TRSI

We know not how late the hour is

Gript — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000

On Michael Dwyer's death.

Still here

Gript — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 13:10:23 +0000

The Sudiksha Thirumalesh case; euthanasia; and an election without an election campaign.

https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/compliance-problems-maid-canada-leaked-documents

https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/thirumalesh-chellamal-hemachandran-and-another-v-sudiksha-thirumalesh-and-another/

Against the bourgeoisie

Gript — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 13:01:31 +0000

An analysis of Trump's win, looking particularly at that old chestnut that increased racial diversity in America means the dominance of the Democrats.

Tiny American flags for all

Gript — Sun, 03 Nov 2024 13:37:53 +0000

Gary and Michael finally discuss the American election.

Lower your standards

Gript — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 12:46:45 +0000

Michael broadcasting from inside a Pringles tin; new polls show the Greens may be about to become surplus to requirements; journalists and their lack of self-respect; and a simple, partial, solution to the housing crisis is just to lower building standards.

The Department where things happen to the Minister

Gript — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 12:25:47 +0100

Norma Foley is unhappy but just can't bring herself to do anything; Helen McEntee's glorious rise; and England continues its commitment to acting like a dystopian Monty Python sketch.

Back of the envelope calculations

Gript — Sun, 13 Oct 2024 13:33:05 +0100

A, spirited but weak, rap across the knuckles for Bishop Phonsie; government funds for the Irish media; and we could replace the National Broadband Plan with Starlink whilst saving billions.

An education on sexual education

Gript — Sun, 06 Oct 2024 13:25:02 +0100

So let's have a chat about DCU's training course for SPHE teachers and where it's coming from.

https://gript.ie/photos-inside-the-dcu-sphe-course-fisting-writing-sex-scenes-porn-terms-examined/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqeAMtxbrsM

Take quietly and give loudly

Gript — Sun, 29 Sep 2024 13:02:45 +0100

A cursory review of the data shows Simon Harris is absolutely correct that asylum seekers are driving up homelessness rates; Varadkar transforms into a media pundit; and neoliberalism remains a vaguely bad sort of thing.

Fatherhood

Gript — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 11:31:54 +0100

The hate speech bill and a temporary celebration; FG's relationship with EPP continues to disintegrate; the NEXT ruling is an assault on the idea of entrepreneurship; and the Children's Hospital fiasco remains entirely the Government's fault.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiReSIHFEjs
https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/companies/article/thousands-of-next-store-workers-win-equal-pay-case-33tbq3jt0
https://ukfoundations.co/

A slow death

Gript — Sun, 15 Sep 2024 13:05:13 +0100

The Draghi report; the Apple windfall is still not a done thing; the election date becomes more fluid; the Church would love the State to take some schools off it; and O'Gorman's FOI referendum troubles.

No good deed goes unpunished

Gript — Sun, 08 Sep 2024 13:35:01 +0100

If anything Oasis tickets should cost more; Tony Blair on populism and leadership; Phil Hogan back in FG because why try something new; and a bike shed is not important.

Others must fail

Gript — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 09:56:32 +0100

Amnesty International Ireland seems to be on a short road to going bankrupt; a Junior Cert schoolbook on how liking traditional music and being a controlling bigot are basically the same thing; and the latest opinion poll.

TRSI 404 - Where the money lives

Gript — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 10:00:03 +0100

Georgia's ruling party gets democratic and everyone freaks out; Ukraine invades Russia; and Sinn Fein's spurned lovers in the NGOs.

An entirely circular room

Gript — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 13:17:18 +0100

England's recent unrest; the economic advisor to the Taoiseach has said that tech firms leaving Ireland could make "austerity look like an episode of Care Bear;" and sometimes a warning shot isn't enough and other unpopular views

https://gript.ie/gardai-fail-to-provide-explanation-as-to-why-public-order-unit-did-not-display-identifying-numbers/

https://businessplus.ie/economy-2/wiped-out-advisor-ireland/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm23y7l01v8o

A return to form

Gript — Sun, 11 Aug 2024 13:00:52 +0100

Gary and Michael return from their time in the wilderness to discuss wind energy, a newly proposed tax credit designed to stop young people fleeing the country, and the likely outcome of Ireland's overreliance on multinationals to keep the economy afloat.

https://www.thejournal.ie/offshore-wind-farm-ireland-2030-targets-6457011-Aug2024/

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/08/1152841

https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-pte/profileoftradingenterprises2022/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yd3g1vw79o

You come at the king you best not miss

Gript — Sun, 14 Jul 2024 13:33:34 +0100

The failed assassination of Donald Trump, how it happened and what it might mean.

Overreach

Gript — Sun, 07 Jul 2024 13:40:26 +0100

Let's talk about the Media Commission's new Gender, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion strategy and how it pushes junk science whilst tying public funding of media outlets to their willingness to cover issues in the 'right' way.

https://www.cnam.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/CnaM_Gender-Equality-Diversity-and-Inclusion-Strategy.pdf

Like a corpse reanimated with experimental magic

Gript — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 12:56:35 +0100

European politics; FF's confusion; France goes to the polls; Chevron falls; and the Trump v Biden debate.

A good day out?

Gript — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 09:31:58 +0100

A review of how the various parties did, or are doing, in the locals and the European elections.

Predict and be damned

Gript — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 13:20:58 +0100

Donald Trump is a convicted felon, but we'll see how long that lasts; the asylum process; and Gary and Michael give their predictions as to the likely winners of the upcoming European Elections.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/rapists-dodge-deportation-by-applying-for-asylum-in-prison-036jzs8p6

Flat Racing

Gript — Sun, 26 May 2024 13:32:00 +0100

An election without an election campaign; polls show SF continuing to drop but FF are languishing; and yet another FOI drop shows the Government being warned about the consequences of their recent referendums passing.

Bastiat's asylum seeker shanty town

Gript — Sun, 12 May 2024 13:24:32 +0100

RTE struggle to understand firearms; a new poll says Independents and Others are more popular than any party, at least in the European elections; and the Garda release new figures on hate crime, but it may shock you to hear that they don't really stand up.

Helen McEntee or, as some may call her, the albatross

Gript — Mon, 06 May 2024 13:18:11 +0100

It's been an abysmal week for the Government as polls show massive levels of discontent with immigration policies, and that hasn't been helped by Minister Helen McEntee's seemingly endless public ineptitude.

The bears demand blood

Gript — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 13:02:41 +0100

We're told that 80% of asylum seekers are coming through Northern Ireland, but actual evidence for that is unclear; and a new poll indicates people are poorer, less interested in the enviroment, and just generally not having a good time.

https://www.kildarestreet.com/committees/?id=2024-04-23a.884

And you thought we'd forgotten

Gript — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 12:47:07 +0100

Claims that boys are having anti-women content thrown at them by algorithms aren't all that solid; and what do the FOI documents released by the Department of Justice tell us about the recent referendums?

It's not about morality, it's about power

Gript — Sun, 14 Apr 2024 13:29:58 +0100

Harris manages to appear weak less than a week into the job; SF's internal issues; and Ireland tries its hand at some serious geopolitics.

https://twitter.com/johnkvallis/status/1779303075364442585

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/how-frances-fitzgerald-and-a-fear-of-the-civil-service-saved-helen-mcentees-job/a2056415841.html

Horses and sparrows

Gript — Sun, 07 Apr 2024 13:53:04 +0100

The urge to lower taxes and brutalise criminals; new polling; and the feasibility of a HSE for asylum seekers.

You're going to be left holding either the bag or the knife

Gript — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 13:28:21 +0100

With FG struggling to get independents to sign up to support the coronation of Simon Harris all it would take is a few Fianna Fail TD to end his reign before it begins.

The Coronation Broadcast

Gript — Sun, 24 Mar 2024 13:38:08 +0000

A show discussing the imminent coronation of that shadow in the shape of a man that some know as Simon Harris.

Cows are nice

Gript — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 13:16:29 +0000

Migrants in tents meet the inevitable consequences of our actions; the Government's sleight of hand on the care amendment; and Gary is saved by a computer meltdown.

https://gript.ie/exclusive-ministers-clearly-advised-to-avoid-a-concrete-obligation-in-care-referendum/

The NGOs can only hurt you if you believe in them

Gript — Sun, 10 Mar 2024 13:45:23 +0000

The worst referendum defeat in the history of the Irish state; the real power of the NGOs is the false belief that they're representative organisations; and did Ministers lie to the public about the legal advice they had recieved.

https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2024/03/09/future-constitutional-changes-now-less-likely-after-overwhelming-rejection-of-family-and-care-amendments/

Real silence

Gript — Sun, 03 Mar 2024 14:20:32 +0000

The end of two pointless referendums draws near, but there's still enough time left for people to embarrass themselves; and the arguments against marriage are poisonous.

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2024/03/02/brianna-parkins-fairy-tales-about-marriage-are-a-way-for-rich-people-to-feel-as-if-they-deserve-their-charmed-lives/

Marketing and HR are where most criminal enterprises fall down

Gript — Sun, 25 Feb 2024 13:12:57 +0000

A reminder that smokers are the real heroes; the unimportance of democratic norms; and more polls.

A certified hood clasic

Gript — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 13:03:06 +0000

The semi-state formerly known as the NWCI; and we finally have detailed polling on immigration - turns out people have some concerns.

The blame game is now a semi-professional sport

Gript — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 13:46:18 +0000

Polls show public willingness to consider voting for anti-immigrant parties and candidates is substantially up, support for the referendums is substantially down, and SF continue to fall.

Malcolm Byrne reminds us he can still throw a punch

Gript — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 13:30:09 +0000

The Business Post reports that COVID-era debt warehousing is going to be extended; Garda made 0 criminal checks against EURODAC between 2015 and the start of 2023; and Malcolm Byrne seems unhappy with Gript.

Fianna Fail candidate feels 'shame and regret' over 'striking out' at female friend at college | Independent.ie

Politics as golf

Gript — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 09:17:47 +0000

The argument for the new referendums seems to be that we need to change the constitution so that the courts can figure out what it was we actually voted on; we suggust putting the referendums before two important elections was perhaps not wise; and polling indicates that over 70% of the country are now anti-immigration extremists.

Here we go again

Gript — Sun, 07 Jan 2024 13:17:18 +0000

The referendum to remove women from the constitution has a kicker for carers; a Dutch study shows immigrants are not all born, financially, equal; and SF want to bring Dublin house prices to 300,000 - a level not seen since the crash.

https://demo-demo.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Borderless_Welfare_State-2.pdf
https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/libraryResearch/2024/2024-01-03_bill-digest-thirty-ninth-amendment-of-the-constitution-the-family-bill-2023_en.pdf

Merry Christmas, yet again

Gript — Sun, 24 Dec 2023 13:07:09 +0000

This week we take aim at the real enemy - peace.

https://www.independent.ie/opinion/editorial/editorial-earth-is-too-small-and-life-too-short-for-anything-but-the-pursuit-of-peace/a1684588158.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20110726184747/http://www.environ.ie/en/LocalGovernment/Voting/Referenda/PublicationsDocuments/FileDownLoad%2C1894%2Cen.pdf

https://www.thejournal.ie/ivana-bacik-care-women-referendum-6256546-Dec2023/

We'll know it when you see it

Gript — Sun, 10 Dec 2023 13:09:34 +0000

New polling shows the danger of the immigration debate for SF, the Fiscal Advisory Council continues to scream into the void; and a Dail debate on immigration takes a turn for the nasty.

https://www.kildarestreet.com/debates/?id=2023-12-06a.39

A solo run

Gript — Sun, 26 Nov 2023 13:26:05 +0000

So let's talk about how people are talking about the riots.

https://gript.ie/mr-martins-pathetic-puska-answer/
https://gript.ie/in-silencing-ryan-casey-the-media-abandons-all-pretence/

One day the sarcasm well will run dry, but today is not that day

Gript — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 12:46:44 +0000

In praise of the political courage of Simon Harris and Leo Varadkar; solving the Israel-Hamas affair; and an unhinged rant on energy subsidies.

This podcast has no name as Michael isn't proud of his work

Gript — Sun, 22 Oct 2023 13:26:51 +0100

BeLongTo and their private meetings with civil servants; the Far Right Observatory visits the Oireachtas; disinformation; and the president has no strings on him.

https://gript.ie/belongto-rep-revenue-staff-webinar/

An action can be evil but not sinful

Gript — Sun, 15 Oct 2023 13:01:56 +0100

Answering the age old question "War, what is it good for?" The answer is probably not absolutely nothing.

Like a child or a small dog

Gript — Sun, 08 Oct 2023 12:00:00 +0100

Roderick O'Gorman is finding it difficult to answer questions; the merging of the NGOs and Irish politics; and with the budget approaching polling shows most Irish households can't afford to cover a €1,000 emergency.

https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2023/10/07/almost-half-of-irish-adults-could-not-cover-the-cost-of-an-unexpected-expense-of-1000-survey-finds/

(0:00:00) - Government Funding and NGOs
(0:10:00) - Intellectuals, Capitalism, and Advocacy NGOs
(0:22:06) - Law's Lack of Clarity and Intent
(0:28:32) - Concerns About Irish Adults' Financial Stability
(0:34:27) - Financial Struggles Among Different Demographic Groups
(0:46:36) - Budgeting and Saving

Kindness is our hallmark

Gript — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 13:21:38 +0100

A protest is an assault on democracy but voting to restrict protests is apparently just dandy; Minister Catherine Martin gets involved in lease agreements for religious groups; and El Salvador's murder rate falls yet lower.

Even Jesse Owens got his medals

Gript — Sun, 24 Sep 2023 12:59:12 +0100

A state funded charity tells teachers to lie to parents; there's apparently a very thin line between an honest mistake and gross racial prejudice; and the measurement of tax.

https://twitter.com/mhdksafa/status/1705255758978269390

(Fiscally) Harder, Better, Faster

Gript — Sun, 10 Sep 2023 09:16:56 +0100

IBEC calls for taxes to increase; the Fiscal Advisory Council is deeply unhappy; and calls for a reduction in speed limits are both ill-conceived and unneeded.

https://www.fiscalcouncil.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Pre-Budget-Statement-2024-..pdf
https://www.rsa.ie/news-events/news/details/2023/01/01/13-rise-in-road-deaths-recorded-in-2022

In which Michael says 'booty'

Gript — Sun, 03 Sep 2023 12:59:46 +0100

Grade inflation; the Electoral Commission and the 'right not to be misinformed'; and you've got to admire the sheer balls on the ICCL.

https://app.tickettailor.com/event/ev_2888507

A statement murder

Gript — Sun, 27 Aug 2023 12:55:41 +0100

Man makes tragic mistake of getting on a plane in Russian airspace; the Pareto Principle for habitual criminals; and grade inflation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtQNULEudss

Smugness comes before the fall

Gript — Sun, 20 Aug 2023 13:18:46 +0100

This week we discuss the financial troubles of two titans of the property sector, the Peter McVerry Trust and Evergrande.

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Firish-personal-finance-flowchart-v2-1-v0-sx1ensn284c91.jpg%3Fs%3D8b79a0fb56bd5bb031b966ce89aeec813d3aa353

It's certainly not financial advice, although you probably need some

Gript — Sun, 13 Aug 2023 09:44:34 +0100

Let's have a closer look at SF's new housing submission; the PR problem of tourists being brutalised by criminals; and financial literacy in the Irish population.

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/freespeechireland/979702
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2023/08/09/edge-of-misogyny-in-criticism-of-helen-mcentee-is-unmistakable/
https://www.sinnfein.ie/files/2023/EOB_PRS_submission1.pdf

Enlightened centrism

Gript — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 13:28:26 +0100

Gary has returned from his travels and climate change is the agenda for this week.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W33HRc1A6c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qPwfICdqXQ

Roving bands of pro-lifers being slowly chased by police

Gript — Sun, 09 Jul 2023 13:06:20 +0100

The hate crime bill has been pushed back after an unexpected backlash, but it's far from dead; RTE decide respectable people don't need to be asked to provide evidence; and the safe access zone bill begins its march through the Oireachtas.

At best it's still pretty bad

Gript — Sun, 02 Jul 2023 12:52:08 +0100

A key plank of the Government's housing policy hasn't worked for the last 11 months, the end (maybe) of affirmative action in America; and the polls show both the government and RTE are in a spot of bother.

Public Morality and the Culture War

Gript — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 12:00:00 +0100

Gary Kavanagh sits down with Bryan Fanning, Professor of Migration and Social Policy at UCD, to discuss the professor's latest book, Public Morality and the Culture Wars; immigration; LGBT rights; abortion; and coercive public morality.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0BHSWHDNJ/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0

Senator Screams at Clouds

Gript — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 15:14:07 +0100

The hate speech bill was debated in the Seanad this week, and despite the lack of media attention the debate demonstrated the full value of the Seanad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj0Tj8dnrYw

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2023-06-13/10/#spk_78

https://twitter.com/griptmedia/status/1669275401397456898

https://www.lawlibrary.ie/bar-reviews/the-bar-review-june-2023/ - Page 100 for piece on hate crime bill.

A golden age for female sports

Gript — Sun, 11 Jun 2023 13:15:56 +0100

A transgender cyclist is currently 300km ahead of their nearest rival in a 2500km race taking place on the west coast; and excise increases are mostly due to the government wanting you to be miserable.

Welcome to the Official TAW ride in Ireland - TransAtlanticWay

Suck it up Oppenheimer

Gript — Sun, 28 May 2023 13:57:06 +0100

A new RedC poll shows the vast majority of people believe Ireland has taken in too many refugees, but tells us very little about what people actually think; and the NCCA consults with toddlers.

https://ncca.ie/media/6220/consultationreport.pdf
https://ereader.businesspost.ie/e-reader/edition-1810/14/index.html

A refusal to accept reality

Gript — Sun, 14 May 2023 13:00:29 +0100

FG TDs refusing to run are 'a natural event'; SF becomes ever more respectable; asking the President to stop the hate speech bill is deeply unwise; and Alcohol Action Ireland are coming for non-alcoholic beers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZT-wVnFn60

In which mention of the UN nearly kills Michael

Gript — Sun, 07 May 2023 13:42:21 +0100

New polling shows nearly 50% of the country feels their quality of living has declined over the last 12 months; Simon Harris has some thoughts on his political opponents; and FG continue to fall in opinion polls.

https://www.redcresearch.ie/consumer-sentiment-remains-decidedly-downbeat/

https://twitter.com/griptmedia/status/1654113707004239872

irelands competitiveness scorecard 2023.pdf

110 - 14

Gript — Mon, 01 May 2023 11:49:38 +0100

The Hate Speech Bill has cleared the Dail with 110 TDs voting in support of the bill, 14 against; the President has some thoughts on economic growth; and the abortion review has some interesting methodological issues.

Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages – Dáil Éireann (33rd Dáil) – Wednesday, 26 Apr 2023 – Tithe an Oireachtais (oireachtas.ie)

gov.ie - The Independent Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 (www.gov.ie)

If it's important maybe it's important that we get it right

Gript — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 12:58:40 +0100

Plans to put labelling requirements on wine could see producers refuse to sell in Ireland; a Government report gives the wrong results and has to be redone to get the right one; and the CSO's new report on sexual violence has some unusual results.

https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/3793/1/The%20SAVI%20Report_%20Sexual%20Abuse%20and%20Violence%20in%20Ireland.%20Executive.pdf

Apologetics for a barking dog

Gript — Sun, 16 Apr 2023 12:58:00 +0100

Germany shuts down its last nuclear reactors as the green movement cheers; a bad week for journalism; and the government has a new, almost certainly unconstitutional, way of dealing with those filthy people trying to make money in the property market.

The observer effect of political polling

Gript — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 12:52:51 +0100

A reminder of the futility of our complaints; modern day book burnings akin to the Nazis, or so they say; and the latest opinion poll.

https://gript.ie/significant-methodological-issues-with-recent-study-on-non-religious-teachers-fears/

Goya, not Blake

Gript — Sun, 26 Mar 2023 13:43:25 +0100

Gript gets its knuckles rapped in a Journal fact-check; the Indo puts the knife into the TD formally known as a member of the Green Party; and Gary asks how many babies Labour politicians would eat in exchange for a ministerial pension.

https://www.thejournal.ie/what-did-varadkar-say-about-transgender-prisoners-6027642-Mar2023/

Respectable extremists

Gript — Sun, 12 Mar 2023 12:46:16 +0000

We've seen the President, the Taoiseach, and the Tánaiste all speak out against a letter which highlighted concerns about the teaching of gender theory to young children, but it's well past time we started to question the motives of the organisations pushing for children to be indoctrinated into these theories.

https://www.iglyo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IGLYO_v3-1.pdf

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/education/primary-schooling-set-for-transformation-as-children-to-get-a-big-say-in-how-they-learn-42378900.html

https://gript.ie/rte-makes-false-claim-about-social-contagion-factor-in-trans-identification-being-debunked/

Time and space, causality and consequence

Gript — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 13:13:11 +0000

We're not saying to burn down your house for the insurance money, we're just saying you'd probably get away with it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz_lzEhyryY

Let me contextualise that for you

Gript — Sun, 26 Feb 2023 13:07:07 +0000

El Salvador brutalises criminals and sees crime fall dramatically; tidy towns are Ireland's shield against fascism; and NPHET's decisions may not have been entirely scientific.

https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/debateRecord/joint_committee_on_children_equality_disability_integration_and_youth/2023-02-21/debate/mul@/main.pdf
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/health/school-closures-and-nursing-home-visitor-bans-were-inhumane-nphet-member-breaks-ranks-on-our-covid-response-42356712.html
https://www.independent.ie/regionals/dublin/dublin-news/explainer-the-covid-pandemic-is-over-so-why-are-more-people-dying-42357365.html

It's good money if you can stomach the work

Gript — Sun, 19 Feb 2023 13:03:11 +0000

Media trust in Ireland is between 6% and 52% depending on who you ask; the new government-backed survey on conversion therapy is a total mess; and Gary defends Bowdlerisation as Roald Dahl gets a modern rework.

https://gript.ie/the-misleading-coverage-of-trinitys-conversion-therapy-report/

Venice is a city build for murder

Gript — Sun, 12 Feb 2023 12:49:29 +0000

In which Gary argues that we should bring back public caning/whipping because it's more humane and more just than putting people in prison.

https://www.newstalk.com/news/no-value-to-mandatory-sentencing-guidelines-irish-penal-reform-trust-1436143?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1676023983-1

Fianna Faģil

Gript — Sun, 29 Jan 2023 13:18:21 +0000

Protests continue, FF has some thoughts on killing children, our dear President thinks there should be no more borders, and the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

The far-right supply problem

Gript — Mon, 16 Jan 2023 16:02:33 +0000

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/theres-no-racists-here-this-is-not-about-race-protesters-joined-by-far-right-figures-in-rallies-against-refugees-42287273.html

https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2023/01/14/housing-campaigner-suggests-safe-zones-to-keep-protesters-away-from-accommodation-centres/

An exceptionally literal title

Gript — Sun, 08 Jan 2023 13:36:14 +0000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xhdPmu2dEA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTduy7Qkvk8
https://www.businesspost.ie/analysis-opinion/matt-cooper-refugees-and-immigrants-need-more-than-our-good-intentions/

A glorious new dawn

Gript — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 13:57:28 +0000

http://calculusmadeeasy.org/

Man-made horrors beyond your comprehension

Gript — Sun, 11 Dec 2022 13:46:17 +0000

This week it's sucide reporting, euthanasia in Canada meets lifestyle marketing, and just death generally.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSp8IyaKCs0
https://gript.ie/upcoming-ncca-report-deeply-flawed/

Trust in the process

Gript — Sun, 04 Dec 2022 13:13:36 +0000

https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-68-what-exactly-are-antifa/

https://gript.ie/over-100000-in-public-money-to-be-given-to-anonymous-far-left-group/

https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2022/12/03/covid-policy-opponents-wilfully-misconstrued-science-glynn-says/

https://www.thejournal.ie/is-the-esb-building-in-east-wall-housing-economic-migrants-or-asylum-seekers-5936149-Dec2022/

The old traditions are still strong

Gript — Sun, 27 Nov 2022 14:34:21 +0000

https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/china-builds-26-storey-pig-skyscraper-experts-warn-of-disease-outbreak-risks-101669458362447.html

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/huge-covid-protests-erupt-chinas-xinjiang-after-deadly-fire-2022-11-26/

Become unharvestable

Gript — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 13:11:38 +0000

https://www.kildarestreet.com/debates/?id=2022-11-17a.316&s=salman#g349

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/nov/18/mike-bloomberg-forced-to-apologise-after-boris-johnson-speech-criticising-china

Immoral acts become moral if they benefit the right people

Gript — Sun, 13 Nov 2022 13:09:10 +0000

The ethics of surrogacy and the American midterms. Those are two seperate topics.

Cast out into the outer dark

Gript — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 13:08:24 +0000

https://gript.ie/gerard-casey-this-is-a-law-designed-to-make-you-afraid/

A geometric expression of chocolate

Gript — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 08:48:27 +0000

https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/bill/2022/105/eng/initiated/b10522d-p-c-sent.pdf

The concept of the feminine penis

Gript — Sun, 23 Oct 2022 15:34:14 +0100

https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2022/10/22/the-big-chill-the-silencing-effect-of-sinn-fein-legal-threats-against-politicians/

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2022/10/22/democracies-must-regulate-social-media-before-it-is-too-late/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eht1MLU3r5A

What's a little VX between friends?

Gript — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 09:00:00 +0100

https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/10/inside-the-shameful-cancellation-of-jihad-rehab-2/

https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a046202.pdf

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2022/10/15/john-cleese-hes-not-the-free-speech-messiah-hes-a-very-naughty-boy/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2022-10-14/biden-s-chip-restrictions-on-china-show-shift-in-us-views-on-technology

Technically it's an episode

Gript — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 13:23:11 +0100

With Michael over in Italy sampling wine Gary mutters aimlessly about authoritarianism.

Aristotle said a lot of things

Gript — Sun, 18 Sep 2022 13:26:57 +0100

https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/7fbeb-report-of-the-commission/

https://gript.ie/are-the-chinese-public-security-police-operating-a-station-in-dublin/

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/trinity-college-pulled-dalai-lama-honour-after-mary-mcaleese-raised-china-fears-41997509.html

Frack Leitrim

Gript — Sun, 11 Sep 2022 13:08:39 +0100

https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/misinformation-enoch-burke-5862004-Sep2022/
https://gript.ie/anti-misinformation-think-tank-spreads-trans-misinformation/
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/secret-cabinet-memo-warns-home-energy-bills-could-treble-to-6000-a-year-41977857.html

One short step from self-awareness

Gript — Sun, 28 Aug 2022 13:10:46 +0100

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_dRw62qVLs
https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-116-bev-jackson-of-the-lgb-alliance/
https://gript.ie/no-vat-paid-on-contributions-to-rte-brainstorm-project/
https://gript.ie/no-there-is-no-report-showing-a-rise-in-the-far-right-in-ireland/

Is there something to be said for another review?

Gript — Sun, 21 Aug 2022 14:40:07 +0100

Beavis Butthead enlightened with white privilege

Magic words

Gript — Sun, 14 Aug 2022 13:22:09 +0100

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2022/08/13/fintan-otoole-irish-society-is-about-to-experience-levels-of-energy-poverty-unknown-in-modern-times/
https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/dbe48-policy-statement-on-the-importation-of-fracked-gas-published/
http://iae.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IAE_Energy_Crisis_2022.pdf

Gentlemen I bring you the abyss

Gript — Sun, 07 Aug 2022 15:04:23 +0100

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/sunday-independent-poll-this-will-be-the-winter-of-our-discontent-41894896.html

https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/abortion-in-ireland-5827270-Jul2022/

https://www.abortionrightscampaign.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Too-Many-Barriers-Report_ARC1.pdf

More of a suicide bombing than a negotiation

Gript — Sun, 17 Jul 2022 13:05:44 +0100

https://gript.ie/sexual-crime-rates-have-increased-by-75-since-fg-elected-in-2011/
https://data.cso.ie/product/RC

It's all just energy

Gript — Sun, 10 Jul 2022 15:58:49 +0100

https://www.businesspost.ie/news/large-energy-consuming-firms-preparing-for-gas-rationing-in-winter/

Heads I win, tails you lose

Gript — Sun, 03 Jul 2022 13:11:35 +0100

https://gript.ie/pro-life-rally-slams-censorship-as-council-refuses-posters-advertising-event-attack-on-democracy/
https://gript.ie/county-council-reverses-ban-on-pro-life-posters/
https://gript.ie/iccl-incorrectly-claimed-they-cannot-legally-accept-donation-of-e100-or-more/
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/most-oppose-trans-women-competing-in-female-sport-41809229.html

The void does more than look back

Gript — Sun, 26 Jun 2022 14:42:16 +0100

Darragh O'Brien is right that there is a risk to social cohesion, but doesn't seem to realise the risk comes from his own Government's actions; clothing yourself in the dead to own the TERFs; Roe v Wade falls; and FF and FG combined still trail behind SF.

Power

Gript — Sun, 19 Jun 2022 13:54:55 +0100

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2022/06/17/trans-equality-together-responds-to-liveline/

https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/rwanda-link-rise-irish-asylum-27239846

Savage Eye - John Duffy

No one wants to be that guy, but

Gript — Sun, 12 Jun 2022 16:19:44 +0100

https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/media/13486/evaluating-the-impact-of-minimum-unit-pricing-in-scotland-on-people-who-are-drinking-at-harmful-levels-report.pdf

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/06/07/needle-spiking-europe-britain-france/

https://extra.ie/2022/06/05/news/politics/former-minister-says-four-out-of-five-fine-gael-tds-seats-at-risk

https://gript.ie/fact-check-donohoe-previously-called-usc-an-emergency-measure-promised-to-abolish-it/

Sleep is the cousin of death by hammer

Gript — Sun, 29 May 2022 14:39:51 +0100

https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M21-4905

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_3oFRcTNHo

A happy Finn is one who knows it could be worse

Gript — Sun, 22 May 2022 13:07:03 +0100

https://gript.ie/revealed-the-falsehood-repeated-again-and-again-in-the-dail/

You'll take my meal deal from my cold, dead hands

Gript — Sun, 15 May 2022 12:54:33 +0100

https://gript.ie/anti-misinformation-think-tank-spreads-trans-misinformation/

https://www.hse.ie/eng/about/who/healthwellbeing/our-priority-programmes/heal/food-pyramid-images/daily-meal-plan-a4-michael-age-52.pdf

Shame! Shame! Shame!

Gript — Sun, 08 May 2022 14:33:33 +0100

https://www.businesspost.ie/energy/state-to-double-imported-emergency-power-generators-amid-new-supply-fears-68f3b3e8

https://www.businesspost.ie/houses/all-local-authorities-to-be-contacted-over-potential-mica-problems-ad521130

https://gript.ie/significant-methodological-issues-with-recent-study-on-non-religious-teachers-fears/

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/non-religious-teachers-hide-beliefs-for-job-opportunities-study-1.4868122

Constant vigilance

Gript — Mon, 02 May 2022 12:38:48 +0100

https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-40862486.html

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_international_surrogacy/2022-04-21/3/#spk_20

Author realizes her new book contains gross inaccuracies on live radio

https://gript.ie/no-a-new-study-did-not-show-that-non-white-offenders-get-longer-prison-sentences/

https://www.iprt.ie/site/assets/files/7076/iprt_the_rights-_needs_and_experiences_of_foreign_national_and_minority_ethnic_groups.pdf

The politics of the current thing

Gript — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 12:48:22 +0100

The Minister for Justice has made illegal two things that were already illegal; the Government appears to be striving to cause resentment of Ukranian refugees; and the ICCL is back to claiming to be 100% independent, but it's not the Irish public who pay their wages.

And now your shoes are covered in beer

Gript — Sun, 10 Apr 2022 12:09:50 +0100

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/casual-contempt-for-donnelly-exposed-as-watt-lets-mask-slip-1.4847975
https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/documents/atrocity-crimes/Doc.1_Convention%20on%20the%20Prevention%20and%20Punishment%20of%20the%20Crime%20of%20Genocide.pdf
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/nowhere-for-10000-ukrainian-refugees-to-stay-by-end-of-month-cabinet-told-in-secret-briefing-41528511.html
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/emmanuel-macron-could-lose-frances-presidential-election/

We are what we repeatedly do

Gript — Sun, 03 Apr 2022 14:43:32 +0100

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/fintan-o-toole-refugee-crisis-cannot-be-treated-as-opportunity-to-show-how-lovely-ireland-is-1.4839320
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/tanaiste-leo-varadkar-trying-to-give-fine-gael-edge-with-centre-right-policies-d65s088wr
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/pat-leahy-the-squeezed-middle-are-back-and-they-re-mad-as-hell-1.4842198
https://gript.ie/fact-check-donohoe-previously-called-usc-an-emergency-measure-promised-to-abolish-it/

Not mentioning the war means mentioning the war

Gript — Sun, 27 Mar 2022 13:18:33 +0100

Roast Tomato and Smoked Bacon Soup

Ingredients

40g butter
8 tomatoes roasted
1 onion
1/2 leek
2 celery sticks
3 garlic gloves minced
2 stock cubes
100ml double cream
100ml balsamic vinegar
150g smoked bacon

Method

1 - In an oven tray place the tomatoes with the balsamic vinegar and a place of salt and sugar, roast in the oven at 200 degrees for 20 minutes.
2 - In a saucepan saute of the smoked bacon, onion, celery and garlic in butter.
3 - Add the tomatoes to the saucepan with the stock, cubes and simmer for 40 minutes.
4 - Add the double cream and blend.
5 - Add a pinch of sugar and taste for seasoning.

Cathal Crowe says cast them into the void

Gript — Sun, 20 Mar 2022 12:58:09 +0000

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/crowes-slating-of-irish-freedom-party-followed-planning-dispute-kswpr607m

Precedent is the first step on the road to normalisation

Gript — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 12:59:19 +0000

https://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/conventions/9_1_1961.pdf
https://edmundburkeinstitute.ie/over-55-of-irish-people-have-not-heated-their-homes-at-some-point-in-the-last-year-due-to-energy-prices/

Go West

Gript — Sun, 06 Mar 2022 14:39:46 +0000

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/03/05/russia-ukraine-insurgency/

The true spirit of the Olympics

Gript — Sun, 20 Feb 2022 16:07:05 +0000

https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/all-time-mens-fastest-100m-list/
A companion unobtrusive - Rush - The Spirit Of Radio

You screw one goat

Gript — Sun, 13 Feb 2022 13:32:29 +0000

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2022-02-10/11/

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/health/anti-abortion-protesters-say-divine-providence-led-them-to-gather-to-pray-at-hospital-on-day-of-terminations-41335329.html

https://gript.ie/prayer-vigil-participant-recording-shows-ellen-coyne-twisted-my-words/

https://gript.ie/fact-check-donohoe-previously-called-usc-an-emergency-measure-promised-to-abolish-it/

Is there anything to be said for building another prison?

Gript — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 15:28:24 +0000

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/cost-of-living-rise-overtakes-housing-crisis-as-main-worry-41317989.html
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/consumer/coalition-urged-to-follow-swedish-move-to-cut-car-fuel-taxes-amid-rising-energy-bills-1.4794135
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40797189.html
https://mugwump.substack.com/p/do-longer-prison-sentences-work?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Join our new wine club

Gript — Sun, 30 Jan 2022 12:37:18 +0000

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40792437.html

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/non-eu-students-protest-over-discriminatory-amnesty-for-undocumented-immigrants-rd8d7kqpm

https://www.finegael.ie/zero-tolerance-for-needle-spiking-needed-to-protect-women-doherty/

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-60069229#:~:text=A%20senior%20police%20officer%20says,with%20needles%20on%20nights%20out.

Nothing to fear but NGO scaremongering

Gript — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 15:03:51 +0000

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/women-surge-to-self-defence-classes-as-clubs-offer-free-lessons-nx06snx2v
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sky-self-defence-training-told-women-dont-be-there-jzqxrb9m2
https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/ireland-is-safe-women-are-scared-both-of-these-statements-are-true-41268326.html

Thoughts and prayers

Gript — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 14:43:14 +0000

A short episode to update listeners on Michael's current health troubles.

So the Balkans aren't looking great

Gript — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 13:51:34 +0000

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/10/us-hopes-to-walk-bosnia-back-from-the-cliff-as-serbs-step-up-secession-threat
The Wolfe Tones, Late Late Show Debate, RTE - Part 1
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/smear-of-being-called-far-right-1.4752265

Child murder is probably too harsh, but they certainly helped them along

Gript — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 13:59:23 +0000

https://www.independent.ie/business/technology/majority-seeing-untrue-or-doubtful-online-information-cso-says-41122734.html
Letter to Greenpeace - https://www.supportprecisionagriculture.org/nobel-laureate-gmo-letter_rjr.html
Response - https://www.greenpeace.org/international/press-release/6866/nobel-laureates-sign-letter-on-greenpeace-golden-rice-position-statement/
https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-isshisi/householdinternetsecurityandinformationintegrity2021/backgroundnotes/

This government came to lead, not to read

Gript — Sun, 05 Dec 2021 13:28:00 +0000

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/coronavirus/tensions-grow-as-nphet-members-must-now-ask-government-for-permission-to-appear-on-tv-and-radio-41117138.html
https://gript.ie/amnesty-shock-department-has-no-official-estimate-of-how-many-illegal-immigrants-are-in-ireland/
https://gript.ie/exclusive-government-has-no-plan-to-cap-number-of-illegal-immigrants-to-be-granted-amnesty/

Have fun riding that particular tiger

Gript — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 13:59:14 +0000

Paddy Manning sits in for Michael to discuss the ongoing attempts to have DCU academic Mark Humphrys fired, and the joy of the Green Party conference.

An amuse-bouche

Gript — Fri, 26 Nov 2021 13:06:57 +0000

https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/350b7-health-in-ireland-key-trends-2021/

https://www.businesspost.ie/politics/how-ireland-inc-is-changing-tack-as-sinn-feins-path-to-power-opens-up-4bfb3fc9

https://gript.ie/new-bill-would-let-state-detain-suspected-potential-covid-spreaders/

Fungible funds

Gript — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 14:13:45 +0000

https://gript.ie/the-government-knows-its-electrical-vehicles-numbers-dont-add-up/
https://medium.com/drax/what-is-electrical-frequency-and-why-does-it-matter-fb60ae883246

Antigen testing and its discontents

Gript — Sun, 21 Nov 2021 13:29:43 +0000

https://www.aclu-wi.org/en/news/aclu-responds-not-guilty-verdict-kyle-rittenhouse-case

https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/cf31d-statement-from-the-national-public-health-emergency-team-sunday-31-october/ - CMO statement

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2021-11-17/57/ - ICE ban illegal

https://workersparty.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Why-nuclear-power-is-necessary-A-discussion-document.pdf

https://www.businesspost.ie/coronavirus/state-seeks-to-bypass-scrutiny-on-bill-that-could-extend-covid-powers-until-june-7cee4a12

Daniel Shaver shooting bodycam footage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBUUx0jUKxc

Time to buy some lotto tickets

Gript — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 15:18:47 +0000

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2021-11-17/9/#spk_25
Green Party submission - https://www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/204798/f863b219-368a-4628-9b91-fb4fcb1727e1.pdf#page=null

The importance of scoundrels

Gript — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 14:23:27 +0000

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/far-right-could-use-political-discourse-defence-in-hate-crime-bill-to-justify-prejudice-7zcmlh0vs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NmZlp2XuBw - Jamie Oliver
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh13ch_e3eA - BlackAdder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueyCT8fN64M - The power station money

Philip Nolan, the new king of science

Gript — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 15:07:12 +0000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7OV_Oe7KAo

Congratulations are in order

Gript — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 14:30:15 +0000

https://ww1.daft.ie/report?d_rd=1
https://gript.ie/quis_custodiet_ipsos_custodes/
https://gript.ie/reality-of-climate-change-is-your-mother-being-gang-raped-extinction-rebellion-co-founder/
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/finn-mcredmond-no-end-in-sight-to-the-new-age-of-anxiety-1.4718455

It's either a threat or a promise

Gript — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 14:28:24 +0000

https://www.gov.ie/en/consultation/47e77-consultation-on-irelands-draft-state-report-to-the-un-committee-on-the-rights-of-the-child/
Smuggling Bill - https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/bill/2021/105/eng/ver_a/b105a21s.pdf
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/claire-byrne-challenges-ireland-s-climate-strategy-people-are-being-asked-to-pony-up-a-lot-1.4725869

Four Seasons Total Landscaping Day

Gript — Sun, 07 Nov 2021 14:36:05 +0000

https://www.irishexaminer.com/property/residential/arid-40732509.html
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/retrofitting-bill-could-come-to-average-of-56-000-per-home-1.4720943
https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/major-media-brands-sign-up-to-climate-content-pledge-during-cop26-41011663.html
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xlEbMab_dRs4Wx3nESYT0bkFb2LluuBHjA9lOEyeWqY/edit - Extinction Rebellion founder piece

More of a novena than a plan

Gript — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 16:20:33 +0000

Israeli document on Addameer - https://4il.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/blood-money-European-funding-palestinian-ngod-A-case-study-Addameer.pdf
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aax0848
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2021-11-03/3/#spk_9

Less broad, more blanket

Gript — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 14:41:10 +0000

https://www.presscouncil.ie/Decided-by-the-Press-Ombudsman/9722021-mr-hermann-kelly-and-the-journal
https://gript.ie/editorial-on-the-irish-freedom-party-the-press-ombudsman-has-gotten-it-badly-wrong/
https://gript.ie/ben-scallan-why-is-rte-a-member-of-a-climate-change-activism-group/
https://www.orwell.ru/library/articles/As_I_Please/english/efasc - What is fascism?

Zero Tolerance for Zero Tolerance

Gript — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 16:32:12 +0100

https://www.eirgridgroup.com/site-files/library/EirGrid/Winter-Outlook-2021-2022.pdf
https://freopp.org/we-calculated-return-on-investment-for-30-000-bachelors-degrees-find-yours-1f2f3c5e6dac

We're going all the way

Gript — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 15:29:07 +0100

George Carlin - Saving the Planet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rksKvZoUCPQ

You can't stop death

Gript — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 13:20:18 +0100

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/health-pharma/let-s-talk-about-acceptable-covid-death-rates-before-restrictions-kick-in-1.4707096
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/respiratory-virus-puts-more-pressure-on-hospitals-38mc3gqw2?t=ie
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210913-the-little-known-virus-that-surged-in-children-this-summer
https://www.businesspost.ie/ireland/rise-in-cost-of-living-alarms-94-of-voters-red-c-poll-finds-53657482

Look out, he's got a weapon

Gript — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 13:24:40 +0100

https://metro.co.uk/2021/10/21/needle-spiking-everything-we-know-after-women-targeted-in-nightclubs-15461751/
https://www.wsj.com/articles/teen-girls-are-developing-tics-doctors-say-tiktok-could-be-a-factor-11634389201?
Shot - https://twitter.com/VitoGesualdi/status/1451071305789292548
Chaser - https://twitter.com/VitoGesualdi/status/1451311741233610764
Family Guy: Joe's New Surveillance Van

"How Did They Catch You in 4K?!" but it's in 4K.

Gently swaying should count as dancing

Gript — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 14:14:09 +0100

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(20)30388-0/fulltext

We tied our debt to a goat and forced it off into the desert

Gript — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 17:10:12 +0100

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/johnsonandjohnson-cancer/

Apparently we do food reviews now

Gript — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 14:52:18 +0100

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/poll-shows-high-degree-of-public-resistance-to-many-potential-climate-action-measures-1.4694287
https://www.imt.ie/news/93-of-irish-consultants-say-they-would-work-abroad-over-accepting-slaintecare-contracts-jmhs-study-09-10-2021/

No one ever said not to speak ill of the recently retired

Gript — Sun, 10 Oct 2021 15:28:22 +0100

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/letters-in-full-what-chief-justice-said-to-mr-justice-seamus-woulfe-over-golfgate-dinner-and-his-reply-1.4404867

https://gript.ie/why-rte-should-apologise-for-their-misinformation-about-poland/

https://www.thephoenix.ie/article/simon-and-sarah/

The Gender Recognition Act May Finally be Useful

Gript — Fri, 08 Oct 2021 15:05:58 +0100

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2021-10-06/11/#spk_169

https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/will-gender-diversity-boards-really-boost-company-performance/

https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/bill/2021/124/eng/initiated/b12421d.pdf

A half-cocked cock-up

Gript — Sun, 03 Oct 2021 13:43:44 +0100

https://twitter.com/WilliamsJon/status/1444344806994497536
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/sl%C3%A1intecare-meetings-were-largely-a-waste-of-time-1.4688830?mode=amp

Behold the brick

Gript — Fri, 01 Oct 2021 11:49:37 +0100

https://twitter.com/oconnellhugh/status/1440436189404614664/video/1
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/agenda-ireland-needs-cheaper-homes-not-bigger-mortgages-wwhrxqj8v?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1632677329
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/surge-in-eirgrid-payments-to-avoid-power-blackouts-bqxhpmqvj

Pray for a mild winter

Gript — Sun, 19 Sep 2021 15:52:46 +0100

https://www.businesspost.ie/companies/ireland-could-lose-new-intel-plant-as-energy-and-water-services-feel-strain-85e558ea

https://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/latest-news/thousands-to-be-hit-as-energia-announces-third-price-rise-40860626.html

https://www.businesspost.ie/health/tony-obrien-the-apparent-slow-collapse-of-slaintecare-deserves-more-than-a-shrug-of-the-shoulders-e09c5c9d

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/slaintecare-chief-who-quit-says-reform-is-impossible-40864990.html

It was actually Iowa, not Idaho

Gript — Fri, 17 Sep 2021 15:55:30 +0100

Norm trying to shill - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mafhr9-lFUM

Norm gets kicked out of Iowa - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBKlXR3BbDU&t=2s

Prudence

Gript — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 14:05:28 +0100

https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/irelands-health-system-isnt-as-underfunded-understaffed-or-underresourced-as-we-think-40852002.html

John Prescott could really throw a punch

Gript — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 14:35:37 +0100

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-politics-31978271 - John Prescott comes in from the left.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-58024296 - Scottish drug deaths.

The dying scream of a big beast

Gript — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 18:05:06 +0100

https://gript.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/The-Next-5-years-.pdf

https://www.businesspost.ie/news/zappone-was-not-lobbying-when-she-sought-un-special-envoy-role-anti-corruption-watchdog-says-c6de3ad2?auth=login

https://gript.ie/anti-corruption-watchdog-denies-ministers-claim-it-said-zappone-did-not-engage-in-lobbying/

Ruling the Void

Gript — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 16:44:36 +0100

https://www.businesspost.ie/energy/electricity-system-amber-alert-issued-this-morning-f772c7e6
https://www.businesspost.ie/climate-environment/ryan-considers-new-rules-to-improve-air-quality-in-urban-areas-dce39b61?utm_campaign=article&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=web

Maybe don't

Gript — Sun, 05 Sep 2021 13:18:23 +0100

https://www.poverty-action.org/sites/default/files/publications/Mask_RCT____Symptomatic_Seropositivity_083121.pdf

Have you ever been synergized?

Gript — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 15:37:27 +0100

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/green-councillor-deletes-milkshake-these-racist-vermin-tweet-40810277.html

Your epistemology is bad and you should feel bad

Gript — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 13:46:25 +0100

https://extra.ie/2021/08/29/news/politics/brian-leddin-slurs-against-women
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcc2t21xlxE
https://www.ign.com/articles/y-the-last-man-hulu-fx-binary-tackling-transgender-issues

Supply and demand believes in you

Gript — Sun, 29 Aug 2021 16:50:05 +0100

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/soaring-pay-puts-waitrose-lorry-drivers-on-a-par-with-lawyers-r5673lbls
https://www.businesspost.ie/energy/balance-of-power-why-irelands-electricity-supply-is-threatened-and-what-can-be-done-to-bolster-it-d8fbf07a
https://www.idaireland.com/newsroom/publications/ida-ireland-economic-benefits-of-data-centre-inves

Is it a hotpoint you have sir?

Gript — Fri, 27 Aug 2021 16:51:11 +0100

https://gript.ie/exclusive-government-has-no-plan-to-cap-number-of-illegal-immigrants-to-be-granted-amnesty/

https://metro.co.uk/2021/08/26/afghanistan-helpline-redirected-callers-to-washing-machine-company-15156117/
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/26/us-officials-provided-taliban-with-names-of-americans-afghan-allies-to-evacuate-506957
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/555a928a-06a8-11ec-89b3-29a9a04e8645?shareToken=93be4692c0e358916b35ef44444a3ef0
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58317555
https://twitter.com/G_L_Kavanagh/status/1431282869654204420 - The forbidden image

Less of a statistic, more of a guess

Gript — Wed, 25 Aug 2021 13:05:57 +0100

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/undocumented-migrants-in-ireland-offered-once-in-a-generation-amnesty-40775476.html

Michael on auto-pilot

Gript — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 15:46:47 +0100

https://www.thejournal.ie/abortion-factcheck-5521191-Aug2021/

I can mash-potato, and I can do the twist

Gript — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 15:27:18 +0100

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anpro-Stainless-Potato-Perfect-Vegetable/dp/B07HF1NS12/ - A ricer, it'll improve your life.
https://www.irishexaminer.com/food/arid-40360784.html
https://blogs.worldbank.org/africacan/what-driving-covid-19-vaccine-hesitancy-sub-saharan-africa
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02158-6
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/aug/13/covid-booster-jabs-for-rich-countries-will-cause-more-deaths-worldwide-say-experts
https://www.defensenews.com/air/2021/08/17/the-taliban-has-access-to-us-military-aircraft-now-what-happens/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EoI-6lQFIE - Title song

We advance funeral by funeral

Gript — Sun, 15 Aug 2021 13:13:00 +0100

https://www.businesspost.ie/energy/blackouts-loom-this-winter-as-emergency-plan-is-abandoned-f5281ae2
https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/ourview/arid-40357121.html
https://maynoothuniversity.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/gathering-information-on-anti-choice-protests

A very aggressive application of statistical analysis

Gript — Fri, 13 Aug 2021 15:07:59 +0100

https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20210730-muammar-gaddafi-s-son-suggests-he-may-run-for-president-in-libya
https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-afghanistan-taliban-26d485963b7a0d9f2107afcbc38f239a?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP

Take up the white progressive's burden

Gript — Wed, 11 Aug 2021 15:24:23 +0100

https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2021/08/gov-kate-brown-signed-a-law-to-allow-oregon-students-to-graduate-without-proving-they-can-write-or-do-math-she-doesnt-want-to-talk-about-it.html
https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-114-katharine-birbalsingh/
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/aug/22/controversial-michaela-free-school-delights-in-gcse-success#:~:text=Compared%20with%20other%20non%2Dselective,the%20national%20average%20of%2022%25.

Clear and unambiguous that the laws are unclear and ambiguous

Gript — Sun, 08 Aug 2021 13:22:47 +0100

https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/ourview/arid-40354553.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

The past is a different place

Gript — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 13:19:38 +0100

https://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0624/626038-fianna-fail/
https://gop-foreignaffairs.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/ORIGINS-OF-COVID-19-REPORT.pdf

Scorpions and frogs

Gript — Mon, 02 Aug 2021 14:01:13 +0100

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/minister-rumbled-in-extraordinary-leak-ruse-over-katherine-zappone-job-fury-40708099.html
https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/rtewill-need-to-be-rescuedstatesnew-consultants-report-40704307.html
https://bariweiss.substack.com/p/med-schools-are-now-denying-biological
https://aesopfables.com/cgi/aesop1.cgi?4&TheScorpionandtheFrog
https://mobile.twitter.com/G_L_Kavanagh/status/1421787842884288530

With the Balkans no news is good news

Gript — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 14:33:35 +0100

https://www.euronews.com/2021/07/27/bosnian-serbs-will-shut-down-government-over-genocide-denial-law

The Zapp is back

Gript — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 15:03:47 +0100

https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2021/0726/1237408-climate-change/
https://www.thejournal.ie/obrien-says-e600000-is-not-an-affordable-home-as-concerns-loom-over-poolbeg-development-5507344-Jul2021/

20 minutes every day on how great nuclear power is

Gript — Sun, 25 Jul 2021 15:05:46 +0100

Fracking saves the environment - https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielmarkind/2020/11/23/the-united-states-and-the-paris-climate-agreementswhat-does-the-data-say/
https://despair.com/collections/demotivators
RTE's climate group membership - https://gript.ie/ben-scallan-why-is-rte-a-member-of-a-climate-change-activism-group/
https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/climate-change-is-the-elephant-in-the-room-the-media-choose-to-overlook-40686853.html
https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/were-fat-and-getting-fatter-but-no-one-wants-to-talk-about-it-40684928.html
Live footage of one of Michael's mood swings - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkJd5oQXt4g

First you get the gas, then you get the power

Gript — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 16:22:50 +0100

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNstQ6q-kYw

Death, Disease, Famine, Sinead O'Connor

Gript — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 14:37:39 +0100

O'Toole's piece - https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/fintan-o-toole-ian-bailey-deflects-us-from-the-reality-of-violent-misogyny-1.4624916
Projected deaths in UK from missed healthcare - https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(20)30388-0/fulltext
HPSC's last report on the weekly COVID-19 epidemiology - https://www.hpsc.ie/a-z/respiratory/coronavirus/novelcoronavirus/surveillance/epidemiologyofcovid-19inirelandweeklyreports/COVID-19%20Weekly%20Report_Slidset_HPSC_%20Week_18_WEB_20210511.pdf
Irish COVID-19 hub - https://covid19ireland-geohive.hub.arcgis.com/
Dutch COVID-19 hub - https://coronadashboard.government.nl/landelijk/varianten

It's too hot for politics

Gript — Sun, 18 Jul 2021 15:03:48 +0100

https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/bitter-and-angry-fianna-fail-are-now-a-laughing-stock-40663668.html

https://twitter.com/NextIrishGE/status/1416536109459329026

https://twitter.com/NextIrishGE/status/1416534480093843462 - B&A poll

The ghost in the machine

Gript — Fri, 16 Jul 2021 14:26:23 +0100

https://thecountess.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/The-Countess-Irish-Gender-Poll-2021.pdf
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2004/jul/30/health.mentalhealth
https://twitter.com/jbloom_lab/status/1407445604029009923

Batista and what Cuba could have been

Gript — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 13:21:34 +0100

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/voters-see-fianna-f%C3%A1il-as-deeply-divided-internal-research-shows-1.4618579
https://gript.ie/cork-county-council-forced-labour-and-genocide-merely-differences-in-values/
https://twitter.com/G_L_Kavanagh/status/1414645006707707912
https://psmag.com/magazine/the-lucrative-art-of-chicken-sexing
https://www.thedailybeast.com/fidel-castros-horrific-record-on-gay-rights

Will Fianna Fail go gentle into that good night?

Gript — Sat, 10 Jul 2021 16:16:55 +0100

12:19 - Fianna Fail results

35:41 - Where are the free Irish voters?

47:48 - What is to be done with Martin?

You can't handle the costings

Gript — Fri, 09 Jul 2021 14:33:31 +0100

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/no-one-can-explain-why-planes-stay-in-the-air/

Your campaign has the momentum of a runaway freight train

Gript — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 15:20:45 +0100

Bohemia glassworkers in the time of the Third Reich; the media has picked their candidate to win the DBS byelection; and a kind word for Malcolm Byrne as he calls China out.

I've been a bad, bad newspaper

Gript — Sun, 04 Jul 2021 14:32:52 +0100

The mad kings of NPHET declare lockdown shall continue until they are satisfied with our tribute; and the Irish Times decides Viktor Orban is too extreme to let him talk to their readers, but the genocidal CCP are just right.

Enjoy the silence

Gript — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 15:00:05 +0100

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWZs8l2AMps
https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1405157995068207109
https://whereyourmoneygoes.gov.ie/en/2015/
https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/CR/Issues/2021/06/15/Ireland-Selected-Issues-460785

It's not our fault

Gript — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 12:56:46 +0100

https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/confessions-of-a-phoney-pollster-and-a-guide-to-other-political-dark-arts-40529610.html

You must believe!

Gript — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 15:54:22 +0100

Forstater judgement - https://legal.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/default/files/sites/default/files/Maya%20Forstater%20v%20CGD%20Europe%20and%20others%20UKEAT0105%2020%20JOJ.pdf

Vote for our bastards, not theirs

Gript — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 12:46:50 +0100

In a year heavy with silly ideas an Irish NGO has gone for gold by saying it wants to give the government the power to remove candidates from elections if they say the wrong things; Ze Germans say they're coming for our EU Veto; and the lab leak theory makes a glorious return to respectable discourse.

Professor Theo Boer

Gript — Sun, 06 Jun 2021 13:54:03 +0100

We sat down with Dr Theo Boer, professor of Health Care Ethics at Groningen Theological University, to discuss euthanasia, assisted suicide, the cultural impact of euthanasia on the Netherlands, and the future of medical care in this area.

Consensus - real or imagined

Gript — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 15:22:46 +0100

The Citizens' Assembly goes off the rails; a Scottish feminist up in court for transphobic tweets shows Ireland how FG's hate speech bill will be used here; FF remain unable to do basic due diligence on their election candidates; and the Belarus situation has been resolved to everyone's satisfaction.

Simon Coveney lies back and thinks of China

Gript — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 19:06:45 +0100

https://web.archive.org/web/20210531133639/https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/zxxx_662805/t1880004.shtml

https://gript.ie/gravy-train-how-public-money-keeps-the-iccl-in-business/

https://gript.ie/over-100000-in-public-money-to-be-given-to-anonymous-far-left-group/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f20L0msLsM&list=PLD5OhzwvKKtOPs27ZJUjJ4Euw793mHgub

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwyuM0PODuY&list=PLD5OhzwvKKtOPs27ZJUjJ4Euw793mHgub

We assure you these tigers will never eat your face

Gript — Fri, 28 May 2021 14:36:34 +0100

Perjury bill - https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/bill/2018/112/eng/ver_c/b112c18s.pdf

The backroom boys

Gript — Wed, 26 May 2021 18:46:21 +0100

https://twitter.com/OCallaghanJim/status/1396459170136825862
https://www.nuigalway.ie/media/irishcentreforhumanrights/files/reports/ICHR-Report-International-Human-Rights-Impacts-of-Fracking.pdf

Interview with Christopher Snowdon of the IEA

Gript — Sun, 23 May 2021 13:29:50 +0100

http://nannystateindex.org/

At the heart of Irish government lies a vacuum

Gript — Fri, 21 May 2021 14:14:10 +0100

The High Court has refused to hear a case on religious COVID-19 restrictions, arguing it is moot - we argue the judgement is nonsense; the HSE hack, which no one will be blamed for; and what achievements have Irish politicians actually had over the last decade?

Simon Coveney's Cenotaph

Gript — Wed, 19 May 2021 15:09:07 +0100

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/11/how-the-media-makes-the-israel-story/383262/
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/ap-collaboration-nazis-reporting-news
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/thousands-attend-rallies-in-irish-cities-in-solidarity-with-palestine-1.4566435

Votes are equal, voters are not

Gript — Sun, 16 May 2021 12:58:57 +0100

Arlene Foster and the DUP demonstrate the danger of getting what you wish for; and public confidence in the Government's ability to handle COVID-19 improves, but SF continue to move up in the polls.

A holiday is really just an opportunity to work without distraction

Gript — Fri, 14 May 2021 14:09:39 +0100

https://twitter.com/NewstalkFM/status/1392812766696771586

The M Night Shyamalan of ethnographic research papers

Gript — Wed, 12 May 2021 15:42:11 +0100

https://twitter.com/AlanFarrell/status/1390818311638765576
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2101.07993.pdf

You asked for this

Gript — Sun, 09 May 2021 14:56:48 +0100

https://www.cochrane.org/CD013705/INFECTN_how-accurate-are-rapid-tests-diagnosing-covid-19

And then the locusts came

Gript — Fri, 07 May 2021 13:10:11 +0100

FF have some thoughts on housing policy; the Government has pumped millions into Irish media; April vaccine target missed by 160,000; and Mick Wallace says China is a normal country.

Interview with Professor Gerard Casey

Gript — Wed, 05 May 2021 13:24:18 +0100

http://books.imprint.co.uk/book/?gcoi=71157100341290
https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Agender-Transgenderisms-Struggle-Societas/dp/1788360583

The hills are alive with the sound of repression

Gript — Fri, 30 Apr 2021 13:20:09 +0100

Musical drama 'The Wings of Songs' showcases beautiful Xinjiang
https://www.lawlibrary.ie/News/Statement-of-the-Four-Bars-on-PRC-Government-Sanct.aspx
https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-40275344.html
https://www.legalcheek.com/2021/03/china-bans-magic-circle-chambers-over-alleged-human-rights-disinformation/

We used to have a thing called charities

Gript — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 13:17:57 +0100

The EU goes to court; man pokes bear, surprised when mauled; the party of law and order decides to reward breaking the law; and the nanny state comes for bridal parties.

The Citizens' Assembly is just a prophylactic

Gript — Sun, 25 Apr 2021 17:34:12 +0100

https://www.citizensassembly.ie/en/what-we-do/meetings/voting-results-citizens-assembly-on-gender-equality/full-list-of-recommendations.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20190331155445/https://www.citizensassembly.ie/en/News/RED-C-Internal-Audit.pdf

We've got some targets out the back we could show you

Gript — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 14:07:20 +0100

https://gript.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/1613725900577_AZ_FIRMATO_REPORT.pdf

A verdict, if you can keep it

Gript — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 14:32:07 +0100

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2021/si/171/made/en/print
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2021/si/168/made/en/print

The Pascal is a great name for a currency

Gript — Sun, 18 Apr 2021 13:12:27 +0100

http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/General_Scheme_Criminal_Justice_(Hate_Crime)_Bill_2021.pdf/Files/General_Scheme_Criminal_Justice_(Hate_Crime)_Bill_2021.pdf

Like an old folk's home at dementia hour

Gript — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 13:29:26 +0100

https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/bill/2018/39/eng/initiated/b3918s.pdf

Speak ill of the dead

Gript — Sun, 11 Apr 2021 12:32:42 +0100

https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-68-what-exactly-are-antifa/
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ohhib - Spitting Image Election Special

The Indo is just being tsundere

Gript — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 15:03:27 +0100

The most informed view on the North you'll hear this week; Israel can't pay its bill; Ireland South continues its support for Iran; the HSE just did exactly the same thing as the Beacon Hospital; and how 0-4 and fuck the consumer is the Irish way.

Obviously we're trustworthy, it's all the other media

Gript — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 16:59:40 +0100

https://gript.ie/allow-children-as-young-as-10-to-consent-to-sex-lgbt-ngo/
https://iwhc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Beijing-25-Feminist-declaration.pdf
https://extra.ie/2021/04/01/news/irish-news/vaccine-booking-system-abused - DM story
https://www.independent.ie/world-news/coronavirus/hse-chief-vows-to-look-into-health-worker-jab-figures-40272499.html
https://www.thejournal.ie/hse-vaccine-allocation-schedule-beacon-5398577-Apr2021/
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/non-medically-vulnerable-groups-to-get-vaccine-in-exceptional-circumstances-1.4528591
https://twitter.com/ClayTravis/status/1379107540475248647
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqDP8SnPVA0

Brevity is the essence of wit

Gript — Fri, 02 Apr 2021 13:27:12 +0100

Paul Reid and Stephen Donnelly should both be sacked.

It's incredibly cheap and the genocide is over

Gript — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 15:16:11 +0100

https://gript.ie/minister-arrested-during-sunday-service-by-gardai/
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/gardaifurious-over-farcical-hunt-for-quarantine-absconders-40254914.html
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/public-s-loss-of-faith-in-fairness-of-vaccine-rollout-must-be-addressed-1.4522357

Come in ye Black and Tans, come in and jab me like a man

Gript — Sun, 28 Mar 2021 13:32:24 +0100

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/uk-to-offer-covid-vaccines-to-ireland-nhxjftcwd

Purity Control

Gript — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 14:24:58 +0000

It's a good day for racists as the Government embraces the one drop rule; good news as unemployment falls to a mere 24.8%; the EU accidentally raided a facility shipping vaccines to the third world; and despite what Government TDs may have told you we are nowhere near hitting our vaccination targets.

Get back to the strawberry fields

Gript — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 15:09:39 +0000

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40249778.html
https://inar.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2020_iReport.pdf

That old reliable

Gript — Sun, 21 Mar 2021 13:10:36 +0000

https://www.wsj.com/articles/europes-gang-that-couldnt-shot-straight-11616193641?st=iify3a6dmiv89fu&reflink=article_email_share

https://tcdlaw.blogspot.com/2021/03/religious-services-and-rule-of-law.html

https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/it-would-be-a-mistake-to-dismiss-anti-lockdown-protesters-as-outsiders-just-look-at-the-facts-40218416.html
https://www.irishcatholic.com/gardai-fine-fr-pj-hughes-for-celebrating-public-mass/

The problem of not enough people dying

Gript — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 16:51:29 +0000

https://gript.ie/revealed-how-newstalk-disappeared-a-criticism-of-the-zero-covid-group/
https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/news/newsfeatures/covid19-updates/integrated-information-service-vaccination-programme-dashboard.html

Representation without taxation

Gript — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 15:23:48 +0000

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2018/act/9/section/5/enacted/en/html#sec5

https://www.youth.ie/get-involved/campaigns/vote-at-16/#reason-7

Coveney's charm offensive

Gript — Sun, 14 Mar 2021 13:46:03 +0000

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-ireland-idUSKBN2B507C
https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n627
https://tcdlaw.blogspot.com/2021/03/religious-services-and-rule-of-law.html

And not a drop to drink

Gript — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 16:20:55 +0000

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/there-are-no-spare-vaccines-available-for-ireland-to-lobby-for-1.4506889
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/11/us/politics/coronavirus-astrazeneca-united-states.html
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-double-covid-vaccine-order-from-pfizer-biontech/46436302
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSXIetP5iak

A Final Embarrassment

Gript — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 16:23:49 +0000

https://gript.ie/watch-senator-ronan-mullen-raises-isag-leaks-in-the-seanad/

https://gript.ie/recent-journal-fact-check-actually-non-fact-checking-content-international-fact-checking-network/

https://gript.ie/quis_custodiet_ipsos_custodes/

Oh the places you'll go!

Gript — Sun, 07 Mar 2021 12:54:21 +0000

More on Moonshot's recent study of the far-right in Ireland, particularly the Irish Time's coverage of it; fact-checking the Journal; and Dr Seuss is out, but Mein Kampf is still in.

The far-right point

Gript — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 17:33:21 +0000

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/unusually-high-proportion-of-young-males-researching-far-right-topics-1.4500287
https://moonshotcve.com/far-right-search-traffic-in-ireland-2021/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wbjZDtR2e0

We've got a little list

Gript — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 16:23:06 +0000

I've Got a Little List (with lyrics) / The Mikado / Gilbert and Sullivan

https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/news/newsfeatures/covid19-updates/integrated-information-service-vaccination-programme-dashboard.html

Out of the crooked timber of humanity no straight thing was ever made

Gript — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 12:42:48 +0000

Another chance to wheel out the phrase 'mostly peaceful protest'; what exactly it means to be far-right during the great realignment; the Irish media and the failure to ask questions; and new polling show FF the only way is down.

Nothing personal

Gript — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 14:11:35 +0000

https://gript.ie/look-for-ways-to-increase-insecurity-anxiety-and-uncertainty-zero-covid-document/
https://www.politico.eu/article/the-key-differences-between-the-eu-and-uk-astrazeneca-contracts/
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/committees/33/health/

Every day is exactly the same

Gript — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 13:07:23 +0000

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/stephen-collins-outbreak-of-eu-bashing-among-irish-politicians-is-a-serious-overreaction-1.4488669

https://gript.ie/uncertainty-and-doubt-behind-the-scenes-of-the-zero-covid-campaign/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQoVHqveQ98

An accidental discharge of policy

Gript — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 17:29:10 +0000

9 more weeks of lockdown; the unemployment rates hits numbers that don't even look real; and the wonderful revelation that there's nothing stopping you from privately buying vaccines.

At least have the decency to lie

Gript — Sun, 14 Feb 2021 13:00:09 +0000

The Taoiseach's trip to Washington has gone all mean girls; it's not clear what Simon Coveney actually does; the importance of dose versus vial when negotiating a contract with Pfizer; and the Citizens' Assembly turns its eyes on the place of women.

You scream, I scream, we all scream for Nord Stream

Gript — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 16:49:33 +0000

Vaccinations numbers collapse; the NUJ thinks public funding of journalism won't damage journalism; EU diplomate humiliated by Russial; and how Russian energy is similar to a temperamental lover. https://www.edelman.com/sites/g/files/aatuss191/files/2021-01/2021-edelman-trust-barometer.pdf https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/state-support-for-journalism-is-in-the-public-interest-1.4481394 https://gript.ie/irish-vaccination-numbers-appear-to-have-collapsed/ https://www.rt.com/russia/515015-borrell-moscow-visit-fallout/

It was closer to 6,000 a week than you'd like it to be

Gript — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 16:07:48 +0000

https://soundcloud.com/therightsideirl/interview-jimmy-sheehan-childrens-hospital

Enjoy the drum solo

Gript — Sun, 07 Feb 2021 16:09:08 +0000

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/our-place-in-the-new-european-pecking-order-is-now-clear-1.4476266

Taking the soup

Gript — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 16:07:39 +0000

https://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/kevin-myers/blabbermouth-tiernan-rant-wasnt-anti-semitic-his-remarks-on-genocide-were-purely-parodic-26570291.html

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/impugning-the-mother-and-baby-commission-does-not-serve-victims-1.4473277

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1954/1954-h/1954-h.htm

We need to respect Burma's lifestyle choices and refer to it as Myanmar

Gript — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 13:37:27 +0000

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/offensive-moi-1.745364
https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2021/0202/1194573-myanmar-aung-san-suu-kyi-crisis-coup-2021/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-55794071
https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/blood-and-the-moon/

A glorious moment of European unity

Gript — Sun, 31 Jan 2021 13:04:25 +0000

https://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/europe-s-vaccine-disaster-commission-president-ursula-von-der-leyen-seeking-to-duck-responsibility-a-1197547d-6219-4438-9d69-b76e64701802
https://gript.ie/the-eu-accidentally-released-an-unredacted-version-of-the-astrazeneca-contract/
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/840230/Revised_Protocol_to_the_Withdrawal_Agreement.pdf

Stonks

Gript — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 14:32:19 +0000

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/marjorie-taylor-greene-qanon-wildfires-space-laser-rothschild-execute.html

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_21_302f - Between recording and release the AstraZeneca contract was released.

Stand patiently, suffer in silence, and wait

Gript — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 15:40:32 +0000

https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/curevac_-_redacted_advance_purchase_agreement_0.pdf
https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2021/01/26/news/interview_pascal_soriot_ceo_astrazeneca_coronavirus_covid_vaccines-284349628/

Obscure statistics are what the people crave

Gript — Sun, 24 Jan 2021 14:32:34 +0000

https://www.politico.eu/article/coronavirus-vaccine-europe-hit-commission-target-rollout-5-times-faster/
https://www.icgp.ie/speck/properties/asset/asset.cfm?type=LibraryAsset&id=468202EA%2DDD0D%2D4CF6%2DA65F3806460A2447&property=asset&revision=tip&disposition=inline&app=icgp&filename=ICGP%5FTrans%5FHealth%5FQRG%2Epdf
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~sfos0060/Biggs_ExperimentPubertyBlockers.pdf

https://gript.ie/exclusive-ashton-dog-pound-searched-by-gardai-over-animal-welfare-concerns/

The great race

Gript — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 16:07:00 +0000

https://api.cqc.org.uk/public/v1/reports/7ecf93b7-2b14-45ea-a317-53b6f4804c24?20210120085141

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/stormont-bemused-by-republic-s-stonewalling-over-covid-data-1.4463253

https://www.thelocal.fr/20210111/frenchwoman-who-was-declared-dead-goes-to-court-to

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_21_143

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/uk-gender-identity-clinic-that-treated-irish-children-rated-inadequate-1.4464550

Koen Stoop of the World Uyghur Congress

Gript — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 13:53:49 +0000

Koen Stoop is the EU Policy Coordinator of the World Uyghur Congress, an international organisation which represents the Uyghur people. Koen talks about the ongoing repression of the Uyghur people, a situation a growing number of politicians and academics have said constitutes genocide.

I assume her favourite movie is Bananas

Gript — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 15:43:34 +0000

The Indo has published 3 articles, in 1 day, attacking Mary Lou for liking Woody Allen and they haven't even asked her which of his movies is best; how the Government has taken inspiration from the life of Tchaikovsky for their latest bill; and of course vaccinations and more on the Mother and Baby home report.

Given Germany's mixed history on genocide they should have asked for more than a phone license

Gript — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 13:10:19 +0000

https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/d4b3d-final-report-of-the-commission-of-investigation-into-mother-and-baby-homes/

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/us/mitch-mcconnell-trump-impeachment.html

Defining the exception

Gript — Sun, 10 Jan 2021 15:16:08 +0000

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/coronavirus/doctors-fear-being-left-last-in-mish-mashed-approach-39951606.html
https://twitter.com/navalny/status/1347969772177264644
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2020/12/21/if-it-hadnt-been-for-the-prompt-work-of-the-medics-fsb-officer-inadvertently-confesses-murder-plot-to-navalny/

Do what we want or we'll shoot this dog

Gript — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 14:09:26 +0000

PPARS was basically the civil service's Vietnam

Gript — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 13:46:15 +0000

https://gript.ie/smes-the-people-powering-ireland-how-local-business-is-or-is-not-surviving-in-a-time-of-covid/
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/government-expects-year-end-budget-deficit-of-19bn-for-2020-1.4450574
https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2021/0105/1187758-pandemic-unemployment-payment-numbers/
https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations
https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/no-more-room-for-slippages-or-delays-in-vaccine-rollout-nursing-homes-ireland-1059774.html
https://www.cso.ie/en/statistics/labourmarket/monthlyunemployment/
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/why-is-ireland-s-covid-vaccination-campaign-off-to-such-a-slow-start-1.4450008

The death of George Nkencho

Gript — Sun, 03 Jan 2021 15:41:28 +0000

A discussion of the events leading up to the shooting of George Nkencho; when and why it is appropriate to ask a Guard to risk their life; the protests after the shooting; and the potential danger of the comments made by some academics and politicians who seem determined to position the shooting as being due purely to race.

You should be angrier about this

Gript — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 14:50:50 +0000

Corona: Germany and Europe Could Fall Short on Vaccine Supplies - DER SPIEGEL
https://twitter.com/dfatirl/status/1344932122679779328

https://reason.com/2020/12/18/vaccine-cdc-essential-workers-elderly-racial-covid-19/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/20/health/covid-vaccine-first-elderly-workers.html
https://www.hpsc.ie/a-z/respiratory/coronavirus/novelcoronavirus/casesinireland/epidemiologyofcovid-19inireland/COVID-19%20Daily%20epidemiology%20report%20(NPHET)_20201230_website.pdf
With First Dibs on Vaccines, Rich Countries Have ‘Cleared the Shelves’ - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

A life of nearly infinite beauty

Gript — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 15:07:30 +0000

Gary talks about the year in review, Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning, suicide, and the difference between pain and suffering.

No, CETA does not give companies the right to overturn laws

Gript — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 15:23:13 +0000

https://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/in-focus/ceta/ceta-chapter-by-chapter/#:~:text=The%20Comprehensive%20and%20Economic%20Trade,between%20the%20EU%20and%20Canada.&text=CETA%20will%3A,workers'%20rights%20and%20the%20environment

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_19_2334

Stand up and fall down for your principles

Gript — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 18:25:28 +0000

https://www.irishpsychiatry.ie/external-affairs-policy/college-papers-submissions-publications/positions-policies-perspective-papers/gambling-disorder/

https://www.reuters.com/article/china-cotton-forced-labour/china-accused-of-forcing-570000-people-to-pick-cotton-in-xinjiang-idUSL8N2IV38N

http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Legislating_for_Hate_Speech_and_Hate_Crime_in_Ireland_Web.pdf/Files/Legislating_for_Hate_Speech_and_Hate_Crime_in_Ireland_Web.pdf

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bf5a6549f87704e72f6df9b/t/5fdb568f97e50c3a7e345b82/1608210064170/EBI+submission+to+the+hate+speech+consultation.pdf

Kill one as a warning to the others

Gript — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 13:06:43 +0000

https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/dobbin/files/an2018.pdf

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/sick-certs-maternity-and-women-tds-1.4434382

https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/user/agg/blindspot/indexrk.htm

Interview with Dermot Dorgan of ISAG

Gript — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 14:31:51 +0000

https://www.isagcovid19.org/

Oh that Caravaggio

Gript — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 13:02:08 +0000

http://www.irishhistorylinks.net/Historical_Documents/Carlyle_1849.html
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/history/1971war/1278-chuck-yeager.html#gsc.tab=0

Another NGO betrays its mission

Gript — Sun, 06 Dec 2020 16:32:15 +0000

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/remote-working-works-but-there-will-be-a-price-to-pay-1.4426495
https://www.citizensassembly.ie/en/what-we-do/about-the-members/leadership-meeting-members-resource-material/irish-human-rights-equality-commission.pdf
https://www.citizensassembly.ie/en/what-we-do/meetings/recent-developments-to-promote-gender-equality-in-ireland-anne-marie.pdf - the worst one

It's not like anyone actually reads Dail debates

Gript — Fri, 04 Dec 2020 15:47:41 +0000

https://www.kildarestreet.com/debates/?id=2020-12-02a.5 - Student Nursing Dail debate transcript

https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2020/1201/1181739-puberty-blockers/

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/uk/london-court-ruling-casts-doubt-on-puberty-blockers-for-under-16s-1.4424620

https://gript.ie/landmark-case-finds-children-highly-unlikely-to-be-able-to-consent-to-puberty-blockers-sex-changes/

https://lecheilednd.carrd.co/

https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-68-what-exactly-are-antifa/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvAEMz64O9c

You say that like a man who'd love to be slapped with some tariffs

Gript — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 13:38:11 +0000

https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Bell-v-Tavistock-Judgment.pdf

God be with the days when I could whore myself out

Gript — Sun, 29 Nov 2020 15:27:43 +0000

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:62002CJ0200&from=EN - Chen v Home Secretary case

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-11-21/21/ - Seanad debate on Lanour's Bill

https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/bill/2018/124/eng/initiated/b12418s.pdf - Labour's Bill

http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/INCA%20Dec2014.pdf/Files/INCA%20Dec2014.pdf - Original Act

Unfortunately Candy Mountain is still zoned for industrial usage

Gript — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 13:50:26 +0000

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/up-to-2-000-cancers-may-be-lost-because-of-covid-disruption-1.4420581

The wickedness of these people knows no bounds

Gript — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 15:19:20 +0000

https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/relationships/arid-40088870.html

Tripping over the low bar

Gript — Sun, 22 Nov 2020 17:59:26 +0000

https://gcn.ie/irish-lgbtq-community-stand-irishsolidarit-transphobia-trans-day-remembrance/
https://gcn.ie/hate-crime-bill-2020/
https://gript.ie/the-criminal-justice-hate-crime-2020-bill-is-beneath-the-dignity-of-the-seanad/
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-19723-8

Cromwell

Gript — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 15:53:40 +0000

https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1471-0528.16502?af=R
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/abortion-survive-scream/

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/thousands-unborn-foetuses-incinerated-heat-uk-hospitals-9212863.html

The key to international relations is knowing how to troll an entire country

Gript — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 15:55:02 +0000

The Criminal Justice Hate Crime bill was debated in the Seanad yesterday; Dublin City Council Councillors discovered they actually love people being homeless; and China moves to the trolling America stage of diplomatic relations.

We need more rhetoric about the need to move away from rhetoric

Gript — Sun, 15 Nov 2020 15:39:24 +0000

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/the-big-interview-workaholic-micheal-martin-on-christmas-restrictions-covid-19-vaccine-and-the-noise-around-the-job-39747949.html

https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.525.174&rep=rep1&type=pdf

https://gap.hks.harvard.edu/compared-men-women-view-professional-advancement-equally-attainable-less-desirable#:~:text=Women%20listed%20more%20life%20goals,7%25

Would you rather your child drank or did the odd bit of smack?

Gript — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 16:24:25 +0000

https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/bill/2020/52/eng/initiated/b5220s.pdf

Chief Justice Clarke should resign

Gript — Wed, 11 Nov 2020 10:21:05 +0000

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/letters-in-full-what-chief-justice-said-to-mr-justice-seamus-woulfe-over-golfgate-dinner-and-his-reply-1.4404867
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/full-text-of-denham-report-concerning-mr-justice-s%C3%A9amus-woulfe-1.4369637

They've read the sheet music, but they don't know the music

Gript — Sun, 08 Nov 2020 14:03:36 +0000

https://gript.ie/gay-sex-russia-and-sinn-fein-the-secret-obsessions-of-varadkar-whistleblower-chay-bowes/

The future of the Republican party is Roman

Gript — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 16:28:52 +0000

https://twitter.com/JoshShapiroPA/status/1322640510637477889

https://twitter.com/JoshShapiroPA/status/1323686382401843201

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/exit-polls-president.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8588031/Scientist-angers-Twitter-accused-sexism-racism-saying-roundworms-useless.html

The only gay with a Village

Gript — Sun, 01 Nov 2020 16:15:45 +0000

https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-116-bev-jackson-of-the-lgb-alliance/

Damien English naked and free

Gript — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 15:40:28 +0000

Damien English just wants us to free our bodies; America's long nightmare draws to a close on Tuesday; the Economist has some disclosure issues; a 3 year delay on checks for breast cancer; and France has been having some decapitation issues.

You can't hug your children with nuclear arms

Gript — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 14:43:01 +0000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBU-43/B_MOAB#Operational_use

Éamon Ó Cuív goes canvassing

Gript — Sun, 25 Oct 2020 12:38:39 +0000

https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2020/1023/1173584-virus-test-endurance/
John Kerry's 2016 take on the Middle East peace process didn't age very well
No, we're not going to link to Hunter Biden's sex tape.

Spitting in the face of God

Gript — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 15:04:07 +0100

The Day Today - September 11th

George Lee would make a great narrator for a snuff film

Gript — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 15:55:53 +0100

https://assets.gov.ie/93272/2c5f1621-4233-47d8-adce-96e9b9b2ffc1.pdf

https://twitter.com/9NewsAUS/status/1318632532716457986

We all agree a tragedy of some sort happened

Gript — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 16:50:20 +0100

https://www.thesun.ie/news/4208026/alan-farrell-football-match-crash-compo-claim/
https://twitter.com/RMcGreevy1301/status/1316674955879297025/photo/1

David Mullins - The Dying with Dignity bill

Gript — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 15:48:49 +0100

Michael sits down with the political advisor and bioethics expert David Mullins about the passing of the Dying with Dignity Bill. They talk about the bill itself, the lack of debate about the bill in the Dail, why the amendment to put it to a special committee failed, and what comes next.

Solid, substantial, and with breakfast included

Gript — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 13:48:52 +0100

https://gript.ie/barbie-kardashian-the-story-tusla-wants-to-keep-a-secret/
https://gript.ie/i-was-left-with-ptsd-former-assistant-to-lorraine-clifford-lee/

As certain as Gary and taxes

Gript — Sun, 11 Oct 2020 13:47:38 +0100

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/nearly-90-of-women-have-not-responded-to-cervical-screening-invitations-1.4377785

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/hundreds-clash-in-violent-exchanges-at-dublin-protests-1.4377808

https://projectsouth.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/OIG-ICDC-Complaint-1.pdf
https://playerwelfare.worldrugby.org/gender

We're not saying you should make DMT in your kitchen, we're just saying you could

Gript — Fri, 09 Oct 2020 15:10:17 +0100

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/future-of-people-driving-around-country-in-private-cars-is-fantasy-built-on-cheap-oil-1.4376109
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/irish-times-poll-majority-of-people-believe-pandemic-will-get-worse-1.4376070
https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2020/1008/1170186-microsoft-excel-covid-cases-uk-government-mistakes/
https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-40061816.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWQMMPFtoG4

Green politicians with children just aren't dedicated to the cause

Gript — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 12:36:43 +0100

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40060616.html
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40059962.html
https://irishheart.ie/news/budget-2021-the-irish-heart-foundation-calls-for-new-tax-on-e-cigarettes/
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/06/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-palestinians-israel.html

Is a stuck clock still right twice a day if it's a digital clock?

Gript — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 13:30:02 +0100

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzMahrucH04&t
https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-manual-updates/20201002-PartyMembership.pdf

From the Archive: Interview with Coleman Hughes

Gript — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 13:38:57 +0100

https://quillette.com/2019/05/21/rethinking-abortion-advocacy/

A great podcast will fall

Gript — Wed, 30 Sep 2020 17:54:30 +0100

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/david-mcwilliams-the-better-the-economy-does-the-more-covid-19-spreads-1.4363635

Just because they say it doesn't mean they believe it

Gript — Sun, 27 Sep 2020 13:39:43 +0100

https://gript.ie/photo-barbie-kardashian-irelands-homicidal-girl/

https://www.courts.ie/viewer/pdf/e363c19e-6e79-4e35-a3fe-d5e8dee785fe/2019_IECA_109_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH

Do we know how lethal COVID-19 actually is?

Gript — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 12:40:57 +0100

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/dr-martin-feeley-young-and-healthy-majority-need-to-be-allowed-to-live-1.4362503
https://gript.ie/british-academics-suppression-of-covid-19-unfeasible-and-is-leading-to-significant-harm/
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scenarios.html

Ed West - The Diversity Illusion

Gript — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 14:51:11 +0100

Michael sits down journalist and author Ed West to discuss his book The Diversity Illusion. They talk immigration, the idea that there are topics you can't debate, and the trade-offs we have to make to have a diverse society.

The far-right in Ireland is rising like the majestic mountains of Meath

Gript — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 15:04:16 +0100

https://www.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/documents/2020/09/Princeton-Letter-9-16-20-Signed.pdf

https://gript.ie/cork_friendship_uighur_jiangsu/
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/the-far-right-rises-its-growth-as-a-political-force-in-ireland-1.4358321

Theodore Dalrymple - The primary cause of crime is the choice to commit crime

Gript — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 12:57:14 +0100

https://www.city-journal.org/contributor/theodore-dalrymple_44

Extraordinary delusions and the madness of crowds

Gript — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 12:43:18 +0100

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/covid-19-government-to-discuss-right-to-protest-says-coveney-1.4354408

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/israel-uae-bahrain-sign-game-changing-normalization-deal-watch-live-642368
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/us/trump-hails-dawn-of-a-new-middle-east-at-white-house-ceremony-1.4355815
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorial/the-irish-times-view-on-donald-trump-s-peace-plan-emboldening-israel-s-far-right-1.4155401

Martin is a problem for FF and he won't go away on his own

Gript — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 13:37:56 +0100

Xi Jinping takes time out of his genocidally hectic schedule to shill Cork; Gary marvels at the wonder that is our health service; and the latest polls confirm FF is polling at close to single digits - a situation which can be put nearly entirely at the feet of Martin and those who agree with his strategy.

A plan for a circular economy from a circular firing squad of a government

Gript — Sun, 06 Sep 2020 12:01:45 +0100

https://www.dccae.gov.ie/en-ie/environment/publications/Documents/55/Waste_Action_Plan_for_a_Circular_Economy.pdf

The only suitable response is mockery

Gript — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 16:01:12 +0100

Turning publicans into spies; Nancy Pelosi didn't know she couldn't do that; why you shouldn't assume the neutrality of information gatekeepers; Israel's making friends in the Middle East; and why we don't deserve the trade portfolio from the EU.

From Je Suis Charlie to Hate Speech Laws in 5 Years

Gript — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 14:51:50 +0100

The Charlie Hebdo attacks, in which 12 people were killed by Islamic terrorists; reminiscing about the magazine of Al-Qaeda on the Arabian Peninsula; and Ireland's self-inflicted issues with picking an EU commissioner.

Homosexuals attract enemy radar

Gript — Fri, 28 Aug 2020 14:15:37 +0100

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B076O8-PzH4 - 4:10

Paid for by the Campaign to re-elect Donald Trump

Gript — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 15:02:21 +0100

https://twitter.com/BGOnTheScene/status/1298502384654651392 - Video of man with rifle being chased, falling, shooting.
https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1298529196549869568/photo/1 - Aftermath of the shooting, man shot is holding a firearm.
https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1298479865813798912
https://twitter.com/MaajidNawaz/status/1298372704555249664 - rioters demand people raise their fist in the air, woman refuses.
https://twitter.com/MaajidNawaz/status/1298381476233347074 - rioters demand people raise their fist in the air, man refuses.
https://twitter.com/JoshBreslowWKRN/status/1267799939163308033 - 4 police officers in St Louis hospitalized after shots came from crowd of protesters.
https://i.imgur.com/dgbUvyl.gif

Take it into your home, take it into your heart

Gript — Sun, 23 Aug 2020 13:06:52 +0100

Another fine week for Fianna Fail, who are apparently the only party in government and absolutely to blame for the consequences of all of the actions of the previous government.

He'll still end up with an asterisk next to his name

Gript — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 15:09:40 +0100

The Burke family wins their case against the government on predicted grades; golf remains the most dangerous sport for politicians to get involved in; and Stephen Donnelly tries to talk about an incredibly important concept when dealing with COVID-19 but somehow manages to swallow an entire trampoline.

Perfectly balanced

Gript — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 13:03:34 +0100

https://www.facebook.com/CSPAN/videos/1437084406680795/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=22&v=qTJzPeg8if4&feature=emb_logo

Checks without balances

Gript — Sun, 16 Aug 2020 14:48:22 +0100

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/14/us/yale-asian-american-discrimination.html

If you donate to the ICCL you should cancel it

Gript — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 13:07:24 +0100

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/08/13/media-crush-kamala-harris-395020

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/middle-east/us-urges-arab-and-muslim-states-to-follow-uae-deal-with-israel-1.4329814

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-53770859

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/there-is-no-conflict-between-human-rights-and-public-health-measures-1.4217915

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/legislation-against-hate-speech-is-ill-advised-and-counter-productive-1.4112340

Benjamin Boyce and the madness at Evergreen

Gript — Wed, 12 Aug 2020 12:42:25 +0100

Michael sits down with Benjamin Boyce to discuss the 2017 Evergreen University fiasco that led to the firing of Bret Weinstein. They talk progressive racism; the nature of power; the impact of the breakdown of stable, normative morality; and what Evergreen can tell us about the future of America.

The GAA doesn't see colour, it only sees meat

Gript — Sun, 09 Aug 2020 13:12:03 +0100

The sealing of the forbidden zones of the country is complete; the nature of racism; Pakistanis with hurls; and how there's nothing more Irish than the pure, perfect hatred for a village 3 miles away.

Sartre's Pimp

Gript — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 13:54:36 +0100

https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2020/0805/1157398-children-low-birth-rates-fertility/

https://gript.ie/police-bodycam-footage-of-george-floyds-death-leaked/

http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Review_of_Protections_for_Vulnerable_Witnesses_in%20the_Investigation_and_Prosecution_of_Sexual_Offences.pdf/Files/Review_of_Protections_for_Vulnerable_Witnesses_in%20the_Investigation_and_Prosecution_of_Sexual_Offences.pdf

Context is a dangerous thing

Gript — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 12:45:00 +0100

https://videos.dailymail.co.uk/video/mol/2020/07/30/4049160131241488932/960x540_MP4_4049160131241488932.mp4

https://videos.dailymail.co.uk/video/mol/2020/07/30/5005474934801646650/960x540_MP4_5005474934801646650.mp4

The Power and the Glory

Gript — Mon, 03 Aug 2020 12:21:56 +0100

Ireland's favourite race expert has some thoughts; Israel Folau refuses to bend the knee; the defenders of Ireland's CCT rate seem to be losing their nerve; and why Charlie Haughey was the best leader this country ever had.

Glenn Loury

Gript — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 12:59:00 +0100

Michael talks to Professor Glenn Loury, the first African-American to become a tenured Professor of Economics at Harvard University, of Brown University. They talk about the idea that America is an institutionally racist country; race and policing in America; and racial identities.

Is there anything to be said for defunding academia?

Gript — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 12:20:37 +0100

Nubian princesses go into storage; RTE asks if there's anything to be said for defunding the police; and a man who wanted books banned from schools admits he's never read the books, but says he has seen the movie.

That good old fashioned will to power

Gript — Sun, 26 Jul 2020 12:32:16 +0100

https://www.thejournal.ie/larry-bass-shinawil-dancing-with-the-stars-5159769-Jul2020/

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/would-these-irish-ads-persuade-you-to-wear-a-face-mask-1.4310766

https://www.independent.ie/style/voices/this-is-the-summer-of-the-himbo-the-golden-age-of-big-dim-lovely-boys-39366261.html

Putin Elevator Portrait Gets A Rise Out Of Riders

Your daily dose of sedition

Gript — Fri, 24 Jul 2020 12:45:48 +0100

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40021184.html
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/education/twelve-year-old-pupils-do-not-understand-complexities-of-racially-charged-classics-says-councillor-seeking-removal-of-books-39393404.html
https://gript.ie/peter_tatchell_see_no_evil/

Divination Middlemen

Gript — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 13:54:58 +0100

Grades are being leveled, a woman gets a years wages for cutting her finger on a wine glass, and Gary questions the need for health and safety standards whilst Michael records in the middle of a road.

Bev Jackson of the LGB Alliance

Gript — Sun, 19 Jul 2020 13:22:39 +0100

Gary sits down with Bev Jackson, one of the founding members of the LGB Alliance. They discuss the aims of the LGB Alliance and how it came to be, gender theory, Stonewall, and the abuse people like J. K. Rowling get for speaking out on this issue.

Just tell the truth

Gript — Sun, 12 Jul 2020 12:00:00 +0100

It's been a bad week for Irish media on various fronts, Orwell faces cancellation for failing to speak positively of the USSR after WW2, and the wonderful history of the Molotov bread basket.

Katharine Birbalsingh

Gript — Fri, 10 Jul 2020 13:18:49 +0100

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tiger-Teachers-Take-Katharine-Birbalsingh/dp/191290621X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1594383295&refinements=p_27%3AKatharine+Birbalsingh&s=books&sr=1-1

Peter Hitchens

Gript — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 17:04:04 +0100

Michael sits down with the journalist, author, and broadcaster Peter Hitchens. They discuss the fall of the USSR; revolutionary politics; how the current political climate compares to earlier revolutions; why Britain should have stayed out of World War 1; and if there's any hope left for conservatives.

Mountain presses on soft earth

Gript — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 12:00:00 +0100

https://www.ichingonline.net/

Deirdre McCloskey

Gript — Fri, 03 Jul 2020 12:00:00 +0100

Michael talks to Professor Deirdre McCloskey, of the University of Illinois at Chicago. They discuss the idea that the West became the richest and more powerful region of the world because of slavery and colonialism.

The quiet joy of being complicit in Genocide

Gript — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 12:00:00 +0100

The heartwarming tale of Sun Qian, a women who rediscovered her deep love for the Chinese Government whilst being tortured in a Chinese jail; two new reports say China is committing genocide, we explain why that doesn't matter and why nothing will be done, and Reddit becomes a racist website.

Masterstrokes

Gript — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 11:30:00 +0100

FG somehow convinced FF to take over the country just before everything has the highest chance of falling to pieces, and FF even took Health and Housing, so let's talk about that.

The ever optimistic Ed West

Gript — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 12:00:00 +0100

Michael sits down with author and assistant editor of UnHerd, Ed West, to discuss what it's like being on the wrong side of history.

Talcum-X

Gript — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 12:00:00 +0100

In order to have a peaceful show Gary and Michael move from their unusual controversial topic selection to discuss race, religion, and that new sexual assault survey that's got everyone in a tizzy.

Coca-Cola is on the rightest side of history

Gript — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 12:00:00 +0100

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjD4PHojNBU

Colin Wright

Gript — Fri, 19 Jun 2020 14:00:00 +0100

If you enjoyed listening to Colin you can find some of his articles below:

https://quillette.com/2020/06/07/jk-rowling-is-right-sex-is-real-and-it-is-not-a-spectrum/
https://quillette.com/2018/11/30/the-new-evolution-deniers/
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-dangerous-denial-of-sex-11581638089

Pubs are restaurants now, but not like restaurant restaurants

Gript — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 12:00:00 +0100

https://twitter.com/meganrabundis/status/1272735796949213184 - Full video of the shooting.

They turn on, you turn off

Gript — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 12:00:00 +0100

00:00 - Ming's fish trouble
7:15 - Household assistants

18:15 - According to the Irish Times de Valera wanted Ireland to rejoin the British Empire

41:55 - The BBC a tale of two protests

1:15:37 - Niall Collins has some more thoughts on the Jews

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/statues-are-not-a-neutral-narration-of-complex-events-1.4277548
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorial/the-irish-times-view-on-historical-monuments-the-statues-keep-falling-1.4277950
https://www.the42.ie/black-lives-matter-to-replace-players-names-on-shirts-5122234-Jun2020/
https://www.businessinsider.com/siri-google-assistant-rebut-all-lives-matter-2020-6?r=US&IR=T
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-52954899
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-53031072

Not wrong, just stupid

Gript — Fri, 12 Jun 2020 12:00:00 +0100

https://twitter.com/pritipatel/status/1271075607955288064 - Letter to Priti Patel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g84YPbucaxA - Lenny Bruce "How To Relax Your Colored Friends At Parties"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaRqDc41IFQ - Lenny Bruce "Are there any niggers here tonight?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igYL5w0ZVc8 - BrassEye - Culture and Race

Crowdfunding a statue of Hitler

Gript — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 12:00:00 +0100

Things have now gotten bad enough that people have stopped quoting Yeats.

Victim blaming a horse

Gript — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 12:00:00 +0100

https://babylonbee.com/news/unity-at-last-kkk-and-rich-liberal-join-in-celebration-as-black-neighborhood-burns
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8398095/BBC-blasted-Black-Lives-Matter-protests-largely-peaceful-headline-despite-27-officers-injured.html

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1707753042 - Murray Hill Riot

Forceful acquisition of goods through irregular means

Gript — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 12:00:00 +0100

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/there-is-no-conflict-between-human-rights-and-public-health-measures-1.4217915
https://www.iccl.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ICCL-Investigation-Abortion-Safe-Zones.pdf
https://www.gotoquiz.com/political_compass_english_civil_war_edition - It's just nice to see the Levellers included

Get off the streets you jackasses

Gript — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 12:00:00 +0100

https://apnews.com/3c061794970661042b18d5aeaaed9fae

You can't trust foreigners

Gript — Sun, 31 May 2020 12:00:00 +0100

We had planned to have a wonderful discussion of a women walking her dog in a park but we've had to adjust the programming as America seems to have caught fire.

The colour of the firing squad's uniform

Gript — Fri, 29 May 2020 12:00:00 +0100

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-preventing-online-censorship/ - the full text of the executive order.

That depends what you mean when you say 'picnic'

Gript — Wed, 27 May 2020 11:30:00 +0100

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/explainer-did-the-taoiseach-ignore-public-health-rules-by-going-on-a-picnic-1.4263129
https://gript.ie/chinese-recommendation-brazil/
https://indianliterature.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/overcoat_by_nicolai_gogol.pdf - A translation of Gogol's short story 'The Overcoat', considered one of the finest pieces of Russian literature ever published, for those of you who read the show notes. It's not related to the show at all, it's just a great read I wanted to pass on to you as a thanks for listening.

Get your roads girl

Gript — Sun, 24 May 2020 12:00:00 +0100

https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/05/23/india-china-border-skirmishes/ - Foreign Policy on Ladakh
https://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/china-s-tactical-play-in-ladakh-isn-t-just-about-the-boundary-analysis/story-aJy8XQDURYzT6nN70GsxzK.html
https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/100-tents-machinery-for-bunkers-china-bolsters-its-presence-in-ladakh-india-maintains-aggressive-posturing/596150

The ASTI, possibly for the first time, actually has a point

Gript — Fri, 22 May 2020 12:00:00 +0100

https://www.education.ie/en/Circulars-and-Forms/Active-Circulars/cl0037_2020.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS--6mzw3eo - the best cover of Eleanor Rigby ever recorded.

Simon Harris the menthol cigarette salesman

Gript — Wed, 20 May 2020 08:00:00 +0100

https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2016-05/cp160048en.pdf - Menthol cigarettes are just too good for sale.
https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/born-leader-martin-has-proved-he-can-perform-in-adversity-39194050.html - Niall Collins on why the FF leadership should stop beating him.
https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1188817.shtml - Winning hearts and minds through superior firepower.

The Spanish Flu and the humbling of humanity

Gript — Sun, 17 May 2020 08:00:00 +0100

Michael talks to Dr Ida Milne, a historian of disease with a particular interest in the Spanish flu and the author of Stacking the Coffins Influenza in Ireland 1918-19.

Strawberry Hitler

Gript — Fri, 15 May 2020 12:00:00 +0100

https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2020-05-13%20ODNI%20to%20CEG%20RHJ%20(Unmasking).pdf

The answer is no

Gript — Wed, 13 May 2020 12:00:00 +0100

Irish Heart Foundation research on vaping - https://irishheart.ie/publications/e-cigarette-flavour-options/

4 to 6 weeks

Gript — Sun, 10 May 2020 12:00:00 +0100

https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/corona-krise-bundesregierung-zweifelt-an-us-these-zur-entstehung-des-coronavirus-a-51add7cf-96b6-4d04-a2d0-71ce27cff69c - Der Spiegel piece on German Intelligence
https://www.rte.ie/radio/radioplayer/html5/#/radio1/21765449 - Interview with the CMO

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/who-denies-coronavirus-cover-up-phone-call-between-xi-jinping-and-dr-tedros - Washington Examiner piece on WHO's denials

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/20/magazine/we-respond-to-the-historians-who-critiqued-the-1619-project.html
NYT response to the open letter from historians.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/09/nyti-m09.html - World Socialist Web Site response to the Pulitzer win.

Schrödinger's Leaving Cert

Gript — Fri, 08 May 2020 12:00:00 +0100

The leaving Cert is now in a state of flux; and Bewley's isn't closing because of the rent or anything Johnny Ronan did to them; it's closing because it's a terrible cafe.

Après nous le déluge

Gript — Wed, 06 May 2020 12:00:00 +0100

00:00 - Dr Ferguson
11:55 - Fianna Fail

17:45 - The Leaving Cert

Is Sweden right on COVID-19?

Gript — Sun, 03 May 2020 12:00:00 +0100

Sweden has avoided putting the entire country into lock-down as the countries around it shut down en masses. But is it the right option or is the Swedish policy grossly negligent?

It is too late mother, I have seen everything

Gript — Fri, 01 May 2020 12:00:00 +0100

Politicians and civil servants quietly pray that the Swedish death toll keeps climbing and never comes down; the head of the UN says that COVID-19 happened because there wasn't enough UN; and a child is traumatized by homework. https://extrafabulouscomics.com/comic/160/

America's Creppy Uncle

Gript — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 12:00:00 +0100

Joe Biden hilariously falls asleep during a town-hall with Hillary Clinton; Joe Biden less hilariously accused of seriously sexually assaulting a former staffer; and Australia pushes back against China.

Like being beaten with a sock full of wet sand

Gript — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 12:00:00 +0100

FG and FF have come up with new and innovative ways to bankrupt the country; FF are pushing for the state to just buy the media; the hottest new trend in economic thought is magical money; and the Phoenix gets into a spot of bother for its hiring practices.

I loaded 16 tons of Keeling's strawberries

Gript — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 12:00:00 +0100

00:00 - Masks and the Venice Carnival
15:40 -Keelings

33:50 - Sinn Fein and Venezuela Taco video

38:15 - The Greens in Power

Irish Times on facemasks - https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/scientists-tds-call-for-change-in-policy-on-wearing-face-masks-in-public-1.4235435
Mark Paul on Keelings - https://www.irishtimes.com/business/agribusiness-and-food/government-has-failed-keelings-and-its-workers-1.4236276
Der Spiegal on renewable energy in Germany - https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/german-failure-on-the-road-to-a-renewable-future-a-1266586.html
16 Tons - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRh0QiXyZSk

How is Simon Harris so dreamy?

Gript — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 12:00:00 +0100

By international comparison Ireland has the 9th highest death rate from COVID-19 in the world, but do the numbers stack up, is there a data collection issue, or should we just mindlessly put on the green jersey and forget how numbers work? https://www.independent.ie/world-news/coronavirus/simon-harris-i-cant-see-people-in-packed-pubs-again-as-long-as-this-virus-is-with-us-39139011.html

You say you don't like it but you keep coming back

Gript — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 12:00:00 +0100

Martin plays fast and loose with the FF membership as he looks to get through the FF/FG deal without a vote; the legal profession salivates as people push the idea we should just let teachers award Leaving Cert grades based on their opinion of the student; and Simon Coveney announces we'll be giving four times more money to the WHO for reasons.

Leo's Leopard Print Sofa

Gript — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 12:00:00 +0100

FG and FF look ready to get into bed with each other, but why would FG want to go in with FF when it's currently going up dramatically in the polls and wields nearly dictatorial levels of power despite being unelected?

That's a joke with a very small target market

Gript — Sun, 12 Apr 2020 12:00:00 +0100

A good week for China (The Republic of); the Chinese organ harvesting business; The Irish Council for Civil Liberties continue to debase themselves; and in review the HSE may have helped to kill a lot of elderly people.

Somewhere between a Stress Ball and a Piñata

Gript — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 12:00:00 +0100

Public health officials continue to try and suck every last bit of joy out of life, this time by saying we should close all off-licenses; the WHO's view on mask wearing 'evolves; identity politics now seem old-fashioned and quaint; and maybe we should dissolve the UN.

Sam Bowman - Is the Cure Worse than the Disease?

Gript — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 12:00:00 +0100

Sam Bowman, former Director of the Adam Smith Institute, talks about the economic consequences of COVID-19; if a lockdown was the best option for countries to take; the price of saving 230,000 lives; and if the State should pay the wage bill of companies that agree to keep their employees employed through this crisis.

Expert Advice in the Age of COVID-19

Gript — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 12:00:00 +0100

China increases its influence over the UNHRC; harvesting organs in China for fun and profit; new research from Yale argues for universal wearing of cloth masks; and it turns out the HSE telling nursing homes to remove their restrictions on visitors was a terrible idea as we now have 40 outbreaks of COVID-19 in nursing homes.

So China, where are you getting all those lungs?

Gript — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 12:00:00 +0100

The Chinese are reported to be harvesting organs from political and religious prisoners in order to carry out transplants on COVID-19 victims; the HSE says health workers are literally too stupid to wear masks; and Fine Gael is probably not using a bot network on social media. Skip to 06:44 if you don't like inane chatter.

The World Health Organisation is a threat to public health

Gript — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 12:00:00 +0100

Chinese companies bought up massive amount of medical supplies and shipped them back home, Chinese medical supplies to Europe don't work, a petition to remove the head of the WHO reaches over 500,000 signatures, Taiwan says it told the WHO about human transmission of COVID-19 3 weeks before the WHO announced it, and a spokesperson for the WHO has a ridiculous interview after he refuses to accept he can hear any question that has the word Taiwan in it.

Chemacies

Gript — Wed, 25 Mar 2020 12:00:00 +0000

How to live in this alcohol free beer version of a lockdown we find ourselves in, COVID-19 is basically just the flu if the flu was twice as easy to pass on and caused you to drown in your own fluids, the Chinese hold the moral responsibility for deaths from COVID-19, and a reminder that the head of the WHO was once accused of covering up 3 separate cholera outbreaks.

Please don't dehumanize the listeners

Gript — Mon, 23 Mar 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Celebrities have started to sing the worst song ever written in order to make you think they're actual humans, why we shouldn't be sad that John Lennon was shot, Singapore is doing something that is technologically interesting but civil-rights wise challenging, and trying to answer the real question - should we allow the police to beat teenagers at random. Skip to 13:55 if you don't want to listen to a 14 minute explanation on why Imagine by John Lennon is the worst thing ever written.

The little lies allow the big ones

Gript — Sun, 22 Mar 2020 12:00:00 +0000

The economy is in the process of imploding, the prison service is releasing hundreds of criminals onto the streets, people are legitimately saying that you can be racist to a virus, and Paddy Cosgrave, the man who organised an international tech conference without working WIFI, seems to have become some sort of Chinese courtier. We discuss the week's most pressing nonsense.

Leo's Churchill Moment

Gript — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 14:00:00 +0000

Leo's handling of the COVID-19 crisis has led to praise from people who are very far from friends of FG, but will voters reward FG for their handling of the crisis or, like Churchill, who Leo quoted in his recent National Address, will they say Leo and FG are no longer the men for our time?

What exactly are Antifa?

Gript — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 12:00:00 +0000

A short history of Antifa, from their beginnings as Antifaschistische Aktion, a part of the German Communist party in the 1930's, to the modern day, looking at what exactly they mean when they say 'fascism'.

Can the curve actually be flattened?

Gript — Sun, 15 Mar 2020 08:30:00 +0000

3:55 - Flatten the curve

11:55 - British Response

25:55 - Burkean

Orwell "What is Fascism?" - https://orwell.ru/library/articles/As_I_Please/english/efasc

COVID-19 in the marketplace of ideas

Gript — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Is there a seasonal element to COVID-19 infections and does the Irish publishing industry understand the concept of free speech?

Fear is the mind killer

Gript — Mon, 09 Mar 2020 14:05:00 +0000

New projections from the HSE say 1.9 million Irish people could be infected with COVID-19, with 50% of cases expected over a 3 week period, but what will that do to our hospitals and our mortality rate? Also Gary informs Michael of his expected mortality rate from COVID-19 due to his hypertension.