jmcveigh

'It's all the Brits fault'

When a giant actor like Michael Douglas speaks, the entire media landscape trembles. He’s not the kind of actor who posts a story and deletes it an hour later. He doesn’t write vague tweets that can be interpreted in every direction. Michael Douglas stood in front of cameras and stated plainly: the world has completely lost its moral compass. Israel, he said, is on the front line of the struggle. Not a struggle over territory. Not a struggle for power. A struggle over the values of the entire Western world—democracy, freedom, human rights. All the things people love to talk about on Twitter but aren’t willing to fight for. He outright rejected, without hesitation, any attempt to compare the IDF to extremist terrorist organizations. Such a comparison, he said, is an insult to reality. One side fires rockets at civilians and hides behind children. The other side calls civilians before a strike and tells them to leave. Comparing the two isn’t criticism—it’s moral blindness. And then he said the sentence that summed it all up: a democracy must defend itself with force. Not with posts. Not with statements. With force. Michael Douglas is not just an actor. He is a proud Jew who isn’t ashamed, doesn’t apologize, and doesn’t bow his head. While all of Hollywood stays silent out of fear, he stands tall.

IRA unit with high calibre anti-aircraft guns in an armoured truck setting out to take down a British army helicopter. 1992, South Armagh.

The Northern Ireland housing market is absolutely bleak. Our house has been listed for sale for a month and we have only had one viewing. 3 bedrooms, fully renovated over the last two years, right by the coast, for under £230,000. Anyone want it?

Casement’s international standing is well beyond that of Carson or Craig. Markievicz as the first female MP also sets her apart. It’d be easy to ridicule Carson & Craig but they represent the British/Unionist tradition. Reciprocation is required to advance reconciliation.