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    Originally posted by Denny Crane View Post

    Boris? Why always Boris.
    Common Russian name. This one is a colleague of mine who emigrated to the US more than twenty years ago but still has a really thick Russian accent.

    You would like him, he is a massive Trump supporter who insists that voting for anyone else would represent socialism and as a former citizen of the USSR, he is well aware of the perils of socialism.
    "We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."

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      Originally posted by coillcam View Post

      The level of "anyone but FFG" followers is huge down here. It would no different anywhere else in the country these days. Mention labour or greens and they get lumped in for good measure. Kelly and Labour are still toxic to many since water charges and Eamon Ryan has zero credibility amongst many rural voters. I never noticed the anti-green sentiment as much until the last few months. FF missed their chance to "reinvent" themselves by letting MM keep the reigns for the last few years. Well re-brand at least. Meanwhile SF sat by, complained, did little else and ran a blisteringly effective social media campaign at the right time.
      You're Mullingar, right? 2 FF, 1 FG, 1 SF in Longford-Westmeath....

      "We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."

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        Does seem to be a recurring theme. I was reading the CEO's letter in IBKR's annual results. Thomas Peterffy, a 75yo guy from Hungary, finished the letter with something like

        "Some people like Trump, some people don't. But in November, voters have the choice between freedom and growth, or the tyranny of socialism and government interference"


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          Buttimer resigning too
          I hold silver in tit for tat, and I love you for that

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            Originally posted by Lazare View Post
            Buttimer resigning too
            Wonder do any of the SF pols who went to that IRA murderers mass funeral in Belfast now 'reflect on their position'?
            "We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."

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              Originally posted by coillcam View Post

              The level of "anyone but FFG" followers is huge down here. It would no different anywhere else in the country these days. Mention labour or greens and they get lumped in for good measure. Kelly and Labour are still toxic to many since water charges and Eamon Ryan has zero credibility amongst many rural voters. I never noticed the anti-green sentiment as much until the last few months. FF missed their chance to "reinvent" themselves by letting MM keep the reigns for the last few years. Well re-brand at least. Meanwhile SF sat by, complained, did little else and ran a blisteringly effective social media campaign at the right time.
              I'm not saying you're wrong, but I think that we're all incredibly prone to hearing these people more than there being an awful awful lot of them.

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                Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post

                Despite the empirical evidence?
                Yeah I thought they were mature and decent as the minority partner as such and that they would have improved since the last time. Oh boy was I wrong. It's like a "they haven't gone away you know" moment where the second they're back in power all the pricks from the glory days think all must be forgiven and we wanted them to revert to the Galway Tent.

                It's almost worth it to see Barry Cowen being run out of cabinet but this absolute implosion since they formed the government is becoming hard to watch. Martin necromancing this zombie corpse of a party into power by force of will for one last hurrah might end up being the greatest achievement in the history of the state.

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                  Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post

                  Wonder do any of the SF pols who went to that IRA murderers mass funeral in Belfast now 'reflect on their position'?
                  I mean it's a wee bit different, not that I'm defending them.

                  I have no time for FG and I think Leo played a lot of politics with the pandemic that just again proves politicians are the nut low scum, but they are the best we've got.
                  airport, lol

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                    The Moroccan Ambassador is a wonderfully random person to be at the shindig.

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                      Harry Maguire arrested for fighting outside a Mykonos bar, and, according to ESPN, hitting a police officer.
                      Today just keeps giving.

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                        Great short interview with someone who worked closely with Steve Jobs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd17gXiLWQg

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                          The vitriol on the airwaves is spectacular. This is bad. Rightfully so.

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                            Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post

                            You're Mullingar, right? 2 FF, 1 FG, 1 SF in Longford-Westmeath....
                            2016 GE results 1 FF (Mullingar), 1 FG (Mullingar,) 1 LB (Mullingar), 1 IND (Athlone - Boxer Moran, former FF). Note the lack of Longford rep as Bannon lost his seat from 2011.

                            In 2020 GE Boxer got shitcanned and the SF rep Sorcha Clarke topped the poll - she pissed it home. Same rep lost her council seat a few months beforehand , didn't have a hope of making the Dail and couldn't manage 500 votes in council elections.

                            Now it's 2 FF (Longford, Mullingar), 1 FG (Mullingar), 1SF (Mullingar). Longford block voted their local candidates (FF & FG) after having no rep in 2016 and Boxer "was let down by the people of Athlone" .

                            SF went from 4k -> 5k -> 11k first pref from last three GE. Labour went from 11k -> 5k -> 2k in same period. For me this is the big swing.

                            This constituency has always bee FF, FG, LB for as long as I can remember. I suppose it hasn't changed too much besides SF topping the poll. Tbf Emmet's point about those who shout loudest is spot on. For me I'll hear more from people in their 20s and 30s, many never voted previously. A lot of my peers went SF and Green. The grey vote likely didn't change much and aren't shouting their opinions on twitter etc. I'd loved to have had a poll on the votes by age brackets.

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                              Originally posted by ArmaniJeans View Post
                              The Moroccan Ambassador is a wonderfully random person to be at the shindig.
                              Ahem...... don't you mean His Excellency The Moroccan Ambassador.
                              Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. ~Eleanor Roosevelt

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                                  The preset tables for this shindig with 8 at a table means the organisers didn't give a fuck about the guidelines of last week never mind this week. Did I hear that Donie Cassidy was running it... LMAO @ that what a plonker. The sooner SF FF merge the better Donie on the Minister for Mayo would fit right in there.

                                  In a meeting all day that is saving me from listening to all the shinners fighting to get their outrage heard on the radio
                                  Turning millions into thousands

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                                    Originally posted by ArmaniJeans View Post
                                    Harry Maguire arrested for fighting outside a Mykonos bar, and, according to ESPN, hitting a police officer.
                                    Today just keeps giving.

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                                      It would be interesting to see if any of the people at the dinner were from Kildare, Laois or Offaly.

                                      I've heard a rumour of one but not sure if true.

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                                        Originally posted by Silver-Tiger View Post
                                        The vitriol on the airwaves is spectacular. This is bad. Rightfully so.
                                        A caller on Newstalk just gave it both barrels for a solid 5 minutes and she was pretty much spot on the whole time.

                                        It's either everyone or not.

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                                          Originally posted by ComradeCollie View Post

                                          Way to make Jess Brennan look like not so unusual a gobshite
                                          I'd never heard of her before, which I'm taking as a good thing

                                          When I went to see who she is, apparently she is a model/dancer/influencer/Has an Only Fans site

                                          Next...

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                                            Originally posted by Hectorjelly View Post

                                            The 1st comment on that made me LOL

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                                              Originally posted by Lao Lao View Post

                                              I'd never heard of her before, which I'm taking as a good thing

                                              When I went to see who she is, apparently she is a model/dancer/influencer/Has an Only Fans site

                                              Next...
                                              Just a full-time vacuous eejit. Probably has no regrets or apologies and is loving the attention. Must be mad for an average Joe to know that the next thing they put on their Instagram is going to make national news.

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                                                  Originally posted by Solksjaer! View Post
                                                  The Naughty List
                                                  Its in a fucking frame
                                                  Turning millions into thousands

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                                                    Originally posted by Strewelpeter View Post

                                                    Its in a fucking frame
                                                    Are they being framed ?

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                                                      Turning millions into thousands

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                                                        Originally posted by Lao Lao View Post
                                                        It would be interesting to see if any of the people at the dinner were from Kildare, Laois or Offaly.

                                                        I've heard a rumour of one but not sure if true.
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                                                          Originally posted by dobby View Post

                                                          Not the one I was thinking about. He'll probably get away with it as he doesn't answer to anybody in government unless somebody in the EU commission pulls him up on it.

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                                                            Sean O'Rourke was there? Jesus, he'd be tearing the rest of them apart if he was still working.

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                                                              Originally posted by Strewelpeter View Post
                                                              I don't listen to RTE that much (it's more aimed at your age demographic ) but surely RTE are making a huge error here giving the job to Claire Byrne over Sarah McInerney?


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                                                                Originally posted by Solksjaer! View Post
                                                                The Naughty List
                                                                Frank Fahey is on the list. Which means anyone stupid enough to be associated with him in this way should be sacked immediately.
                                                                "We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."

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                                                                  You vill, you vill, you vill.
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                                                                    Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post

                                                                    Frank Fahey is on the list. Which means anyone stupid enough to be associated with him in this way should be sacked immediately.
                                                                    I've sent this on to his solicitors . He doesnt take this kind of shit lightly.

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                                                                      Originally posted by Lao Lao View Post

                                                                      Not the one I was thinking about. He'll probably get away with it as he doesn't answer to anybody in government unless somebody in the EU commission pulls him up on it.
                                                                      A Brady?
                                                                      This may or may not be an original thought of my own.
                                                                      All efforts were made to make this thought original but with the abundance of thoughts in the world the originality of this thought cannot be guaranteed.
                                                                      The author is not liable for any issue arising from the platitudinous nature of this post.

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                                                                        How are the Spin Fein bots holding line on the FF'r having the gumption and integrity to resign While Mary Lou and Michelle were giving two fingers to everyone especially the innocent victims of Storey's campaign of mass murder during a more critical phase of lockdown?

                                                                        I guess they don 't do integrity and whatabouytery only works one way for them
                                                                        Turning millions into thousands

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                                                                          Originally posted by Lao Lao View Post

                                                                          I don't listen to RTE that much (it's more aimed at your age demographic ) but surely RTE are making a huge error here giving the job to Claire Byrne over Sarah McInerney?

                                                                          Feels like a mistake, they are both young enough and thats important but I suspect that Claire Byrne doesn't have the range of interests and intellectual curiosity that is necessary for that job. Hopefully I'm wrong and she'll do well, its probably the most important slot in RTE as a public service broadcaster.
                                                                          Turning millions into thousands

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                                                                            Doesn’t seem as if the pro brexit press in the uk have cottoned on to Phil Hogans involvement surely they’d make hay with it
                                                                            big Phil isn’t going to go without a fight anyway, blaming the hotel

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                                                                              Fucking LOL at that wan in the press briefing trying to shut down questions about the golf party. If they're going down the road of censorship it wont go well. People sick of their guff already.

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                                                                                NY times article: https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020...venezuela.html

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                                                                                        Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
                                                                                        If you were invited to an official event in a hotel wouldn't you just assume the organisers / hotel had confirmed it was allowed? Like if I'm let in a restaurant / cinema / event, I'm assuming that's because the business has checked I'm okay to go in there.
                                                                                        It's a golf party

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                                                                                          Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
                                                                                          Maybe you've got an extra responsibility as a minister, I don't know. I'd imagine a minister would just assume one of their many assistants has confirmed it is okay.
                                                                                          Surely everyone involved in government/position of power has been told to be extra vigilant that they do not do anything to undermine the restrictions. So they definitely should be asking questions about every event they are attending and then when they turn up and see the shit show that it was (splitting the room down the middle and more than 6 to a table) they should have the sense to know it is unacceptable and is going to get out so they should leave. If I walked into a bar/restaurant and it was a free for all I'd turn around and walk back out. Most sensible people would.

                                                                                          Idiocy and likely arrogance from the lot of them. A socially distant public caning would be too good for them. There are going to be people now that are (wrongly) going to flout the restrictions because of the attitude of 'if they can do it we can too'.
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                                                                                                Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post

                                                                                                Sure. I don't mind them going, never knew who they were in the first place, but I'd be moaning about the quality of help available these days on my way out the door. That seems like precisely the type of thing an aide should be checking, and they've surely loads of aides. I feel I would have assumed that someone else had checked it out in that position. Also the fact that it's in a hotel, surely you'd assume the hotel had checked it out.
                                                                                                Sure don't you love Big Phil
                                                                                                They still had the option of turning around and walking out the door after they arrived.

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                                                                                                  Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post

                                                                                                  Also the fact that it's in a hotel, surely you'd assume the hotel had checked it out.
                                                                                                  While it's fair enough to assume that, once you get there and see that they are doing their own thing you should just leave. If I walked into my local Aldi/Lidl/Tesco and it was clearly overcrowded and/or most people were not wearing masks, I'd turn around and go somewhere else. It's not quantum physics.

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                                                                                                    Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
                                                                                                    Maybe you've got an extra responsibility as a minister, I don't know. I'd imagine a minister would just assume one of their many assistants has confirmed it is okay.
                                                                                                    The Supreme Court judge that was there was formerly the AG who helped draw to the regulations.

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                                                                                                            Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post

                                                                                                            Big Phil is amazing and luckily is in no danger. He was travelling from Kilkenny, I'd imagine all arranged through his office with him not knowing anything really except for telling his secretary to accept the event. Maybe he felt pot-committed by the time he turned up at the door in Galway. Maybe he wasn't too familiar with Irish regulations and assumed the organisers / hotel wouldn't put on an event that was against the law. Or maybe he just didn't give a fuck.
                                                                                                            Wasn't too familiar with the restrictions but supposedly nipped out of Kildare two days before the restrictions where put in place. He knew, just didn't give a fuck.

                                                                                                            Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
                                                                                                            Ah, I don't want to act like I'm excusing them, even if that's the way it comes across. Ultimately its fully on the person. Let them all resign.

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                                                                                                                Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post

                                                                                                                You really think he hastily arranged a medical operation just to avoid a restriction he could easily avoid by claiming EU business?
                                                                                                                Operation? It was a medical appointment from what I read. Could be a simple check up or him going for the covid test he got.
                                                                                                                Medical operation makes it sound more serious, which if it was he wouldn't be rocking up to a golf society get together a few days later. He's just as much of a clown as the rest of them throwing out the cop out that he was told everything was above board. Walk out then once you see it was not above board.

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                                                                                                                  Whatever the rights and wrongs and they are all wrongs IMO it would be absolute madness to go after Hogan at this time. We have manoeuvred him into prime position to deal with Brexit and giving that up would be insane.
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                                                                                                                    Originally posted by Strewelpeter View Post
                                                                                                                    Whatever the rights and wrongs and they are all wrongs IMO it would be absolute madness to go after Hogan at this time. We have manoeuvred him into prime position to deal with Brexit and giving that up would be insane.
                                                                                                                    exactly the problem. he's a c!_!nt but he's our c!_!nt

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                                                                                                                      Originally posted by paul8200 View Post

                                                                                                                      exactly the problem. he's a c!_!nt but he's our c!_!nt
                                                                                                                      Not my cunt
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                                                                                                                        Turned 90 recently. Time for this again

                                                                                                                        Mícheál O Muircheartaigh 90 today Legend! Below is some of his great commentary over the years:

                                                                                                                        Seán Óg Ó hAilpín: his father’s from Fermanagh, his mother’s from Fiji. Neither a hurling stronghold.

                                                                                                                        …and Brian Dooher is down injured. And while he is, I’ll tell ye a little story: I was in Times Square in New York last week, and I was missing the Championship back home. So I approached a newsstand and I said, “I suppose ye wouldn’t have The Kerryman, would ye?” To which, the Egyptian behind the counter turned to me and he said, “Do you want the North Kerry edition, or the South Kerry edition?” He had both – so I bought both. And Dooher is back on his feet…

                                                                                                                        Anthony Lynch, the Cork corner-back, will be the last person to let you down – his people are undertakers.

                                                                                                                        Colin Corkery on the 45 lets go with the right boot. Its over the bar. This man shouldn’t be playing football. He’s made an almost Lazarus-like recovery from a heart condition. Lazarus was a great man but he couldn’t kick points like Colin Corkery.

                                                                                                                        The stopwatch has stopped. It’s up to God and the referee now. The referee is Pat Horan. God is God.

                                                                                                                        Teddy McCarthy to Mick McCarthy, no relation, Mick McCarthy back to Teddy McCarthy, still no relation.

                                                                                                                        I saw a few Sligo people at Mass in Gardiner Street this morning and the omens seem to be good for them. The priest was wearing the same colours as the Sligo jersey! 40 yards out on the Hogan Stand side of the field, Ciarán Whelan goes on a rampage… it’s a goal! So much for religion.

                                                                                                                        He grabs the sliothar, he’s on the 50! He’s on the 40! He’s on the 30… he’s on the ground!

                                                                                                                        Pat Fox out to the forty and grabs the sliothar. I bought a dog from his father last week. Fox turns and sprints for goal… the dog ran a great race last Tuesday in Limerick… Fox, to the 21, fires a shot – it goes to the left and wide… and the dog lost as well.

                                                                                                                        In the first half they played with the wind. In the second half they played with the ball.

                                                                                                                        1-5 to 0-8… well, from Lapland to the Antarctic, that’s level scores in any man’s language.

                                                                                                                        Pat Fox has it on his hurl and is motoring well now, but here comes Joe Rabbitte hot on his tail… I’ve seen it all now, a Rabbitte chasing a Fox around Croke Park!

                                                                                                                        Teddy looks at the ball, the ball looks at Teddy…

                                                                                                                        Mike Houlihan for Limerick. He had his jaw broken by a kick from a bullock two months ago. He’s back now. ‘Twas some bullock that broke Mike Houlihan’s jaw!

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                                                                                                                          Found Julia Louis Dreyfus' bit yesterday completely surreal.



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