Since our last podcast, a lot has happened. For example, Ukrainian leader Zelenskii got mugged good and proper in the White House. Was it a set-up? Did Zelenskii take the bait? And is this just a West Wing dust-up from the disgusting Trump or the beginning of a global reset? In other words, will Europe […]
MAGA – The Great Believers – by Michael Lagan
. MAGA and indeed Trump and his cronies have become known the world over, in the past couple of weeks, as a band of conspiracy theory nitwits who will literally believe anything Trump tells them if it in any way adds to the Make America Great Again saga, From declaring that only the President […]
Trump gives a masterclass in political imperialism – by Fra Hughes
Trump and JD Vance used many disparaging and derogatory words and phrases during their media briefing with dictator Zelensky in Washington. Some words they did not use include “sit” presumably Zelensky was already seated,”down boy, “roll over” and “fetch” but I think we and especially Zelensky and his European backing choir got the picture. […]
Reality TV in the West Wing
In the annals of diplomatic debacles, few can rival the recent Oval Office showdown between U.S. President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and Vice President JD Vance. What began as a cordial discussion about rare earth minerals swiftly metamorphosed into a theatrical display of political bravado, leaving onlookers questioning whether they had witnessed a […]
PAT+JUDE TALK ABOUT TRUMP &MACRON, TRUMP& STARMER (OUCH OUCH),YELTSIN PISSED AT SHANNON, ETC…
Maybe you saw that meeting between Trump and France’s Macron? To say that Macron touched the American president on different parts of his body, some more than once, would be a fair assessment. And how different was Trump’s meeting yesterday with Sir Keir Starmer. Yes, Keir did touch Trump on a number of occasions, but […]
Micheál and doing the splits
As far as I know, Micheál Martin doesn’t have the power of bi-location. That’s bi-location in a physical sense. In the Dáil yesterday, he had a spirited attempt at mental bi-location. The subject under discussion was speaking space in the Dáil for Independent TDs, led by Michael Lowry. Back in 2011, the Moriarity Tribunal found […]
Two letters, shared disgust with Mary Lou
This morning the Irish Times launches a double-barrelled blast at Sinn Féin in the form of two readers’ letters. The first is from a Eugene O’Donovan who lives in London, the second is by Gareth Colgan who lives in Co Dublin. Both attack Sinn Féin president Mary McDonald for her tribute to former IRA man […]
Hypocrisy in the Free State by Joe McVeigh
The Counter revolution which began in the Free State as soon as the newly formed pro-Treaty party Cumann na nGaedheal, led by WT Cosgrave, assumed power in 1922, is still going strong today. The latest outburst of failed FG politician Charlie Flanagan giving out about SF leader Mary Lou MacDonald TD for sympathising […]
PAT+JUDE TALK ABOUT MICHEÁL & LIES, NOT GOING TO COURT, & EMIGRATING EVEN WHEN YOU CAN STAY AT HOME
Did you know that 25% of people who voted for Fianna Fail would not have done so if they hadn’t believed Micheal Martin’s promise of 40,000 houses being delivered by last year? That’d be an awful lot of votes going in other directions. Speaking of which, the Shinners are on 27% at present, and […]
Shame and pain in Gaza
It’s possible to be totally accurate in what you say and yet wildly misleading at the same time. There’s a fine example of this in the Letters section of the Irish Times today, which highlights her letter as the ‘Letter of the Day.’ It’s written by a woman called Jane Mahony, who reminds us of […]