Simon Kuper: often slept on, but one of the biggest dumbos writing Thoughtful Columns on the state of the world.

this is also how Noel Gallagher wrote lyrics

if I never hear about Star Wars again that will be all right with me.

Don't I ever get tired of being right all the time?

"The NFL is inextricably linked with the American military at the moment ...When I see the NFL machine rolling into town, and it is an active soft power around the world in what they are trying to do, it’s something I’m not comfortable with." Michael Darragh Macauley www.rte.ie/sport/us-spo...

I have to say, I don't think this is true

the criticism i'm seeing of catherine connolly #áras25

man Carter was so great

the original is a banger:

the day-to-day running costs of Classical California KUSC relies heavily on the donations of cars by its listeners. what a country!

EVERY president since the 80s has demanded Cuba return Assata Shakur to the US for trial. Trump offered to END the embargo if they returned her. The Cubans told every president for decades to eat shit and that she will always be welcome to live her life in peace on their land. Rest well, legend

Thank god the centre held at the election eh

I’m attracted to this man

Yes! Yes, they want to stomp on non-white people and other malcontents, while protecting people like them from minor inconvenience! Does nobody pay attention? Have you all been drinking paint

Man I didn't realise Jack McG died, RIP

got four (4) browser windows open trying and failing to buy concert tickets. it's like the dark ages. might as well be listening to Phantom FM and hearing Rocky Took A Lover for the third time in a day.

the british state seems to think popular political participation begins and ends with reporting potholes.

Seeing some media figures saying that the Presidential race would have been more "entertaining" with Steen involved, like that's a good thing. Rather giving the game away, isn't it?

bet the Germans have a word for the feeling you get when you're playing chess and your opponent is trying to win. galling. the impetuousness!

i don't want to have to mute "Chotiner" but so help me

Veering wildly between too-warm-for-a-vest and bitterly-cold-without-one hour by hour, and no Joanna Donnelly to set me right.

hm. the US cover is better than the European. on the hind tit as usual.

Robyn's first new album in seven years appears imminent

You would think that the last ten years or so would have taught journalists that them having something they find entertaining to write about and the public good are not only not the same but actually quite the opposite and no one else wants anyone to “liven up the campaign”

this plus Aubrey McCarthy this morning

is there a list of the oireachtas geniuses who nominated Steen somewhere?

A reminder: there is no need to learn the name of any American journalist. Nothing good can come of it.

still think it's embarrassing; Donald Trump is President of the US and Nigel Farage is basically the Prime Minister of the UK, and you couldn't get one psycho onto the ballot paper?

Tóibín "said he has asked Independent candidate Catherine Connolly if she would consider signing a nomination paper for Maria Steen but did not hear back from her." lol rekt

man i won't believe that it's over until the metaphorical burial at the crossroads with the figurative stake through their heart, or 12pm today, whichever comes first.

Also - and I say this with my whole enormous jiggly chest - nominating someone for President IS an endorsement of that person. Particularly as there were other individuals looking for the nom and you didn't give it to them. If you put your name to someone, own it. Grow a fucking spine.

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Cass Sunstein, holder of UCD's highest honour, the Ulysses Medal. Doing my alma mater proud here by saying that Henry Kissinger was good (?) at parties

The depth of my contempt for this man knows no bounds

huh! a good job!

i'm going to get a tshirt with "That Fucking Blowhard Retired, We All Saw It, They Made A Huge Deal Out Of It" made and wear it around the place.

Funny juxtaposition in the timeline

Chilling. Catherine Connolly's launch is sending shivers down the right spines. Vote for Catherine Connolly, the only candidate who is pro-neutrality, anti-genocide, and pro-workers' rights.

boohoo I don't think she's good in interviews so I can't vote for Catherine Connolly. "Oh she's given them a headline." Grow up CJ Cregg isn't real.

Now bring back Difficult People and we've got a stew going!

The Wife Put Me in Charge of the Toilet

Mothman statue's butt:

dudes rock

heard of at least one doctor who had to tear back to the US last week from a visit home to Ireland after the news broke about the 100k; US is going to suffer a massive brain drain on account of this fascist idiocy.

Four council nominations or 20 Oireachtas members is actually a very low bar. Three Dragon's Den stars did it

looking forward to reading this but no one has cared about the opinions of the "gatekeepers of the male rock canon" in 20 years.

Dua Lipa da god maybe our best popstar

I think any of us who were harassed as teenagers years ago on Grafton Street by this guy already knew about this problem. Another problem is how & why he felt SO comfortable sharing this with a national newspaper??

Temperatures plummeting into the single digits you know what that means: time to transition to the Autumn dressing gown

Watching that TRUE DETECTIVE with Jodie Foster last night and it's very clarifying seeing American flags planted in this hostile, impossible landscape. Humans shouldn't live there, what hubris! And then I remembered they planted a flag on the fucking moon.