Doubtless he’s got an impressive military record then.
What’s that?
Oh.
Still, a comfy armchair is an important piece of kit.
TenPin Terry
Yourself ?
No doubt Mam is proud of your Desmond in Keyboard Warfare 101 from the University of Used To Be A Farming College.
Framed on the wall next to your junior camogie medals.
Fearganainm
An ounce of semtex is worth a ton of theory.
As you should know.
TenPin Terry
How is the armed struggle going then Beret Boy – any closer to a united Ireland ?
Even the Wolfe Tones have run out of things to sing about.
Hehx3™
Fearganainm
I’d say that the only armed struggle you know anything about involved fending off overenthusiastic punters on the Old Main Drag.
TenPin Terry
Obviously I scoured the internet looking for an Irish military expert offering incisive insight into the Ukraine crisis…
’tis fairly bad when even the likes of Coveney manages to show up your poisonous Tory bint
bisted
…funny you should mention a united Ireland Terry…since brexit it is inevitable…except…who wants it…the free staters don’t…the Brits don’t care…but most of all, the people up north and surrounding counties don’t want it…at least, not yet…it’s payback time…have your cake and eat it time…a transitional deal like Hong Kong will do…about 30 years sounds right…please send that nice Mr Patten, he’s already done it and he fixed the RUC!
Haw Haw
scottser
We don’t mention charger’s ‘dishonourable discharge’, even the thought of cleaning up that sticky mess upsets his poor mummy greatly.
Gerry
Good article, interesting
Topsy
Excellent article.
stephen moran
The Russian invasion seems to be a complete omnishambles – there’s news coming for multiple sources that they’ve lost one of there top dogs – Gen. Maj. Vitaly Gerassimov, chief of staff of the 41 Army – a highly decorated veteran – and if you read the circumstances in this thread its sounds like a farcical metaphor for much of their stuck in the Ukrainian mud campaign.
Coms and logistics win wars – sitting in a convoy with no food having run out of diesel waiting for a Turkish supplied drone to come over the horizon and take a free shot can’t be much fun for some Russian 19 year old who thought he was going on a w/e camping trip with the FCA
The idea that Putin would trash the Russian economy and only use the dregs of his army while risking ignominious failure in Ukraine and worldwide condemnation for bombing civilians simply to avoid showing his best military hand to the West is simply laughable I’m afraid.
SOQ
What is laughable is the propaganda spin that conscripted kids and old tanks is all Russia has to fight with.
They could invade within 24 hours if they wanted to, but as pointed out, they are keeping thier powder dry- literally.
paul
they’re losing Majors and Generals as well. Must be part of Putin’s master plan.
step 1: begin poorly planned invasion
step 2: have more-or-less the entire world see how inept he is
step 3: lose the moral and ethical victory pretty much day 1
step 4: ???
step 5: Putin becomes Tsar of the world and king of space.
TenPin Terry
Certainly the concept of a dictator deliberately starting an invasion badly and taking big losses in men and equipment before suddenly unleashing his army’s true potential is an intriguing one.
Not sure many people would agree with you.
I wonder if that’s how Manchester United are playing their current season …
Piotr
“taking big losses in men and equipment”
SAYS WHO?
I’d guess a fellow like yourself has taken bigger losses in men and equipment on an average weekend
bisted
…it’s all over the western media…so it must be true…
Piotr
It’s rubbish
If Mr Putin was ‘losing’ this operation, a 10-second call to his air force would end this SKIRMISH within hours. HOURS. NOT DAYS. HOURS. The difference between Russia and my own homeland USA is that Mr Putin is endeavouring to achieve his objectives peacefully as possible and with minimum bloodshed – that his why it is being done with RUSSIAN BOOTS ON THE GROUND. He is risking his compadres to avoid any suffering on the part of Ukrainian people. Can you not see this?
TenPin Terry
Piotr – minimum bloodshed ?
You’re an imbecile.
Piotr
Yes, there is bloodshed – on both sides. Sorry but it is a war. The bloodshed is NOTHING like it would be if this was an AMERICAN or UK invasion. Then we would be talking about ABSOLUTE ANNIHILATION.
SOQ
@TenPin Terry- as explained by the veteran above, it is a standard strategy.
And one employed by the British Army in rural parts of the north, at least the kids part anyways.17-20 year olds from working class areas- cannon fodder, to be picked off at long range or just blew up- sad but true.
@Piotr- but is it an invasion? Or just a tactical manoeuvre which will force the Ukrainian government to the talks table?
bisted
…Piotr…are you suggesting the US and UK media would lie…surely the truth is corroborated by the eastern media?
TenPin Terry
SOQ – a standard strategy ?
I can’t think of a single military campaign waged on the concept of letting the cannon fodder take the hit before sending in the big guns.
The Six Day War – the clue is in the name.
Shock and awe – the Yanks preferred that to A Small Surprise and some Frightful Bother.
His whole campaign appears to be stumbling – it’s only 60 miles from Belarus to Kiev and he’s still not reached the outskirts of the city.
How on earth is he going to control a country full of well-armed and highly-motivated insurgents ?
SOQ
With respect TenPin Terry, you don’t know much about war tactics if you think that fodder is not used. It is, or should I say they are- regularly. There is more manoeuvres on both sides of these things than a professional chess game and, Putin is a real life chess master apparently.
If the Ukrainian army is so well armed then why have they ran out of guns to issue to mercenaries? Which they have btw.
If Russia wanted to take Ukraine outright, then they would have done so by now, but I suspect that a neutral buffer country is their objective. In fact, they are upfront about stating such.
Nigel
Oh yeah, Ukraine is getting more neutral by the minute.
Piotr
@SAQ
Well in so far as Mr Putin has entered a supposedly sovereign state with armed force, then yes you can call it an invasion
IMO it is an act of frustration in RESPONSE to more than a decade of latent abuse by the West
But hey thats just my opinion (BACKED UP BY FACT)
SOQ
It is the objective I am questioning here. The fact that, in the main, the attacks have been very focused and targeted, would suggest a full on invasion is not their plan.
Piotr
An invasion to take over Ukraine? NO
This operation is a HUMAN RIGHTS and HUMANITARIAN operation borne of charity and goodwill toward OPPRESSED people of the UKRAINIAN PUPPET REGIME
If anyone questioned the bona fides of the UKRAINE ILLEGIMATE ADMIN, it is surely clear for all to see now
See how Zellenskyy puts the ordinary Ukrainian people in harm’s way and urges them forward into danger from the safety and comfort of HIS MOCKUP PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE IN A HOLLYWOOD FILM STUDIO. You really think he is in Kiev? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
TenPin Terry
Piotr – a mocked-up Hollywood studio ? Here he is on the streets of Kiev this morning.
You’ve descended to scottser levels of stupidity.
What happens when he gets hit with a seven of spades or higher.
Lord Muck
Thanks TenPinTerry that was a great link/read.
TenPin Terry
You’re welcome.
It’s noticeable how the more intelligent posters on here actually take time to read the article before commenting.
Morons, however, will always be morons.
Mad
Yes it was an excellent piece
Piotr
Sorry folks but a article that commences: “Vladimir Putin’s pointless war…”
This special military exercise in Ukraine is many things – but it is sure as heck is not POINTLESS.
POINTLESS ARTICLE more like but thanks to the author for making that clear inside 4 words to save us all time
Fearganainm
Or alternatively:
Russia ‘solving logistics problems’ and could attack Kyiv within days – experts
Those images of the impact of this deliberate cruelty inflicted on ordinary people shown on the Guardian and the Times front pages, and others, are just shocking. WTF.
goldenbrown
great story…Irish student Racheal Diyaolu from Carlow rescued out of depths of Sumy by a pair of Scottish garden pros…
Now the same clip has been dusted down and repurposed and is being used (probably by the same kind of nutters), with the allegation that it’s fakery from the war in Ukraine:
Yeah. Saw it used yesterday for that very reason and several people in his comments section told him what it was so he went with “well it could easily be the case with this fake war”. But didn’t take it down or edit his original post to say it wasn’t in Ukraine .
Mad
The IRISH sun headline is a more typical example of UK analysis mixed up with cheap point scoring off an infant
TenPin Terry
Is the IRISH Independent’s use of the child cheap point scoring as well or are you just being spud-thick again ?
I try not to peruse the German-owned tabloids either.
It’s fascinating how you have such an in-depth familiarity with all the grubbiest media sources.
TenPin Terry
If by in-depth familiarity you mean I read what’s in the online versions of newspapers before commenting on their stories then I must apologise to all root vgetables and not just spuds for even considering you have their intelligence.
Mad
Tuppenny Halfwit
Fearganainm
Cork direct provision resident may have been dead four days before being found:
COST OF CORRUPTION FOR RUSSIA’S WAR EFFORT: In an opinion piece for POLITICO, Polina Beliakova from the Center for Strategic Studies at the Fletcher School of Tufts University writes that systemic corruption in Russia’s defense and security sectors explain its underwhelming military performance.
How’s errbody today, this International Women’s day?
The Millie Obnoxious™
Menstruating, unfortunately.
And you?
Janet, dreams of an alternate universe
you’re wicked ;)
The Millie Obnoxious™
I’m sore :(
Janet, dreams of an alternate universe
:(
Janet, dreams of an alternate universe
oh you know, doing the dishes, stuffing mushrooms for lunch while wearing a facemask and writing a shopping list…just the glam stuff
Janet, dreams of an alternate universe
* note to self, must stop buying lentils as I now have officially every concevable type known to man, still handy when there’s nothing left in the shops.
Janet, dreams of an alternate universe
I miss Frillys and others recipes,
maybe it’s time for some ” cooking for buttons” or ” inflation based recipes ” ?
Mad
Yea there was some lass called Jack who did that on the Guardian during the last recession
The Millie Obnoxious™
The best piece of advice I can give to someone trying to save money and reduce food waste is to look at the book Save With Jamie by Jamie Oliver. It’s a really good book, focuses on the idea that you spend good money on a piece of meat and how to effectively stretch the leftovers into tasty, fulfilling meals over 3-4 days, as well as how to manage your food so as to avoid wasted food.
Some of it may seem straightforward, but I never learnt a lot of it and so it’s been invaluable to me. We’ve saved so much money by using the basic principles of the book and cut out so much food waste.
Mad
My late mother used to always cook like this so it comes second nature to me but it is a lot of work
SOQ
I posted this site before but I really like it- cook with what you have.
It was only intended to be a trailer to the CH4 opening night
Devised and cut deliberately to wind up Rotide and the other ABFers that patrolled the place then
And the reaction was totally unexpected
S2 Bake’sheet started off ok, but was missing Martco and the engagement in the comments, you could tell the place was starting to spoil,
Shur’ ye know what happened next.
And I’ll be honest now
I’m sorry I ever bothered with the Bake Off at all
Because, looking at my entire back catalogue here
Frilly, Vanessa, + the early ones that didn’t earn a place on the contributers wall with a link
They spoil the lot
And some of those columns deserve to stand away from Bake Off stuff. Particularly some of the comments under them.
Unfortunately Broadsheet didn’t see their way to agreeing to a Bake’sheet folder tag for all the Bake Off content, and other food, drink and bake recipes. Make it a reader co-op archive.
Anyway. Sorry but I regret having started the Baking Recipe/ foodie thing at all.
And Broadsheet was the only Irish media to do weekly review that was unconnected uncontrived and interactive
I couldn’t give a xxxk what you have to say Mad
Suit yourself n’ all that
I’m sorry it didn’t grow in the way it might have from the first season covered here. Because I really enjoyed doing them.
But looking back. Now.
I shouldn’t have started it
Mad
Look I wasn’t an aficionado of either the show or your writing frankly but I did watch it once to see what the fuss was after reading one of your pieces. It felt to me like it was writing about bingo.
I don’t know how anyone could say it was like writing about Bingo
And expect to get away with it
That’s a fair bit of a stretch
Like a QAnon sort of prediction
Nobody anticipated the response and reaction
Or the collective that sprung up around home baking, cooking in general, and of course the Bake Off competition itself
I get who and what you are Mad
And I don’t care
But sometimes ye just to shut up
Mad
look Frilly even bingo could be enthralling if written by the pen of a skilled writer.
If you didn’t care why still reply ?
I did like the frivolous nature of the pieces – it was a happy and silly distraction, but as time went on your heart didn’t seem to be in it. That’s all
Fact is
I shouldn’t have come back with it after Frilly got cancelled
Yr three here, Season 10
It was definitely sour, the bitterness and underbelly from the year before wouldn’t be denied
So yeah maybe it read as my heart wasn’t in it
But absolutely Yr 1 here was an outstanding series of columns and threads
and they stack up against any of the others – mainly UK based, the Mail and the Guardian’s being the most active with comments
That all said, I am now in the position to look back over all my content here, and point to that and say, I’m sorry I started it at all.
Incidentally Janie,
I have three collections already started; 12 Frills of Christmas, Famine Breads, and stuff you can do with tinned beans.
+ some vegan stuff is coming together
But if they’re anything like that book I’ve been talking about for over a decade, you’ll be waiting (‾◡◝)
haven’t even got working titles yet
If I get a chance this weekend, I’ll throw up the Covid Blocker (tumeric) Cookies I developed over first lockdown, as I’ve no other use for it
btw Mad you should folly me on twitter to read about Bingo
Jackpot now up to 800 yoyos in Frehills
scottser
i’m in the shed, enjoying a bout of morning flatulence.
TenPin Terry
Your rear end is talking more sense than you.
Not difficult, I know.
scottser
ah yes, the old fundament is fluent in ‘charger’; noxious, loud and always lingers long enough to outstay its welcome.
Mad
Like a bad smell
Dr.Fart
Varadkar would only love to send thousands of young working class men off to die in battle for global capitalism. Why does he insist on publically denouncing our neutrality? no one asked him. And there he is, putting ireland on Russias radar.
Even if we put billions into our military, it wouldn’t be enough to deflect a Russian invasion if they wanted to do so. The first sign of any trouble coming our way, he’d be aboard the Government jet and halfway across the Atlantic, leaving us to die.
stephen moran
Under the Lisbon treaty Ireland has obligations – if another EU country (i.e. should the Baltic countries be directly threatened (again recall 1991 by an expansionist hostile Russia) to provide every non lethal assistance it can mirroring the steadfast support Ireland has received from its EU neighbours over the ongoing Brexit / NIP / Article 16 fcukology by perfidious Albion (their latest rouse being to blame the CTA as a reason making it harder to get a refugee visa than winning the Euro millions courtesy of the parsimonious lying incompetent half pint (Calais)Patel)
TenPin Terry
Boris and Blighty are heroes in Ukraine matey with Zelensky and Boris talking daily on the ‘phone.
The Ukrainian military views Britain as its leading champion in Europe. The UK trained 20,000 snipers and focused training on handheld anti-tank weaponry has proved essential in the field in blunting the Russian advance. At the time Ireland couldn’t even get a ship out to the Russian navy playing silly buggers in their territorial waters.
Winning the war is more important to Ukranians than some Irish buffoon attempting to achieve moral superiority over refugees.
Read this and weep. https://twitter.com/OzKaterji/status/1500927139570401283
TenPin Terry
The good news is that it looks like the RAF is finally able to fly weapons over Germany after months of going round their airspace.
A reminder that Blighty was helping out Ukraine while the rest of Europe were still trying to appease Putin. https://twitter.com/geoallison/status/1501126295748587525
Mind you, it’s understandable that Fritz is a little nervous at the sight of the Royal Air Force over its skies…
Roger Wilko skipper™
Cú Chulainn
It must be lashing rain in Youghal Charger..
Fearganainm
Do you reckon that the Russians have used up all the gear that the Brits flogged to them?
“We need protect our democracies from foreign interference and attempts to manipulate. I will propose a new horizontal regime that will allow us to sanction malign disinformation actors. This will be part of a broader toolbox that will enhance our capacity to deter and to act.”
~ Josep Borrell Fontelles, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of European Commission
Will they match the 15-year sentence Putin’s team have in store for persons circulating ‘fake news’?
Verbatim
Speaking of recipes, here’s one for peace – hate to be the one to bring it to you lads, it might just be over!
Israel is also engaged in the peace talks.
…..
Monday dawned at the Hagerstown Speedway, QAnon follower Micki Larson-Olson addressed the convoy drivers from the organizers’ stage, according to videos shared on social media. Wearing a head-to-toe U.S. flag suit, she identified herself as a “Q Patriot” and suggested she was facing trial for her role in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.
“I am now a proud General Flynn digital soldier,” she said, referring to Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump’s convicted (and pardoned) national security adviser. “I am also a proud Protzmanian.” For the uninitiated, that’s a QAnon sect that believes the late John F. Kennedy Jr. will return to reinstall Trump as president.
……,
Fraud and exploitation: the final destination of the trucker convoy.
Promoted endlessly on here by an immature Burt Reynolds’s fanboy.
TenPin Terry
Bad news for the many John Bercow fanboys on here.
He’s the only former speaker in Parliamentary history not to be given a spot in the House of Lords and now we know why.
Bercow is a “serial bully” and should not be allowed access to Parliament, a Commons complaints body has ruled, as it upheld 21 allegations against him.
“The respondent’s conduct was so serious that, had he still been a Member of Parliament, we would have determined that he should be expelled by resolution of the House,” the report said.
“As it is, we recommend that he should never be permitted a pass to the Parliamentary estate.”
Mind you it’s not the first time people on here have been in thrall to a strutting martinet. Another short-arse wrong ‘un – Napoleon Sarkozy – managed to scare an entire country into changing their minds on the second Lisbon vote. What a day of shame that was for Ireland.
Maybe that’s why there’s a vertically-challenged president here too.
Fearganainm
Bercow fans? Really? Even his own cousin had it in for him.
Mad
Good for him.
Imagine the indignity of taking your seat in that dementia- riddled, stale urine-smelling, charnel house
Fearganainm
US to ban Russian oil imports over Ukraine invasion
Interesting read on how Putin’s invasion is going.
Not very well it seems.
The author is a Professor of War Studies at Kings College London.
https://samf.substack.com/p/space-and-time?s=r
Oh, Charger found substack.
Doubtless he’s got an impressive military record then.
What’s that?
Oh.
Still, a comfy armchair is an important piece of kit.
Yourself ?
No doubt Mam is proud of your Desmond in Keyboard Warfare 101 from the University of Used To Be A Farming College.
Framed on the wall next to your junior camogie medals.
An ounce of semtex is worth a ton of theory.
As you should know.
How is the armed struggle going then Beret Boy – any closer to a united Ireland ?
Even the Wolfe Tones have run out of things to sing about.
Hehx3™
I’d say that the only armed struggle you know anything about involved fending off overenthusiastic punters on the Old Main Drag.
Obviously I scoured the internet looking for an Irish military expert offering incisive insight into the Ukraine crisis…
HehxTumbleweed.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FNRDg-TXoAY3nMU?format=jpg&name=large
ouch Charger LOL
here have a ferrero
’tis fairly bad when even the likes of Coveney manages to show up your poisonous Tory bint
…funny you should mention a united Ireland Terry…since brexit it is inevitable…except…who wants it…the free staters don’t…the Brits don’t care…but most of all, the people up north and surrounding counties don’t want it…at least, not yet…it’s payback time…have your cake and eat it time…a transitional deal like Hong Kong will do…about 30 years sounds right…please send that nice Mr Patten, he’s already done it and he fixed the RUC!
Haw Haw
We don’t mention charger’s ‘dishonourable discharge’, even the thought of cleaning up that sticky mess upsets his poor mummy greatly.
Good article, interesting
Excellent article.
The Russian invasion seems to be a complete omnishambles – there’s news coming for multiple sources that they’ve lost one of there top dogs – Gen. Maj. Vitaly Gerassimov, chief of staff of the 41 Army – a highly decorated veteran – and if you read the circumstances in this thread its sounds like a farcical metaphor for much of their stuck in the Ukrainian mud campaign.
https://twitter.com/christogrozev/status/1500959074653024259
Crimea river
Coms and logistics win wars – sitting in a convoy with no food having run out of diesel waiting for a Turkish supplied drone to come over the horizon and take a free shot can’t be much fun for some Russian 19 year old who thought he was going on a w/e camping trip with the FCA
Puntin’s strategy? Opinion of an Iraq veteran.
https://www.tiktok.com/@waywardson70/video/7071441717886487851
The idea that Putin would trash the Russian economy and only use the dregs of his army while risking ignominious failure in Ukraine and worldwide condemnation for bombing civilians simply to avoid showing his best military hand to the West is simply laughable I’m afraid.
What is laughable is the propaganda spin that conscripted kids and old tanks is all Russia has to fight with.
They could invade within 24 hours if they wanted to, but as pointed out, they are keeping thier powder dry- literally.
they’re losing Majors and Generals as well. Must be part of Putin’s master plan.
step 1: begin poorly planned invasion
step 2: have more-or-less the entire world see how inept he is
step 3: lose the moral and ethical victory pretty much day 1
step 4: ???
step 5: Putin becomes Tsar of the world and king of space.
Certainly the concept of a dictator deliberately starting an invasion badly and taking big losses in men and equipment before suddenly unleashing his army’s true potential is an intriguing one.
Not sure many people would agree with you.
I wonder if that’s how Manchester United are playing their current season …
“taking big losses in men and equipment”
SAYS WHO?
I’d guess a fellow like yourself has taken bigger losses in men and equipment on an average weekend
…it’s all over the western media…so it must be true…
It’s rubbish
If Mr Putin was ‘losing’ this operation, a 10-second call to his air force would end this SKIRMISH within hours. HOURS. NOT DAYS. HOURS. The difference between Russia and my own homeland USA is that Mr Putin is endeavouring to achieve his objectives peacefully as possible and with minimum bloodshed – that his why it is being done with RUSSIAN BOOTS ON THE GROUND. He is risking his compadres to avoid any suffering on the part of Ukrainian people. Can you not see this?
Piotr – minimum bloodshed ?
You’re an imbecile.
Yes, there is bloodshed – on both sides. Sorry but it is a war. The bloodshed is NOTHING like it would be if this was an AMERICAN or UK invasion. Then we would be talking about ABSOLUTE ANNIHILATION.
@TenPin Terry- as explained by the veteran above, it is a standard strategy.
And one employed by the British Army in rural parts of the north, at least the kids part anyways.17-20 year olds from working class areas- cannon fodder, to be picked off at long range or just blew up- sad but true.
@Piotr- but is it an invasion? Or just a tactical manoeuvre which will force the Ukrainian government to the talks table?
…Piotr…are you suggesting the US and UK media would lie…surely the truth is corroborated by the eastern media?
SOQ – a standard strategy ?
I can’t think of a single military campaign waged on the concept of letting the cannon fodder take the hit before sending in the big guns.
The Six Day War – the clue is in the name.
Shock and awe – the Yanks preferred that to A Small Surprise and some Frightful Bother.
His whole campaign appears to be stumbling – it’s only 60 miles from Belarus to Kiev and he’s still not reached the outskirts of the city.
How on earth is he going to control a country full of well-armed and highly-motivated insurgents ?
With respect TenPin Terry, you don’t know much about war tactics if you think that fodder is not used. It is, or should I say they are- regularly. There is more manoeuvres on both sides of these things than a professional chess game and, Putin is a real life chess master apparently.
If the Ukrainian army is so well armed then why have they ran out of guns to issue to mercenaries? Which they have btw.
If Russia wanted to take Ukraine outright, then they would have done so by now, but I suspect that a neutral buffer country is their objective. In fact, they are upfront about stating such.
Oh yeah, Ukraine is getting more neutral by the minute.
@SAQ
Well in so far as Mr Putin has entered a supposedly sovereign state with armed force, then yes you can call it an invasion
IMO it is an act of frustration in RESPONSE to more than a decade of latent abuse by the West
But hey thats just my opinion (BACKED UP BY FACT)
It is the objective I am questioning here. The fact that, in the main, the attacks have been very focused and targeted, would suggest a full on invasion is not their plan.
An invasion to take over Ukraine? NO
This operation is a HUMAN RIGHTS and HUMANITARIAN operation borne of charity and goodwill toward OPPRESSED people of the UKRAINIAN PUPPET REGIME
If anyone questioned the bona fides of the UKRAINE ILLEGIMATE ADMIN, it is surely clear for all to see now
See how Zellenskyy puts the ordinary Ukrainian people in harm’s way and urges them forward into danger from the safety and comfort of HIS MOCKUP PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE IN A HOLLYWOOD FILM STUDIO. You really think he is in Kiev? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Piotr – a mocked-up Hollywood studio ? Here he is on the streets of Kiev this morning.
You’ve descended to scottser levels of stupidity.
https://mobile.twitter.com/felix_light/status/1501152067892793346?cxt=HHwWhMC-icb2lNUpAAAA
What happens when he gets hit with a seven of spades or higher.
Thanks TenPinTerry that was a great link/read.
You’re welcome.
It’s noticeable how the more intelligent posters on here actually take time to read the article before commenting.
Morons, however, will always be morons.
Yes it was an excellent piece
Sorry folks but a article that commences: “Vladimir Putin’s pointless war…”
This special military exercise in Ukraine is many things – but it is sure as heck is not POINTLESS.
POINTLESS ARTICLE more like but thanks to the author for making that clear inside 4 words to save us all time
Or alternatively:
Russia ‘solving logistics problems’ and could attack Kyiv within days – experts
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/08/russia-solving-logistics-problems-and-could-attack-kyiv-within-days-experts
Those images of the impact of this deliberate cruelty inflicted on ordinary people shown on the Guardian and the Times front pages, and others, are just shocking. WTF.
great story…Irish student Racheal Diyaolu from Carlow rescued out of depths of Sumy by a pair of Scottish garden pros…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/07/hailed-as-heroes-scottish-gardeners-who-rescued-trio-from-ukraine
Wow, just wow. Some people are just better.
Delighted about the Irish girl and all the others they got out. Nice bit of news amid the horror.
https://seanstinson.substack.com/p/covid-9-11-end-of-part-i
Short first video captures the true horror of war on live TV.
https://gab.com/Fastnet
You do know that’s from a while back and was a “die in” protest with regards to climate change ?
Originally some nutters used the clip to allege it was ‘COVID-19 crisis actors’
It was, as you note, a climate change protest (in Austria), reported on by German TV.
https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-661739618421?fbclid=IwAR35n1KdezeF0g255xTUkgdUhYxHz1vgbR7v-TxT-kZ-PLnaGYw2xS5uOoc
Now the same clip has been dusted down and repurposed and is being used (probably by the same kind of nutters), with the allegation that it’s fakery from the war in Ukraine:
https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.32486M8
Yeah. Saw it used yesterday for that very reason and several people in his comments section told him what it was so he went with “well it could easily be the case with this fake war”. But didn’t take it down or edit his original post to say it wasn’t in Ukraine .
The IRISH sun headline is a more typical example of UK analysis mixed up with cheap point scoring off an infant
Is the IRISH Independent’s use of the child cheap point scoring as well or are you just being spud-thick again ?
https://m.independent.ie/videos/little-girl-in-ukraine-sings-let-it-go-from-a-bomb-shelter-41418594.html
I try not to peruse the German-owned tabloids either.
It’s fascinating how you have such an in-depth familiarity with all the grubbiest media sources.
If by in-depth familiarity you mean I read what’s in the online versions of newspapers before commenting on their stories then I must apologise to all root vgetables and not just spuds for even considering you have their intelligence.
Tuppenny Halfwit
Cork direct provision resident may have been dead four days before being found:
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40823763.html
Explaining Russia’s dismal military performance
COST OF CORRUPTION FOR RUSSIA’S WAR EFFORT: In an opinion piece for POLITICO, Polina Beliakova from the Center for Strategic Studies at the Fletcher School of Tufts University writes that systemic corruption in Russia’s defense and security sectors explain its underwhelming military performance.
https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-military-corruption-quagmire/
How’s errbody today, this International Women’s day?
Menstruating, unfortunately.
And you?
you’re wicked ;)
I’m sore :(
:(
oh you know, doing the dishes, stuffing mushrooms for lunch while wearing a facemask and writing a shopping list…just the glam stuff
* note to self, must stop buying lentils as I now have officially every concevable type known to man, still handy when there’s nothing left in the shops.
I miss Frillys and others recipes,
maybe it’s time for some ” cooking for buttons” or ” inflation based recipes ” ?
Yea there was some lass called Jack who did that on the Guardian during the last recession
The best piece of advice I can give to someone trying to save money and reduce food waste is to look at the book Save With Jamie by Jamie Oliver. It’s a really good book, focuses on the idea that you spend good money on a piece of meat and how to effectively stretch the leftovers into tasty, fulfilling meals over 3-4 days, as well as how to manage your food so as to avoid wasted food.
Some of it may seem straightforward, but I never learnt a lot of it and so it’s been invaluable to me. We’ve saved so much money by using the basic principles of the book and cut out so much food waste.
My late mother used to always cook like this so it comes second nature to me but it is a lot of work
I posted this site before but I really like it- cook with what you have.
https://www.yummly.com/pantry-search
My rule is that no matter what you are cooking- it always tastes better with a fresh lime squeezed in.
Little known fact is that lime is a flavour enhancer, same as salt, but much better.
@SOQ
That yummly site was a great recommendation. I get great use out of it.
I had great fun with that first Bake off series
It was only intended to be a trailer to the CH4 opening night
Devised and cut deliberately to wind up Rotide and the other ABFers that patrolled the place then
And the reaction was totally unexpected
S2 Bake’sheet started off ok, but was missing Martco and the engagement in the comments, you could tell the place was starting to spoil,
Shur’ ye know what happened next.
And I’ll be honest now
I’m sorry I ever bothered with the Bake Off at all
Because, looking at my entire back catalogue here
Frilly, Vanessa, + the early ones that didn’t earn a place on the contributers wall with a link
They spoil the lot
And some of those columns deserve to stand away from Bake Off stuff. Particularly some of the comments under them.
Unfortunately Broadsheet didn’t see their way to agreeing to a Bake’sheet folder tag for all the Bake Off content, and other food, drink and bake recipes. Make it a reader co-op archive.
Anyway. Sorry but I regret having started the Baking Recipe/ foodie thing at all.
pity
Lol it wasn’t THAT great Frilly
First season we did it here
It absolutely was
And Broadsheet was the only Irish media to do weekly review that was unconnected uncontrived and interactive
I couldn’t give a xxxk what you have to say Mad
Suit yourself n’ all that
I’m sorry it didn’t grow in the way it might have from the first season covered here. Because I really enjoyed doing them.
But looking back. Now.
I shouldn’t have started it
Look I wasn’t an aficionado of either the show or your writing frankly but I did watch it once to see what the fuss was after reading one of your pieces. It felt to me like it was writing about bingo.
I don’t know how anyone could say it was like writing about Bingo
And expect to get away with it
That’s a fair bit of a stretch
Like a QAnon sort of prediction
Nobody anticipated the response and reaction
Or the collective that sprung up around home baking, cooking in general, and of course the Bake Off competition itself
I get who and what you are Mad
And I don’t care
But sometimes ye just to shut up
look Frilly even bingo could be enthralling if written by the pen of a skilled writer.
If you didn’t care why still reply ?
I did like the frivolous nature of the pieces – it was a happy and silly distraction, but as time went on your heart didn’t seem to be in it. That’s all
Fact is
I shouldn’t have come back with it after Frilly got cancelled
Yr three here, Season 10
It was definitely sour, the bitterness and underbelly from the year before wouldn’t be denied
So yeah maybe it read as my heart wasn’t in it
But absolutely Yr 1 here was an outstanding series of columns and threads
and they stack up against any of the others – mainly UK based, the Mail and the Guardian’s being the most active with comments
That all said, I am now in the position to look back over all my content here, and point to that and say, I’m sorry I started it at all.
Incidentally Janie,
I have three collections already started; 12 Frills of Christmas, Famine Breads, and stuff you can do with tinned beans.
+ some vegan stuff is coming together
But if they’re anything like that book I’ve been talking about for over a decade, you’ll be waiting (‾◡◝)
haven’t even got working titles yet
If I get a chance this weekend, I’ll throw up the Covid Blocker (tumeric) Cookies I developed over first lockdown, as I’ve no other use for it
btw Mad you should folly me on twitter to read about Bingo
Jackpot now up to 800 yoyos in Frehills
i’m in the shed, enjoying a bout of morning flatulence.
Your rear end is talking more sense than you.
Not difficult, I know.
ah yes, the old fundament is fluent in ‘charger’; noxious, loud and always lingers long enough to outstay its welcome.
Like a bad smell
Varadkar would only love to send thousands of young working class men off to die in battle for global capitalism. Why does he insist on publically denouncing our neutrality? no one asked him. And there he is, putting ireland on Russias radar.
Even if we put billions into our military, it wouldn’t be enough to deflect a Russian invasion if they wanted to do so. The first sign of any trouble coming our way, he’d be aboard the Government jet and halfway across the Atlantic, leaving us to die.
Under the Lisbon treaty Ireland has obligations – if another EU country (i.e. should the Baltic countries be directly threatened (again recall 1991 by an expansionist hostile Russia) to provide every non lethal assistance it can mirroring the steadfast support Ireland has received from its EU neighbours over the ongoing Brexit / NIP / Article 16 fcukology by perfidious Albion (their latest rouse being to blame the CTA as a reason making it harder to get a refugee visa than winning the Euro millions courtesy of the parsimonious lying incompetent half pint (Calais)Patel)
Boris and Blighty are heroes in Ukraine matey with Zelensky and Boris talking daily on the ‘phone.
The Ukrainian military views Britain as its leading champion in Europe. The UK trained 20,000 snipers and focused training on handheld anti-tank weaponry has proved essential in the field in blunting the Russian advance. At the time Ireland couldn’t even get a ship out to the Russian navy playing silly buggers in their territorial waters.
Winning the war is more important to Ukranians than some Irish buffoon attempting to achieve moral superiority over refugees.
Read this and weep.
https://twitter.com/OzKaterji/status/1500927139570401283
The good news is that it looks like the RAF is finally able to fly weapons over Germany after months of going round their airspace.
A reminder that Blighty was helping out Ukraine while the rest of Europe were still trying to appease Putin.
https://twitter.com/geoallison/status/1501126295748587525
Mind you, it’s understandable that Fritz is a little nervous at the sight of the Royal Air Force over its skies…
Roger Wilko skipper™
It must be lashing rain in Youghal Charger..
Do you reckon that the Russians have used up all the gear that the Brits flogged to them?
https://bylinetimes.com/2022/02/15/uk-approved-military-exports-to-russia-exceed-ukraine-by-18-million-since-2010/
UK should not criticise Irish policy on Ukrainian refugees, says Tory MP:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/08/uk-should-not-criticise-irish-policy-on-ukrainian-refugees-says-tory-mp
“We need protect our democracies from foreign interference and attempts to manipulate. I will propose a new horizontal regime that will allow us to sanction malign disinformation actors. This will be part of a broader toolbox that will enhance our capacity to deter and to act.”
~ Josep Borrell Fontelles, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of European Commission
https://twitter.com/JosepBorrellF/status/1501135219436494851
Will they match the 15-year sentence Putin’s team have in store for persons circulating ‘fake news’?
Speaking of recipes, here’s one for peace – hate to be the one to bring it to you lads, it might just be over!
Israel is also engaged in the peace talks.
https://nationalpost.com/news/world/russia-gets-crimea-no-nato-for-ukraine-kremlin-reveals-its-demands-for-peace
…..
Monday dawned at the Hagerstown Speedway, QAnon follower Micki Larson-Olson addressed the convoy drivers from the organizers’ stage, according to videos shared on social media. Wearing a head-to-toe U.S. flag suit, she identified herself as a “Q Patriot” and suggested she was facing trial for her role in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.
“I am now a proud General Flynn digital soldier,” she said, referring to Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump’s convicted (and pardoned) national security adviser. “I am also a proud Protzmanian.” For the uninitiated, that’s a QAnon sect that believes the late John F. Kennedy Jr. will return to reinstall Trump as president.
……,
Fraud and exploitation: the final destination of the trucker convoy.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/07/trucker-convoy-detours-into-conspiracy-irrelevancy/
Promoted endlessly on here by an immature Burt Reynolds’s fanboy.
Bad news for the many John Bercow fanboys on here.
He’s the only former speaker in Parliamentary history not to be given a spot in the House of Lords and now we know why.
Bercow is a “serial bully” and should not be allowed access to Parliament, a Commons complaints body has ruled, as it upheld 21 allegations against him.
“The respondent’s conduct was so serious that, had he still been a Member of Parliament, we would have determined that he should be expelled by resolution of the House,” the report said.
“As it is, we recommend that he should never be permitted a pass to the Parliamentary estate.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/03/08/john-bercow-found-guilty-bullying/
Mind you it’s not the first time people on here have been in thrall to a strutting martinet. Another short-arse wrong ‘un – Napoleon Sarkozy – managed to scare an entire country into changing their minds on the second Lisbon vote. What a day of shame that was for Ireland.
Maybe that’s why there’s a vertically-challenged president here too.
Bercow fans? Really? Even his own cousin had it in for him.
Good for him.
Imagine the indignity of taking your seat in that dementia- riddled, stale urine-smelling, charnel house
US to ban Russian oil imports over Ukraine invasion
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/03/08/ukraine-us-expected-ban-russian-oil-imports/9422798002/
“The United States generally imports about 100,000 barrels a day from Russia, only about 5% of Russia’s crude oil exports, according to Rystad Energy. Last year, roughly 8% of U.S. imports of oil and petroleum products came from Russia.”
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-us-russia-oil-ban-120c0152cf310a5b593f6ae7a2857e62
No natural gas imports at all.
may even nudge more people into electric vehicles,or onto bikes…every cloud has a ….
The researchers have named the species Syllipsimopodi bideni after Joe Biden.
https://theconversation.com/meet-the-ten-armed-325-million-year-old-octopus-fossil-named-after-president-joe-biden-178566