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I Agree with every single word! Dr Barry O’Driscoll believes rugby’s concussion protocols not fit for purpose irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/in…

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I asked each and every one of you to search your soul and ask yourself, how many people illegally deported to a concentration camp are you willing to tolerate? I wrote: There’s a profound truth in the conclusion to the 1961 film Judgement At Nuremberg, when a Nazi judge, played by Burt Lancaster begs the US judge who headed his tribunal to believe him when he said, “Those people… those millions of people… I never knew it would come to that. You must believe it!” To which the US judge, in an iconic performance by Spencer Tracy, responds, “It came to that the first time you sentenced a man to death you knew to be innocent.” In reports by members of the American legal profession, who appear to be stricken with the belief that the rule of law still exists, they distinguish between people who are in America legally and those who are undocumented. They cite judges and Supreme Court rulings, and they appear to be suffering from a massive failure to read the already changed landscape. Trump is a criminal — a convicted felon, who is the celebrity addition to a cell of dictators. He is signaling the end of the rule of law, while also previewing coming attractions for “home-growns”. In his recent meeting with Nayib Bukele in the White House, Trump told the Salvadoran president that “home-growns are next” and that El Salvador would need to build “about five more places” to hold American citizens. This comment got laughter from the audience gathered to watch these bullies flaunt their cruelty. But in conversations I’m having with people who understand the rule of law, they still appear to be clinging to the belief that there’s some magical line between the lawful and the lawless and that only ‘criminals’ will face punishment. And that’s when I lose my mind. Dehumanization How many is enough? Is it okay in America to rip people from their homes, children from the streets, without due process, regardless of their status? Is it okay to send them into a black hole, only to offer photo ops for Trump cronies to look hard, as undernourished shirtless men are dehumanized in the background? The cruelty is the point, it’s always been the point. But does that mean Americans, too, must become cruel? How many people denied due process in America is enough to spark a revolt? One? A dozen? A thousand? Fifty thousand? Or will Americans become like Germans in the 1930s, just going about their day as their neighbors disappear and smoke stacks spew out ashes of human remains… Images of men in the prison camp known as Cecot look positively medieval, but dehumanization is the point. The photos are designed to strip the men of agency. They are no longer sons or fathers or husbands. We must see them as hardened criminals getting what they deserve, so the strongman leader is exalted for cleaning up crime. We know of at least one man who was wrongly expelled. Is one enough? Or do we need more to be convinced? As Viktor Lazlo, the resistance leader in the film Casablanca, said: “If we stop fighting our enemies, the world will die.” Do we understand that our enemies aren’t the poor, but the billionaires who are exploiting the poor for their own fascist ends? ‘America Is Now In Fascism’s Legal Phase’ Jason Stanley wrote an article entitled “America Is Now In Fascism’s Legal Phase”: “There comes a tipping point, where rhetoric becomes policy. Donald Trump and the party that is now in thrall to him have long been exploiting fascist propaganda. They are now inscribing it into fascist policy… We are now in fascism’s legal phase. “Defending a fictional glorious and virtuous national past, and presenting its enemies as deviously maligning the nation to its children, is a classic fascist strategy to stoke fury and resentment.” Yale professor Jason Stanley, the author of How Fascism Works, now lives and teaches in Canada. Read the room. Jason has. 8/

THANK YOU, AMERICA. MANY ARE CALLING ME MR. PRESIDENT ALREADY. SO HERE IS THE PLAN. ON DAY ONE AS POTUS I WILL MAKE IT ILLEGAL TO SHOW MELANIA'S MOVIE OR PLAY KID ROCK - GIVING OUR NEW GENERATION A CHANCE AT HAPPINESS. I WILL RIP DONALD TRUMP'S NAME OFF EVERY BALLROOM, BUILDING, HAT, AND ANAGRAMMED TOWEL. I WILL RENAME MAR-A-LAGO TO THE "GULF OF JIMMY KIMMEL" AND TURN IT INTO A SANCTUARY FOR OLD SHARKS AND USED WINDMILLS. FINALLY, I WILL REQUIRE FUTURE PRESIDENTS TO HAVE A POSITIVE IQ, NO EPSTEIN CONNECTION, AND THE ABILITY TO PRONOUNCE ACETAMINOPHEN. THEN I WILL GO TO SLEEP (NOT IN A MEETING) AND WAKE UP TO START DAY TWO AS AMERICA'S GAVINATOR. THANK YOU! 🇺🇸

As I said, all those who communicated with Trump while plotting to, and attacking Congress and our elections!

Here's your third chance, Senate Republicans. Consider your oaths. Think of our troops. Vote to end this illegal war before it takes any more lives. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Disgusting

Yet another of Epstein’s pals, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman – the one who ordered the assassination of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi back in 2018 – is pushing the Trump regime to continue US-Israeli aggression against Iran.

“Are you all cowards here sitting and being scared for your lives?” — college president Maria Kirsanova to students in Novosibirsk. Russia is recruiting directly from university classrooms because Ukraine kills faster than Russia can mobilize, — Moscow Times. 1/

@JPLindsley @IlvesToomas As an Irishman its fucking wrong, immoral and shameful

Why is dear 🇮🇪, a nation that knows all about the struggle for freedom against a neighbor that tried to erase language, culture, religion, identity, and life, helping Russia?

Lviv è più vicina a Trieste di quanto non lo sia Catania. Credere che l'Ucraina sia un pianeta lontano, che quello che accade lì ci riguardi fino ad un certo punto, non solo è illusorio: è stupido

@patsynotanumber @PaulCaptainpaul @McardleTrevor @stivevans I have it...Mason spotted earlier, "researching."

@PaulCaptainpaul @jjsalmo @McardleTrevor @stivevans You'll need to provide evidence!

Reform is a Scam Each and every day there appears another story to reinforce this view It’s all about money Whether it’s huge donations paid in petrodollars, Roubles or dodgy crypto currency - allowing them to hide the “donor” - it’s always murky Always against UK interests

@nealerichmond Neale, Auganish, its stain on the country that we are allowing aluminium exports to Russia.

Absolutely incredible… After days of hot air, Sinn Féin actually voted AGAINST excise cuts in the Dáil this evening. They were the only opppsition party to do this. They literally voted against measures to reduce the price at the pumps for motorists.

@jjsalmo Ya see: Ya just can’t help yourself, can you? Deeply engrained, from birth most likely inferiority complex; otherwise known as Dub Envy A condition afflicting about 80% of the population of Ireland; but a particularly virulent strain to be found in cork

The Trump crime family will make billions while sending ordinary Americans to fight an illegal war.

To the immortal memory of Colonel Arnaud Beltrame of the Gendarmerie nationale who died on this day eight years ago. He selflessly exchanged himself for a hostage, putting himself in the hands of a terrorist who had already murdered three people. It cost him his life.

TRUMP: "This war has been won" TRUMP MINUTES LATER: "People don't like me using the word 'war,' so I won't" ALSO TRUMP DURING SAME EVENT: "They call it a war. I call it a military operation"

Even if you've a peripheral interest in Ukraine, spoiler if European u should be fully bought in. Follow @CormacS63 he's a good pal with an indepth understanding of the war and Ukraine.

@jjsalmo A desperate, mentally declining, narcissistic, criminal, sociopath in charge of the most powerful army the world has ever known; what could possibly go wrong?

@CormacS63 Likely has Dublin antecendents 😆