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Jeez the situation in Minnesota is going from bad to worse. The administration telling the people to suspend reality, and disbelieve what they can clearly see with their own eyes is staggering. History will not look kindly on any of them. Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 10218 - 26/01/2026 19:45:02 2653434 Link
Replying To Lockjaw: "Jeez the situation in Minnesota is going from bad to worse. The administration telling the people to suspend reality, and disbelieve what they can clearly see with their own eyes is staggering. History will not look kindly on any of them." Brain washing people not to trust their own eyes? Murder is Murder. updwell (Limerick) - Posts: 942 - 27/01/2026 10:22:48 2653490 Link
Replying To updwell: "Brain washing people not to trust their own eyes? Murder is Murder." Sadly it is all working. The admins supporters back him fully, some of whom are on here. Incidents like this are just collateral damage in the attempt to clear the streets and country of murderers, rapists, narco gang leaders etc. this will go on for another 3 yrs- at least. As long as the senate and congress don't have the liathroidis to make a stand, it will continue. Thankfully, the latest TACO seems to have eased the tension between the US and EU. If that had escalated, we could have found ourselves knee deep in the brown smelly stuff. But, next week or month there could be another flashpoint and we could be back on tenterhooks. Funny the way Epstein and the Venezuelan narcos have slipped off the front pages, except for the regimes attempts to put the spotlight on the Clintons re Epstein. From a purely selfish perspective, whatever happens over there is Americas business but, I don't want to see my meagre little pension pot shrink any more due to this regimes antics. Between them and our Revenue, it's under severe pressure. Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 2054 - 27/01/2026 12:18:29 2653521 Link
Replying To updwell: "Brain washing people not to trust their own eyes? Murder is Murder." People see what they want to see. The simple fact of the matter is Trump isn't even the main problem now, it's those very smart and very dangerous ones around him who are bit by bit dismantling American democracy. People like Stephen Miller who adopt an Israel first policy. Right now this week there are over 20 republican congressional members out in Israel on an all expenses paid trip by AIPAC. Next week the dems are out. The majority of American politicians are bought and paid for. The next step is all out civil unrest and implementation of the insurrection act….If this is not setting alarm bells ringing among US citizens then they are doomed. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11893 - 27/01/2026 14:26:04 2653546 Link
Whatever about the actions of ICE, the roots this are in Democrats turning Minneapolis into a sanctuary city, their support for defunding police, and the presence of a large criminal culture attracted by their maladministration. Id imagine quite a lot of normal residents are pleased at attempt to tackle this. BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3968 - 27/01/2026 15:33:18 2653558 Link
People are still stupid enough to believe they care about illegal immigrants. It's never been about that. He as was predicted by many is splitting the country in 2 and causing as much disruption as possible before the mid terms. Possibly not even have the mid terms if they can make that happen. Training up people in 6 weeks to suddenly become gun carrying ICE heavies wasn't a good idea. Who knew ? All the while spouting lies about millions of criminals. The actual number of criminals are tiny. And the number of serious criminals are miniscule. But Trump and Miller are allowed to say whatever they want. America is a wreck. TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8734 - 27/01/2026 15:44:45 2653567 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "People see what they want to see. The simple fact of the matter is Trump isn't even the main problem now, it's those very smart and very dangerous ones around him who are bit by bit dismantling American democracy. People like Stephen Miller who adopt an Israel first policy. Right now this week there are over 20 republican congressional members out in Israel on an all expenses paid trip by AIPAC. Next week the dems are out. The majority of American politicians are bought and paid for. The next step is all out civil unrest and implementation of the insurrection act….If this is not setting alarm bells ringing among US citizens then they are doomed." Good post. I've maintained for a while that it's the likes of Miller and the Project 25 architects lurking in the background that are really driving the US in its current direction. The leader is just the front man. He can do and say what he likes as long as he furthers their policies, or gives them any approval needed. Venezuela was all about oil - and now the oil companies are reluctant to reinvest there. Greenland was all about rare earth minerals. Mehole will need to be wearing his thickest skin in March when he has to bring the (begging) bowl of shamrock to the man child. Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 2054 - 27/01/2026 15:44:55 2653569 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "People see what they want to see. The simple fact of the matter is Trump isn't even the main problem now, it's those very smart and very dangerous ones around him who are bit by bit dismantling American democracy. People like Stephen Miller who adopt an Israel first policy. Right now this week there are over 20 republican congressional members out in Israel on an all expenses paid trip by AIPAC. Next week the dems are out. The majority of American politicians are bought and paid for. The next step is all out civil unrest and implementation of the insurrection act….If this is not setting alarm bells ringing among US citizens then they are doomed." Our own ruling classes are bought and paid for too, money is the root of all evil, politicians are just puppets to make voters think they have a say in things on on some tiny levels they do, but the real control and power is with the money men behind the scenes, while the woke get their knickers in a twist over this and that, the money men are laughing all the way to the banks, which they own too. Never a dull day with Trump, every day with Biden was dull, I often wondered if he was alive at all or if they were keeping him going somehow on some drugs or other. Tirchonaill1 (Donegal) - Posts: 3676 - 27/01/2026 16:53:32 2653593 Link
Replying To Tirchonaill1: "Our own ruling classes are bought and paid for too, money is the root of all evil, politicians are just puppets to make voters think they have a say in things on on some tiny levels they do, but the real control and power is with the money men behind the scenes, while the woke get their knickers in a twist over this and that, the money men are laughing all the way to the banks, which they own too. Never a dull day with Trump, every day with Biden was dull, I often wondered if he was alive at all or if they were keeping him going somehow on some drugs or other." There needs to be an investigation or inquiry into lobbying of government, including the nature of lobbying and the level of influence of the various lobbying groups of Government policy and also on individual TD voting. I suspect the findings would be shocking, thus why any inquiry will never be approved. However, a lot of people seem to blindly vote for the same TD's or the same Party every time without any thought, as long as the aul pothole is filled at the top the road, they are happy enough. Commodore (Donegal) - Posts: 1587 - 28/01/2026 12:50:34 2653727 Link
Replying To Commodore: "There needs to be an investigation or inquiry into lobbying of government, including the nature of lobbying and the level of influence of the various lobbying groups of Government policy and also on individual TD voting. I suspect the findings would be shocking, thus why any inquiry will never be approved. However, a lot of people seem to blindly vote for the same TD's or the same Party every time without any thought, as long as the aul pothole is filled at the top the road, they are happy enough." All politics is local. Seanfan (Roscommon) - Posts: 345 - 28/01/2026 13:25:16 2653734 Link
I really don't understand the "pothole" anology when describing local policies. If local politics means them keeping a hospital open, keeping the local factory open, funding for the local GAA pitch, cancer services, local public transport, broadband, bypass for a traffic choked town….then why do people think people should not vote for these valid local issues? yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11893 - 28/01/2026 15:15:43 2653768 Link
Killingfields,has there been a change to the way players treat officials in the past 12/18 months? If I'm right the captain was only player who could approach the ref..however in the last few weeks it seems that every player now wants to have their opinion.. The statement issued by irfu today regarding bundee is fairly hard hitting.. I've noticed a number of Leinster players in almost any game they play having a go and yapping back.. It was always a big thing for rugby about how officials were treated..I've attended soccer and Gaa and it was always a problem which never seemed to be dealt with properly.. CTGAA10 (Limerick) - Posts: 2642 - 28/01/2026 15:49:08 2653776 Link
Replying To Seanfan: "All politics is local." Clearly not, as we have Local elections, General elections, European elections and invisible elections where randomers are handpicked for the Seanad? Commodore (Donegal) - Posts: 1587 - 28/01/2026 16:26:17 2653785 Link
Replying To Commodore: "Clearly not, as we have Local elections, General elections, European elections and invisible elections where randomers are handpicked for the Seanad?" hahaha have you not heard that very common phrase before. youlve totally missed the point of the phrase... KillingFields (Limerick) - Posts: 3911 - 28/01/2026 23:43:21 2653844 Link
Replying To CTGAA10: "Killingfields,has there been a change to the way players treat officials in the past 12/18 months? If I'm right the captain was only player who could approach the ref..however in the last few weeks it seems that every player now wants to have their opinion.. The statement issued by irfu today regarding bundee is fairly hard hitting.. I've noticed a number of Leinster players in almost any game they play having a go and yapping back.. It was always a big thing for rugby about how officials were treated..I've attended soccer and Gaa and it was always a problem which never seemed to be dealt with properly.." That actually occurred to me when I was watching Munster v Dragons and when Dragons scored a try that would possibly have killed the game there was plenty of shouted advice from Munster players to the ref before it was called back and overruled for a knock forward, I think, at the start of the phase. So this myth about gentlemen is just that it seems. Lots of the chaps are not shy about giving their opinion. As happens in every sport and if its not aggressive it goes with the territory I suppose, Once it doesn't alter or influence decisions of course. BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3968 - 29/01/2026 10:19:14 2653870 Link
Replying To CTGAA10: "Killingfields,has there been a change to the way players treat officials in the past 12/18 months? If I'm right the captain was only player who could approach the ref..however in the last few weeks it seems that every player now wants to have their opinion.. The statement issued by irfu today regarding bundee is fairly hard hitting.. I've noticed a number of Leinster players in almost any game they play having a go and yapping back.. It was always a big thing for rugby about how officials were treated..I've attended soccer and Gaa and it was always a problem which never seemed to be dealt with properly.." There hasnt been any change in the past 12/18 months. it was a bit of a misnomer that only the captain could approach the ref. The statement about bundee is hard hitting and theyre clearly trying to stop this any more. Leinster players are very bad for yapping to/at officials and we've seen some get chastased for doing so but not enough. Rugby does seem to be trying to stop more chat/abuse towards officials. hopefully this bundee ban will impact things for the better going forward KillingFields (Limerick) - Posts: 3911 - 29/01/2026 10:58:36 2653879 Link
Replying To BarneyGrant: "That actually occurred to me when I was watching Munster v Dragons and when Dragons scored a try that would possibly have killed the game there was plenty of shouted advice from Munster players to the ref before it was called back and overruled for a knock forward, I think, at the start of the phase. So this myth about gentlemen is just that it seems. Lots of the chaps are not shy about giving their opinion. As happens in every sport and if its not aggressive it goes with the territory I suppose, Once it doesn't alter or influence decisions of course." I'd have to agree with you here Barney. I have personally never seen a ref anywhere change his mind, but I'm sure it might happen. Var in soccer has forced some refs to change their mind, and the TMO in rugby can influence refs but I'm not too sure if they overrule them. Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 2054 - 29/01/2026 11:31:30 2653886 Link
Replying To BarneyGrant: "That actually occurred to me when I was watching Munster v Dragons and when Dragons scored a try that would possibly have killed the game there was plenty of shouted advice from Munster players to the ref before it was called back and overruled for a knock forward, I think, at the start of the phase. So this myth about gentlemen is just that it seems. Lots of the chaps are not shy about giving their opinion. As happens in every sport and if its not aggressive it goes with the territory I suppose, Once it doesn't alter or influence decisions of course." Its not a myth and rugby while it has some issues is better across the board towards officials than quite a lot of sports. that doesnt mean there isnt issues of abuse towards officials but again its a lot better than many other sports. KillingFields (Limerick) - Posts: 3911 - 29/01/2026 13:02:35 2653904 Link
Replying To KillingFields: "hahaha have you not heard that very common phrase before. youlve totally missed the point of the phrase..." I got it and I was loosely familiar with the Tip O'Neill quote, and what he was alluding to. However it's not applicable in this specific context if you read/understood my previous post. SeanFan (Roscommon) responded "All Politics is local" to my previous comment, where I highlighted the need for an investigation into lobbying of Poltical parties and the lobbying of individual TD's in Ireland. I understand full well that such action would be blocked relentlessly by the Government parties, safe in the knowledge that a lot of their voters are happy so long as the local pothole is filled. I was indirectly saying we need to wake those people up from that way of thinking, because while they may vote based on local issues, their vote gives politicians a mandate for national and international interests. Commodore (Donegal) - Posts: 1587 - 29/01/2026 15:29:51 2653928 Link