Dr. Timmy O’Toole
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Dr. Timmy O’Toole
@DeCynic
Once a boy that fell down a well. Went to college, now a doctor (the real kind). NYT Top 100,000 under 100.
Austin, TX Katılım Aralık 2012
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Does the US produce more oil than Russia and Saudi Arabia combined? Well, no. A lot of numbers being pushed into the public view confuse petroleum liquids - which include a lot of things other than crude oil - as US oil production numbers. But this is a false comparative. +
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@declanganley There would be far less income to tax without low corporation tax. Somebody has to pay and it has been a very successful strategy to date.
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The Irish government’s taxation of its own people is hard for people outside Ireland to comprehend. The international impression is that Ireland has low taxes. When you tell them the truth, that it’s the opposite for the Irish people, that we are one of the very highest taxed working populations in the world, they are shocked. The Irish government brazenly favours foreign companies over its own people. The owners of those foreign companies are never subject to income or capital gains taxes in Ireland, which is fine, but Irish people should come first. In Ireland it’s ’Irish last’.
Dan O'Brien@danobrien20
Ireland's personal taxation regime is the second worst among 38 peer countries according to the Tax Foundation. High marginal taxes (paid at very modest thresholds) have been in place since 2008. There has been almost no improvement over two decades despite having the resources to do so - a relentless rise in government expenditure has been prioritised year after year. A simple example illustrates how bad it is. The average electrician or plumber working for construction company will be on the top marginal rate, whereby the state takes more of every additional euro than the person gets to keep. If he/she wants to earn self employed income, the government will take more than the worker, and a tax return will have to be filed, involving time and/or accountancy fees. Is it any wonder finding tradespeople is hard?
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Spain was always a bit of a kip, but it was hot and cheap.
Now it's still a kip, too hot, and not cheap.
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I've been to a lot of European capitals, and sadly, this is true. I'm Irish.
Olaf King@scbbyrbbt
@arisroussinos Dublin is the ugliest capital city in Europe
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@RoyCurtis68 @joehas Don’t know him, but a class act sounds about right.
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Jason Sherlock, 1995's crown prince of Croker, turns 50 today.
Spent some time with him this week.
Introspective, emotionally intelligent.
Opens windows to private places in his psyche.
Remarkably honest and candid in talking about his fears and insecurities.
A class act.
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@HarleyShah This is Twitter bollocks. Stay strong, you are doing great work 👍
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I can't believe people say this and think it.
Israel waited until all displaced Palestinians had returned so they could continue their bombing and ensure as much Palestinian loss of bloodline possible
Daylin Leach@daylinleach
@txurini @HarleyShah It's Hamas who is violating the ceasefire. They promised to drop their weapons, instead, they are acquiring more and rebuilding their military to attack Israel some more, bringing even more suffering to the Palestinian people.
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@SeanDubIreland @CiaranCuffe Bollocks, Irish cattle spend 6-months locked in a shed shutting on themselves. The beef is cheaper largely because of scale and lower labour costs. Let the people choose.
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Have to wonder what changed Meloni’s mind. Closeness to Trump and Melei??
All for trade but not at the cost of quality.
Do you remember late 90s a company set up called 100% Irish Beef Limited.
Chippers up and down the country had signs saying 100% Irish Beef.
It wasn’t.
Can see those signs returning as struggling restaurants choose poor quality environmentally unfriendly beef that undercuts our friends, neighbours and family members who farm the world’s best beef.
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Today's Mercosur deal? A blow to European farmers and food standards: europeangreens.eu/news/european-…
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@dublin_damo Twitter is a sewer, but I log on occasionally for accounts like yours, it’s one of the best 👍
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@Heccles94 If you believe this platform is facilitating child porn, and you continue to use it, what does that make you?
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I don't think stopping child pornography and revenge porn style photos is censorship...
Sky News@SkyNews
Musk says backlash to AI chatbot deepfake images is 'excuse for censorship' Read more 🔗 trib.al/7p9x8px
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@MaiaDunphy Fair play Maia, good to mix it up! I purposely only log on occasionally but good to see you are fighting the good fight on the important matters too. Stay strong 🙌
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Tottenham Hotspur are lucky that other teams are worse than them in the Premier League. Otherwise they’d be heading for relegation. Culture is rotten, recruitment has been terrible for years, and Arsenal are probably going to win the title. Club needs to be sold. Happy New Year.
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@NiallStanage Keep up the great work Niall. Stay strong. Can’t be easy.
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The “nobody debates that” here is not getting the attention it should.
The nation is literally debating that. And the evidence of the wheels contradicts Vance.
His phrasing is demanding the media simply echo his view and silence any other.
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New Year’s Eve in Central Dublin. The city is such a kip.
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@jfoster2019 @YvetteCooperMP @FCDOGovUK Simple, the UK stands against war crimes, forced starvation, targeted killing of civilians, journalists, medics. The world will never forget.
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So why is it our responsibility 🇬🇧
You’ve already given approx £150 million of taxpayer’s £ to Gaza and the Palestinian Authority..
All totally corrupt ..
I asked three times for information on who will monitor the oversight process
Still waiting for a reply !
All in Hansard and all clipped on here in my video section..
Over to you for a reply !!
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The people of Gaza cannot wait. More than a million civilians are in need of shelter. Aid has increased but is still far below what’s needed. Alongside nine other countries, the UK has today issued a statement on the action required to end this winter humanitarian crisis.
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@EwanMacKenna @markhumphrys Stay strong against the mob, Ewan.
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Seemingly my issue with Israel was a single crime by a couple of lads. Let's call it hijinks. Boys will be boys. @markhumphrys
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"I support starving people, torturing them, raping them, murdering them, and stealing their homes. I make this clear at every turn. Yet people dislike me. Must be because of my religion which they didn't ask, and likely neither know nor care about."
The level we've now reached.
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@garrethmcdaid @NiallStanage Possibly the war crimes, enforced starvation, targeting of innocent civilians, children, doctors, journalists has some impact?
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@NiallStanage Irish people in general don't hate Israel, and very few of them have any experience of "occupation".
The perception arises because the political narrative in the country is controlled by a clique of student activists who are propped up by biased institutions and media outlets.
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Yes, why *would* Irish people identify with the Palestinians, who have suffered long military occupation and subjugation by a larger neighboring nation?
It’s an absolute mystery, to be sure.
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@Wexboy_Value I condemn Hamas. You don’t condemn the killing of innocent civilians, doctors, journalists. Can’t you see this is the problem. Disgusting.
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Trying to identify the right kind of Jew for all the ‘I hate Zionists, not Jews!!!’ people is NO different than trying to identify the right kind of Communism… 🙄
Dave Gibney@davegibney
Herzog park should be renamed Solomon Park to continue the celebration of Jewish influence on the city of Dublin while removing connections to Zionism. Estelle Solomon was a member of Cumann na mBan, a Republican, involved in War or Independence & provided a safe house
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@Wexboy_Value Whataboutery noted. Thank you for confirming your position.
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