@colm1798 @karldeeter I don't necessarily agree with everything Karl posts (especially these days) but he has been on here sine the financial crisis?
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A Dub in Tipp
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Irish Government have no sense of frugality or prudence. It never shrinks or gets efficient to the point of needing less people (the way every other operation on earth might). There will be no 'AI job loss' or gain most likely. It's just a growing fiscal tumour.
gript@griptmedia
Tánaiste Simon Harris has defended the fact that over half of motor fuel prices are pure Government tax, arguing that "we have to take in a certain amount of taxation to run the country": gript.ie/harris-defends…
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@karldeeter But the problem is, all the opposition, regardless of "Left" or "Right" don't want to seriously tackle this, but rather would prefer to redirect the spend to their favoured groups
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@CidySean @ABarbashin They - or at least the USSR, lost in Afghanistan - and didn't use Battle Field nukes?
If they use Battlefield nukes, and Ukraine says - so what, does that not make them look even more inconsequential?
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@adubintipp @ABarbashin If and I did say if Russia wa losing in Ukraine and was too scared to use battlefield nukes in Ukraine, no one would ever take the Kremlin or their ICBMs seriously again. The war is a way for Putin to demonstrate that Russia is a country of consequence, not to be taken lightly
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I’m not buying the argument that Russia is prepare to split NATO for some minor territorial gains in the Baltics. More of Ukraine, yes but going for bits of Estonia or Lithuania doesn’t make any sense.
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@BIforPeace @CidySean @ABarbashin Nuclear War with whom, Ukraine - by bombing their cities?
If that is realistic, what is stopping them doing that today?
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@adubintipp @CidySean @ABarbashin Or they would make a ceasefire to negotiate peace before the conflict would escalate to nuclear war.
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@CidySean @ABarbashin Wouldn't they still lose in that scenario, it isn't like the battle field has a large mass of troops and equipment in a confined location
..and then Poland and Germany get Nukes ASAP, and China has to pick a side
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@ABarbashin Russia's strength is nuclear weapons. Using battlefield nukes in Ukraine would make sense if Russia is about to lose.
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@JordiKennedy @JoeSmyth10 In fairness, the 1916 folks were prepared to take the risk they would be executed - this lot are moaning about getting a summons for dangerous driving - some Heroes they are.
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@JoeSmyth10 1916 Rising was illegal too. Water charge protests were illegal. Iranian protestors are illegal,
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It is illegal to protest in such a way that you impede the rights of other citizens. You can protest at the side of roads and other public spaces but the government over-indulged those who illegally blocked roads and critical facilities. Handing power to extremists is not good.
RoyK@roy_kinsella
Jennifer Horgan: “Angry men's blockades stopped my mother being with her dying brother-in-law last week. She was not the only vulnerable person whose needs were trampled on” irishexaminer.com/opinion/column…
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@fifitrixcbell @amonsterd @KevinPosobiec Are you telling us to "Do your own research" - you are a walking cliche
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@amonsterd @KevinPosobiec All the evidence is there FFS wake up and look around you.Hes not lying.All you have to do is go onto the UN website,its all there for you to read🤦🏻♀️ Replacement Migration.Its all organised&happening in every country
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GARDAI: Reports surfacing now that farmers are facing serious driver's license penalties & fines for peacefully protesting – pictured here are 8 for one farmer...
Without the means of working to make a living, it's not a far cry to see their big picture. Globalist replacement!
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@bennettste2 @KevinPosobiec Absolutely - they acted for a week like they were "the law" asking people for hospital letters etc.
They are now getting around to the "find out" portion of "Fuck around and find out"
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@KevinPosobiec I was caught behind a convoy on the M8 to cork motorway. Truck driver swerving into the hard shoulder to block cars from passing them in them on the inside and one truck drove in a coned of lane incase anyone tried to pass. That's dangerous driving.
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@PhMinnie1 @KevinPosobiec When you see 8 summons, it feels like we are only getting one side of the story here!
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@KevinPosobiec Surely there are some capable legal people who can make a proper challenge to this persecution of hard working men who only wanted to be heard by a corrupt, vile, traitorous government?
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@Toibin1 Its dissolved because he took to long to ensure the law was being enforced
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Jim O'Callaghan's leadership bid dissolved after threatening the army on the people of Ireland.
RTÉ News@rtenews
The Taoiseach has secured the backing of two Cabinet ministers, who had been mentioned as potential successors to him as Fianna Fáil leader rte.ie/news/politics/…
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@declanganley A fair few of them looked like they would be out of breath long before they "captured the hill" - they wouldn't make it to the top of a drumlin.
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There were women there too, but certainly there were a lot more men, all of them that work for a living, all of them alpha males, and at the #FuelProtest I visited in Galway Port, all of them peaceful and disciplined but who could capture any hill if that was the mission they set themselves to. These are the men of the stuff that built Irish legends, that won the battle of Fontenoy, that charged the heights at Fredericksburg, that held the line at Gettysburg, that fought to the last round at Jadotville, that built skyscrapers in New York, that built the canals and tunnels of Britain. Exactly the men Ireland would need at time of crisis and exactly why they turned out when the moment called for hit. Irish heroes all. They are this generation of ‘McAlpine’s Fusiliers’. The best.
Colette Colfer@ColetteColfer
I’ve read four opinion pieces from Irish newspapers this morning - scathing, mocking, or ‘furious’ about the fuel protests. The recurring theme is that the protestors were men… how dare the men… and Irish, therefore ‘far-right’ or ‘Paddy-MAGA lads’ as one fella called them. 🤔
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@Toibin1 Looking at the comments, it appears that Aontu have the "government is part of a satanic elite" vote sown up.
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The fuel protesters were ordinary people.
Yet we hear that many have been issued with summons and tickets.
These must be cancelled.
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@angiebeeb @Toibin1 Isn't this exactly what happens if you park illegally?
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@Toibin1 Thanks Peadar..
The vehicle registrations!
That’s a new low for them.
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So that’s the end of that little squib in Irish History! M50clear, OConnell st clear, Whitegate clear and Galway nearly clear. Well done to @GardaTraffic for their great work!!
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@Karlk26920389 @JohnWil01919961 @GardaTraffic The right wing posters on this platform can't seem to get away from sexual insults - I suspect in this case "every accusation is an admission"
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@JohnWil01919961 @GardaTraffic Little squib? There was widespread disruption and still is by these wonderful people out protesting , i think the little squib you refer to was possibly an insult you may have suffered in the bedroom department john
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@CapTweed @TheNotoriousMMA You kind of answered your own (implied) question - If Conor starts loudly championing a cause, that is a red flag to the "Irish celebrities and people of influence"
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Unfortunately Irish celebrities and people of influence were a no show for the farmers and hauliers.
No actors, musicians offered any moral support or did much to highlight the cause. Sad.
With the exception of @TheNotoriousMMA who always steps up and that should be noted.
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@KeithMillsD7 @23Finto In this case, it seems less about "Identity Politics" than about the long overhang from "Social Partnership" -which encouraged well organised groups in society (IFA, Unions, Public Sector) to feed from the trough, while the less organised tax payers had to keep the trough full.
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@23Finto As I've posted elsewhere, the concept of "the common good" seems to be dead. You can blame identity politics for that.
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It's hard to take anyone who uses the term "Soviet style price caps" seriously in the current landscape.
At least 4 EU countries as well as S.Korea, Thailand and Taiwan have introduced fuel price caps.
Others like Spain, Poland and Portugal have reduced excise duty or VAT.
David W. Higgins@higginsdavidw
Ireland is a democracy. If soviet price caps are the next step in our democratic debate, then let's have it. You will burn billions through a cap at pre-war prices. You may still burn billions if you cap them at today's prices, and oil notches higher toward $150-200 a barrel. Talks have ended without a deal between the US and Iran. The risk of even higher prices hasn't gone away. It becomes a policy you can't control the cost of. A promise you can't keep. You also prop up demand when the risk of global oil shortages hasn't gone away. It's the downing of a massive bottle of painkillers, which then hurts your ability to seek other cures. Our national pain threshold has plummeted to 2 out of 10. It doesn't bode well for what's ahead. Inflation is painful long road for policy. It feeds into higher prices for everything else. So you then need fiscal space for pensions, child benefit, disability benefit and public sector pay to keep pace. And much more. That's just to keep the state standing still. We haven't even thought about electricity and gas prices. They will also rise. Most households have fuel cars, but even more households have a utility bill to pay. Burn the money on a fuel price cap today, and what's left for other supports tomorrow? Some very poor people drive cars, but the poorest in our communities can't afford a car to begin with, and couldn't afford the fuel and other costs at pre-war prices. Putting all our fiscal eggs into one policy would be deeply unwise. I drive diesel, so I won't mind personally, but it isn't about any of us individually. It's about our whole community.
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@PatriotsOfEire @real_eire I don't know, from the looks of the Eddie Hobbs video this morning "Éire", is stumbling back in from the pub!
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@real_eire This is the only the beginning of the end for the gansters in the dail.
This country has been raided , raped and pillaged and bled dry by criminals calling themselves politicians for too long now.
Éire is rising up
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I’ve nothing but respect for the Irish people who protested for 5 days straight and those that supported them with food water ect.
Another section of Irish society found out that the government hates them just as much as the rest of us.
We seen the left, right, rural and city folks all come together as one. This is a massive step in the right direction.
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@paulfetton @bloodyshinners Are we sure he wasn't referring to his whiskey collection?
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@bloodyshinners The 14 yo in Cork is now 12. By this afternoon he'll be a toddler. 😂
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People in rural communities struggling to get diesel and petrol, lives disrupted but James the protest spokesperson is drunk, having a great time
Eddie Hobbs 1215@RealEddieHobbs
BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Fuel Protest spokesman responds to over 300 Gardai taking O’Connell Street by force around 3 AM and shutting off all street access.
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