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@hollywoodscifi Shatner about to get a paddling.

This probably wins an award as the most pathetic AI photo we've ever seen.

@litteralyme0 The Greatest American Hero suit would be more useful.

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Ireland’s streets are blighted by an explosion of barbers, vape shops and phone kiosks. These eerily identical "businesses" are often empty. How can you justify five barbers or vape shops on a street or in a small town with no footfall? The Gardaí, county councils, and local chambers of commerce know many are fronts for money laundering, drug trafficking, sex work and organised crime. Gangs are turning struggling streets into conduits for their dirty cash. A Stoneybatter takeaway was among several locations raided by more than 100 Gardaí across Dublin, Kildare, and Meath in May 2025, as part of a crackdown on an organised crime group suspected of involvement in prostitution and money laundering. The operation was led by detectives from the Bridewell Garda station and supported by the Dublin Crime Response Team, the Garda National Protective Services Bureau, the National Economic Crime Bureau, the Emergency Response Unit, and the Armed Support Unit. When real businesses folded during lockdown, their presmises were snapped up by vulture funds or crime gangs laundering their illicit profits into bargain real estate. These shops are cheap to run, lightly regulated, and cash-heavy, so perfect for laundering. Talbot Street alone hosts over six phone shops and four barbers opened in the past two years. Council officials call them "ghost businesses." Vape shops add another layer, selling counterfeit or untaxed liquids. An Irish Independent report revealed several under surveillance for laundering drug profits. Phone repair outlets are ideal too, handling frequent high-value cash transactions. An RTÉ probe found many CBD shops in Cork and Dublin selling illegal THC products. Obviously many shops are genuinely owned by hardworking people, filling real gaps where other work is scarce. But the sheer number, the crazy speed of opening, and murky ownership raise valid questions. The Criminal Assets Bureau warns these fronts also enable "ghost employment", unpaid or off-the-books staff, sometimes trafficked or undocumented. A disproportionately large amount of these criminal operations are run by foreign criminals. In some barbers, Eastern European or African trafficked workers have been found living in squalid backrooms and exploited under gang control. These spots double as stash houses for drugs, weapons, or burner phones. And its getting worse, the problem being compounded in some areas of the country by a reluctance of county councils and law enforcement to pursue certain criminals incase they are accused of discrimination. But CAB and the Revenue have highlighted the telltale patterns blighting our communities. Low tax returns, inflated rents, and mystery investors. In 2017, just 53 money-laundering offences were recorded in the Republic's official crime data. That increased to 996 offences in 2024, before surging to 2,768 in 2025. Operation Skein has continued to grow. Gardaí have identified 1,600 people linked to the Black Axe international fraud and money laundering gang, including 100 members responsible for directing its operations. Though the confirmed amount stolen and laundered in Ireland has now reached almost €100 million, Gardaí believe the true figure is considerably higher. Garda believe the scale of Black Axe activity in Ireland means its profits rival, or even surpass, those generated by the domestic drugs trade. The most recent round of Operation Skein raids, carried out in February 2026, hit locations across Dublin, Sligo, Galway, Limerick, Kilkenny, Kildare, and Meath. The uncomfortable truth? Both local and foreign crime networks exploit Ireland's weak oversight, cash economy, and political indifference. They're tightening their grip on our dying towns. Previous generations wouldn't have tolerated this takeover without a fight. Get on to your local TDs and ask them what they going to do about it? Sources for all the above in comments! Support the Dublin Time Machine ko-fi.com/buchanandublin…

@TheROUSes @BestMovieMom Sue Ellen Glands? Suki Mycock?

@BestMovieMom The name they gave Gwyneth Paltrow made no sense. Her name should have been Anita Cocke or something like that.

The opening of Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) cost Mike Myers nothing in star salaries: Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Steven Spielberg himself all worked for free as a personal favor.

@Aeolus_Priv @deebosmall @ashstabbath How can I when you've already eaten all of them?

@WarrenDuff7 @deebosmall @ashstabbath PLEASURE PRINCIPLE IS BETTER THAT THE ENTIRE BOWIE DISCOGRAPHY EAT DICKS!

@ashstabbath The one man David Bowie feared most, was an autistic guy who made better music than him

The woman in this video is Caitriona Graham an Irish citizen. Kidnapped in international waters, abused, beaten, put in stress position by Israel. A rogue state that Ireland sent €20m in dual use tech to in 2024 alone. @MichealMartinTD grow a spine.

@lennoncest It's not a neck beard it's a handlebars moustache innit?

i never realised george had a neck beard ew ew Ew chud stop

@souljagoyteller He washed his hands so... at least he was hygienic.

Why is it that Pontius Pilate is not more of a villain in Christian history? When reading the New Testament for the first time, I was shocked to see that Pilate is depicted more as doing his Roman duty and not as a satanic force

@lorxell Why do you want the villain to win?

Is there any show where the villain actually won? I’m tired of villains losing to the plot.

@PaulRudnickNY [Shakes fist at heavens] "FLU SHOTTTTT!"

RFK Jr claims a flu shot damaged his vocal cords, a side effect which has never happened to anyone else. The flu shot also caused him to cheat on his wife, shoot heroin, drink heavily and make this face:

"Run, run, run, as fast as you can. You can't catch me. I'm the gingerbread man." Shrek, scene 5

You’re right. OPPENHEIMER, a three hour film, made nearly a billion dollars because no one enjoyed it a second time.

Dev if he slayed

@thatstarwarsgrl You are living in your own clown world. Have fun.

You know we’re living in a clown world when the actress playing Helen of Troy is the least attractive woman in the movie

Ayatollah Connolly has declared war on the West!

@DiscussingFilm Based on the Internet, Henry Cavill will be taking over. Good news for s2 of Taboo?

Tom Hardy has been fired from ‘MOBLAND’ and won't return for Season 3. He allegedly clashed with producers after being consistently late to set and attempting to give notes & change dialogue on the series. (Source: puck.news/newsletter_con…)

@GreeceReich @TheChrisLambert @elonmusk We had an illustrated Bible in school that depicted him like that. Back then I only wondered why his hair wasn't brown.

@TheChrisLambert @elonmusk Actually this is what Jesus looked like, like it or not

What Jesus looked like vs the actor playing him @elonmusk what should we do about this???????

@pureMetatron You're embarrassing yourself about it.

You're not angry enough about the Odyssey.

@oldsoulktp77 @TheMiddleborne Ok buddy, you'll be ok.

@WarrenDuff7 @TheMiddleborne Yeah it is shocking, that is exactly what you just did 🤣 You are really not self aware at all are you? I knew there was a difference the whole time, the person that referenced the source material and then posted a pic of Matt Damon clearly doesn't know the difference though.

Odysseus spends like 80% of The Odyssey crying. He’s a trickster, a clever-dare I say “needy”-guy who is also a mans man. Who weeps. A lot. He’s not Conan