Ireland's Woke Prime Minister Announces "Bolt Out of the Blue" Resignation

Leo Varadkar, Ireland's first openly gay taoiseach, or prime minister, said Wednesday that he would step down -- a shocking move that he said was for both "personal and political" reasons.
Varadkar, who became Ireland's youngest taoiseach in 2017, said he would also relinquish his leadership of the center-right Fine Gael party, which forms a ruling coalition government along with Fianna Fáil and the Green Party.
"I'm proud that we have made the country a more equal and more modern place," he told reporters gathered outside government buildings in Dublin.
Sounding emotional, he said there was no "real reason" behind his decision and he "had nothing else lined up."
"I have nothing in mind," he added. "I have no definite personal or political plans."
A senior Irish official told NBC News that the announcement would be "a bolt from the blue for the Irish public," which "throws everything up in the air." The official, who was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter, added that Varadkar, who trained as a physician, "didn't see a lifetime in politics."
Varadkar's departure, which comes less than a week after he met with President Joe Biden at the White House before St. Patrick's Day, will not automatically trigger an election.

Despite NBC "News" making a mystery of this sudden resignation, Ed Morrissey opines that the explanation is simple: The woke gay PM pushed forward two constitutional amendments to redefine the family and rebut gender stereotypes and the Irish public stood up and finally said "NO."

The leftwing propaganda site The Guardian agrees:

Varadkar said his reasons for stepping down were "mainly political" but did not elaborate on what they were. Earlier this month, he was widely blamed for a crushing twin defeat at the ballot box, including the biggest ever referendum loss by an Irish government.
The ruling coalition had proposed rewording the 1937 constitution to change outdated references to family and women. Critics said Varadkar had rushed the debate in a "gimmicky" effort to hold double referendums on International Women's Day, and accused him of presiding over "incoherent messaging".
Voters rejected the family referendum, with 67% voting no, and buried the other proposal, which related to women's care-giving role, in an even bigger landslide of 74%. Varadkar later accepted some responsibility, saying: "There are a lot of people who got this wrong and I am certainly one of them."
Until Wednesday's resignation, however, the political fallout from the debacle had widely been expected to be limited. Varadkar has also faced increasing discontent within Fine Gael, with 10 of its members of the Dáil Éireann -- almost a third of the party's total -- announcing they will not stand again at the next election, which must be called by early 2025.
Fine Gael has lost five recent byelections, prompting some to see Varadkar as an electoral liability. "His legacy will be that of an electoral loser," Eoin O'Malley, a political scientist at Dublin City University, told Agence France-Presse. "He promised to be a good communicator, but it turned out he was bad at it. He had no clear agenda, and delivered little."

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:28 PM

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1 Good!

Posted by: Axeman at March 20, 2024 05:28 PM (OaZlZ)

2 And now a trans kid is dead.

Posted by: ... at March 20, 2024 05:28 PM (lX8VI)

3 I'll fetch 'em.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 20, 2024 05:28 PM (qPw5n)

4 Axeman with the speed today.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 20, 2024 05:29 PM (qPw5n)

5 Did the news that he is a heathen homo leak out?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 20, 2024 05:29 PM (aD39U)

6 Sounding emotional, he said there was no "real reason" behind his decision and he "had nothing else lined up."

Exit Quote" "They're always after me lucky charms!"

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 20, 2024 05:29 PM (TcVeV)

7 Wait, I thought he was so popular and abortion is so loved?

Posted by: Communist Poster salesman at March 20, 2024 05:29 PM (di6C2)

8 Check under the floorboards for a dead boy

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at March 20, 2024 05:30 PM (ZV+pB)

9 /off sock

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 20, 2024 05:30 PM (di6C2)

10 Afternoon.

Posted by: Robert at March 20, 2024 05:30 PM (KCwAf)

11 Check under the floorboards for a dead boy

He's got friends in crawlspaces..

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 20, 2024 05:30 PM (aD39U)

12 I'm guessing he's got a skeleton in the closet.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 20, 2024 05:31 PM (mzM2O)

13 Hmm. I have a Queen song in my head for some reason . . .

Posted by: Catherine at March 20, 2024 05:31 PM (ZSsrh)

14 Center-Right?

Holy crap I hate to see the Center and Center-Left.

And what is the Left’s platform? Child sacrifice?

Posted by: polynikes at March 20, 2024 05:31 PM (MNhXM)

15 Connor McGregor for Taaoswhatever!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 20, 2024 05:32 PM (u73oe)

16 And what is the Left’s platform? Child sacrifice?
Posted by: polynikes at March 20, 2024 05:31 PM (MNhXM)

*touches nose*

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 20, 2024 05:32 PM (aD39U)

17 I thought Varadkar was a character in Dune.

Posted by: Eeyore at March 20, 2024 05:32 PM (1bNHn)

18 My question is, did he make an Irish Goodbye?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 20, 2024 05:32 PM (TcVeV)

19 Seen on Facebook:

Mashed potatoes are just Irish Guacamole.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 20, 2024 05:32 PM (mzM2O)

20 Centre-right??

Sure.

BTW, the nonwhite immigration invasion and trying to pass a fascist Woke internet 'hate speech' law undoubtedly also played a role in the resignation.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 20, 2024 05:33 PM (2yu8s)

21 Erin go bye?

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at March 20, 2024 05:33 PM (T+Iwg)

22 The woke gay PM pushed forward two constitutional amendments to redefine the family and rebut gender stereotypes and the Irish public stood up and finally said "NO."

Wait. This was a "center-right party"?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 20, 2024 05:33 PM (TcVeV)

23 What, they don't rig elections in Ireland to obtain the woke's desired results?

Posted by: kathysaysso at March 20, 2024 05:34 PM (yACxx)

24 14
And what is the Left’s platform? Child sacrifice?
Posted by: polynikes at March 20, 2024 05:31 PM (MNhXM)

Kill ALL da white peoples.

Posted by: Auspex at March 20, 2024 05:34 PM (j4U/Z)

25 "He had no clear agenda, and delivered little."

His agenda was sodomy. It always is, with those types.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 20, 2024 05:34 PM (tkR6S)

26 Varadkar? Is that an Irish name?

Posted by: Toad-0 at March 20, 2024 05:34 PM (cct0t)

27 Probably stepped down to try to avoid a vote of non-confidence in the lower house, which ends up dissolving the government if it passes.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 20, 2024 05:34 PM (qPw5n)

28 "He had no clear agenda, and delivered little."

Could be Biden's epitaph

Posted by: Milquetoast Mortgage-Paying Neighbor in Flyover Country at March 20, 2024 05:35 PM (5C4od)

29 15 Connor McGregor for Taaoswhatever!
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 20, 2024 05:32 PM (u73oe)

Maybe a busty redhead for Tesseract?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 20, 2024 05:35 PM (di6C2)

30 Wait. This was a "center-right party"?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 20, 2024 05:33 PM (TcVeV)

It’s like MSNBC assigned the political designation.

Posted by: polynikes at March 20, 2024 05:35 PM (MNhXM)

31 "I'm proud that we have made the country a more equal and more modern place," he told reporters gathered outside government buildings in Dublin.

Equal to what? Ghana?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 20, 2024 05:35 PM (TcVeV)

32 Hey, Ireland, here's a crazy thought: how about choosing a straight white male Irishman for your next PM?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 20, 2024 05:35 PM (YqDXo)

33 The Irish commies will take this as a bump on the road and keep working hard to bring misery and death to Ireland.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable at March 20, 2024 05:36 PM (17s+e)

34 So the Gingers are anti gay and transphobes.

Cool.

Posted by: Czech Chick at March 20, 2024 05:36 PM (I6NNh)

35 Max von Sydow - "...I suspect he was about to become an embarrassment..."

Posted by: look whats not at March 20, 2024 05:36 PM (nakGR)

36 23 What, they don't rig elections in Ireland to obtain the woke's desired results?
Posted by: kathysaysso at March 20, 2024 05:34 PM (yACxx)

Most countries have some sort of cursory vote integrity.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 20, 2024 05:36 PM (di6C2)

37 One version of legend is that Saint Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland.

Others said it was the fairies.
Not my island, not my affair.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at March 20, 2024 05:36 PM (zdLoL)

38 17 I thought Varadkar was a character in Dune.
Posted by: Eeyore

It was when he pushed for the Dune soundtrack to replace Darby O’Gill …

Posted by: Adriane the Helpful Critic . . . at March 20, 2024 05:36 PM (4Winp)

39 I always thought Ireland was a conservative country- the church, republicanism- but I guess I was wrong.

Ireland is not The Quiet Man.

Posted by: Don Black at March 20, 2024 05:36 PM (oCjPU)

40 " a shocking move that he said was for both "personal and political" reasons."

He probably a dead leprechaun or two in the closet.

Posted by: fd at March 20, 2024 05:36 PM (vFG9F)

41 Indian gay mfer.

Increased immigration, called the Irish Recht for not liking it, and had pushed a law criminalizing anyone who works against the gay agenda

I was in Ireland last year at this time, and the gay flag flies “proudly” over the conquered Emerald Isle.

Posted by: Justin Pinochet Castreau at March 20, 2024 05:36 PM (V8yYW)

42 change outdated references to family and women
___________________

Outdated?? Earl Butz hit the nail on the head: "You no playa the game, you now make-a the rules."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 20, 2024 05:36 PM (YqDXo)

43 "HAS" a dead leprechaun, I mean.

Posted by: fd at March 20, 2024 05:37 PM (vFG9F)

44 Alabama Governor Signs Law Banning State Funding of DEI at Public Schools, Universities

A new Alabama law that bans state agencies, local boards of education, and institutions of higher education from sponsoring so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs or offices, was signed into law on Wednesday by Gov. Kay Ivey.

Under the measure, “divisive concepts” about race, color, religion, sex, ethnicity, or national origin would be banned from being taught or sponsored by a state agency, local board of education, or public institution of higher education, such as public universities and colleges.

The legislation outlines eight “divisive concepts,” which include teachings that any race, religion, or sex is inherently superior or inferior, or that, by virtue of an individual’s race, color, religion, sex, ethnicity, or national origin, the individual is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive—whether consciously or subconsciously.

Other “divisive concepts” include that individuals, based on factors such as race, religion or sex, are responsible for actions committed in the past by other members of the same race, color, religion, or sex.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 20, 2024 05:37 PM (aD39U)

45 One version of legend is that Saint Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland.

Others said it was the fairies.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at March 20, 2024 05:36 PM (zdLoL)
_______________

Obviously he missed one.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 20, 2024 05:38 PM (YqDXo)

46 Heh. You won't be seein' Vradkar around here no more.

Posted by: Clemenza at March 20, 2024 05:38 PM (TcVeV)

47 It used to be said that politics is the art of the possible. In other words a government can only do what the public was willing to support.
But the support of the public has become irrelevant.

Posted by: Northernlurker at March 20, 2024 05:38 PM (41klY)

48 I saw something where Texas stopped using Blackrock? Something about 8.6 Billion dollars.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 20, 2024 05:38 PM (di6C2)

49 “ he would also relinquish his leadership of the center-right Fine Gael Party”

This woke leftist dicksmoker was the leader of a cemter-right] party? Wtf? Who was to their immediate left? Stalin? Mao?

Posted by: Elric Blade at March 20, 2024 05:38 PM (Yy2/g)

50
Obviously the Micks are too damned potted to learn from their American cousins on how to fortify an election, or too lazy to steal it, or falling into the old leftist fallacy of thinking everybody agrees with 'em.

Posted by: Auspex at March 20, 2024 05:38 PM (j4U/Z)

51 One version of legend is that Saint Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland.

Others said it was the fairies.
Not my island, not my affair.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver

Well, I was there last year and that freaking fairie flag is all over the place, so those gay twinkles must have come back.

Posted by: Justin Pinochet Castreau at March 20, 2024 05:38 PM (V8yYW)

52 Both this and the preceding thread called to mind something I've been thinking about. Until the 21st C, we in the English speaking world were pretty convinced we were the goods. Not just that being American, but the whole Anglosphere seemed much better than the rest. (I'd always said that if I couldn't live here for some reason, I'll look at Australia first.)

But no more. Badly as the West is crumbling, we all seem to be doing so worse and faster than the others. I do know that both we and the Brits have long pushed two variants of Whig history that was, basically, bullshit. How much did that have to do with it? How much is pride?

I'm too old to move nowadays, but were I young, I would be looking elsewhere. Even if we win in Nov, it's still likely we'll go under.

Posted by: Eeyore at March 20, 2024 05:38 PM (1bNHn)

Posted by: Elric Blade at March 20, 2024 05:38 PM (Yy2/g)

54 Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 20, 2024 05:37 PM (aD39U)

Birmingham is exempt base on demographics.

Posted by: polynikes at March 20, 2024 05:38 PM (MNhXM)

55 It's lonely on the top.

Posted by: Pete Pooterjuice at March 20, 2024 05:39 PM (woPEM)

56 50
Obviously the Micks are too damned potted to learn from their American cousins on how to fortify an election, or too lazy to steal it, or falling into the old leftist fallacy of thinking everybody agrees with 'em.
Posted by: Auspex at March 20, 2024 05:38 PM (j4U/Z)
______
They used to be the pros at that, in American cities.

Posted by: Eeyore at March 20, 2024 05:39 PM (1bNHn)

57 Voters rejected the family referendum, with 67% voting no, and buried the other proposal, which related to women's care-giving role, in an even bigger landslide of 74%.

They don't have a Federal Judge that can simply invalidate the vote, like California's decision to deny non-citizens access to benefits back in the day ?

Posted by: Factoids at March 20, 2024 05:40 PM (0s7oc)

58 rebut gender stereotypes
______________

rebut gender REALITY

Leave it to a fruit to rebutt things.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 20, 2024 05:40 PM (YqDXo)

59 "... first openly gay taoiseach..."

Wait. What?

I thought "taoiseach" *meant* "openly gay."

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at March 20, 2024 05:40 PM (wzAuc)

60 This woke leftist dicksmoker was the leader of a cemter-right] party? Wtf? Who was to their immediate left? Stalin? Mao?

Posted by: Elric Blade at March 20, 2024 05:38 PM (Yy2/g)

Right.

Posted by: ... at March 20, 2024 05:40 PM (lX8VI)

61 Go woke, go broke and lose your job. Maybe, just maybe Ireland has had enough of the woke bull$hit. I am going to take a wait and see approach myself. A couple of overwhelming votes to stop the nonsense is encouraging but not a slam dunk as some are claiming.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 20, 2024 05:40 PM (QNSds)

62 >"He promised to be a good communicator, but it turned out he was bad at it. He had no clear agenda, and delivered little."

Pithy.

Posted by: mr tmz at March 20, 2024 05:40 PM (rJ48h)

63 Heh. You won't be seein' Vradkar around here no more.
Posted by: Clemenza at March 20, 2024 05:38 PM (TcVeV)

—————

Leave the gun. Take the Lucky Charms.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 20, 2024 05:40 PM (u73oe)

64 Vradakar is Gaylic. That is all

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 20, 2024 05:41 PM (5q0pY)

65 accused him of presiding over "incoherent messaging".

Because the coherent version "We want to abuse, rape, and destroy (a/k/a "trans") your children and their innocence simply because we enjoy it, you ignorant peasants and serfs. Get in your pods, eat the bugs, and sacrifice your children now!" would poll so much better.

I really hope I get see some of these WEF trans-loving assholes hanged from lamp posts with piano wire before I die. Preferably all.

Posted by: Chuck C at March 20, 2024 05:41 PM (yOPBE)

66 This is the same moron who said St. Patrick was a migrant and, therefore presumably every person from anywhere even if they invade illegally should be allowed in, because of course, St Patrick who was originally from Wales probably but when he came out of slavery and went back because he loved the Irish and the Gospel would be all in favor of redefining marriage?!!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 20, 2024 05:41 PM (DCNcI)

67 The sailors say Brandy, you're a Fine Gael.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 20, 2024 05:41 PM (63Dwl)

68 Specifically, the measure says that state agencies, local boards of education, or public institutions of higher education may not sponsor any DEI program or maintain any office, physical location, or department that promotes such programs; direct or compel a student, employee, or contractor to personally affirm, adopt, or adhere to a divisive concept; or require students, employees, or contractors to share their personal point of view of any divisive concept outside of an academic setting.

Straight up Nazism.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 20, 2024 05:41 PM (aD39U)

69 and accused him of presiding over "incoherent messaging".

That wasn't the problem. The problem is that the neo-marxist operation was all too coherent.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 20, 2024 05:42 PM (IG4Id)

70 o woke, go broke and lose your job. Maybe, just maybe Ireland has had enough of the woke bull$hit. I am going to take a wait and see approach myself. A couple of overwhelming votes to stop the nonsense is encouraging but not a slam dunk as some are claiming.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 20, 2024 05:40 PM (QNSds)

I think the majority are still Hamas supporters over Israel.

Posted by: polynikes at March 20, 2024 05:42 PM (MNhXM)

71 61 Go woke, go broke and lose your job. Maybe, just maybe Ireland has had enough of the woke bull$hit. I am going to take a wait and see approach myself. A couple of overwhelming votes to stop the nonsense is encouraging but not a slam dunk as some are claiming.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 20, 2024 05:40 PM (QNSds)

I hate to be black pill, but I figure they should just purge the entire government now. They let this guy in. Incrementalism.

'It got into my hand and it went bad. So I lopped it off at the wrist.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 20, 2024 05:42 PM (di6C2)

72 Until the 21st C, we in the English speaking world were pretty convinced we were the goods.

We're caught between two groups, both within ten years of the long dirt nap. One side wants to tell you it's all been a living Hell, since the 60s. The other wants to tell you that the 80s were Heaven on Earth and we just need to go back.

They're both full of shit. And both getting louder as they get closer to the end.

Posted by: Factoids at March 20, 2024 05:42 PM (0s7oc)

73 Yeah Center Right, like that Shickelhuber guy

Posted by: steevy at March 20, 2024 05:42 PM (FQmDC)

74 I've never heard of this person.

Posted by: dantesed at March 20, 2024 05:42 PM (88xKn)

75 It's lonely on the top.
Posted by: Pete Pooterjuice at March 20, 2024 05:39 PM (woPEM)
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Which is why you're a bottom.

Posted by: Axeman at March 20, 2024 05:42 PM (krQz2)

76 And now a trans kid is dead.
Posted by: ... at March 20, 2024 05:28 PM (lX8VI)
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As dead as Beau Biden.

Posted by: Axeman at March 20, 2024 05:43 PM (krQz2)

77 I thought Varadkar was a character in Dune.
Posted by: Eeyore

No, the Varadkar was Hitler's first failed automobile company before he came up with the Volkswagen.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 20, 2024 05:43 PM (nFnyb)

78 They call him, tricky dick but for different reasons than Nixon.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 20, 2024 05:44 PM (J8LnB)

79 "I'm proud that we have made the country a more equal ..."

------------

More equal in poverty, misery, and slavery than unequal in prosperity, opportunity, and liberty.

UTOPIA!

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at March 20, 2024 05:44 PM (tiZd1)

80 Maybe, just maybe Ireland has had enough of the woke bull$hit.

Maybe, just maybe, Ireland was ahead of the game when they tried to "vote" - for some measure of voting - to leave the UK quite some time ago.

Posted by: Factoids at March 20, 2024 05:44 PM (0s7oc)

81 Varadkar is a type of Vietnamese cucumber.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 20, 2024 05:44 PM (mzM2O)

82 67 The sailors say Brandy, you're a Fine Gael.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 20, 2024 05:41 PM (63Dwl)

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End-of-Brubaker clap.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at March 20, 2024 05:44 PM (wzAuc)

83 Nice to see a mostly Catholic nation finally push back. It's a small victory. This will get worse though.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 20, 2024 05:45 PM (sAmhv)

84 He probably a dead leprechaun or two in the closet.
Posted by: fd at March 20, 2024 05:36 PM (vFG9F)

Sorry. The saying is "dead pixie or live leprechaun".

Posted by: ... at March 20, 2024 05:45 PM (lX8VI)

85 "Republican" is a very flexible term over there. In general it means anti-monarchist, but often works out to regicide. In practice, monarchs ended up on the opposite side from The Left so often that "Republican" became interchangeable with "communist."

Just another reason people over there have such a hard time smugly waving off American political identities.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at March 20, 2024 05:45 PM (zdLoL)

86 "I thought Varadkar was a character in Dune.
Posted by: Eeyore

No, the Varadkar was Hitler's first failed automobile company before he came up with the Volkswagen.

Posted by: naturalfake"

You are both wrong. Varadkar was the Norse god of Effeminate Pansies. He was not very popular.

Posted by: fd at March 20, 2024 05:45 PM (vFG9F)

87 Nice to see a mostly Catholic nation finally push back.

Come on. I can't be the only one that sees the irony of this statement.

Posted by: Factoids at March 20, 2024 05:46 PM (0s7oc)

88 I see the self-righteous crypto-luciferian has nothing better to do, again.

Posted by: leoncaruthers at March 20, 2024 05:46 PM (UfRqq)

89 . A couple of overwhelming votes to stop the nonsense is encouraging but not a slam dunk as some are claiming.
Posted by: Mister Scott

Never underestimate Ireland's penchant for fucking themselves over.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 20, 2024 05:46 PM (IG4Id)

90 and both getting louder as they get closer to the end.

End of what?

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 20, 2024 05:46 PM (sAmhv)

91 Varadkar was that eunuch in Game of Thrones

Posted by: steevy at March 20, 2024 05:46 PM (FQmDC)

92 Maybe, just maybe Ireland has had enough of the woke bull$hit.

Maybe, just maybe, Ireland was ahead of the game when they tried to "vote" - for some measure of voting - to leave the UK quite some time ago.
Posted by: Factoids at March 20, 2024 05:44 PM (0s7oc)

Ireland is not part of the United Kingdom.

Posted by: polynikes at March 20, 2024 05:46 PM (MNhXM)

93 Varadkar also has a Biden problem - Ireland is being overrun with "migrants", and it turns out that this is not popular among the Irish.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 20, 2024 05:47 PM (YAtuc)

94 In the Republic of Ireland's 2016 census, 78% of the population identified as Catholic; this was 6% lower than the 2011 figure. You may now continue.

Posted by: @SOEarpiece at March 20, 2024 05:47 PM (aD39U)

95 You can't tell the luciferian facts, learning requires humility, and that's a sin for him.

Posted by: leoncaruthers at March 20, 2024 05:48 PM (UfRqq)

96 I saw the Self-righteous Crypto-Luciferians open for the Squealing commies in DC in 2008.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 20, 2024 05:48 PM (di6C2)

97 Come on. "Fag Throws Hissy Fit, Flounces From Room" isn't really news, is it?

Posted by: Wally at March 20, 2024 05:48 PM (SPhn1)

98 I thought the Varadkar were the soldiers of Emperor Shamwow.

Posted by: Northernlurker at March 20, 2024 05:48 PM (41klY)

99 "The Tragedy That Is Ireland" is how my British Empire History prof put it.

He's gone? Shame. Anyway...

He just wants to spend more gay time with his gay family.

Eire!? I hardly KNEW her!

I'll be here all week.

Posted by: goatexchange at March 20, 2024 05:48 PM (geL8+)

100 Luciferin is the chemical that glows in fireflies, iirc.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 20, 2024 05:48 PM (di6C2)

101 Irish, Scottish, what's the difference?

Posted by: Ignorant Americans Everywhere at March 20, 2024 05:48 PM (hUApg)

102 In the Republic of Ireland's 2016 census, 78% of the population identified as Catholic; this was 6% lower than the 2011 figure. You may now continue.
Posted by: @SOEarpiece at March 20, 2024 05:47 PM (aD39U)

It's all the rock and cow worshipers they are letting in...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 20, 2024 05:48 PM (tkR6S)

103 Benny Johnson
@bennyjohnson

SAVAGE
@michaelgwaltz
brutally ROASTS Swalwell:

“I find it incredibly rich Mr. Swalwell was going to come to this committee and lecture us about how China penetrates our government. I think that’s something he may know a thing or two about..”

https://tinyurl.com/4n4yvjpf

Posted by: redridinghood at March 20, 2024 05:49 PM (NpAcC)

104 One of my Mom's aunts is from County Galway. I talked to her once on a long distance call from Ireland.

Could not understand a word she was saying.

Posted by: dantesed at March 20, 2024 05:49 PM (88xKn)

105 I thought the Varadkar were the soldiers of Emperor Shamwow.
Posted by: Northernlurker at March 20, 2024 05:48 PM (41klY)
---------
That's Shamwow IV.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 20, 2024 05:49 PM (DeFcY)

106 Instead of going to the trouble of enunciating multiple syllables, I'm just going to start saying "wain" for "wagon" and assume that everyone knows what I am talking about.

Posted by: fd at March 20, 2024 05:49 PM (vFG9F)

107 86 "I thought Varadkar was a character in Dune.
Posted by: Eeyore

No, the Varadkar was Hitler's first failed automobile company before he came up with the Volkswagen.

Posted by: naturalfake"

You are both wrong. Varadkar was the Norse god of Effeminate Pansies. He was not very popular.
Posted by: fd at March 20, 2024 05:45 PM (vFG9F)
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Only unpopular because he was ahead of his time. He'd be a hero in ours. At least a Cabinet Secretary.

Posted by: Eeyore at March 20, 2024 05:49 PM (1bNHn)

108 “I find it incredibly rich Mr. Swalwell was going to come to this committee and lecture us about how China penetrates our government. I think that’s something he may know a thing or two about..”

https://tinyurl.com/4n4yvjpf
Posted by: redridinghood at March 20, 2024 05:49 PM (NpAcC)

So you're saying Fang Feng was a pegger?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 20, 2024 05:49 PM (di6C2)

109
Ireland is not part of the United Kingdom.
Posted by: polynikes at March 20, 2024 05:46 PM (MNhXM)

Northern Ireland is

Posted by: It's me donna at March 20, 2024 05:50 PM (Akjoo)

110 106 Instead of going to the trouble of enunciating multiple syllables, I'm just going to start saying "wain" for "wagon" and assume that everyone knows what I am talking about.
Posted by: fd at March 20, 2024 05:49 PM (vFG9F)

How often will this come up? Honest question.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 20, 2024 05:50 PM (di6C2)

111 Irish, Scottish, what's the difference?
Posted by: Ignorant Americans Everywhere at March 20, 2024 05:48 PM (hUApg)
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If it's no' Sco'ish, it's CRAP!!!

Posted by: That Angry Scottish Guy at March 20, 2024 05:50 PM (DeFcY)

112 Irish, Scottish, what's the difference?
Posted by: Ignorant Americans Everywhere at March 20, 2024 05:48 PM (hUApg)

——————

And that, officer, is when the fight started.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 20, 2024 05:50 PM (u73oe)

113 Northern Ireland is
Posted by: It's me donna at March 20, 2024 05:50 PM (Akjoo)

Them with their strange northern manner.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 20, 2024 05:50 PM (aD39U)

114 "How often will this come up? Honest question.
Posted by: Aetius451AD "

Well, every day at 4, Wain Train comes on MeTV.

Posted by: fd at March 20, 2024 05:51 PM (vFG9F)

115 End of what?

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 20, 2024 05:46 PM (sAmhv)

Their end. The long dirt nap. And they've got society to shape before they go.

We often talk here ... why don't Pelosi, Schumer, Biden, McConnell - Hell, all of them, simply take the money and slink off and enjoy the remaining time. The answer is simple - they can't. Because those generations, since at least the time they were memorialized on film and paper in the 60s, just can't live like that. They have to "make a difference".

We all bitch about Obama and his "we are the ones we were waiting on" line. It wasn't Millennials. It's this current bunch. One foot in the grave and the other on the necks of the rest of us. And just like C.S. Lewis warned, they're well intentioned. They believe they're doing it for our own good. If we like it or not.

Posted by: Factoids at March 20, 2024 05:51 PM (0s7oc)

116
As noted above, compared to Australia, Canada, NZ and the old sod, Ireland IS right wing.

Hope we can make a stand in November, but thinking the courts are going to declare any mis/dis/not our way of thinking illegal anyway.

Posted by: Auspex at March 20, 2024 05:51 PM (j4U/Z)

117 Northern Ireland is
Posted by: It's me donna at March 20, 2024 05:50 PM (Akjoo)

Two countries one one island! Whoda ever thunk it?

Posted by: Haiti at March 20, 2024 05:51 PM (tkR6S)

118 Varadkar is pronounced Vik.

Posted by: Northernlurker at March 20, 2024 05:52 PM (41klY)

119 103 Benny Johnson
@bennyjohnson

SAVAGE
@michaelgwaltz
brutally ROASTS Swalwell:

“I find it incredibly rich Mr. Swalwell was going to come to this committee and lecture us about how China penetrates our government. I think that’s something he may know a thing or two about..”

https://tinyurl.com/4n4yvjpf
Posted by: redridinghood at March 20, 2024 05:49 PM (NpAcC)
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You lie!

Fartwell's expertise is in penetrating China. At least, I hope that's what he was doing.

Posted by: Eeyore at March 20, 2024 05:52 PM (1bNHn)

120 Who really cares about Ireland? A place you emigrate from, stat…

Posted by: tubal at March 20, 2024 05:52 PM (PCK5/)

121 If y'all and Scogg don't start getting along, you're going to make Emmanuelle Beart cry. Is that really what you want?

https://tinyurl.com/twysa566

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at March 20, 2024 05:52 PM (wzAuc)

122 No clear agenda, my a$$. He had one and it was soundly defeated.

More, please.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at March 20, 2024 05:52 PM (XPM1I)

123 If he were to balll gag the members of U2, and then lock them in a spider infested basement, would he get enough of a bump in his approval rating to recover?

Posted by: 2009Refugee at March 20, 2024 05:52 PM (8AONa)

124 I can dunk on Ireland all day long. But it doesn't change the irrefutable fact that Derry Girls is one of the top five series of all time. Fight me.

Posted by: goatexchange at March 20, 2024 05:53 PM (geL8+)

125 Irish, Scottish, what's the difference?

Posted by: Ignorant Americans Everywhere at March 20, 2024 05:48 PM (hUApg)

Well...lessee. The Irish are drunk all the time.

And the Scottish are just like the Irish. Only the men wear skirts. Drunk Trannies, as it were.

I hope that's been helpful.

Posted by: naturalfake, World History Ph.D at March 20, 2024 05:54 PM (nFnyb)

126 But it doesn't change the irrefutable fact that Derry Girls is one of the top five series of all time. Fight me.
Posted by: goatexchange at March 20, 2024 05:53 PM (geL8+)

Dairy Girls 3: Udderly Bad was the best of the franchise.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 20, 2024 05:54 PM (aD39U)

127 Varadkar is pronounced Vik.
Posted by: Northernlurker at March 20, 2024 05:52 PM (41klY)

—————-

I thought it was pronounced throat warbling mangrove.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 20, 2024 05:54 PM (u73oe)

128 The Irish has leprechauns and those fake rock.

Posted by: fd at March 20, 2024 05:54 PM (vFG9F)

129 You know, sham rocks.

Posted by: fd at March 20, 2024 05:55 PM (vFG9F)

130 As Muhammed Ali said of Africa, I'll say of Ireland-"Thank God granddaddy got on that boat!"

Posted by: mr tmz at March 20, 2024 05:55 PM (rJ48h)

131 Varadkar is pronounced Vik.
Posted by: Northernlurker at March 20, 2024 05:52 PM (41klY)

—————-

I thought it was pronounced throat warbling mangrove.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 20, 2024 05:54 PM (u73oe)

Azz-we-pay.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 20, 2024 05:55 PM (aD39U)

132 Varadkar also has a Biden problem - Ireland is being overrun with "migrants", and it turns out that this is not popular among the Irish.

With, of course, continual gaslighting by the establishment media.

The worst riot in modern Irish history occurred last November after an Algerian immigrant stabbed some kids and a teacher outside an elementary school in Dublin.

The establishment media described him as an "Irish citizen", and avoided discussion of his immigrant status, and the fact that he had been unemployed for the two decades he had been in Ireland.

These facts were only publicized because of social media.

The response of the Irish government was to propose a massive crackdown on social media, to keep people from disseminating accurate information which the Irish government disapproved of.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 20, 2024 05:55 PM (YAtuc)

133 I did like The Cranberries.

Posted by: polynikes at March 20, 2024 05:55 PM (MNhXM)

134 It's really very simple:

The Irish drink and sing.

The Welsh sing and steal.

The Scots drink and steal.

Have you got it now?

Posted by: Eeyore at March 20, 2024 05:55 PM (1bNHn)

135 Posted by: Factoids at March 20, 2024 05:51 PM (0s7oc)

No, they hang onto power because they are afraid of someone getting the power to actually hold them accountable for their historic misdeeds.

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 20, 2024 05:55 PM (xaFKb)

136 Dairy Girls 7: Now We're Really Milking It

Posted by: Wally at March 20, 2024 05:55 PM (SPhn1)

137 Openly gay PM.

The people said “We’re fine with who you are. Don’t try to change who we are.”

Posted by: Marty at March 20, 2024 05:55 PM (6LexV)

138 He's going to spend more time with his butt plugs.

Posted by: eleven at March 20, 2024 05:55 PM (iziT8)

139 They sure don't make Irishmen like Steven in Braveheart anymore.

(played by an Englishman, talking to Irish and Aussie pretending to be English)

Posted by: leoncaruthers at March 20, 2024 05:56 PM (UfRqq)

140 Pop Rocks > shamrocks

Posted by: Factoids at March 20, 2024 05:56 PM (0s7oc)

141 115:Their end. The long dirt nap. And they've got society to shape before they go.

Death comes to us all and isn't going to discriminate between young and old. As for 'shape'ing a society. Well, unintended consequences are a harsh mistress.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 20, 2024 05:56 PM (sAmhv)

142
Leo Varadkar, Ireland's first openly gay taoiseach...

Sounding emotional...

Ah yes, of course.

Posted by: Dr.Rev. Senator Your Highness E Buzz Miller, Esq PhD MA MS at March 20, 2024 05:56 PM (et1vG)

143 The response of the Irish government was to propose a massive crackdown on social media, to keep people from disseminating accurate information which the Irish government disapproved of.

It sounds familiar. If only I could put my finger on why, exactly.

Posted by: Factoids at March 20, 2024 05:57 PM (0s7oc)

144 127 Varadkar is pronounced Vik.
Posted by: Northernlurker at March 20, 2024 05:52 PM (41klY)

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As Varadkar is an Indian name not Irish, it sounds the way it's spelled, but you have to say it through your sinuses.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at March 20, 2024 05:57 PM (wzAuc)

145

Can we get that Alfred E Neuman looking goober dweeb Mayor Pete "Chestfeeder" Buttjudge to resign?

Posted by: Dr.Rev. Senator Your Highness E Buzz Miller, Esq PhD MA MS at March 20, 2024 05:57 PM (et1vG)

146 Anus Go Bragh!

Posted by: Vradakar at March 20, 2024 05:57 PM (Geoni)

147
Dairy Girls 10: Don't Gimme No Bull!

Posted by: naturalfake at March 20, 2024 05:57 PM (nFnyb)

148 I did like The Cranberries.
Posted by: polynikes at March 20,

The Commitments is among my alltime favorite movies.

Posted by: Northernlurker at March 20, 2024 05:57 PM (41klY)

149 Could not understand a word she was saying.

I once asked a guy in Dublin for directions - I did not understand a word, and he got quite irate:

"Don't you understand English?"

Not your version of English, no.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 20, 2024 05:57 PM (YAtuc)

150 119 103 Benny Johnson
@bennyjohnson

SAVAGE
@michaelgwaltz
brutally ROASTS Swalwell:

“I find it incredibly rich Mr. Swalwell was going to come to this committee and lecture us about how China penetrates our government. I think that’s something he may know a thing or two about..”

https://tinyurl.com/4n4yvjpf
Posted by: redridinghood at March 20, 2024 05:49 PM (NpAcC)
______
You lie!

Fartwell's expertise is in penetrating China. At least, I hope that's what he was doing.
---------------------------------------------

Salwell's a dumb ass... he took the first honey pot they threw at him. Not the best looking thing. I hope Kemp at least held out for some better quality honey potting ....

Posted by: ET at March 20, 2024 05:58 PM (33546)

151 I thought "taoiseach" *meant* "openly gay."
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at March 20, 2024 05:40 PM (wzAuc

taoiseachhisown

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at March 20, 2024 05:58 PM (NtVYv)

152 Does openly gay mean buggery on the front lawn

Posted by: Northernlurker at March 20, 2024 05:58 PM (41klY)

153 It sounds familiar. If only I could put my finger on why, exactly.
Posted by: Factoids at March 20, 2024 05:57 PM (0s7oc)

Right?

Posted by: ... at March 20, 2024 05:58 PM (lX8VI)

154 Posted by: Factoids at March 20, 2024 05:51 PM (0s7oc)

Did you ready anything about C.S. Lewis' conversion or his religious writings, Scogg or you just know that one little quote -as true as it may be, because there are quite a few us here who have great trust in the Lord, that we're not going to be taking a "long dirt nap."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 20, 2024 05:58 PM (DCNcI)

155
146 Anus Go Bragh!

Posted by: Vradakar at March 20, 2024 05:57 PM (Geoni

This is why you're never invited to Thanksgiving.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 20, 2024 05:58 PM (mzM2O)

156 Udder defeat.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 20, 2024 05:59 PM (J8LnB)

157 Could one term the British Isles a shithole countrie(s)???

Posted by: tubal at March 20, 2024 05:59 PM (PCK5/)

158 154-"Read" not ready.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 20, 2024 06:00 PM (DCNcI)

159 No, the Varadkar was Hitler's first failed automobile company before he came up with the Volkswagen.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 20, 2024 05:43 PM (nFnyb)

The Varadkarmann Ghia was a sporty little number, with rear drive.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 20, 2024 06:00 PM (tkR6S)

160 156 Udder defeat.
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 20, 2024 05:59 PM (J8LnB)

Now yer just milkin it...

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 20, 2024 06:00 PM (xaFKb)

161 137 Openly gay PM.

The people said “We’re fine with who you are. Don’t try to change who we are.”
Posted by: Marty at March 20, 2024 05:55 PM (6LexV)

Unfortunately, very few gay people seem to be able to grok that.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 20, 2024 06:00 PM (di6C2)

162 did like The Cranberries.
Posted by: polynikes at March 20,

The Commitments is among my alltime favorite movies.
Posted by: Northernlurker at March 20, 2024 05:57 PM (41klY)

It’s not a musical group movie but I think you would like the movie Once. It’s about an Irish street musician in Dublin.

Posted by: polynikes at March 20, 2024 06:00 PM (MNhXM)

163 The Irish commies will take this as a bump on the road and keep working hard to bring misery and death to Ireland.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable
********
And unfortunately the Irish are very much acclimated to misery and death.

Posted by: Cosda at March 20, 2024 06:01 PM (Zntg4)

164 No, they hang onto power because they are afraid of someone getting the power to actually hold them accountable for their historic misdeeds.

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 20, 2024 05:55 PM (xaFKb)

That may be the effect, but I do not believe it's the cause. They're not simply good people gone astray. Not the top of these couple generations.

And look, it's went on for a long, long time. All the way back to the post-WW II fallout and the societal change of the Cold War. Perhaps it's simply the result of the Industrial Revolution, and the inevitable failing of large bureaucracies.

But I'm positive there is more to it. Because of the reflexive desire by many of those same cohorts to fall in lock-step and defend the obvious excesses of both ends of the modern political spectrum. Part of it is brand loyalty, and it's application to all things political and social.

Posted by: Factoids at March 20, 2024 06:01 PM (0s7oc)

165 It’s not a musical group movie but I think you would like the movie Once. It’s about an Irish street musician in Dublin.
Posted by: polynikes at March 20

Does that mean I wouldn't watch it twice?

Posted by: Northernlurker at March 20, 2024 06:02 PM (41klY)

166 Erin Go Brahless !

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at March 20, 2024 06:02 PM (NtVYv)

167 What I said earlier was sung by Flanders and Swann:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4zyfwtDIHE

Posted by: Eeyore at March 20, 2024 06:03 PM (1bNHn)

168 An obscure Scottish Rock band that had a few minutes of fame in the early 90s.

https://youtu.be/fTKz0tGjCn4?si=iMztc_uOsS9eAgoT

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 20, 2024 06:03 PM (sAmhv)

169 Posted by: Factoids at March 20, 2024 06:01 PM (0s7oc)

Nothing worse than a middle of the road , above it all scold.

Posted by: polynikes at March 20, 2024 06:03 PM (MNhXM)

170 Does that mean I wouldn't watch it twice?
Posted by: Northernlurker at March 20, 2024 06:02 PM (41klY)

Heh.

I’ve watched it at least 3 times.

Posted by: polynikes at March 20, 2024 06:04 PM (MNhXM)

171 "Emotional" is Brit journo euphemism for "drunk."
And, it is used a lot.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at March 20, 2024 06:04 PM (zdLoL)

172 They should make a Rachel Corrie musical: B flat.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 20, 2024 06:04 PM (tkR6S)

173 One more sign Ireland is doomed: for the first time I remember, TCM did NOT show The Quiet Man on St Paddy's Day. So we didn't get the wonderful line "Here's a stick to beat the lovely lady with."

Posted by: Eeyore at March 20, 2024 06:04 PM (1bNHn)

174 Now playing, 99 Tear drops.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 20, 2024 06:05 PM (J8LnB)

175 Proof that Ireland and Scotland are the same: Liam Neeson. QED. (at least, according to my wifey.)

Posted by: goatexchange at March 20, 2024 06:05 PM (geL8+)

176 165 It’s not a musical group movie but I think you would like the movie Once. It’s about an Irish street musician in Dublin.
Posted by: polynikes at March 20

--

I liked it very much. Sweet story and nice tunes.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at March 20, 2024 06:05 PM (wzAuc)

177 96 Tears, Tears of a Clown….

Posted by: tubal at March 20, 2024 06:05 PM (PCK5/)

178 I wonder if the Irish are getting tired of the "woke" lunatics? Besides this attempt to change their Constitution and migrants killing native-born Irish, a couple of elderly Catholic religious sisters got sent to prison recently: supposedly for abusing orphans decades ago.

The accusations were lurid but there was zero physical evidence. The religious sisters even got character testimony from adults that had been juvenile orphans under their care (back in the 1960s - 70s). One man even stated that one of the religious sisters was the only mother-figure he ever knew.

There's a reason why statutes of limitation exist. But nothing seems to deter the "woke" in their maniacal (I would say, even demoniac) quest for a Communist utopia.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at March 20, 2024 06:06 PM (pJWtt)

179 175 Proof that Ireland and Scotland are the same: Liam Neeson. QED. (at least, according to my wifey.)
Posted by: goatexchange at March 20, 2024 06:05 PM (geL8+)

Rob Roy Liam’s best movie IMO.

Posted by: polynikes at March 20, 2024 06:06 PM (MNhXM)

180 "Leo Varadkar, Ireland's first openly gay taoiseach, or prime minister, said Wednesday that he would step down "

So- what's you're saying is he took it in the ass? How apropos.

Posted by: Truthbomb at March 20, 2024 06:06 PM (lxX+z)

181 26 Varadkar? Is that an Irish name?

Posted by: Toad-0 at March 20, 2024 05:34 PM (cct0t)
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Wait, that's the name of the fellow from Microsoft who said my computer was sending out viruses and he needed access to fix it. His accent did not seem like a brogue, more like Peter Sellers in "The Party", so probably India.
/s

Posted by: Ciampino - An Irish Dot Indian at March 20, 2024 06:06 PM (qfLjt)

182 175 Proof that Ireland and Scotland are the same: Liam Neeson. QED. (at least, according to my wifey.)
Posted by: goatexchange at March 20, 2024 06:05 PM (geL8+)
______
And Mel Gibson playing William Wallace.

Posted by: Eeyore at March 20, 2024 06:06 PM (1bNHn)

183 But he played the purple pennywhistle proficiently

Posted by: Alliteration! at March 20, 2024 06:07 PM (tczCu)

184 Tracks of My Tears, by folk Artist, Linda Ronstadt.

Posted by: goatexchange at March 20, 2024 06:07 PM (geL8+)

185 It’s not a musical group movie but I think you would like the movie Once. It’s about an Irish street musician in Dublin.
Posted by: polynikes at March 20

I liked this movie and would watch it again, been a long time

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at March 20, 2024 06:07 PM (NtVYv)

186 14 And what is the Left’s platform? Child sacrifice?
Posted by: polynikes at March 20, 2024 05:31 PM (MNhXM)

Now that the question is up to the individual states, the practical result is that they are mostly killing future Democrat voters.

This is what happens when karma joins forces with the law of unintended consequences.

(It also explains why they are compelled to import more Democrat voters.)

Posted by: Half Dozen at March 20, 2024 06:07 PM (eHovo)

187 179 175 Proof that Ireland and Scotland are the same: Liam Neeson. QED. (at least, according to my wifey.)
Posted by: goatexchange at March 20, 2024 06:05 PM (geL8+)

Rob Roy Liam’s best movie IMO.
Posted by: polynikes at March 20, 2024 06:06 PM (MNhXM)

Nah, Schindler’s List was his peak.

Posted by: tubal at March 20, 2024 06:07 PM (PCK5/)

188 Lonely Teardrops..

Posted by: tubal at March 20, 2024 06:08 PM (PCK5/)

189 Wait, that's the name of the fellow from Microsoft who said my computer was sending out viruses and he needed access to fix it. His accent did not seem like a brogue, more like Peter Sellers in "The Party", so probably India.
/s
Posted by: Ciampino - An Irish Dot Indian at March 20, 2024 06:06 PM (qfLjt)

Did he sound like he had a mouth full of marbles ?

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at March 20, 2024 06:08 PM (NtVYv)

190 Nothing worse than a middle of the road , above it all scold.

Posted by: polynikes at March 20, 2024 06:03 PM (MNhXM)

See ? There it is. A "pick a brand" loyalist. You're either a Republican or Democrat. American or National league. Ford or GM man. Marlboro or Winston. Miller or Budweiser. Like the damn Stones song ... he can't be a man 'cause he doesn't smoke the same cigarettes as me.

What if I honestly don't trust either party ? Either ideology. Yours is simply the least dangerous one because you're not only out of power - but pretty consistent that you lack the will to grasp it ?

How does one support reform, when the only options ever put forward are to support one of the two entities that make reform so necessary ?

Posted by: Factoids at March 20, 2024 06:08 PM (0s7oc)

191 Nah, Schindler’s List was his peak.
Posted by: tubal at March 20, 2024 06:07 PM (PCK5/)

Although it has become a meme, I did like Taken. Never watched (or believe) any others.

Like Matrix and John Wick.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 20, 2024 06:08 PM (di6C2)

192 Rob Roy Liam’s best movie IMO.
Posted by: polynikes at March 20, 2024 06:06 PM

--

I'd have said Liam's "good" movie, but agree in principle.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at March 20, 2024 06:08 PM (wzAuc)

193 184 Tracks of My Tears, by folk Artist, Linda Ronstadt.
Posted by: goatexchange at March 20, 2024 06:07 PM (geL8+)

GREAT number..

Posted by: tubal at March 20, 2024 06:08 PM (PCK5/)

194 Freddy FenDerry, another Irish Artist.

Posted by: goatexchange at March 20, 2024 06:08 PM (geL8+)

195 Rob Roy Liam’s best movie IMO.

Posted by: polynikes at March 20, 2024 06:06 PM (MNhXM)

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+1

Tim Roth was fantastic in that as well.

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at March 20, 2024 06:09 PM (tiZd1)

196 Where is Mayorkis going to put the cannibals?

Posted by: torabora at March 20, 2024 06:09 PM (0Gnoc)

197 Another really good Irish based movie is Black 47 . 19th century John Wick.

Posted by: polynikes at March 20, 2024 06:09 PM (MNhXM)

198 179 175 Proof that Ireland and Scotland are the same: Liam Neeson. QED. (at least, according to my wifey.)
Posted by: goatexchange at March 20, 2024 06:05 PM (geL8+)

Rob Roy Liam’s best movie IMO.
Posted by: polynikes at March 20, 2024 06:06 PM (MNhXM)

Nah, Schindler’s List was his peak.
Posted by: tubal at March 20, 2024 06:07 PM (PCK5/)
--
What always struck me funny about Highlander was that a Scot played a Spaniard and a Frenchman played a Scot.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I May No Longer Be able To Even at March 20, 2024 06:09 PM (MvA9C)

199 Center right? Just how far left has Ireland gone?

Posted by: JackStraw at March 20, 2024 06:09 PM (LkLld)

200 There's a reason why statutes of limitation exist. But nothing seems to deter the "woke" in their maniacal (I would say, even demoniac) quest for a Communist utopia. Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at March 20, 2024 06:06 PM (pJWtt)

And the State of New York in its desire to prevent Donald Trump from being President again. Both on the civil and the criminal side.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at March 20, 2024 06:10 PM (r5tfK)

201 This is huge to the extent Ireland is consequential.
Which it isn't, really

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 20, 2024 06:10 PM (roH4R)

202 " They should make a Rachel Corrie musical: B flat."

Like unleavened bread, she was.

Posted by: eleven at March 20, 2024 06:10 PM (iziT8)

203 They should make a Rachel Corrie musical: B flat.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 20, 2024 06:04 PM (tkR6S)

Flats
Griddler on the Roof
The Ground of Music

Posted by: ... at March 20, 2024 06:11 PM (lX8VI)

204 Rob Roy Liam’s best movie IMO.
Posted by: polynikes at March 20, 2024 06:06 PM
--
I'd have said Liam's "good" movie, but agree in principle.
***********
He should have quit acting after "Michael Collins".

Posted by: Cosda at March 20, 2024 06:11 PM (Zntg4)

205 No need to overthink it. Soros and Co. fired Green Fag and paid him a handsome severance. They are now headhunting for a more reliable puppet.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at March 20, 2024 06:11 PM (KSNKu)

206 Leo said he wanted to stay, but the job’s a pain in the ass.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 20, 2024 06:11 PM (u73oe)

207 Posted by: Factoids at March 20, 2024 06:08 PM (0s7oc)

Just because you say something only makes it true in your feeble contrarian head.

Sell that shit some where else.

Posted by: polynikes at March 20, 2024 06:11 PM (MNhXM)

208 Ireland being neutral in World War II has always colored my view of them…

Posted by: tubal at March 20, 2024 06:12 PM (PCK5/)

209 They should make a Rachel Corrie musical: B flat.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 20, 2024 06:04 PM (tkR6S)

Flats
Griddler on the Roof
The Ground of Music
Posted by: ... at March 20, 2024 06:11 PM (lX8VI)

Killdozer

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I May No Longer Be able To Even at March 20, 2024 06:13 PM (MvA9C)

210 OG Dunhill > Nat Sherman > American Spirit > Marlboro > Winston

Posted by: Smokes snobbery at March 20, 2024 06:13 PM (tczCu)

211 Just because you say something only makes it true in your feeble contrarian head. Sell that shit some where else.

Posted by: polynikes at March 20, 2024 06:11 PM (MNhXM)

Try winning the argument. You haven't even attempted it yet.

Posted by: Factoids at March 20, 2024 06:13 PM (0s7oc)

212 What always struck me funny about Highlander was that a Scot played a Spaniard and a Frenchman played a Scot.
Posted by: Pug Mahon
********
Sean Connery played an ancient Egyptian who for some reason had a Spanish name.

Posted by: Cosda at March 20, 2024 06:13 PM (Zntg4)

213 "
Flats
Griddler on the Roof
The Ground of Music
Posted by: ... at March 20, 2024 06:11 PM (lX8VI)

Killdozer
Posted by: Pug Mahon"

Cats!

Posted by: fd at March 20, 2024 06:14 PM (vFG9F)

214 Fianna Fail? Is that Gaelic for "Republican Party"?

Posted by: Gunnery Sgt. Hartman at March 20, 2024 06:14 PM (BE6ag)

215 Rob Roy Liam’s best movie IMO.

Andrew Keir, role of a lifetime.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at March 20, 2024 06:14 PM (zdLoL)

216 Ireland being neutral in World War II has always colored my view of them…

Posted by: tubal at March 20, 2024 06:12 PM (PCK5/)

Japan didn't bomb Ireland. We were neutral until that moment. And rightly so, regardless of a President that was dying to get us involved.

Posted by: Factoids at March 20, 2024 06:14 PM (0s7oc)

217 Kadyn Proctor is transferring back to Alabama.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 20, 2024 06:14 PM (aD39U)

218 No votes for Qui Gon Jinn?

Posted by: eleven at March 20, 2024 06:14 PM (iziT8)

219 Republicans do have our best interests at heart though.

Posted by: ... at March 20, 2024 06:15 PM (lX8VI)

220 Ireland being neutral in World War II has always colored my view of them…
Posted by: tubal at March 20, 2024 06:12 PM (PCK5/)

They were officially neutral but had a clear favorite.

Posted by: polynikes at March 20, 2024 06:15 PM (MNhXM)

221 220 Ireland being neutral in World War II has always colored my view of them…
Posted by: tubal at March 20, 2024 06:12 PM (PCK5/)

They were officially neutral but had a clear favorite.
Posted by: polynikes at March 20, 2024 06:15 PM (MNhXM)

Ouch!

Posted by: tubal at March 20, 2024 06:15 PM (PCK5/)

222
Sean Connery played an ancient Egyptian who for some reason had a Spanish name.
Posted by: Cosda

Zed?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 20, 2024 06:16 PM (63Dwl)

223 " Ireland being neutral in World War II has always colored my view of them…

Posted by: tubal "

Same.

Posted by: eleven at March 20, 2024 06:16 PM (iziT8)

224 "Ireland being neutral in World War II has always colored my view of them…
Posted by: tubal "
***********
Only the Irish government was neutral. Irishmen paid more than their fair share in both world wars.

Posted by: Cosda at March 20, 2024 06:16 PM (Zntg4)

225 210 OG Dunhill > Nat Sherman > American Spirit > Marlboro > Winston
Posted by: Smokes snobbery at March 20, 2024 06:13 PM (tczCu)

OG Dunhills were pretty damn good.

I always liked my Camel Wides.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 20, 2024 06:16 PM (di6C2)

226 179 175 Proof that Ireland and Scotland are the same: Liam Neeson. QED. (at least, according to my wifey.)
Posted by: goatexchange at March 20, 2024 06:05 PM (geL8+)

Rob Roy Liam’s best movie IMO.
Posted by: polynikes

'Rob Roy' had a damn solid cast. Great movie! Tim Roth is a wonderful heel.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 20, 2024 06:17 PM (sAmhv)

227 Irish whiskey >>>>> any scotch.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 20, 2024 06:17 PM (rFHiR)

228 Ireland being neutral in World War II has always colored my view of them…

They also adopted those quaint coal scuttle stalhelms

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in solidarity with the Struggle to maintain Moron standards at March 20, 2024 06:18 PM (/JEi0)

229 Darth Varadkar

Posted by: Axeman at March 20, 2024 06:18 PM (krQz2)

230 Tim Roth best death of a villain ever.

Better even than Die Hard.

Posted by: eleven at March 20, 2024 06:19 PM (iziT8)

231 "rish whiskey >>>>> any scotch.
Posted by: nurse ratched "
*********
Slainte

Posted by: Cosda at March 20, 2024 06:19 PM (Zntg4)

232 Maybe getting out of Dodge before the mobs want revenge?

Posted by: Skip at March 20, 2024 06:20 PM (fwDg9)

233 OK historians ... since WW II gets you all wee-weed up.

Which side to join ? The side that invaded Poland ? The side that declared war over Poland getting invaded ? Or the other side that invaded Poland ?

Posted by: Factoids at March 20, 2024 06:20 PM (0s7oc)

234 Rob Roy Liam’s best movie IMO.

Excalibur.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 20, 2024 06:20 PM (NO4pT)

235 Tim Roth best death of a villain ever.

Better even than Die Hard.
Posted by: eleven at March 20, 2024 06:19 PM (iziT

231 "rish whiskey >>>>> any scotch.
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"Slashed down through the collarbone to the middle of the chest" is pretty hard to beat.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 20, 2024 06:20 PM (DeFcY)

236 Critical Drinkers stirring review of 'Highlander' is hilarious! He loved it, in spite of its flaws. I'm sure it had nothing to do with him being Scottish. Heh!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 20, 2024 06:20 PM (sAmhv)

237 They should make a Rachel Corrie musical: B flat.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 20, 2024 06:04 PM (tkR6S)

Flats
Griddler on the Roof
The Ground of Music
Posted by: ... at March 20, 2024 06:11 PM (lX8VI)

From Here To Topology

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 20, 2024 06:21 PM (TcVeV)

238 Zordoz, playful nightwear for men.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 20, 2024 06:21 PM (J8LnB)

239 Tim Roth best death of a villain ever.

Posted by: eleven at March 20, 2024 06:19 PM (iziT

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That really hurts, you know!

Posted by: Sean Bean at March 20, 2024 06:21 PM (krQz2)

240 Break out the sharpies~!

@EpochTimes
·
49s
Judge Orders FBI to Turn Over Transgender School Shooter Audrey Hale’s Manifesto

The judge said the documents must be handed over for a judicial review.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 20, 2024 06:21 PM (IG4Id)

241 Tim Roth best death of a villain ever.

Posted by: eleven at March 20, 2024 06:19 PM (iziT
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That really hurts, you know!
Posted by: Sean Bean at March 20, 2024 06:21 PM (krQz2)

Getting killed with a boat anchor has got to hurt.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 20, 2024 06:22 PM (aD39U)

242 Irish whiskey >>>>> any scotch

Pffffffft.....even the worst scotch (Laprhroaig or howeverthefuck that swill is spelled) is better than any Irish whiskey.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 20, 2024 06:22 PM (YRsIm)

243 Fianna Fail? Is that Gaelic for "Republican Party"?
Posted by: Gunnery Sgt. Hartman

It could be.

Ireland is also the one place a group called "The Green Party" wouldn't have to be the environmental-whacko one. But they are, anyway.

Posted by: mikeski at March 20, 2024 06:22 PM (DgGvY)

244 OK historians ... since WW II gets you all wee-weed up.

Which side to join ? The side that invaded Poland ? The side that declared war over Poland getting invaded ? Or the other side that invaded Poland ?
Posted by: Factoids

The side that had to go over there twice and fix their shit.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 20, 2024 06:23 PM (PU6OM)

245 I thought Old Bushmills was a Gillette brand of intimate shaver for ladies.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 20, 2024 06:23 PM (tkR6S)

246 Sean Connery played an ancient Egyptian who for some reason had a Spanish name.
Posted by: Cosda
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It's like it was a name that he stuck with or something.

It think his actually being thousands of years old was like a twist of the plot, IIRC

Posted by: Sean Bean at March 20, 2024 06:23 PM (krQz2)

247 245 I thought Old Bushmills was a Gillette brand of intimate shaver for ladies.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Ack! Bushmills is Protestant whiskey!

Posted by: Jimmy McNulty at March 20, 2024 06:24 PM (sAmhv)

248 189 Wait, that's the name of the fellow from Microsoft who said my computer was sending out viruses and he needed access to fix it. His accent did not seem like a brogue, more like Peter Sellers in "The Party", so probably India.
/s
Posted by: Ciampino - An Irish Dot Indian at March 20, 2024 06:06 PM (qfLjt)

Did he sound like he had a mouth full of marbles ?

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at March 20, 2024 06:08 PM (NtVYv)
----
Nah, it was the curry aroma coming through the phone.
(I love curry).

Posted by: Ciampino - An Irish Dot Indian, not pull at March 20, 2024 06:24 PM (qfLjt)

249 Darkman is Liam Neeson's best movie.

Posted by: leoncaruthers at March 20, 2024 06:24 PM (UfRqq)

250 The one girl power scene in Game of Thrones that was a good killing of the villain. When the red headed chick released the villain’s starving killer dogs on him.

Posted by: polynikes at March 20, 2024 06:25 PM (MNhXM)

251 Rob Roy Liam’s best movie IMO.

Excalibur.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 20, 2024 06:20 PM (NO4pT)

Krull. Or Kull/ That always confused me.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I May No Longer Be able To Even at March 20, 2024 06:25 PM (MvA9C)

252 From Here To Topology
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 20, 2024 06:21 PM (TcVeV)

Splay Miserables

Posted by: ... at March 20, 2024 06:25 PM (lX8VI)

253 Schindler's Lisp

Posted by: Axeman at March 20, 2024 06:26 PM (krQz2)

254 nood

Posted by: eleven at March 20, 2024 06:26 PM (iziT8)

255 250 The one girl power scene in Game of Thrones that was a good killing of the villain. When the red headed chick released the villain’s starving killer dogs on him.
Posted by: polynikes

Also, when she and her sister killed off Littlefinger. Nice little setup.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 20, 2024 06:26 PM (sAmhv)

256 He's probably a pedo.
The only reason for a gay to push trannie stuff is to help the trannie-pedos.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 20, 2024 06:27 PM (yikga)

257 Fine Fail and Fine Gael in a coalition government?

My oh my, how things have changed.

Posted by: Patrick Carroll at March 20, 2024 06:27 PM (7Ozoq)

258 Krull. Or Kull/ That always confused me.

I’ve never seen that. So I have to admit you could be right.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 20, 2024 06:27 PM (NO4pT)

259 Mary Floppins

Posted by: ... at March 20, 2024 06:28 PM (lX8VI)

260 fFrom what I can gather, Ireland has the same "stoplight" coalition that Germany has, a linkage of the nominal right, the Left and the greens.

with, apparently, the same exact attitude towards political repression against the voters.

the Irish have learned generation after generation that there is not much choice between rule by the oppressive English and that bastard who lives down the lane from where you grew up

Posted by: Kindltot at March 20, 2024 06:28 PM (D7oie)

261 The side that had to go over there twice and fix their shit.

Kinda' ties into my theme of the day today.

Leslie McNair was the general that defined our WW II armor doctrine, right down to vehicle design and tactics. The man was also spectacularly wrong. By all definable connotations of the word. And told so by the constant feedback from the battlefield that started as soon as American boots hit the ground in North Africa.

Yet he defended his wrongness, regardless of failures, right up until the war turned. Regardless of body count. And it turned during Operation Cobra - when he went to the front lines to watch the Normandy breakout - only to eat some friendly fire and vaporize from a tactical bomber run.

And suddenly, US Armor doctrine got better. Within months. McNair is obviously older than any of the current fossils in charge. But that mentality is pretty much baked into the cake of American culture.

Posted by: Factoids at March 20, 2024 06:28 PM (0s7oc)

262 Krull. Or Kull/ That always confused me.

I’ve never seen that. So I have to admit you could be right.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair

Krull. Sucks diseased Monkey Balls. Watch Promethius instead, you'll hate yourself less.

Posted by: BifBewalski at March 20, 2024 06:29 PM (IGcnJ)

263
An openly gay taoiseach who 'delivers little'? Geez I hope I never stumble/get redirected into that pron scene. Cancel my internet subscription level of yuk factor.

The 50% or so of my Irish DNA says WTF?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 20, 2024 06:30 PM (RKVpM)

264 Looks like Biden's legacy of having a 'bad touch' with foreign policy continues as he met the Irish poofter and 'Well what do you know' he caused him to quit.

Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at March 20, 2024 06:31 PM (qZdIZ)

265
Midget News Up Top

Posted by: naturalfake at March 20, 2024 06:32 PM (nFnyb)

266 The judge said the documents must be handed over for a judicial review.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 20, 2024 06:21 PM (IG4Id)

will every page be highlighted with a Sharpie, or will they claim they left the cart with the document to be copied next to the recycling, and they will be back as soon as they verify that it was shredded by accident?

Posted by: Kindltot at March 20, 2024 06:32 PM (D7oie)

267 EMT Medic, upon examining Rachel Corrie

"..... she flatlined."

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at March 20, 2024 06:54 PM (e6UQI)

268 May the luck o the irish be with you, mofo. Not!

Posted by: XRRdemocrat at March 20, 2024 08:09 PM (GFC6F)

269 He'll find a welcome in Portland where the golden calf is worshiped openly. A place where wymen are men, men are chinless, and sheep are afraid.

Posted by: Fred at March 20, 2024 08:55 PM (bXvrr)

270 That Irish poofter sucked my toes better than our media. So good that they titled him Toe-suck! I wonder who the next one will be. I'll have shim over for a state dinner just for the after party.

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