A bit too much sherry in the old Bird’s trifle there.
Sara
The last thing we need is an Honour’s System, every crook in the land would be given a decoration.
Daisy Chainsaw
Of all the pictures of Desmond Tutu, the Daily Heil picks one of Bertie Ahern… Exactly the type of person who’d be “rewarded” with one of these honours.
GiggidyGoo
Both of them were instrumental in changing the bigoted and violent landscape of their respective countries though. They would be the reasoning for such a photo being used.
The honours thing is a completely separate issue.
Erra, well done mad auld lad GiggidyGums! Nice to read a decent comment from you and one I doubt you would have been able to write a year or two ago. Ain’t that the truth says yourself, eh?! Over the last few days, I noticed a new and improved Giggz – wishing seasons greetings even to your “nemises” (extra brownie points for that word and correct plural by the way), steering clear of the forum on the 26th (after last year, a wise move) and not even of whiff of you getting worked up about scanning codes.
To put it in terms you can appreciate: fair fupps to you mad auld lad GiggidyGums. Keep it up and Boxy will be put of a job.
Chortle!
GiggidyGoo
As distinct from your good self who couldn’t wish anyone a Happy Christmas.
You can get lost as well Daisy. Bertie Ahern was widely respected throughout Europe as a consummate political figure, and no one can ever take away his monumental achievements in Northern Ireland with Tony Blair, Ian Paisley et al
Chris
Respected? He was a con artist – ‘I didn’t have a bank account’, ‘I won it on the horses’ ‘It was a dig out’. If ‘respect’ from other crooks in politics is your thing, you’re a sleaze.
Gabby
@Sara: We already have a kind of vox populi honours system in the form of People of the Year nationally and County people of the year locally. The RHA based in Dawson honours academic achievers with membership. The Royal Hibernian Academy of Art honours distinguished visual arts achievers with exhibitions and prizes. Literary, musical, visual arts and other persons are elected to Aosdana. (The late Brendan Kennelly declined membership.) Young people still at school are honoured with the Presidential Gaisce awards. Media people are awarded annually for contributions to journalism. Dublin, Cork, Limerick and other cities grant Freedom of the City to various people who distinguish themselves. (Geldof never availed of his right to graze sheep in St. Stephen’s Green, and nor did MacLiammor and Hilton Edwards.)
I noticed that Boris Johnson didn’t collapse after the jab. Funny that.
No more Maura
That is absolutely shocking Chris! Thanks for sharing. Nphet needs to wake up and find out what is really in these vaccines. Petrified here for 22 at this rate.
Merry xmas to all.
Tom J
Big brother is watching you, cameras everywhere.
Bitnboxy
Those cameras are running off 5G to boot. Be very afraid…
SOQ
Frightening predictions by Dr Sucharit Bhakdi, especially about tuberculosis.
Another hit piece- it is beyond predictable at this stage.
90% of bodies found to have the same cause of death. Why is it that only experts who are retired who are speaking out? If even just part of what Sucharit Bhakdi is saying is true, there will be a lot of dead people.
And he is not the only one of course.
Tom J
What was the case of death of the other 10%.
SOQ
They were just extras who subscribed to The Irish Times because of Fintan O’Toolahoop.
Tom J
@ SOQ
So again no evidence. Corpses don’t read newspapers especially the Irish Times.
ce
If fairness I’d say there are several corpses that have a look at the IT … and increasing and important demographic for media outlets…
Birdie
That story about the debt collectors chasing cancer patients is so scummy and symbolic of the two tier health system.
Somewhat related, I’ve received a hospital bill and their accounts never seem to pick up. They also have no online payment system on their site. Just terrible user experience all round.
That story isn’t new at all. It’s reported every few months. It was *Astonishing* the first time it was reported. You can thank Mary Harney and Michael Martin for this.
Somebody said it’s the worst flooding there since 1959. What was the cause back in 1959?
Nigel
Rain.
GiggidyGoo
Cool, Same as this year then. I thought it might have been global warming.
Nigel
Oh, climate change played a part. There isn’t a weather event occuring in the world that’s unaffected by climate change. That’s the nature of climate change.
GiggidyGoo
If it’s the nature of it, then it’s natural.
Nigel
Humans are creatures of nature, humanity’s creations and actions are therefore ‘natural,’ climate change can be connected directly to the actions of humanity, and humanity can act in ways that mitigates and reverses climate change, and that would also be ‘natural,’ only beneficial instead of destructive.
GiggidyGoo
Last round up of Nigel waffle for 2021 then?
Dictionary Definition of “Natural” is nowhere near your creation.
Nigel
That was your definition, actually, based on ‘the nature of something (ie a common expression that sums up how something behaves)’ = ‘natural.’
I almost thought we were going to have an interesting-ish debate there for a second. Try harder. Try to say something on the subject that isn’t just taking an opportunity to have a go at me.
bisted
…well done Giggser…have you taken your place on the climate denier bandwagon…or are you just asking questions at this stage?
Which conforms to your declaration that if a thing has a nature, it is natural.
GiggidyGoo
Last round up, as I say, Nigel.
Nigel
I challenged you to try harder: you didn’t even try a little.
GiggidyGoo
And the waffle continues. Challenged? LOL
Nigel
No, climate change continues.
You not even trying also continues.
GiggidyGoo
I don’t have to try. You thought that your original link would be some sort of frightener for climate change until it was pointed out to you that the flooding in Wexford wasn’t a one off and that it happened as bad, if not worse, back in 1959. You tried to wriggle then with the childish ‘Rain’ answer. Your running away continues, thinly disguised as waffle.
Nigel
The entirety of your comment is based on mind-reading, resentment and animus. ‘It happened before in 1959’ does not preclude the severity of this flood being caused by or being a result of the influence of climate change. If you engaged with the topic and not with your dislike of me, you’d come across as less of a twit.
Heh. All the talk about ‘false flags’ tends to go hand in hand with the demonisation of things called ‘BLM’ and ‘antifa’ that rarely resemble actual BLM and antifa:
‘Far-Right Boogaloo Ivan Harrison Hunter Admits Posing as BLM Supporter During Minneapolis George Floyd Riot’
… EirGrid has its own separate board and is regulated by the Commission for Energy Regulation (the CER) and its shares are held by the Irish Government. EirGrid is responsible for balancing electricity consumption and generation, for the safe, secure and economical operation of the power system, and for the planning and development of the Irish power grid.…
Unelected and untouchable.
‘Eirgrid has rowed back on plans to introduce a moratorium on new data centre developments in the greater Dublin region after Martin Shanahan, the head of IDA Ireland, personally intervened, the Business Post can reveal.‘
Sanction was also given for IDA chief executive Martin Shanahan to be reappointed for a five year term with a salary of €187,869 per year. This followed letter from IDA who said the salary had “not been reviewed for some time>
When your sitting in the dark and you will be,thank Martin,Martin Who ?
..gosh what will the yanks think,after all those promises made,I mean the head IDA interfering in Ireland’s national grid is totally,totally normal,in Ireland that is.
‘I would be concerned that we decide to limit enterprise activity, which ultimately is contributing to the economy and paying for the things we all enjoy as citizens and as a society, in the short term.
“You can’t turn it off and on. You can’t decide we maybe don’t want a certain type of investment today – data centres – but actually at the point where we have significant offshore wind available we want them again. It doesn’t work like that.”
Total psychopaths
Data centres typically are placed in the dirt poor states in the USA as well, Ireland is dominion status to Uncle Sam like a wetter Puerto Rico
Prolly too late for the paper print deadlines, but RIP Janice Long.
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/dec/26/bbc-radio-presenter-janice-long-dies-aged-66
Memories.
Prolly?
Jesus wept charger, you’re some sad bastard.
A bit too much sherry in the old Bird’s trifle there.
The last thing we need is an Honour’s System, every crook in the land would be given a decoration.
Of all the pictures of Desmond Tutu, the Daily Heil picks one of Bertie Ahern… Exactly the type of person who’d be “rewarded” with one of these honours.
Both of them were instrumental in changing the bigoted and violent landscape of their respective countries though. They would be the reasoning for such a photo being used.
The honours thing is a completely separate issue.
100%
Well said Giggidy
Erra, well done mad auld lad GiggidyGums! Nice to read a decent comment from you and one I doubt you would have been able to write a year or two ago. Ain’t that the truth says yourself, eh?! Over the last few days, I noticed a new and improved Giggz – wishing seasons greetings even to your “nemises” (extra brownie points for that word and correct plural by the way), steering clear of the forum on the 26th (after last year, a wise move) and not even of whiff of you getting worked up about scanning codes.
To put it in terms you can appreciate: fair fupps to you mad auld lad GiggidyGums. Keep it up and Boxy will be put of a job.
Chortle!
As distinct from your good self who couldn’t wish anyone a Happy Christmas.
Maybe you could take a leaf out of Giggidy’s book, you tedious, bullying, one note, unfunny https://www.broadsheet.ie/contact/
Mothers are out of bounds, 1-2-1-2.
Sorry Bodger
Not a bother.
A Fianna Failure fanboy? What a surprise.
Enter the Dragon
You can get lost as well Daisy. Bertie Ahern was widely respected throughout Europe as a consummate political figure, and no one can ever take away his monumental achievements in Northern Ireland with Tony Blair, Ian Paisley et al
Respected? He was a con artist – ‘I didn’t have a bank account’, ‘I won it on the horses’ ‘It was a dig out’. If ‘respect’ from other crooks in politics is your thing, you’re a sleaze.
@Sara: We already have a kind of vox populi honours system in the form of People of the Year nationally and County people of the year locally. The RHA based in Dawson honours academic achievers with membership. The Royal Hibernian Academy of Art honours distinguished visual arts achievers with exhibitions and prizes. Literary, musical, visual arts and other persons are elected to Aosdana. (The late Brendan Kennelly declined membership.) Young people still at school are honoured with the Presidential Gaisce awards. Media people are awarded annually for contributions to journalism. Dublin, Cork, Limerick and other cities grant Freedom of the City to various people who distinguish themselves. (Geldof never availed of his right to graze sheep in St. Stephen’s Green, and nor did MacLiammor and Hilton Edwards.)
We have an honours system. It’s called the Seanad and a revolving door appearance on the Late Late Show.
Mary Carr’s column is unmissable
Apparently so.
More like missable! The “Irish” Daily Mail selling just over 18,000 copies in ROI now. Was selling well over 50,000 not so long ago.
It’s an easy target.
Ta ta Tutu.
Wadada means Love.
Uhuru means Freedom.
Tutu stood for both of those principles all his life and still does.
An ambassador for Jah.
Jah bless.
Kalongi or Nyabingi… I always get them mixed up.
Which ones are the peaceful ones and which ones are the warriors?
I meant the peaceful ones.
I should’ve just said “Rest in Zion”
I am a boombacla’at, fe real.
https://twitter.com/MrsVWilberforce/status/1474826656892301318?s=20
I noticed that Boris Johnson didn’t collapse after the jab. Funny that.
That is absolutely shocking Chris! Thanks for sharing. Nphet needs to wake up and find out what is really in these vaccines. Petrified here for 22 at this rate.
Merry xmas to all.
Big brother is watching you, cameras everywhere.
Those cameras are running off 5G to boot. Be very afraid…
Frightening predictions by Dr Sucharit Bhakdi, especially about tuberculosis.
https://www.bitchute.com/video/lsWogIFsaKiX/
I watched that earlier, is absolutely terrifying on so many levels. How are they letting this happen
Yes, on so many levels… – https://www.algemeiner.com/2021/07/16/jews-learned-evil-from-nazis-leading-covid-19-conspiracy-theorist-in-germany-loses-publisher-over-antisemitic-comments/
Another hit piece- it is beyond predictable at this stage.
90% of bodies found to have the same cause of death. Why is it that only experts who are retired who are speaking out? If even just part of what Sucharit Bhakdi is saying is true, there will be a lot of dead people.
And he is not the only one of course.
What was the case of death of the other 10%.
They were just extras who subscribed to The Irish Times because of Fintan O’Toolahoop.
@ SOQ
So again no evidence. Corpses don’t read newspapers especially the Irish Times.
If fairness I’d say there are several corpses that have a look at the IT … and increasing and important demographic for media outlets…
That story about the debt collectors chasing cancer patients is so scummy and symbolic of the two tier health system.
Somewhat related, I’ve received a hospital bill and their accounts never seem to pick up. They also have no online payment system on their site. Just terrible user experience all round.
That story isn’t new at all. It’s reported every few months. You can thank Mary Harney and Michael Martin for this.
https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/hse-chiefs-slammed-sending-debt-25503629
Lawyer (76) who won landmark Roe v Wade abortion case dies
via The Irish Times
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/us/lawyer-76-who-won-landmark-roe-v-wade-abortion-case-dies-1.4764337
Astonishing story about cancer patients
That story isn’t new at all. It’s reported every few months. It was *Astonishing* the first time it was reported. You can thank Mary Harney and Michael Martin for this.
Thanks Annie
Yes you are correct
It still retains a capacity to disgust though
Needs more Ghislaine and Imelda.
https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wexford/news/calls-for-humanitarian-aid-as-parts-of-wexford-devastated-by-worst-flooding-in-living-memory-on-christmas-day-41184162.html
Somebody said it’s the worst flooding there since 1959. What was the cause back in 1959?
Rain.
Cool, Same as this year then. I thought it might have been global warming.
Oh, climate change played a part. There isn’t a weather event occuring in the world that’s unaffected by climate change. That’s the nature of climate change.
If it’s the nature of it, then it’s natural.
Humans are creatures of nature, humanity’s creations and actions are therefore ‘natural,’ climate change can be connected directly to the actions of humanity, and humanity can act in ways that mitigates and reverses climate change, and that would also be ‘natural,’ only beneficial instead of destructive.
Last round up of Nigel waffle for 2021 then?
Dictionary Definition of “Natural” is nowhere near your creation.
That was your definition, actually, based on ‘the nature of something (ie a common expression that sums up how something behaves)’ = ‘natural.’
I almost thought we were going to have an interesting-ish debate there for a second. Try harder. Try to say something on the subject that isn’t just taking an opportunity to have a go at me.
…well done Giggser…have you taken your place on the climate denier bandwagon…or are you just asking questions at this stage?
https://www.broadsheet.ie/contact/
Which conforms to your declaration that if a thing has a nature, it is natural.
Last round up, as I say, Nigel.
I challenged you to try harder: you didn’t even try a little.
And the waffle continues. Challenged? LOL
No, climate change continues.
You not even trying also continues.
I don’t have to try. You thought that your original link would be some sort of frightener for climate change until it was pointed out to you that the flooding in Wexford wasn’t a one off and that it happened as bad, if not worse, back in 1959. You tried to wriggle then with the childish ‘Rain’ answer. Your running away continues, thinly disguised as waffle.
The entirety of your comment is based on mind-reading, resentment and animus. ‘It happened before in 1959’ does not preclude the severity of this flood being caused by or being a result of the influence of climate change. If you engaged with the topic and not with your dislike of me, you’d come across as less of a twit.
Hopefully they will evacuate all the Dubs permanently wha
‘Shocking photo from Terry Byrne showing just how much plastic and rubbish flows down the River Slaney. ‘
https://twitter.com/byrne_padraig/status/1475234151087456261
All from Dublin?
‘Many all-time high temps tumbled today across the central U.S., and tomorrow will be more records. Temperatures running 30+ F above normal.’
https://twitter.com/pkedrosky/status/1475255785584136194
“Mild air from the Atlantic Azores Islands will push the mercury into double figures this weekend. Highs of 14C across southern Britain will make it feel more like mid-spring than the start of winter.”
https://twitter.com/pascaldussart/status/1475362893784924163
(Australia): ’24 new temperature #records broken in the last 24 hours’
https://twitter.com/BOM_WA/status/1475021889244381184
Heh. All the talk about ‘false flags’ tends to go hand in hand with the demonisation of things called ‘BLM’ and ‘antifa’ that rarely resemble actual BLM and antifa:
‘Far-Right Boogaloo Ivan Harrison Hunter Admits Posing as BLM Supporter During Minneapolis George Floyd Riot’
https://twitter.com/ZaleskiLuke/status/1475203252920762371
… EirGrid has its own separate board and is regulated by the Commission for Energy Regulation (the CER) and its shares are held by the Irish Government. EirGrid is responsible for balancing electricity consumption and generation, for the safe, secure and economical operation of the power system, and for the planning and development of the Irish power grid.…
Unelected and untouchable.
‘Eirgrid has rowed back on plans to introduce a moratorium on new data centre developments in the greater Dublin region after Martin Shanahan, the head of IDA Ireland, personally intervened, the Business Post can reveal.‘
Martin Who ?
https://www.businesspost.ie/energy/eirgrid-u-turn-on-data-centres-after-ida-chief-intervenes-c6d2c03c
…reappointed for additional 5 year term,no other candidates considered.
h/t Ken Foxe.
https://twitter.com/kenfoxe/status/1229462284587732992?s=20
Sanction was also given for IDA chief executive Martin Shanahan to be reappointed for a five year term with a salary of €187,869 per year. This followed letter from IDA who said the salary had “not been reviewed for some time>
When your sitting in the dark and you will be,thank Martin,Martin Who ?
..gosh what will the yanks think,after all those promises made,I mean the head IDA interfering in Ireland’s national grid is totally,totally normal,in Ireland that is.
‘I would be concerned that we decide to limit enterprise activity, which ultimately is contributing to the economy and paying for the things we all enjoy as citizens and as a society, in the short term.
“You can’t turn it off and on. You can’t decide we maybe don’t want a certain type of investment today – data centres – but actually at the point where we have significant offshore wind available we want them again. It doesn’t work like that.”
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/ida-says-power-constraints-should-not-lead-to-curbs-on-building-data-centres-1.4715542
—heading back NY,watch Shanahan,he’s over promised the yanks they could just ‘plug in’ without ANY idea what he was promising.
Total psychopaths
Data centres typically are placed in the dirt poor states in the USA as well, Ireland is dominion status to Uncle Sam like a wetter Puerto Rico