite.
Both countries are also in the Euro, which has gained against the dollar, and the stocks quoted on their exchanges, denominated in euro, have also risen versus U.S.
Also Eurozone banks have low interest rates at the moment, so investors seeking better returns are more likely to invest in equities.
Also Eurozone banks have low interest rates at the moment, so investors seeking better returns are more likely to invest in equities.
December 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Both countries are also in the Euro, which has gained against the dollar, and the stocks quoted on their exchanges, denominated in euro, have also risen versus U.S.
Also Eurozone banks have low interest rates at the moment, so investors seeking better returns are more likely to invest in equities.
Also Eurozone banks have low interest rates at the moment, so investors seeking better returns are more likely to invest in equities.
Spain: energy. Because it invested so much in renewables and is far from Russia, Spain was not dependent on Russian gas.
Ireland: blockbuster pharmaceuticals but indirectly. Pharma employees spending earnings and share options on local services and goods (home mortgages, Ryanair flights etc...).
Ireland: blockbuster pharmaceuticals but indirectly. Pharma employees spending earnings and share options on local services and goods (home mortgages, Ryanair flights etc...).
December 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Spain: energy. Because it invested so much in renewables and is far from Russia, Spain was not dependent on Russian gas.
Ireland: blockbuster pharmaceuticals but indirectly. Pharma employees spending earnings and share options on local services and goods (home mortgages, Ryanair flights etc...).
Ireland: blockbuster pharmaceuticals but indirectly. Pharma employees spending earnings and share options on local services and goods (home mortgages, Ryanair flights etc...).
This week we learned from the U.S. that a 2nd strike was ordered on defenceless people clinging to boat wreckage.
Murders must be prosecuted, even if they happened in Northern Ireland, and whether or not those suspected are ex-military and live in Cornwall, or are ex-terrorists and live in Belfast.
Murders must be prosecuted, even if they happened in Northern Ireland, and whether or not those suspected are ex-military and live in Cornwall, or are ex-terrorists and live in Belfast.
December 1, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This week we learned from the U.S. that a 2nd strike was ordered on defenceless people clinging to boat wreckage.
Murders must be prosecuted, even if they happened in Northern Ireland, and whether or not those suspected are ex-military and live in Cornwall, or are ex-terrorists and live in Belfast.
Murders must be prosecuted, even if they happened in Northern Ireland, and whether or not those suspected are ex-military and live in Cornwall, or are ex-terrorists and live in Belfast.