Rushing more like.
His birthday party was a cake that never left its Tupperware box as he was eating a salad with no booze.
And it lasted nine minutes.
Mind you, that sounds positively Bacchanalian to some of the pecksniffian prodnoses on here.
You can imagine them now with faces like a bulldog that’s just licked urine off a nettle.
scottser
‘but we’re just like ALL frontline staff, like teachers and hospital staff who enjoyed a little tipple in the staff room after our shifts during the lockdown’
it’s hilarious watching tories own that particular bucket of poop right now.
Bonfires on main street in Villarreal tonight – amazing achievement for a town with a population of 52 thousand to reach the semi’s – hard to think of a parallel (even Malmo and Bruges aeons ago are sprawling metropolises in comparison) – Scouser’s delight – Liverpool’s dreaming.
Dinkum
Well done FBI as this Dublin gang of gurriers grew to become one of the biggest gangs in the world
Just goes to show how incompetent they are that as usual they could do nothing to stop them
TenPin Terry
It does seems like the Americans and the Brits are doing most of the legwork to break the Kinahan gang while CSI Offaly is off on a doughnut run to Krispy Kreme.
The National Crime Agency easily broke the UK link, with the No 2 in the Kinahan cartel, Thomas ‘Bomber’ Kavanagh, getting a 21-year stretch in Britain.
It’s kind of embarrassing for Plod here that the US is putting up a reward and imposing sanctions.
You have to wonder just how many palms in the Irish establishment are still being greased with shekels from Dubai.
Particularly now the Northern Bank robbery proceeds have flushed through the system.
‘Twas ever thus with Paddy.
stephen moran
You’d think Kinahan and co. would be quite the embarrassment to Sheikh Mohammed and the fellow ragheads in the UAE at this stage – but then again its now the dump of choice for Russian pondlife – and they’ve spent years sponsoring Sunni terrorists and dropping bombs on Yemini’s – Dubai is an unmerciful dump – it has less soul than Courtown.
Me So Harney
What exactly do you mean by “raghead”, stephen..?
Mad
Was wondering that too.
It’s funny how these spam alt right commenters are all the same guy at the end of the day
Cú Chulainn
Here… you leave Courtown out of it.. then again.. you’re right.. it is a soulless Kip… meanwhile, there is absolutely no way the Kinahan gang are one of the biggest OCG.. that’s just fanciful.. whatever is going on, it’s not what it seems..
Janet, dreams of an alternate universe
rag heads, are you some Marine Moran ?
SOQ
Frogs yesterday, ragheads today- both English slang of course.
TenPin Terry
Actually the Oxford English Dictionary cites that rag-head is “orig. and chiefly U.S. slang (derogatory and offensive)” for “a person who wears a head cloth or turban; a native or inhabitant of a country where such items are customarily worn, esp. a Middle Eastern person”.
But you’re so obvious with your Anglophobia you just can’t help yourself.
For an openly gay man you do seem to be carrying a lot of prejudices that often manifest themselves as outright abuse on here.
I’m sure deep down you know you can do much better old sport.
SOQ
Interesting how my sexuality keeps getting brought up- as though it comes from some sort of political template.
You clearly know few if any gay people if you think we are the same- there is no more diverse community on the Island of Ireland.
As for the rest- there is an undue Anglo influence on this site, yes. Which is fine, as long as people are upfront about who and what they are- but that is not the case.
Why is that important right now?
Because Britain is up to its neck in its usual dirty dealings in Ukraine, and the propaganda is at max. There is nothing ‘phobic’ about it- just realism.
TenPin Terry
I think what you mean to say is I was wrong to characterise raghead as English slang when you have quite clearly shown me it originated in America.
You’re fooling no-one with your amateurish evasion.
Either you want a kinder, gentler Broadsheet or you want to carry on calling people morons.
Up to you old cock.
SOQ
In my experience, ‘rag head’ is a derogatory term regularly used in England ‘old cock’. Where it originated from is irrelevant.
paul
Charger, I think SOQ has moved your goalposts again.
TenPin Terry
Hehx3™
Pity the poor sap who can’t admit it when he’s wrong. It explains all his other conspiracy theory rantings too.
Dinkum
Mactoom is one of the vilest creatures on this planet
At his stud if the young foul dose nut cut the mustard it’s destroyed and buried in a pit
His winners get the gold plated stables but failure is rewarded much the same as an immigrant Pakistani worker ion his building sites or his sister wife daughter
A vile individual cruel and inhumane
To him it’s about the money
But fair play to the FBI
Steph Pinker
I seriously doubt if any of the close members in the Kinahan hierarchy are within a wasp’s fart of any country with extradition/deportation laws considering the *legitimate* passports they probably hold for various countries they might be residents of.
While the world did gaze with deep amaze
At those fearless men but few
Who bore the fight that freedom’s light
Might shine through the foggy dew
Mad
Wanquers
TenPin Terry
Talking of bravery the Irish Times reports that ‘ a group of Defence Force officer cadets were withdrawn from graduation after drunken incident at Curragh. ‘
The incident at the Defence Forces Training College is currently the subject of a military police investigation.
Apparently the officer cadets, who were not allowed to graduate, brought booze into the college and tried to wreck the gaff.
Now that’s what I call a party.
Not a cake in sight.
Not so much Full Metal Jacket but more full to the cap badge.
Still, great training for their careers ahead waving a white flag while brandishing spud guns cowering behind slabs of Linden Village.
Marvellous™
NM
Silly Englander will now become Russian bargaining chip or rot in Russian jail.
stephen moran
The first of many shoes to fall – Sri Lanka effectively defaults – after previously falling foul of China’s “Belt and Road” (debt diplomacy) trap – One would expect a cascade of these scenarios in EM, MENA and Africa throughout the year – I see even Krugman has woken up in the NYT to Globalizations demise – he’s a bit late for that funeral given its high water mark was 2008
Still waiting on your explanation for the “raghead” comment you made..?
Me So Harney
And Sri Lanka defaulted because they had a huge terrorist attack 2 years ago you moron.
TenPin Terry
Actually it’s more complicated than that.
Years of corrupt government mismamagement combined with heavy borrowing to pay for Chinese infrastructure with current food shortages down to a catastrophic decision to ban fertilizers in agriculture.
It’s a wonderful island with lovely people badly led by incompetent politicians.
Sri Lanka that is.
Not Ireland.
Me So Harney
Nonsense. Sri Lanka was doing absolutely fine until the terrorist attacks and than Covid19 nonsense.
TenPin Terry
Have you ever been to Sri Lanka ?
I first visited just after the end of the civil war and the destruction of the Tamil Tigers.
Its history since then is one of chronic government mismanagement, nepotism and widespread corruption.
It has been sinking further into the mire for most of the last decade.
The terroist attack did virtually zero to make this worse.
Me So Harney
I’ve been all over Sri Lanka, TPT..
Great place.
Wonderful people, food, climate and surf.
GiggidyGoo
Mittyworld. now known as Sri Lanka
Me So Harney
I’d imagine he took a package holiday to the colonial crap hole that is kandy.
Go there and it’s full of English and they’re beloved tea..
Much more sites on the rest of the island..
I’d go back only for the consistent bullying of SL by both India and Israel.
There is NO correlation between terror attacks and sovereign defaults – if there was Algeria, Egypt and Pakistan to name but three countries would have defaulted years ago and multiple times as there have incidences of terrorism that are multiples that experienced by Sri Lanka. The country has fallen prey to borrowing too much “cheap” money without reading (as Ben Dunne advises) the terms and conditions that involved them handing over an entire marine port and and airport to the Chinese (a kind of reverse HK / UK deal) plus the usual endemic corruption and nepotism that plagues emerging markets. the bombing was 3 years ago and 269 deaths in the overall scheme of things is small beer compared to what Pakistan etc. has endure And the bombing were caused by an ISIS (raghead central) franchise. I use the term to refer to Sunni’s who either sponsor or carry out sectarian based mass killings of fellow (Shia) Muslims over a dispute that dates form 662 AD based on a warped interpretation of Takfir which deems Shia’s as apostates warranting a genocidal campaign against them e.g. ISIS have targeted and killed far more Shiites than anything else
Me So Harney
More nonsense..
Egypt is on the brink of default. Pakistan and Algeria are energy rich. False correlation as per usual.
And still no address of the vile “raghead” comment.
stephen moran
Read the comment again – I addressed the issue fully “I use the term to refer to Sunni’s who either sponsor or carry out sectarian based mass killings of fellow (Shia) Muslims over a dispute that dates form 662 AD based on a warped interpretation of Takfir which deems Shia’s as apostates warranting a genocidal campaign against them e.g. ISIS have targeted and killed far more Shiites than anything else”
Food inflation and the $ at a five year high on trade weighted index basis are the issues that are driving defaults – it has nothing to do with terrorism – no country has ever defaulted because it terrorism, not one , ever. Sri Lanka sold their souls to the China and are begging for a $2.5bn credit line. which Xi is playing hardball over as he has enough on his plate with Covid, a economy dominated by a dodgy property market and trying to rebalance the economy away from exports to consumer based on (China 2025 etc)
Me So Harney
More nonsense from the resident spoofer.
Sectarianism within the Muslim faith in Sri Lanka is non existent.
The terrorists were not Sri Lankan and the issue is not a religious one.
The Sri Lankans were doing absolutely fine until the terrorist attacks in Negombo, a complete halt to tourism coupled with the Covid19 nonsense has sank the country financially.
It had only just recovered from the tsunami.
None of your bigoted points are relevant.
Now address the “raghead” comment..???
stephen moran
The Easter bombings were carried out by National Tawahujja Jama’ath – an ISIS franchise.
Sri Lanka has a $ bond due for repayment in July – which they haven’t prefunded (the way Ireland does for example with massive liquidity buffers) – always borrow when you can not when you have to.
The bond is currently trading at 46 cents on the $
If a country that size could be brought to its knees by 2 bombs no one would ever lend to them! I don’t think S an ;P or Moody’s will be offering you a post ! The country has deep seated structural issues plus China repossessed a major port and airport – be careful who you borrow money from – even the IMF don’t confiscate your infrastructure – Xi has then by the b*alls but has much more urgent issues to deal with such as China’s massive imbalances and over reliance on real estate
The s h one t will hit the fan of the rest of the EM / Africa because US interest rates are going up, the $ is going up and there will be civil unrest due to skyrocketing food prices – not terrorism (which is a blot on the landscape – nothing more)
I addressed the question of my use of the term raghead in bot h of my last posts which you clearly didn’t read so I’ll paste it in again here
I use the term to refer to Sunni’s who either sponsor or carry out sectarian based mass killings of fellow (Shia) Muslims over a dispute that dates form 662 AD based on a warped interpretation of Takfir which deems Shia’s as apostates warranting a genocidal campaign against them e.g. ISIS have targeted and killed tens of thousands of Shiites in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Egypt, Pakistan, Yemen, Sahel etc etc…..
Me So Harney
Complete and utter nonsense..
Sri Lankans have no time for sectarianism. They all work alongside eachother, no matter what the religion.
All Sri Lanka has is tourism. The bombings ended that. And destroyed all their plans.
Sectarianism in Sri Lanka exists only in political circles.
Me So Harney
So you’re calling Muslims ragheads yeah..?
Fearganainm
Stop matching lone female Ukraine refugees with single men, UK told
“The United Nations’ refugee agency has called on the UK government to intervene to stop single British men from being matched up with lone Ukrainian women seeking refuge from war because of fears of sexual exploitation. In the wake of claims that predatory men are using the Homes for Ukraine scheme to target the vulnerable, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) told the Guardian “a more appropriate matching process” could be put in place to ensure women and women with children are matched with families or couples. The suggestion from the global refugee agency follows reports that Ukrainian refugees, predominantly women and sometimes accompanied by children, are at risk in the UK of sexual exploitation…”
@ the Editor not Rotide (￣ヘ￣)
(The lad that best identifies with my Frilly side )
Two Scorpions locked in a dance of death
Needs to be the title of my next book
SOQ
Dr. Geert Vanden Bossche, DMV, PhD, independent virologist and vaccine expert, formerly employed at GAVI and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
DEADLIER VARIANTS? Dr. Geert Vanden Bossche On What To Expect In The Near Future And Why
Basically, the ‘vaccine’ is causing the immune pressure that allows the virus to evolve, because it doesn’t actually spark your immune system as traditional vaccines do – therefore the virus can survive by evolving and becoming even more severe in an endless cycle, which we can only stop by ending these ‘vaccines’ and turn to more viral prophylactics to deal with and eliminate the threat.
See Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. article of 24th March 2021 entitled ‘The Doomsday Prophecy of Dr. Geert Vanden Bossche’ published online by McGill Office for Science and Society .
Dr. Geert Vanden Bossche has been pumping out the same alarmist stuff for some considerable time.
SOQ
Anyone with half a thinking brain knows there is something going on in Shanghai in China which does not add up. The authorities are not taking such steps for the equivalent of a cold or flu.
We were bombarded with stories about how the variants were coming from the unvaccinated but never anything about how it is just as likely, if not more so, to mutate within the vaccinated- especially if their immune systems are damaged.
Geert Vanden Bossche’s point is that the vaccines may create more severe strains- time will tell.
The Guardian is one of the most pro big Pharma mouthpieces in Britain- it has lost all credibility. The “reinfection” rates are primarily among the vaccinated because they go into negative efficacy, meaning they become more susceptible.
But you won’t read such in the likes of The Guardian now will you?
Fearganainm
Who is the article written by?
She has more credibility than German Vladimirov – or Dr. Geert Vanden Bossche.
The bleat about ‘The Guardian’ doesn’t really cut it. The article is not by a Guardian journalist. You employ the tactic only to avoid addressing the points made in the article.
You hop from crank to crank and your sequacious nature doubles down.
SOQ
Given your nasty comment at the bottom, I shall refrain from replying to you again.
paul
translation: “I’m losing an argument but can’t bear backing down so I’ll deflect, thrash wildly, vanish and resurface in another article making the same arguments hoping someone takes me seriously.“
SOQ
More personal attacks- if you can’t converse in a civil manner without resorting to personal attacks, then just go away.
I am not going to waste my time on you sorts anymore.
paul
If you can’t take it, SOQ, don’t dish it out. Hypocrisy doesn’t look good on anyone.
TenPin Terry
‘ if you can’t converse in a civil manner without resorting to personal attacks, then just go away ‘ said the man calling someone a moron.
I think what we’re witnessing is a slow internet meltdown that has speeded up to magnesium-burning intensity.
Fun to watch but sad at the same time.
TenPin Terry
Actually on this point I agree with Queenie.
The Guardian really is a dreadful rag.
It’s not so much the dullness of it but the insufferable hypocrisy.
Here’s how one of its star columnists gets away with bullying colleagues and the paper hushes it up.
“…Wolfson is the second justice minister to quit under Johnson’s leadership, following the resignation of Lord Keen in September 2020 over the prime minister’s bid to potentially break international law by overriding parts of the Brexit deal….”
“…As she spoke, a protester stood up holding a heart-shaped picture of Le Pen and Putin shaking hands at the Kremlin in 2017. The protester was tackled to the ground by security guards and dragged out along the floor. In 2014, Le Pen’s party – then called the Front National, and since renamed National Rally – borrowed €9m from a Russian-Czech bank for local election campaigns. It is still paying off the loan. Five years ago when Le Pen also faced Macron in the 2017 runoff, which she lost heavily, Putin hosted her at the Kremlin, posing for a handshake. At the time, Le Pen declared admiringly that she shared the same values as Putin and that a “new world order” was emerging with Putin, Donald Trump and her at the helm…”
So many ‘new world orders’
Fearganainm
Up to 19 more TDs will sit in the Dáil after the next general election
“At least nine, and up to 19, extra TDs will be sitting in the Dáil after the next general election. The Cabinet today signed off an amendment to the terms of reference of the Electoral Commission, which had requested that following last week’s Census, the number of the seats in the next Dáil be increased. The commission requested the number of seats increase to at least 169, meaning an extra nine seats, or to a maximum of 179, which could be an additional 19 on the current 160. “This is proposed as part of the constitution in response to the latest population estimates,” a Government spokesman said. This will mean constituencies will likely have to be redrawn to accommodate the extra seats. Under the Constitution, there must be at least one TD for every 20,000 to 30,000 people…”
Fearganainm
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael see boost in opinion polls but Sinn Féin still most popular single party
“The Firm and the FDA: McKinsey & Company’s Conflicts of Interest at the Heart of the Opioid Epidemic. The report presents preliminary findings from the Committee’s investigation into McKinsey’s consulting work during the opioid epidemic.”
“An external expert will be appointed by Health Minister Stephen Donnelly to carry out a review into the process around the planned appointment of Dr Tony Holohan as a Professor in Trinity College. In a statement tonight the minister said: “On Monday I received a briefing note regarding the previously proposed secondment of the Chief Medical Officer to Trinity College Dublin as Professor of Public Health Strategy and Leadership. ”There has been criticism that the department did not outline the full details of what was being proposed when it was announced. The department has accepted that the proposed arrangements should have been communicated earlier.”…”
Cracking front page from the Blighty Daily Mail.
https://mobile.twitter.com/AllieHBNews/status/1513989381757063179/photo/1
Such a joy to watch the Boris-bashers tearing a hole in their stomachs over partygate.
He ain’t going nowhere.
Marvellous™
It’s all a bit Russian really…
Rushing more like.
His birthday party was a cake that never left its Tupperware box as he was eating a salad with no booze.
And it lasted nine minutes.
Mind you, that sounds positively Bacchanalian to some of the pecksniffian prodnoses on here.
You can imagine them now with faces like a bulldog that’s just licked urine off a nettle.
‘but we’re just like ALL frontline staff, like teachers and hospital staff who enjoyed a little tipple in the staff room after our shifts during the lockdown’
it’s hilarious watching tories own that particular bucket of poop right now.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FQIPKiNXEAIsUrx?format=jpg&name=large
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/politics/arid-40850354.html
Can’t buy rent a house … keep voting FG anyways…
can’t even rent a kip :)
Bonfires on main street in Villarreal tonight – amazing achievement for a town with a population of 52 thousand to reach the semi’s – hard to think of a parallel (even Malmo and Bruges aeons ago are sprawling metropolises in comparison) – Scouser’s delight – Liverpool’s dreaming.
Well done FBI as this Dublin gang of gurriers grew to become one of the biggest gangs in the world
Just goes to show how incompetent they are that as usual they could do nothing to stop them
It does seems like the Americans and the Brits are doing most of the legwork to break the Kinahan gang while CSI Offaly is off on a doughnut run to Krispy Kreme.
The National Crime Agency easily broke the UK link, with the No 2 in the Kinahan cartel, Thomas ‘Bomber’ Kavanagh, getting a 21-year stretch in Britain.
It’s kind of embarrassing for Plod here that the US is putting up a reward and imposing sanctions.
You have to wonder just how many palms in the Irish establishment are still being greased with shekels from Dubai.
Particularly now the Northern Bank robbery proceeds have flushed through the system.
‘Twas ever thus with Paddy.
You’d think Kinahan and co. would be quite the embarrassment to Sheikh Mohammed and the fellow ragheads in the UAE at this stage – but then again its now the dump of choice for Russian pondlife – and they’ve spent years sponsoring Sunni terrorists and dropping bombs on Yemini’s – Dubai is an unmerciful dump – it has less soul than Courtown.
What exactly do you mean by “raghead”, stephen..?
Was wondering that too.
It’s funny how these spam alt right commenters are all the same guy at the end of the day
Here… you leave Courtown out of it.. then again.. you’re right.. it is a soulless Kip… meanwhile, there is absolutely no way the Kinahan gang are one of the biggest OCG.. that’s just fanciful.. whatever is going on, it’s not what it seems..
rag heads, are you some Marine Moran ?
Frogs yesterday, ragheads today- both English slang of course.
Actually the Oxford English Dictionary cites that rag-head is “orig. and chiefly U.S. slang (derogatory and offensive)” for “a person who wears a head cloth or turban; a native or inhabitant of a country where such items are customarily worn, esp. a Middle Eastern person”.
But you’re so obvious with your Anglophobia you just can’t help yourself.
For an openly gay man you do seem to be carrying a lot of prejudices that often manifest themselves as outright abuse on here.
I’m sure deep down you know you can do much better old sport.
Interesting how my sexuality keeps getting brought up- as though it comes from some sort of political template.
You clearly know few if any gay people if you think we are the same- there is no more diverse community on the Island of Ireland.
As for the rest- there is an undue Anglo influence on this site, yes. Which is fine, as long as people are upfront about who and what they are- but that is not the case.
Why is that important right now?
Because Britain is up to its neck in its usual dirty dealings in Ukraine, and the propaganda is at max. There is nothing ‘phobic’ about it- just realism.
I think what you mean to say is I was wrong to characterise raghead as English slang when you have quite clearly shown me it originated in America.
You’re fooling no-one with your amateurish evasion.
Either you want a kinder, gentler Broadsheet or you want to carry on calling people morons.
Up to you old cock.
In my experience, ‘rag head’ is a derogatory term regularly used in England ‘old cock’. Where it originated from is irrelevant.
Charger, I think SOQ has moved your goalposts again.
Hehx3™
Pity the poor sap who can’t admit it when he’s wrong. It explains all his other conspiracy theory rantings too.
Mactoom is one of the vilest creatures on this planet
At his stud if the young foul dose nut cut the mustard it’s destroyed and buried in a pit
His winners get the gold plated stables but failure is rewarded much the same as an immigrant Pakistani worker ion his building sites or his sister wife daughter
A vile individual cruel and inhumane
To him it’s about the money
But fair play to the FBI
I seriously doubt if any of the close members in the Kinahan hierarchy are within a wasp’s fart of any country with extradition/deportation laws considering the *legitimate* passports they probably hold for various countries they might be residents of.
…. plata o plomo.
Its fresh and well you’re looking Viktor Medvedchuk
https://twitter.com/yarotrof/status/1513945396892086273
Elsewhere it’s a cyber ecumenical matter – the hand of Anon
https://twitter.com/EuromaidanPress/status/1514009385860800518
Recognize any of these likely lads from down your local currently on manoeuvres in Ukraine ?
https://twitter.com/Militarylandnet/status/1513620228537786372
While the world did gaze with deep amaze
At those fearless men but few
Who bore the fight that freedom’s light
Might shine through the foggy dew
Wanquers
Talking of bravery the Irish Times reports that ‘ a group of Defence Force officer cadets were withdrawn from graduation after drunken incident at Curragh. ‘
The incident at the Defence Forces Training College is currently the subject of a military police investigation.
Apparently the officer cadets, who were not allowed to graduate, brought booze into the college and tried to wreck the gaff.
Now that’s what I call a party.
Not a cake in sight.
Not so much Full Metal Jacket but more full to the cap badge.
Still, great training for their careers ahead waving a white flag while brandishing spud guns cowering behind slabs of Linden Village.
Marvellous™
Silly Englander will now become Russian bargaining chip or rot in Russian jail.
The first of many shoes to fall – Sri Lanka effectively defaults – after previously falling foul of China’s “Belt and Road” (debt diplomacy) trap – One would expect a cascade of these scenarios in EM, MENA and Africa throughout the year – I see even Krugman has woken up in the NYT to Globalizations demise – he’s a bit late for that funeral given its high water mark was 2008
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/12/business/sri-lanka-default.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing%3A-europe-edition&emc=edit_mbe_20220413
Still waiting on your explanation for the “raghead” comment you made..?
And Sri Lanka defaulted because they had a huge terrorist attack 2 years ago you moron.
Actually it’s more complicated than that.
Years of corrupt government mismamagement combined with heavy borrowing to pay for Chinese infrastructure with current food shortages down to a catastrophic decision to ban fertilizers in agriculture.
It’s a wonderful island with lovely people badly led by incompetent politicians.
Sri Lanka that is.
Not Ireland.
Nonsense. Sri Lanka was doing absolutely fine until the terrorist attacks and than Covid19 nonsense.
Have you ever been to Sri Lanka ?
I first visited just after the end of the civil war and the destruction of the Tamil Tigers.
Its history since then is one of chronic government mismanagement, nepotism and widespread corruption.
It has been sinking further into the mire for most of the last decade.
The terroist attack did virtually zero to make this worse.
I’ve been all over Sri Lanka, TPT..
Great place.
Wonderful people, food, climate and surf.
Mittyworld. now known as Sri Lanka
I’d imagine he took a package holiday to the colonial crap hole that is kandy.
Go there and it’s full of English and they’re beloved tea..
Much more sites on the rest of the island..
I’d go back only for the consistent bullying of SL by both India and Israel.
Have to say it sounds a good bit like Wexford
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/radio-station-accuses-council-of-offering-adverts-in-return-for-presenters-not-expressing-opinions-1.4848356
Like what the actual?
There is NO correlation between terror attacks and sovereign defaults – if there was Algeria, Egypt and Pakistan to name but three countries would have defaulted years ago and multiple times as there have incidences of terrorism that are multiples that experienced by Sri Lanka. The country has fallen prey to borrowing too much “cheap” money without reading (as Ben Dunne advises) the terms and conditions that involved them handing over an entire marine port and and airport to the Chinese (a kind of reverse HK / UK deal) plus the usual endemic corruption and nepotism that plagues emerging markets. the bombing was 3 years ago and 269 deaths in the overall scheme of things is small beer compared to what Pakistan etc. has endure And the bombing were caused by an ISIS (raghead central) franchise. I use the term to refer to Sunni’s who either sponsor or carry out sectarian based mass killings of fellow (Shia) Muslims over a dispute that dates form 662 AD based on a warped interpretation of Takfir which deems Shia’s as apostates warranting a genocidal campaign against them e.g. ISIS have targeted and killed far more Shiites than anything else
More nonsense..
Egypt is on the brink of default. Pakistan and Algeria are energy rich. False correlation as per usual.
And still no address of the vile “raghead” comment.
Read the comment again – I addressed the issue fully “I use the term to refer to Sunni’s who either sponsor or carry out sectarian based mass killings of fellow (Shia) Muslims over a dispute that dates form 662 AD based on a warped interpretation of Takfir which deems Shia’s as apostates warranting a genocidal campaign against them e.g. ISIS have targeted and killed far more Shiites than anything else”
Food inflation and the $ at a five year high on trade weighted index basis are the issues that are driving defaults – it has nothing to do with terrorism – no country has ever defaulted because it terrorism, not one , ever. Sri Lanka sold their souls to the China and are begging for a $2.5bn credit line. which Xi is playing hardball over as he has enough on his plate with Covid, a economy dominated by a dodgy property market and trying to rebalance the economy away from exports to consumer based on (China 2025 etc)
More nonsense from the resident spoofer.
Sectarianism within the Muslim faith in Sri Lanka is non existent.
The terrorists were not Sri Lankan and the issue is not a religious one.
The Sri Lankans were doing absolutely fine until the terrorist attacks in Negombo, a complete halt to tourism coupled with the Covid19 nonsense has sank the country financially.
It had only just recovered from the tsunami.
None of your bigoted points are relevant.
Now address the “raghead” comment..???
The Easter bombings were carried out by National Tawahujja Jama’ath – an ISIS franchise.
Sri Lanka has a $ bond due for repayment in July – which they haven’t prefunded (the way Ireland does for example with massive liquidity buffers) – always borrow when you can not when you have to.
The bond is currently trading at 46 cents on the $
If a country that size could be brought to its knees by 2 bombs no one would ever lend to them! I don’t think S an ;P or Moody’s will be offering you a post ! The country has deep seated structural issues plus China repossessed a major port and airport – be careful who you borrow money from – even the IMF don’t confiscate your infrastructure – Xi has then by the b*alls but has much more urgent issues to deal with such as China’s massive imbalances and over reliance on real estate
The s h one t will hit the fan of the rest of the EM / Africa because US interest rates are going up, the $ is going up and there will be civil unrest due to skyrocketing food prices – not terrorism (which is a blot on the landscape – nothing more)
I addressed the question of my use of the term raghead in bot h of my last posts which you clearly didn’t read so I’ll paste it in again here
I use the term to refer to Sunni’s who either sponsor or carry out sectarian based mass killings of fellow (Shia) Muslims over a dispute that dates form 662 AD based on a warped interpretation of Takfir which deems Shia’s as apostates warranting a genocidal campaign against them e.g. ISIS have targeted and killed tens of thousands of Shiites in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Egypt, Pakistan, Yemen, Sahel etc etc…..
Complete and utter nonsense..
Sri Lankans have no time for sectarianism. They all work alongside eachother, no matter what the religion.
All Sri Lanka has is tourism. The bombings ended that. And destroyed all their plans.
Sectarianism in Sri Lanka exists only in political circles.
So you’re calling Muslims ragheads yeah..?
Stop matching lone female Ukraine refugees with single men, UK told
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/13/stop-matching-lone-female-ukraine-refugees-with-single-men-uk-told
“The United Nations’ refugee agency has called on the UK government to intervene to stop single British men from being matched up with lone Ukrainian women seeking refuge from war because of fears of sexual exploitation. In the wake of claims that predatory men are using the Homes for Ukraine scheme to target the vulnerable, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) told the Guardian “a more appropriate matching process” could be put in place to ensure women and women with children are matched with families or couples. The suggestion from the global refugee agency follows reports that Ukrainian refugees, predominantly women and sometimes accompanied by children, are at risk in the UK of sexual exploitation…”
@ the Editor not Rotide (￣ヘ￣)
(The lad that best identifies with my Frilly side )
Two Scorpions locked in a dance of death
Needs to be the title of my next book
Dr. Geert Vanden Bossche, DMV, PhD, independent virologist and vaccine expert, formerly employed at GAVI and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
DEADLIER VARIANTS? Dr. Geert Vanden Bossche On What To Expect In The Near Future And Why
Basically, the ‘vaccine’ is causing the immune pressure that allows the virus to evolve, because it doesn’t actually spark your immune system as traditional vaccines do – therefore the virus can survive by evolving and becoming even more severe in an endless cycle, which we can only stop by ending these ‘vaccines’ and turn to more viral prophylactics to deal with and eliminate the threat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F530dxcB6_s
See Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. article of 24th March 2021 entitled ‘The Doomsday Prophecy of Dr. Geert Vanden Bossche’ published online by McGill Office for Science and Society .
Dr. Geert Vanden Bossche has been pumping out the same alarmist stuff for some considerable time.
Anyone with half a thinking brain knows there is something going on in Shanghai in China which does not add up. The authorities are not taking such steps for the equivalent of a cold or flu.
We were bombarded with stories about how the variants were coming from the unvaccinated but never anything about how it is just as likely, if not more so, to mutate within the vaccinated- especially if their immune systems are damaged.
Geert Vanden Bossche’s point is that the vaccines may create more severe strains- time will tell.
Maybe you’re not reading enough:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/apr/12/herd-immunity-covid-reinfection-virus-world
The Guardian is one of the most pro big Pharma mouthpieces in Britain- it has lost all credibility. The “reinfection” rates are primarily among the vaccinated because they go into negative efficacy, meaning they become more susceptible.
But you won’t read such in the likes of The Guardian now will you?
Who is the article written by?
She has more credibility than German Vladimirov – or Dr. Geert Vanden Bossche.
The bleat about ‘The Guardian’ doesn’t really cut it. The article is not by a Guardian journalist. You employ the tactic only to avoid addressing the points made in the article.
You hop from crank to crank and your sequacious nature doubles down.
Given your nasty comment at the bottom, I shall refrain from replying to you again.
translation: “I’m losing an argument but can’t bear backing down so I’ll deflect, thrash wildly, vanish and resurface in another article making the same arguments hoping someone takes me seriously.“
More personal attacks- if you can’t converse in a civil manner without resorting to personal attacks, then just go away.
I am not going to waste my time on you sorts anymore.
If you can’t take it, SOQ, don’t dish it out. Hypocrisy doesn’t look good on anyone.
‘ if you can’t converse in a civil manner without resorting to personal attacks, then just go away ‘ said the man calling someone a moron.
I think what we’re witnessing is a slow internet meltdown that has speeded up to magnesium-burning intensity.
Fun to watch but sad at the same time.
Actually on this point I agree with Queenie.
The Guardian really is a dreadful rag.
It’s not so much the dullness of it but the insufferable hypocrisy.
Here’s how one of its star columnists gets away with bullying colleagues and the paper hushes it up.
https://twitter.com/VictoriaPeckham/status/1514169122027884544?cxt=HHwWgMCyhemytIMqAAAA
manana,manana…
” Mexican truck drivers blockaded bridges at the U.S. border for a second day on Tuesday to protest….
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trucker-protests-expand-us-mexico-border-over-lengthy-wait-times-2022-04-12/
ah gwan,gives us more that Smoky and the Bandit energy!
wrong truckers?
Johnson’s justice minister resigns over No 10 Partygate revelations
https://twitter.com/DXWQC/status/1514280176636633090
“…Wolfson is the second justice minister to quit under Johnson’s leadership, following the resignation of Lord Keen in September 2020 over the prime minister’s bid to potentially break international law by overriding parts of the Brexit deal….”
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/apr/13/justice-minister-david-wolfson-resigns-partygate-boris-johnson
Marine Le Pen proposes closer NATO-Russia ties after Ukraine war
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/13/marine-le-pen-proposes-closer-nato-russia-ties-after-ukraine-war
“…As she spoke, a protester stood up holding a heart-shaped picture of Le Pen and Putin shaking hands at the Kremlin in 2017. The protester was tackled to the ground by security guards and dragged out along the floor. In 2014, Le Pen’s party – then called the Front National, and since renamed National Rally – borrowed €9m from a Russian-Czech bank for local election campaigns. It is still paying off the loan. Five years ago when Le Pen also faced Macron in the 2017 runoff, which she lost heavily, Putin hosted her at the Kremlin, posing for a handshake. At the time, Le Pen declared admiringly that she shared the same values as Putin and that a “new world order” was emerging with Putin, Donald Trump and her at the helm…”
So many ‘new world orders’
Up to 19 more TDs will sit in the Dáil after the next general election
https://www.independent.ie/news/up-to-19-more-tds-will-sit-in-the-dail-after-the-next-general-election-41551612.html
“At least nine, and up to 19, extra TDs will be sitting in the Dáil after the next general election. The Cabinet today signed off an amendment to the terms of reference of the Electoral Commission, which had requested that following last week’s Census, the number of the seats in the next Dáil be increased. The commission requested the number of seats increase to at least 169, meaning an extra nine seats, or to a maximum of 179, which could be an additional 19 on the current 160. “This is proposed as part of the constitution in response to the latest population estimates,” a Government spokesman said. This will mean constituencies will likely have to be redrawn to accommodate the extra seats. Under the Constitution, there must be at least one TD for every 20,000 to 30,000 people…”
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael see boost in opinion polls but Sinn Féin still most popular single party
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/fianna-fail-and-fine-gael-see-boost-in-opinion-polls-but-sinn-fein-still-most-popular-single-party-41551765.html
“The Firm and the FDA: McKinsey & Company’s Conflicts of Interest at the Heart of the Opioid Epidemic. The report presents preliminary findings from the Committee’s investigation into McKinsey’s consulting work during the opioid epidemic.”
https://oversight.house.gov/news/press-releases/committee-releases-report-uncovering-significant-conflicts-of-interest-at
“who we know and what we know.”…is this not the current minister for health’s,x partners,employer,I’m not sure if he even made partner.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/13/business/mckinsey-purdue-fda-records.html
External expert to carry out review of process around Dr Tony Holohan’s now abandoned Trinity College secondment
https://www.independent.ie/news/external-expert-to-carry-out-review-of-process-around-dr-tony-holohans-now-abandoned-trinity-college-secondment-41551801.html
“An external expert will be appointed by Health Minister Stephen Donnelly to carry out a review into the process around the planned appointment of Dr Tony Holohan as a Professor in Trinity College. In a statement tonight the minister said: “On Monday I received a briefing note regarding the previously proposed secondment of the Chief Medical Officer to Trinity College Dublin as Professor of Public Health Strategy and Leadership. ”There has been criticism that the department did not outline the full details of what was being proposed when it was announced. The department has accepted that the proposed arrangements should have been communicated earlier.”…”
#96
Going for the personal best?
Pet crematorium wars
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/pet-crematorium-gets-go-ahead-despite-single-objection-from-other-side-of-the-country-41551840.html
‘Don Weldon’ lucks out
Priti Patel finalises plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/apr/13/priti-patel-finalises-plan-to-send-asylum-seekers-to-rwanda