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offsite link Army Sergeant Travis Decker Murdered His Three Children After Being Denied Mental Health Care at JBL... Sat Jun 07, 2025 04:52 | JBLM Whistleblowers
A corrupt military police force and incompetent Commander who denied emergency mental health care and crisis counseling to an American service member resulted in the murder of the sergeant's three young daughters

offsite link Gaza doctor grieves her nine children killed in Israeli strike Sun May 25, 2025 20:00 | imc
Israeli regime continues it's slaughter
'The children were completely charred'

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offsite link British doctors working in Gaza describe territory as a ?slaughterhouse? Sat May 24, 2025 00:23 | imc
There?s no food getting in so people are starving,? surgeon Tom Potokar says
British doctors working in Gaza have described the territory as a ?slaughterhouse,? where the patients they are treating are severely malnourished.

Plastic surgeons and orthopedic specialists from the UK are based at the Amal and Nasser hospitals in Khan Younis in the south of the territory.

Dr. Tom Potokar, a plastic surgeon specializing in burn injuries, has worked in Gaza 16 times but said this mission had revealed a level of destruction far greater than his last visit in 2023,

offsite link It is time to talk about the Out of Control Immigration. Mon Mar 31, 2025 22:12 | imc
For the last few years since the CV19 scamdemic undocumented immigration into Ireland has surged. No one is allowed discuss it because they do not want any rational debate about it. If you do you are labelled an extremist. However this out of control immigration is fully facilitated by the Irish government and the EU and the shady figure behind the Neo Con movement pushing for endless war, wokeism and globalist agenda.

offsite link [Dublin] National Demonstration for Palestine: End Israeli Apartheid & Genocide Thu Mar 06, 2025 22:35 | ipsc
Sat, 22 March 2025, 13:00 Assemble at the Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square, Dublin 1
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign, supported by over 150 Irish civil society organisations, has called another National Demonstration for Palestine on Saturday 22nd March.

The march will begin at the Garden of Remembrance at 1pm and finish outside the D?il on Molesworth Street/Kildare Street to bring our demands to the Irish government?s doorstep.

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offsite link News Round-Up Wed Jul 16, 2025 00:30 | Richard Eldred
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
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offsite link The Trials of Generation Z Tue Jul 15, 2025 19:00 | Sallust
The Telegraph has published an expos? of the privations to which young people are subjected today, including having to get a taxi to the station. Sallust is sure this will resonate with people born in the 1950s.
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offsite link John Torode Sacked From MasterChef After Complaint About ?Racist Comment? Seven Years Ago Tue Jul 15, 2025 17:55 | Will Jones
John Torode has been sacked from MasterChef after a complaint that he?used racist language on one occasion in 2018 or 2019, first made in 2024, was upheld.
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offsite link Labour to Reintroduce Grants for Electric Cars to ?Bribe? Motorists Tue Jul 15, 2025 15:00 | Will Jones
Labour will?give out new grants for electric cars, the Department for Transport has confirmed,?despite a previous 'bribe' scheme that failed to spark enthusiasm for EVs being scrapped three years ago.
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offsite link A School Excluding a 12 Year-Old Girl for Wearing a Union Jack Dress Must be a Wake-Up Call Tue Jul 15, 2025 13:19 | C.J. Strachan
A school excluding a 12 year-old girl for wearing a Union Jack dress must be a wake-up call over the untrammelled influence of divisive far-Left politics in our schools and institutions, says C.J. Strachan.
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It's Kevin Myers who is the bastard

category national | arts and media | opinion/analysis author Wednesday February 09, 2005 10:56author by Michael Hennigan - Finfacts.com Report this post to the editors

In Tuesday's 'An Irishman's Diary' in the Irish Times, Kevin Myers wrote of single parents milking the welfare system and repeatedly used the term 'bastards' for their children.

The use of an outdated perjoritive term for children who in times past were termed to have been 'born out of wedlock,' shows what an insensitive bastard the Irish Times has in its midst.

Some years ago, when I had adopted my own two children, I was told of a story from a town in the 1960's west of Ireland.

A local woman had adopted a baby and one Sunday after mass, a neighbour approached her and said:

'How could you leave a stranger's child into your house?'

It was of course a time when an 'illegitimate' child was termed a bastard. Even when a person who had been adopted, reached adulthood, the craw-thumpers and breast-beaters whispered about their origins.

Kevin Myers is old enough to know that when he uses the term 'mothers of bastards,' he is using the word as the word 'nigger' was used in the past - to imply an inferior status.

Recently, Myers' former editor Conor Brady brought him to task for amnesia on his past positions on the peace process. He appears to be at a stage where he is like an old pub bore searching for a subject to show that he still has relevance. It's time for columnists like him to be put out to grass and make time limits the norm. There are very few columnists who can maintain a long shelf life at the top of their game.

Fintan O'Toole is one, because his columns often reflect his background work on a subject rather than shooting from the hip. George Will of the Washington Post and the late Hugo Young of the Guardian also come to mind.

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   apart from the insuting terms     pat c    Wed Feb 09, 2005 11:49 
   A few quick comments     Dave Lordan    Wed Feb 09, 2005 13:41 
   Myres the prick     had enough    Wed Feb 09, 2005 13:46 
   I'm in agreement with anyone who will have a go at the noisy and loathsome oik Myers.     the Fitz    Wed Feb 09, 2005 14:08 
   a picket of the IT is a good idea     pat c    Wed Feb 09, 2005 14:20 
   Anyone up for C&P of the article in question in the comments here?     hear hear    Wed Feb 09, 2005 14:23 
   Speak of the Devil!     Media Watcher    Wed Feb 09, 2005 15:05 
   Myers is a fool     Jim    Wed Feb 09, 2005 15:58 
   Travellers     Reality Check    Wed Feb 09, 2005 15:59 
 10   re: Speak of the Devil!     Michael Hennigan    Wed Feb 09, 2005 16:09 
 11   Mary Ellen Synon     Neck breaker    Wed Feb 09, 2005 16:14 
 12   Freedom of Speech     Shane O'Neill    Wed Feb 09, 2005 18:11 
 13   Boycott     Pundit    Wed Feb 09, 2005 18:28 
 14   .     lonelystenciller    Wed Feb 09, 2005 18:37 
 15   Just a wee correction there     MG    Wed Feb 09, 2005 18:37 
 16   Synon dismissal     Killian    Wed Feb 09, 2005 19:14 
 17   Synon     Reality Check    Wed Feb 09, 2005 19:16 
 18   bastard lasw?     mise    Wed Feb 09, 2005 19:40 
 19   Letter to Irish Times     jeff    Wed Feb 09, 2005 20:18 
 20   Letters to the Editor     eeekkk    Wed Feb 09, 2005 20:22 
 21   Freedom Of Speech     Pepe Le Pew    Wed Feb 09, 2005 20:40 
 22   Meyers     Martin    Wed Feb 09, 2005 21:18 
 23   MG, check your facts - pundit is correct     Deirdre Clancy    Wed Feb 09, 2005 22:27 
 24   THE Irishman???     pc    Wed Feb 09, 2005 22:53 
 25   That prick Myers     Barry    Wed Feb 09, 2005 23:23 
 26   Kevin has a big job in the Irish Times     eeekkkkk    Wed Feb 09, 2005 23:33 
 27   myers - synon     Shane O'Neill    Wed Feb 09, 2005 23:49 
 28   myers - synon     Shane O'Neill    Thu Feb 10, 2005 00:01 
 29   myers - synon     Shane O'Neill    Thu Feb 10, 2005 00:49 
 30   Admires Myers     Noel    Thu Feb 10, 2005 10:14 
 31   No     Amused    Thu Feb 10, 2005 10:31 
 32   Newsflash!     P1    Thu Feb 10, 2005 10:35 
 33   Shamateur     Sean Crudden    Thu Feb 10, 2005 10:59 
 34   The Online Public unconditional apology of Kevin Myers     reader writer candlestick maker    Thu Feb 10, 2005 11:12 
 35   Badly Done Mr Myers     Ush    Thu Feb 10, 2005 13:14 
 36   Myers "Apology"     Pony Merchant    Thu Feb 10, 2005 13:18 
 37   From another one of those so called 'Myers Bastards'     Davy Carlin    Thu Feb 10, 2005 15:26 
 38   Single mothers     jeff    Thu Feb 10, 2005 16:19 
 39   Bizarre apology     R. Isible    Thu Feb 10, 2005 16:21 
 40   Kev the man     EXPAT IRISH    Thu Feb 10, 2005 18:42 
 41   (Single Irish [Mother) Black American]     newsforthedeaf    Thu Feb 10, 2005 20:53 
 42   At this point let us pause for a wee bit of Shakespeare     willie the speak shaker    Thu Feb 10, 2005 23:29 
 43   When is an apology not an apology     Ali H.    Fri Feb 11, 2005 21:21 
 44   Why all the fuss about Myers .... ?     willie the spear shaker    Fri Feb 11, 2005 23:45 
 45   mmmmmmm!     Not surprised    Sat Feb 12, 2005 01:21 
 46   comment     Bernardo O'Higgins    Sat Feb 12, 2005 04:34 
 47   Ode to Kevin     Nordie    Sat Feb 12, 2005 07:55 
 48   The great Myres     Mike    Sat Feb 12, 2005 11:25 
 49   Myres     Nordie    Sat Feb 12, 2005 11:29 
 50   Lovely news this week.     interested    Sat Feb 12, 2005 13:18 
 51   sick of this shite     not surprised    Sat Feb 12, 2005 19:20 
 52   He compared thru his use of language     ,    Sat Feb 12, 2005 20:02 
 53   To the comma!     not surprised    Sat Feb 12, 2005 20:30 
 54   Fellow journalist Waters asked for Geraldine's resignation. "for breach of decency".     interested    Sat Feb 12, 2005 21:31 
 55   So not surprised     ,    Sat Feb 12, 2005 22:15 
 56   Sunday Independent following the thread-     C&P    Sun Feb 13, 2005 17:28 
 57   It is Myers who calls for limiting of Freedom of Speech     R. Isible    Sun Feb 13, 2005 17:35 
 58   Kevin Myers is also published by the Sunday Telegraph where the oik weekly offers IRA crap.     Kevin Myers    Sun Feb 13, 2005 17:42 
 59   Is kevin above our opinon :     PG    Mon Feb 14, 2005 01:04 
 60   of course you're right...     iosaf    Mon Feb 14, 2005 11:44 
 61   debate     peter    Mon Feb 14, 2005 12:19 
 62   well Peter     paul    Mon Feb 14, 2005 12:40 
 63   myers     nuala    Mon Feb 14, 2005 14:40 
 64   Irish Times     april    Mon Feb 14, 2005 14:45 
 65   Dear April     jeff    Mon Feb 14, 2005 16:09 
 66   Be quiet Jeff!     not surprised    Mon Feb 14, 2005 16:43 
 67   Rubbish     Ali H.    Mon Feb 14, 2005 18:09 
 68   The debate built on sand     Jack    Mon Feb 14, 2005 19:33 
 69   shouldn't Myers opt for a British ID card     edward viii    Mon Feb 14, 2005 23:13 
 70   single mothers     dawn    Tue Feb 15, 2005 10:09 
 71   Show me the houses!     Dusk    Tue Feb 15, 2005 10:28 
 72   Fool some of the people     Noel    Tue Feb 15, 2005 11:48 
 73   Rent allowence     Dusk    Tue Feb 15, 2005 14:02 
 74   Prats and MoBs     Noel    Tue Feb 15, 2005 14:28 
 75   I see he has sucked his sister and her child into his, er, mire...     ali la pointe    Tue Feb 15, 2005 14:36 
 76   system     dawn    Tue Feb 15, 2005 16:33 
 77   correction     Dawn    Tue Feb 15, 2005 16:42 
 78   Follow up     pee o'neil    Mon Feb 21, 2005 06:32 
 79   myers     andrew    Wed Mar 23, 2005 17:58 
 80   Myers resigns from Irish Times     redjade    Sun Apr 23, 2006 03:25 
 81   Slán leat     Séan de Barra    Mon Apr 24, 2006 00:15 
 82   myers     pat c    Mon Apr 24, 2006 00:25 
 83   Kevin Meyers     Colm    Mon Jun 05, 2006 03:13 
 84   Blue shirt speak     Donnchadh    Mon Jun 05, 2006 17:54 
 85   Re. 30-year murder campaign     clive sullish    Tue Jun 06, 2006 11:42 
 86   The joys of sovereign immunity !     clive sullish    Tue Jun 06, 2006 11:46 
 87   Coward McDowell     Donnchadh    Tue Jun 06, 2006 13:36 


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