That documentary "Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond", about the making of the Andy Kaufman biopic, is truly outstanding.
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When the Citizen's Assembly came back with these recommendations I thought 'hold on, that's too far'. When it was confirmed as the draft legislation I wondered about it too. Part of me always thought the Repeal campaign was too single speed aswell. Turns out I was completely wrong, and I'm delighted for that to be the case. This is a triumph of inclusive open democracy; of the grassroots meeting the official structures in the middle and everyone getting on the same page. It's utterly glorious!
A few points coming off the end winning margin won't matter one bit."Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally." - John Maynard Keynes
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Originally posted by Elshambles View PostNo celebration imo, carry on as if it was expected, no need to rub the act of abortion in anyone's faceI hold silver in tit for tat, and I love you for that
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Originally posted by LuckyLloyd View PostWhen the Citizen's Assembly came back with these recommendations I thought 'hold on, that's too far'. When it was confirmed as the draft legislation I wondered about it too. Part of me always thought the Repeal campaign was too single speed aswell. Turns out I was completely wrong, and I'm delighted for that to be the case. This is a triumph of inclusive open democracy; of the grassroots meeting the official structures in the middle and everyone getting on the same page. It's utterly glorious!
A few points coming off the end winning margin won't matter one bit.
The history books will judge him kindly."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostAll faciltated by Enda Kenny.
The history books will judge him kindly.You are technically correct...the best kind of correct
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Imo the big success of the yes campaign was getting out those personal human stories. They definitely swayed my vote to yes despite my reservations on the proposed legislation. Many many more like me I reckon.
Keeping the human story out there and keeping the more militant in their group in the background was critical. Especially when the No side appeared to be almost entirely militant
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostAll faciltated by Enda Kenny.
The history books will judge him kindly.Originally posted by Kayroo View PostIn the future people will look back at Kenny’s constitutional convention as something special in Irish history.
Most successful government in the history of the state I'm.Turning millions into thousands
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Originally posted by shano1888 View PostThat is some margin. Seems all the people who were "scared to admit they were no" were actually the opposite.
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Originally posted by Keane View PostIt's the Nate Silver special - whenever the conventional wisdom says that the polls are out of line the polls will prove to be out of line in the opposite direction to what the conventional wisdom expects.
Here's a good article on Liverpool's successes in transfer market among other things https://fivethirtyeight.com/features...tial-champion/
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Originally posted by luckforsome View Post...Bit of a curiosity...So today when they announce the results, they'll also have a full breakdown of M/F and of % of different ages...How do they figure this out, as in how do they know that my vote was made by a Male in his 30's etc...
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View PostGuiding us from being within weeks of having to choose between closing schools or hospitals to full employment was quite the achievement too.
Most successful government in the history of the state I'm."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by luckforsome View Post...Bit of a curiosity...So today when they announce the results, they'll also have a full breakdown of M/F and of % of different ages...How do they figure this out, as in how do they know that my vote was made by a Male in his 30's etc...Is that how you crash a wedding? yes it is, Bionic Barry, yes it is.
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Brexit and Trump fucked with a lot of minds. I expected it to be about 56% in the end despite a general higher figure from canvbasses etc.
There are going to be a LOT of political commentators and journalists eating crow over the next few days, or at least having it served to them by the women who had been told to ask for less and that they were campaigning wrong.Is that how you crash a wedding? yes it is, Bionic Barry, yes it is.
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostAll faciltated by Enda Kenny.
The history books will judge him kindly.
If we want to talk about history though, I think we should be talking about the likes of Mary Robinson who was leading a campaign on this and other social issues in the completely different context of an overwhelming catholic conservative judgemental majority. It was honestly very easy to walk around Dublin the last few weeks with a Yes badge or T shirt on, we were everywhere. Can only imagine what it would be like to fight this thing with tutting around every corner."Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally." - John Maynard Keynes
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Originally posted by LuckyLloyd View PostThey might in the end.
If we want to talk about history though, I think we should be talking about the likes of Mary Robinson who was leading a campaign on this and other social issues in the completely different context of an overwhelming catholic conservative judgemental majority. It was honestly very easy to walk around Dublin the last few weeks with a Yes badge or T shirt on, we were everywhere. Can only imagine what it would be like to fight this thing with tutting around every corner.
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Originally posted by Zod View PostBrexit and Trump fucked with a lot of minds. I expected it to be about 56% in the end despite a general higher figure from canvbasses etc.
There are going to be a LOT of political commentators and journalists eating crow over the next few days, or at least having it served to them by the women who had been told to ask for less and that they were campaigning wrong.
However... if true...
1. The horrible stories on the edges that would have been an easy fix made soft no's feel weird/guilty of a no
2.The Irish are fairly pragmatic all in all, dumb fuck pragmatic but pragmatic... sur if there going abroad for it anyway, they might as well have it here... what did the UN say, sur, ya know they might have a point, the UN cunts
3. The No cunts far outweighed the yes cunts... plus there posters were an abomination to anyone other than the mental zombie jew cultists
All other moves to get rid of the churches power will be easier from here on!
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Originally posted by Keane View PostKerry close to 60% with Listowel, Killarney and Tralee boxes yet to be opened, which is nice to see. Looks like Roscommon/Leitrim areas that got lampooned for voting no the last time are going to vote yes as well.
This is so comprehensive.
They are a fairly backward lot in general, but not that bad
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Originally posted by Hectorjelly View PostI'm proud to be Irish today. Also looking forward to Jacks analysis of the vote.
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Originally posted by CourierCollie View PostWish Katie Ascough would fuck right off."Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally." - John Maynard Keynes
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Originally posted by Keane View PostKerry close to 60% with Listowel, Killarney and Tralee boxes yet to be opened, which is nice to see. Looks like Roscommon/Leitrim areas that got lampooned for voting no the last time are going to vote yes as well.
This is so comprehensive.
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Originally posted by Ed View PostSo much voter fraud lads, obvious!Is that how you crash a wedding? yes it is, Bionic Barry, yes it is.
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Originally posted by dobby View PostFirst 33 boxes in Killarney show 57/43. That's pretty good imo. Especially as there was such a push for no over the last week or so. And a lot of it from people in the 28-35 age bracket. Some people I was very surprised surprised about being so vocally noIs that how you crash a wedding? yes it is, Bionic Barry, yes it is.
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Jesus... looks like I got out of the UK at the right time
Home Office tells Inga Lockington, who moved from Denmark in 1979, it ‘cannot be satisfied’ she is permanently resident
A former mayor of Ipswich, who has lived in the UK since 1979, has been denied UK citizenship.
Inga Lockington, who has been a Liberal Democrat councillor for 19 years and served as mayor in 2007, moved to the UK from Denmark in 1979, when she married her British husband, Tim.
She was given indefinite leave to remain, which was stamped in her passport at the time.
Following the EU referendum, Lockington decided to apply for UK citizenship, a decision that was also influenced by changes to Danish law that meant she wouldn’t lose her Danish citizenship if she became a naturalised Briton.
The Home Office rejected her application, which cost her £1,282, at the end of January on the basis it “cannot be satisfied” that she was permanently a resident in the UK.
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Originally posted by Wombatman View PostDavid Drumm trial, on charges of conspiracy to defraud and false accounting, closing speeches yesterday. Jury deliberations begin on Monday.
Would have been all the talk 10 years ago."Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally." - John Maynard Keynes
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Originally posted by eamonhonda View PostAs many over 65s voted yes as under 25s according to a tweet from Fintan O Toole, class if trueLast edited by The Situation; 26-05-18, 11:41.Profit before people.
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Originally posted by LuckyLloyd View PostThey might in the end.
If we want to talk about history though, I think we should be talking about the likes of Mary Robinson who was leading a campaign on this and other social issues in the completely different context of an overwhelming catholic conservative judgemental majority. It was honestly very easy to walk around Dublin the last few weeks with a Yes badge or T shirt on, we were everywhere. Can only imagine what it would be like to fight this thing with tutting around every corner.
There's a long list of people who made this work. For me (on the political side) chief among them, are Judge Mary Laffoy, Enda Kenny, Catherine Noone, Simon Harris, Claire Daly, Roisin Shortall, Colm O'Gorman and Leo Varadkar who frankly timed his input perfectly.
Of everyone I think Simon Harris emerges with the most credit. I was incredibly impressed by him.You are technically correct...the best kind of correct
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostCertainly up there. The very first government sneaks it for me.You are technically correct...the best kind of correct
World Record Holder for Long Distance Soul Reads: May 7th 2011
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View PostYoung people of Ireland, I love you.
Do you use a condom?
No, my wife Eileen doesn't like the smell of burning rubber!!!
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Originally posted by CourierCollie View PostVery professional looking new video from this folksy singer Emmett posted years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTFbo8MC4Eo
Originally posted by Opr View PostAnyone watching The Handmaid's Tale? Dystopian alt-future drama based on a book of the same name. It has been unrelenting grim this season. It certainly won't be everyone's cup of tea but I have been enjoying it.
S2EP6:SPOILERI was beginning to think we would never see a proper resistance and each episode would beat me down with new and unusual ways to continue ramping up the grimness. You really feel like you have struggled with the Handmaids just as a viewer to get this point in the new season so that was a proper fuck yeah moment at the end of this episode: tren:
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Originally posted by luckforsome View Post...Bought two tickets to Kodaline this morning...It's kinda funny that Ed Sheeran in 2014 was my first ever music concert so had no idea what to expect, and this will be around my 15th since...
Originally posted by Denny Crane View Postcultural appropriation is a load of bollix.
Culture = Cultural Appropriation. No cultures that have ever interacted with another has not changed. Culture has never been, and probably will never be static.
Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostBig win for Leo. All the mo with the progressives and FF look majorly out of touch.
Originally posted by CourierCollie View PostAnyone else think he was looking very sexy with his bit of stubble yesterday?
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Final Dublin results pretty emphatic.
Dublin Fingal: 76.8% Y; 23.2% N.
Dublin Mid West: 73% Y; 27% N.
Dun Laoghaire: 77% Y; 23% N.
Dublin Bay South: 78% Y; 22% N.
Dublin West: 73.6% Y; 26.4% N.
Dublin Bay North: 74.5% Y; 25.5% N.
Dublin South Central: 74.7% Y; 25.3% N.
Dublin Central: 75% Y; 24% N.Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
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Originally posted by Kayroo View PostAs a history nerd discussion this would be fascinating. Maybe not for today but I think this government still has time to surpass the first.
The previous government's achievements are of an order of magnitude greater though imo. People forget how close we came to being a colder version of Argentina."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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I do enjoy reading the pool forum on boards from time to time as can be funny sometimes and came across this gem of a post just now.
"I remember once watching a porno where the lad was giving it hammer and thongs to a lass from behind, when unexpectedly, he announced in a thick German accent, "Das is da Champions League!".
That's what I keep thinking of this morning."
No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity, but I know none, therefore am no beast.
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Originally posted by GimmeabreakI'm going to Skellig Michael on Monday, gonna hit for KY tomorrow, any suggestions of somewhere to stay tomorrow evening that isn't Killarney. Somewhere quaint where I might get a few drinks and a local session or something like that would be ideal. I am tight on time tomorrow but if there was somewhere cool to stop en route id consider it so am open to suggestions?
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