Comment on What you want to say – 2nd April 2025 by Gewerkschaftler
https://www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/the-fourth-transformation/ The formidable Phenomenal World looks at the popularity of Claudia Sheinbaum and the enduring popularity of continuity AMLO in...
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All those capitalists who made donations of a million dollars to Trump’s inauguration are now watching their wealth drop as the stock markets react to Trump’s tarrifs. LikeLiked by 1 person
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In reply to Gewerkschaftler. We’re all at the stage of political education through ironing? LikeLiked by 1 person
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Amadou Bagayoko has died. He was 70 and is survived by his musical partner and wife Miriam Doumbia. LikeLiked by 1 person
View ArticleComment on Beatles, beatles, everywhere by roddy
Pensioner Roddy still remembers the first 2 records he ever heard .Being up a decade younger than his elder siblings,he vividly recalls them playing “She loves you” by the Beatles and “Distant drums”...
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In reply to Michael Carley. Although Roddy never partook in ironing ,he can recall Ireland being freed and Bernadette being elected to the background hiss of a gas iron in his non electrified youth!...
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In reply to Gewerkschaftler. I’ve wondered about this. Obviously not every Republican is hard core MAGA. Or even many wouldn’t be MAGA. But… are those layers sufficient to push back against Trump etc?...
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In reply to Gewerkschaftler. Great stuff, will listen to that. I think Gindin’s right too. Expecting Trump et al to deliver a basic floor for US workers is absurd. LikeLike
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In reply to Tomboktu. Sure fire investments! Well, lots of firings going to go on. LikeLike
View ArticleComment on Beatles, beatles, everywhere by WorldbyStorm
In reply to roddy. Does roddy still have either of them? I’m almost certain a Beatles song is one of the first ones I heard too or at least noticed. Which makes sense cos I was born slap bang in the...
View ArticleComment on Beatles, beatles, everywhere by sonofstan
SOmeone I supervise used a resoant phrase in a piece of work I read this week, talking about the construction of, in this case, political identity through nostalgia for struggles past: ‘it’s less about...
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At a fascinating talk last night by Niall Carson on Peadar O’Donnell’s somewhat Quixotic libel case against the Irish Rosary. Lots of interesting stuff around the IWL and Moscow money for An Phoblacht...
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Free trade would be the most effective retaliation against Donald Trump's tariffs. Countries could stop respecting U.S. patent and copyright monopolies deanbaker22.substack.com/p/ignoring-p… — Dean...
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In reply to sonofstan. I think that’s fair. I think I mentioned I was reading the Beatles/James Bond book and it’s very good and lots of interesting insights about both in part because it spreads its...
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In reply to Gewerkschaftler. Tonality and context matter. I could come on here and throw terms like “Hun” and “west brit” around but it would come across the same way, as tone deaf and sophomoric....
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In reply to WorldbyStorm. No ,all the old records( played on a battery record player at the time) are long gone. LikeLiked by 1 person
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Nice sound. Like that last song in particular. LikeLike
View ArticleComment on What you want to say – 2nd April 2025 by Paul Culloty
Ireland Thinks poll is out remarkably early – FF up 3 to 25, Indos down 2 to 9, with both SF and FG on 21. Also notable that the Soc Dems inch up to 8, which isn’t quite a record (they notched 9% when...
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In reply to roddy. It’s a pity. The memories. Still you could get new ones. LikeLike
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In reply to Paul Culloty. So that Ff uptick looks real. Indos taking a hit. SDs doing well. Labour holding steady. LikeLike
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