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What you want to say – 22nd May 2024 May 22, 2024

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As always, following on Dr. X’s suggestion, it’s all yours, “announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose”, feel free.

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1. Tomboktu - May 22, 2024

Some won’t like the content of the Taoiseach’s statement on the recognition of the State of Palestine, drawing a comparison with Ireland in 1919 asking the world’s states to recognise us.

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Tomboktu - May 22, 2024

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WorldbyStorm - May 22, 2024

That’s true, but… but… at this point in time when Palestine is in such a grievous situation perhaps the recognition by three other states is actually in terms of soft power possessing some significant symbolic utility in terms of pressurising the Israeli state along with other elements like the ICC and so on? At a minimum it adds to the voices calling for ceasefire.

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Hamid - May 22, 2024

Some won’t like the content of the Taoiseach’s statement on the recognition of the State of Palestine, drawing a comparison with Ireland in 1919 asking the world’s states to recognise us.

Another parallel from 1919 are all those upright moral Western powers, who had been so eager at Versailles to dismember the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires in service of the ‘rights of small nations’, firmly turning away Dáil Éireann representatives who called at their doors looking for equal rights.

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2. banjoagbeanjoe - May 22, 2024

It’s an established fact that Tory b€%*7rd Rishi Sunak is a fan of Southampton FC.

In light of this shameful fact, CRC CCC held a meeting last night to discuss the issue of the game on Sunday, Southampton vs Leeds.

The outcome of the meeting was a fatwah to all CLR collective members. Any member found to be not putting their full and unequivocal, public support behind Leeds United on Sunday will be immediately banished to sit in the bold corner beside Clare Daly.

#MOT #ALAW

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sonofstan - May 22, 2024

If that’s addressed to me, don’t worry: I’ve softened considerably. ALAW.

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banjoagbeanjoe - May 22, 2024

The fatwah applies to all CLRers.

LUFC to give a hiding to Sunak on Sunday. The whole of the UK to follow suit on July 4th.

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3. Wes Ferry - May 22, 2024

RNC’s MAGA “Election Integrity” Lawyer Enters Reality

The Republican National Committee tapped Christina Bobb to lead its “election integrity” efforts. And now she has a mugshot.

The Republican National Committee’s senior counsel for election integrity, Christina Bobb, was arraigned Tuesday at a Maricopa County, Arizona, courthouse, pleading not guilty to charges that she was part of a plan to overturn the 2020 presidential election and keep Donald Trump in the White House.

Bobb was one of 11 people—two Trump aides and nine Arizona Republicans—who were arraigned, including Trump’s former lawyer Rudolph Giuliani, who was finally served Friday after weeks evading and mocking the Arizona attorney general.

New Republic

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Wes Ferry - May 22, 2024

The man once hailed as America’s Mayor continued his surreal descent into strange infamy this week.

Rudy Giuliani pleaded not guilty to felony charges of conspiring to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Arizona on Tuesday, just days after he was served with criminal indictment papers at his own 80th birthday bash on Friday [where Giuliani and Steve Bannon taunted officers on Twitter about being unable to catch him].

The longtime Trump attorney was the only defendant among 11 appearing Tuesday who was ordered to post a $10,000 bond after allegedly ducking the summons for weeks.

Crooked Media

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Hamid - May 22, 2024

This couldn’t have happened to a more deserving crook:

Arizona’s Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes on Friday announced that Rudy Giuliani had been served with the notice of his indictment on charges related to a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results in Arizona. 

The announcement came less than two hours after Giuliani taunted Mayes for failing to deliver his indictment in a social media post. The notice was served to Giuliani during his 80th birthday celebration in Palm Beach, Florida.  

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/two-hours-after-mocking-arizona-s-attorney-general-rudy-giuliani-is-served-at-his-own-birthday-party/ar-BB1mDbuu

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4. sonofstan - May 22, 2024

Rumours of July 4th GE here.

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5. sonofstan - May 22, 2024

Someone has gone to the trouble of hiring a fuck off PA to blast ‘Things can only Get Better’ as close as they can get to Downing Street.

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sonofstan - May 22, 2024

As Sunak is drenched in the rain that has been general all over England today. Pathetic fallacy etc.

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WorldbyStorm - May 22, 2024

He’s screwed, isn’t he?

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WorldbyStorm - May 22, 2024
Tomboktu - May 22, 2024

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6. banjoagbeanjoe - May 22, 2024

https://www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2022/spirit-of-revolution/

This from John Cunningham on Facebook:

“So: we’re having a DUBLIN launch of our book next Wednesday (29th) at 6 pm in Books Upstairs. Mary Muldowney is doing the honours. Terry will say a few words while I will conduct a short ‘conversation’ with three of the contributors: Brian Hanley, Theresa Moriarty and Gerry Watts. (And the wine will be organic!)

It would be nice to catch up with Dublin-based friends there.”

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7. NFB - May 24, 2024

Got in two bits of interesting election literature yesterday.

The first from the hand of SF’s Natalie Tracey herself, handing out things with her team at Pelletstown train station. Very professional and slick operation: a fold-out leaflet, with four pages for Tracey as the local candidate, one for Lynn Boylan and one for McDonald to give the usual message (most of it very agreeable stuff, though the dog-whistle “sensible immigration” sticks in the craw). Miles ahead of anything else I’ve gotten.

Then Robin Cafolla of Rabharta. I haven’t heard much from them recently, and was surprised to see the extent of what he was pitching, little less than worker’s revolution. I wish they’d get some traction as a green party as opposed to the capital G equivalent.

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banjoagbeanjoe - May 24, 2024

I didn’t even know he was running. Cabra Glasnevin yes? Cafolla… he might get a few votes from ITICA people and supporters https://www.facebook.com/irish.traditional.italian.chippers.association/

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NFB - May 24, 2024

He’s running for MEP.

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8. NFB - May 24, 2024

Suddenly realised that the British election will be held during the EUROs. Was that in Sunak’s thinking? Team doing well=people happy=vote for government? All going as expected to that point England will be playing a Second Round game a few days before then Quarter-Final two days after.

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Wes Ferry - May 26, 2024

Football fever featured in LBC radio host James O’Brien trying to fathom Sunak’s thinking and that “we” could be doing well.

Of course, the “we” in the station claiming to be “Leading Britain’s Conversation” was England and not Scotland. 😬 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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9. Tomboktu - May 25, 2024

President Michael D Higgins has denounced as “irresponsible” claims made by the Israeli ambassador about the level of antisemitism in Ireland.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41402410.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

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10. Tomboktu - May 26, 2024

Tom Healy, previously director of the Nevin Economic Research Institute, had been announced in November as an Aontú candidate in Castlecomer in the local elections, but his name is not on the list of candidates there or for any LEA in Kilkenny.

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11. Tomboktu - May 26, 2024

How far out from polling day should a candidate put to their booster posters?

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banjoagbeanjoe - May 26, 2024

I’d say put them up about now. Just a week and a half to go.

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6to5against - May 28, 2024

I see a few from Regina Doherty already. It struck me as a little early. I would have said last five or six days would be best?

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banjoagbeanjoe - May 28, 2024

Seen some from Daly and from Bríd Smith too. Smith’s had messages – Isolate Israel and something about neutrality.

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12. Tomboktu - May 27, 2024

Yikes, this won’t get me back hiking too soon

The DNA of a big cat in the Panthera genus – probably a leopard – has been identified from a swab taken from a dead sheep in the Lake District.

https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/mammals/big-cat-british-countryside

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WorldbyStorm - May 27, 2024

Hmmmm. That’s troubling!

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banjoagbeanjoe - May 28, 2024

Ah come on lads. The big (black) cat is a staple annual of the British red tops and other media. It’s there announcement of summer time. Like Fungie was for us here.

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14. banjoagbeanjoe - May 28, 2024

Ted Tynan and Rachel Hurley Roche are now in the ‘independents’ category on Adrian Kavanagh’s website.

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