
Don Lavery
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Don Lavery
@donlav
Journalist specialising in defence/ security affairs. 40+ years in Journalism. Former Irish Independent News Editor. NUJ member Pix: Winter Sun at Morriscastle



>Walking around Blarney Castle >An elderly Irish man comes up to talk about the history >We have a friendly conversation for a few minutes >He somehow gets off topic and begins talking about Donald Trump >My Dad interjects and mentions I voted for him (thanks Dad, just what I wanted, a political debate with a random foreigner while on vacation) >Irish Boomer goes into full meltdown mode >“You know he’s a rapist right? How could you vote for him?” These people are literal cattle. Every interaction I’ve had with retirement-aged Irish people has somehow resulted in them offering me their unsolicited political opinions about my country, and every single time it’s a level of shitlibery that rivals even the most ideologically indoctrinated resist lib Americans. You can just tell these people watch TV all day long and wait for someone else to tell them what to believe, at which point they accept it without question.




Good news: I've received my new Iraq visa. Bad news: All Turkey Airlines have cancelled flights to/from Iraq. One more night in Istanbul it is then. How to get to Baghdad.... 🧐







“I don’t want anything to do with Spain. They’re hopeless, bad people.” Trump's hatred is another reason to want Spain to win the World Cup. You never know, the lying sexual predator might refuse to hand over the trophy and keep it for himself. mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/w…




BREAKING 🚨 Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate have been arrested in Miami, Florida: reports
















