Showing posts with label Ireland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ireland. Show all posts

Thursday, May 1, 2025

Ireland wins the European Anti-Semitism Award

                         Former Irish justice minister Alan Shatter/screen grab

Ireland’s got a problem, and it’s not just the usual rain-soaked misery. The narrative around the Israel-Palestine conflict here is so warped it’s like watching a play where half the script’s been torn out. 

The story begins and ends with October 7, 2023, framed as some “event” that kicked everything off. Some so called journalists call it an atrocity but wink and nod, saying it’s “perhaps understandable.” From there, the tale spins into Israel playing the cartoon villain, “arbitrarily bombing and murdering Palestinians” for revenge. Nuance? Context? Good luck finding either.

Alan Shatter, former justice minister, isn’t having it. He’s as angry as a cat in a bathtub about the free pass given to “Hamas using Palestinian civilians as human shields.” He’s banging his head against a wall, trying to get Ireland to see that “Hamas is still intent on destroying Israel, that it wants to resume its total rule of Gaza.” 

But Ireland’s media? Nothing, because it's hard to see the light when your head is in your nether regions. 

Shatter, once a regular in Irish papers, says Shatter’s been “cancelled” since October 7 for daring to offer a view that doesn’t fit the approved script.

Then there’s Kneecap, the Northern Irish rap crew who’ve made a career out of provocation, and anti-Semitism is right up their alley.

Shatter doesn’t mince words, calling them “attention seeking, looking for notoriety by presenting as rebellious and deliberately engaging in commentary that attracts media attention.” He’s scathing about their name, a grim nod to IRA violence: “It’s very name is a cynical use of a name in the context of appalling atrocities perpetrated by the IRA in Northern Ireland.” You see, they used to shoot the British law enforcement members in their knees to inflict maximum pain and lifelong damage.

The band has been caught on tape chanting for Hamas and Hezbollah, waving the flag of a Lebanese terror group. Now they’re backpedaling, denying support for either because it doesn't bode well for them.

Shatter’s not buying it. On social media, he tore into their anemic apology: 
“Still too stupid to utter a single word of condolences to the loved ones & relatives of those bereaved that day [speaking about the victims of the Nova festival] or of condemnation of that atrocity. Regardless of their ideological brainwashing & lack of sincerity, just as PR at the very least that might have convinced some of their good intentions. Their whining, disingenuous statement of victimhood seeking some sort of martyrdom deserves no credibility & shouldn’t derail any current investigation.”
Kneecap’s rise isn’t some random fluke. Shatter sees them as a symptom of an Irish nationalist scene that’s cozying up to far-left and Islamist rhetoric on the Middle East. It’s not just talk—it’s spilling onto the streets. “People proudly marching in Dublin with Hamas and Hezbollah and Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine flags, all chanting ‘from the river to the sea’ and calling for global Intifada.” That’s not a protest; it’s a parade of garbage ideas.

For Jews and Israel supporters in Ireland, it’s grim. Shatter’s blunt: “We have a real problem in this country. I think Ireland is not merely the most anti-Israel country in the European Union, or possibly in Europe. Unfortunately, the hostility to Israel has resulted in narratives being used on a regular basis that replicate the narratives in Nazi Germany in the 1930s.” He’s not pulling punches. “The only difference is the word Israel is substituted for Jew, or the word Zionist, is substituted for Jew.” Here, “Zionist” is a slur, and Kneecap’s riding that wave while the media nods along. “Part of the reason why the Irish journals – most of the Irish media – are uncritical of Kneecap is because Kneecap are simply saying stuff that most of them agree with.”

But it gets uglier. Shatter’s still reeling from a Holocaust memorial in Dublin this year where Jewish attendees were “man-handled and thrown out” for silently protesting President Higgins’ speech. 

“It never ever occurred to me that Jewish people would be man-handled and thrown out of a Holocaust remembrance, or a memorial event in Dublin City in 2025,” he says. He’s baffled that Higgins, a lifelong protester himself, just kept talking as Jews were being dragged out. 


“I cannot personally fathom how he continued to speak and watched Jewish members of that audience thrown out.” If Shatter had been speaking, he’d have stopped the show: “I would have stopped my speech and asked people not to so conduct themselves and to respect their protest.”

Is Ireland the most anti-Semitic country in Europe? 

Shatter doesn’t dodge: “There’s been an escalating problem of anti-Semitism, it already existed pre-October 7, 2023, it has escalated since then, and it is a continuing problem and concern.” He points the finger at Ireland’s leaders—every party, the Taoiseach, the foreign minister—who “never miss an opportunity to be critical of Israel” with “unnecessarily unbalanced” language. Hostages get a passing nod, but the narrative’s clear: Israel’s the bad guy, full stop.

Shatter’s worried—not just about now, but where Ireland’s headed. “I’m deeply concerned as to what’s happening in this country,” he says, both “what’s happening currently” and “where this country is heading to.” The only thing tempering the government’s rhetoric? Fear of crossing President Donald Trump. That’s how low the bar is.

A former Fine Gael man, Shatter ditched the party in 2018, fed up with its “moral compass” going AWOL, chasing headlines and tweets over substance. He’s not shocked by their current stance, but one thing does raise his eyebrow: Ireland’s cozying up to Iran. The embassy in Tehran reopened in October 2024, despite Iran’s government-level anti-Semitism and bankrolling of Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis. Shatter’s incensed: “At no stage have they ever criticized Iran for its endemic – at government level – anti-Semitic pronouncements and its commitment to Israel’s destruction.”

He’s no fan of Israel’s decision to pull its ambassador from Ireland last year, either. Israel’s foreign minister, Gideon Saar, called Ireland’s actions and “anti-Semitic rhetoric” a “de-legitimization and demonization of the Jewish state.” Shatter calls it a “massive diplomatic own goal,” one that handed Ireland’s anti-Israel crowd a win.

Trying to talk sense about Israel in Ireland? Near impossible, says Shatter. “I’m frequently, and the past have been and still remain, a critic of some of the conduct of the Israeli government. But in Ireland, there’s no differentiation. It’s Israel is basically vilified.” The media and politicians won’t grapple with October 7’s impact or the fear that Hamas could regroup in Gaza and repeat the carnage. Ireland’s stuck in a one-note chant, and it’s drowning out reality.

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Thursday, January 2, 2025

Ireland's top Catholic says Israel is "merciless" for fighting back harder than they were attacked


Archbishop Eamon Martin knows nothing about warfare and probably has never gotten into an actual fight in his life. If he did, I suspect he lost because this person believes that if an attacker, after he has killed your children and spouse, punches you in the face, you should only punch him back in the face. 

But let's not pretend he's taken anything into account as to what the Hamassholes, Hezbollah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and many of the Gazans did on October 7, 2023, when they tortured, raped, immolated, and killed 1,200 Israelis and took 250 of them hostage, it is always the fault of the Jews when they're winning. For people like Martin, and sadly for many in Ireland along with their fellow anti-Semites in the world, it's only when the Jews are being slaughtered that they receive the sympathies of these people.

"Disproportionate?" The entire idea of fighting back a genocidal enemy using proportionate means is stupid.

But if the good Archbishop and all the other Jew-hating slugs want proportion, then the Israeli Defense Forces need to kill just as many Muslim babies, women and men, rape as many women, burn as many of them as they did on Oct. 7, and torture as many of them before killing them, to exercise a proportional response. And that will go on and on forever because it doesn't end wars. 

Freaking shock and awe ends wars and when you consider that Israel has the lowest civilian-to-terrorist casualty proportion than any other fighting force in history, I'd say they're doing a damn good job being as moral as any military can be under the circumstances. 

During World War Two, the bomb we dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 caused the immediate deaths of between 70,000 to 80,000 Japanese civilians and over time the death toll rose to about 140,000 from radiation sickness. In Nagasaki, the bomb we dropped three days later immediately killed between 40,000 to 75,000 civilians and radiation brought the death toll up to 80,000.

England firebombed the German city of Dresden between February 13-15, 1945 and killed an estimated 25,000 civilians. 

The majority of Irish, nay, the West, never complained of what was done to end the war but the civilian proportion to military was incredibly higher caused by the Allies. Some estimates figure the ratio of civilian to military deaths meted out by the Allies in World War 2 was 2:1. But in the war between Israel and their enemies, the death rate of civilians to military was 2:3. That sounds like a lot, and yes, it's tragic, but it's the lowest ever recorded in military history.

So the Archbishop needs to actually know what he's talking about and the anti-Semites in the West need to look in the mirror and search their souls.

Friday, December 13, 2024

Hamas praises Ireland's anti-Semitism


The Jew-hating terrorist group Hamas has welcomed Ireland’s decision to formally join South Africa's genocide case against the Jewish State at the oxymoronically named International Court of Justice (ICJ) and called on other countries to follow Ireland's lead.

“We urge all countries to intensify any pressure against the Israeli enemy to stop its brutal attacks on the Palestinian people,” Hamas said in a statement to Lebanon’s Al-Manar TV, according to Iranian state-run media.

The expression of support came after Irish Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Micheal Martin said on Wednesday that he had received the government's approval to intervene in the case against Israel.


"By legally intervening in South Africa's case, Ireland will be asking the ICJ to broaden its interpretation of what constitutes the commission of genocide by a state," Ireland's Foreign Affairs Department said in a statement. "We are concerned that a very narrow interpretation of what constitutes genocide leads to a culture of impunity in which the protection of civilians is minimized."

The statement claimed that there has been "a collective punishment of the Palestinian people through the intent and impact of military actions of Israel," adding, "Ireland's view of the [Genocide Convention] is broader and prioritizes the protection of civilian life."

Martin said last month that the government intended to join South Africa's case at the ICJ before the end of the year. His comment came on the same day that the Irish parliament passed a non-binding motion saying that "genocide is being perpetrated before our eyes by Israel in Gaza."

Since December, South Africa has been pursuing its case at the ICJ, accusing Israel of committing "state-led genocide" in its defensive war against Hamas in Gaza.

In January, the ICJ ruled there was "plausibility" to South Africa's claims that Palestinians had a right to be protected from genocide. However, the top UN court did not make a determination on the merits of South Africa's allegations — which Israel and its allies have described as baseless and may take years to get through the judicial process. Israeli officials have strongly condemned the ICJ proceedings, noting that the Jewish state is targeting terrorists who use civilians as human shields in its military campaign.

Pro-Israel advocates welcomed the ICJ ruling because it did not impose a unilateral ceasefire in Gaza and called for the release of the hostages taken by Hamas last Oct. 7. Rather than declare that Israel was committing genocide in Gaza and order the Jewish state to stop its military campaign in the Palestinian enclave, the court issued a more general directive that Israel must make sure it prevents acts of genocide.

In late October, South Africa filed the bulk of the relevant material to support its allegations.

Ireland has been among Europe's fiercest critics of Israel since Oct. 7 of last year, when Hamas-led Palestinian terrorists invaded the Jewish state from neighboring Gaza. The terrorists murdered 1,200 people, wounded thousands more, and abducted over 250 hostages in their rampage, the deadliest single-day massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. Israel responded with an ongoing military campaign in Hamas-ruled Gaza aimed at freeing the hostages and dismantling the terrorist group's military and governing capabilities.

Last month, Ireland accepted the appointment of a full Palestinian ambassador for the first time, confirming that Jilan Wahba Abdalmajid would step up from her current position as Palestinian head of mission to Ireland.

In May, Ireland officially recognized a Palestinian state, prompting outrage in Israel, which described the move as a "reward for terrorism." According to The Irish Times, Ireland is due to have its presence in Ramallah in the West Bank upgraded from a representative office to a full embassy.

Israel's Ambassador in Dublin Dana Erlich said at the time of Ireland's recognition of "Palestine" that Ireland was "not an honest broker" in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

More recently, Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris in October called on the European Union to "review its trade relations" with Israel after the Israeli parliament passed legislation banning the activities in the country of UNRWA, the United Nations agency responsible for Palestinian refugees, because of its ties to Hamas.

Recent anti-Israel actions in Ireland came shortly after the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (Impact-se), an Israeli education watchdog group, released a new report revealing Irish school textbooks have been filled with negative stereotypes and distortions of Israel, Judaism, and Jewish history.

Antisemitism in Ireland has become "blatant and obvious" in the wake of Hamas's Oct. 7 onslaught, according to Alan Shatter, a former member of parliament who served in the Irish cabinet between 2011 and 2014 as Minister for Justice, Equality and Defense.

Shatter told media outlet The Algemeiner in an interview earlier this year that Ireland has "evolved into the most hostile state towards Israel in the entire EU."

Two months ago, an Irish official, Dublin City Councilor Punam Rane, claimed during a council meeting that Jews and Israel control the US economy, arguing that is why Washington, DC does not oppose Israel's war against Hamas.

Thursday, May 23, 2024

3 Nations shamefully recognize Palestine

So-called Palestinians prepare to go kill, you know, the Jews!

Ireland, Norway and Spain are preparing to recognize the make believe place called Palestine, they announced on Wednesday. The date of recognition of the terrorist state is set for May 28. The claim to have hope that this will pave the way for a ceasefire and allow the Hamassholes a victory against Israel.

Norway's anti-Semites were the first to announce their support of the terrorists in a coordinated move with the other two anti-Semitic nation leaders.

Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre claimed in an address that the endorsement of the terrorists was "in support of moderate forces that are on a retreating front in a protracted and cruel conflict." 

"This is an investment in the only solution that can bring lasting peace in the Middle East," the naive idiot added, referring to the so-called "two state solution" which would see an Israeli and a Palestinian state existing peacefully next to each other. 

And if you believe that can happen, you aren't paying attention to what Hamas has promised, which is to attack Israel, not ten more times or a hundred, but ten thousand times. There can be no coexistence with Hamas in charge, and the Gazans aren't so great either when it comes to their feelings about Jewish people.

Ireland and Spain followed suit soon after Støre's announcement.

"Today, we state clearly our unambiguous support for the equal right to security, dignity, and self-determination for the Palestinian and Israeli peoples," Irish Foreign Minister, Micheál Martin, said, tongue-in-cheek.

If Hamas wanted security they would not have slaughtered 1,200 Israeli men, women and children on October 7th. 

The country's Prime Minister, Simon Harris, later stressed that "Hamas is not the Palestinian people," in spite of the fact that they voted for them and many participated in the slaughter of the Jews. 

"Today's decision to recognize Palestine is taken to help create a peaceful future," he said, with a straight face.

Mr Harris's comments were echoed by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who said the move was "not against Israel, is not against the Jews," although if all the Jews in Israel were slaughtered, one has to wonder what Sanchez would say.

"It is not in favor of Hamas which is something that has been said. This recognition is not against anyone, it is in favor of peace and coexistence." as reported by the BBC.

In response, Israel immediately called on its ambassadors in the nations to return.

"I’m sending a clear and unequivocal message to Ireland and Norway: Israel will not remain silent in the face of those undermining its sovereignty and endangering its security," Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said. "Today’s decision sends a message to the Palestinians and the world: Terrorism pays. After the Hamas terror organization carried out the largest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, after committing heinous sexual crimes witnessed by the world, these countries chose to reward Hamas and Iran by recognizing a Palestinian state. This distorted step by these countries is an injustice to the memory of the victims of [10/7], a blow to efforts to return the 128 hostages, and a boost to Hamas and Iran's jihadists, which undermines the chance for peace and questions Israel’s right to self-defense. Israel will not remain silent - there will be further severe consequences."

Katz also said the ambassadors from the three countries in Israel will be given "reprimand talks" and shown footage from the Oct. 7 attack, according to BBC.

Hamas and the Palestinian Authority celebrated the move by Norway, Spain, and Ireland, which was denounced by those on the left and right in the U.S. except for the Democrats in the so called Squad, who support Hamas in their efforts to free the world of those, you know, Jews.

Friday, November 24, 2023

Rioting in Dublin after school children are stabbed


Dublin, Ireland -- mostly peaceful riots broke out in Dublin on Thursday following a stabbing attack in which 3 children and one adult was stabbed earlier in the day. 

The crazed rioters set a bus and police car on fire and damaged a number of buildings and all public transportation had been suspended into the city.

The demonstrations erupted after a stabbing that targeted children as young as 6 and 5 years old, with rumors swirling on social media regarding the attacker’s identity, which may have actually been from the religion of peace.

The Irish Times reported Friday that the suspect is a single man in his late 40s and “is a naturalized Irish citizen” while the Irish Independent reported that the suspect is believed to be a foreign-born man who became an Irish citizen and has lived in the country for “many years.” 

Police have ruled out terrorism as a motive for the attack because there were no hostages taken, no explosions, and no blood curdling screams of "Allahu Akbar!"

Two 5-year-old girls and a 6-year-old boy were stabbed and a school aftercare worker was also stabbed while trying to shield the children from the scumbag. Currently, the boy has been discharged from the hospital but the girls remain there, with the 5-year-old in critical condition. The female school worker who intervened is in serious condition, according to The Irish Times. 

The suspect was reportedly stopped by a Brazilian delivery driver who was passing by the area on a moped when he witnessed the attack. The driver used his helmet to hit the knifeman, knocking him to the ground. The school worker is also being praised for her actions, protecting the children from the attacker as she sustained stab wounds.

Following the attack, reports began spreading on social media that the suspect was a foreign national, and anti-immigration protesters flooded the streets of Dublin, according to The Daily Mail. Rioters, who could really care less about the guy, reportedly ransacked a Foot Locker, a Holiday Inn Express hotel, and a McDonald’s in the city, believing they deserved a treat that day.

Video showed looters breaking into buildings as fires raged on streets and police confronted the rioters.

Drew Harris, the chief of Ireland’s national police — also known as Garda — called the rioters “a complete lunatic hooligan faction driven by far-right ideology,” adding that a police officer was seriously injured in the clashes, sure and begorrah. 

“We are drafting in resources to deal with that and that will be dealt with properly,” Harris said. “I’ve given full direction to our resources here in respect of making arrests and bringing offenders to justice.”

There were 34 arrests of the estimated 500 looters. The suspect is being treated for his injuries and is under police guard. Once he is deemed to be in good enough health, he will be questioned by authorities.

Friday, July 14, 2023

Biden claims Ireland is "home" which makes him an illegitimate POTUS


President Joe Biden, 80, claimed that Ireland was his home, which makes him ineligible to be the president of the United States, but as usual, he was lost in the jasmine of his deteriorating mind. He made this false statement during a press conference in Helsinki, Finland just before nearly breaking his butt trying to enter Air Force One to return to his actual home in the US.

The so-called president stopped in Helsinki to meet with Nordic leaders after he had attended the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, in spite of him thinking he was elsewhere. He mumbled alongside Finnish President Sauli Niinistö, who looked rather furklempt as Biden struggled to speak words that made sense.

Elder Abuse at the Air Force Academy in Colorado

“The minishing of minishers… The miniseries of cola’s daughter of Ireland… You can tell I’m thinking of home. Of the daughter of Iceland…" pic.twitter.com/puzkXWul5n

You can tell that he was thinking of home??? So this decrepit politician was thinking that Ireland was home. 

“The ministry of cola’s the daughter of Ireland — daughter of Ireland, you can tell that’s a Freudian slip, I’m thinking of home — the daughter of Iceland,” Biden said as Niinistö watched. “And I want to say, I think we’ve had a very productive summit.”

Yes, a very productive summit. Can he even slightly summarize what was discussed?

Biden then proceeded to take questions from two pre-selected reporters in the room, after which he got out of Dodge without taking unscripted questions which he would not have been able to answer.



Hours later, as the angry old guy was ready to head back to the US, his feet had failed him once again as he had difficulty dealing with the pesky stairs to Air Force One, in spite of the fact that he was using the shorter staircase to avoid such difficulty.

Biden stumbles a bit as he boards Air Force One — using the smaller stairs — en route to the United States. He took no questions. pic.twitter.com/UxCA75kdQP

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 13, 2023


After the first few steps, the president appeared to stumble a bit before righting himself and taking the remaining stairs at a slightly quicker pace, pretending he was spry. In fact, he's been using the shorter stairs more frequently since going ass-over-teakettle onstage at the Air Force Academy in Colorado. [Rumor has it that he may have been chewing gum at the time.]

Reporters asked the affirmative action black lesbian White House Press Secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre whether the shorter stairs — often used by previous presidents in inclement weather — were being used more often due to the number of times Biden had nearly taken a header on the longer stairs or his recent stumble in Colorado but Jean-Pierre deflected.

“I don’t have any decision process to walk through,” she said. “I’m sure there’s a protocol that’s used for Air Force One, I just don’t have one.”

Decision processes, is an Orwellian term, also known as 'balderdash'. 

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

To assuage climate change, we need to get rid of the poor via the food that sustains them




It would be a comedy show or a Babylon Bee satire if it wasn't real. The Left has lost its collective mind. 

When you have a President who says the biggest single existential threat to civilization is climate change--not the real possibility of war with any number of bad actors, or the world economy, or the removal of genitalia on children--yet still goes on vacation in Ireland for personal 'discovery,' and upon return goes on vacation in Delaware, there's no doubt the country is in serious trouble. 




First, it was global cooling, then global warming and never are they accurate in their predictions--if they were, we'd all be dead in 2031 if Rep. Alexandria Obviously-Comatose's (Socialist-NY) 2019 prediction is correct. But their predictions are never correct; they're only self-serving and they are never called out on their bone-headedness. As the photo above illustrates, they simply go on to the next panic claim and raise our taxes to pay for it.

Alleged President Joe Biden said that climate change is the single existential threat to the world during his vacation in Ireland. Then he said he wanted to "lick the world," because his brain malfunctioned again.

So while the world is in trouble, Joe got to do his "bucket list" before he leaves the planet and heads for warmer climate. He went to Ireland to find his roots, and when he got back to the USA, he went to his home in Delaware. In fact, Biden has spent 40 percent of his time as President on vacation. Can you believe the perks the POTUS gets?

Starbucks paper straws in plastic cups: hypocrisy much?


“The SINGLE existential threat to the world is climate change!” Biden claimed. "We don’t have a lot of time, and that’s a fact."

However, Joe failed to show his work on it being a fact. But Democrats believe in the magic of their words, and if he says it's a fact, or he's a woman, it must be true.

The end of the world has been happening for over 40 years but so far nothing has changed all that much . . . except for Joe's mental status.

The Democrats have gone after fossil fuels, meat, cow farts, and most recently, gas stoves. So what's left to make the lives of the poorest among us even worse? 

Oh yeah, rice. You know, the thing that most of the humans on planet Earth survives on.

Rice is now being blamed for about 10 percent of global methane emissions and other problems to panic over:
VIDEO: Rice is to blame for around 10 percent of global emissions of methane, a gas that over two decades, traps about 80 times as much heat as carbon dioxide. Scientists say that if the world wants to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, rice cannot be ignored. pic.twitter.com/46GgkaGPgK

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) April 16, 2023
Rice cannot be ignored?

Seriously, if you do everything these freaking idiots say we must do to save the planet, [let us never forget to not use plastic bags or straws] you will kill huge swaths of the poor population in the world by not feeding them. 

Imagine if China and India stopped rice production. Heads would swing--literally.


Friday, April 14, 2023

Whoremongering crackhead helps POTUS answer 'tough' question by a child



When a whoremongering crackhead has to explain a child's question to the President of the United States of America because the POTUS doesn't understand it, you might come to the conclusion that the nation is in more trouble than a one-arm juggler on a pogostick in a minefield.

Hunter Biden had to explain the question to his father during their trip to Ireland Wednesday. The question from the child went like this:

"What’s the top step to success?" the child asked the president.

"What’s the top what?" Biden responded as he scratched the back of his neck and appeared to look as if the child was speaking Mandarin.

"Step — steps — step to success," the child answered.

"Oh, well, making sure that we don’t all have COVID. What — why — what are we talking about here?" he asked, realizing he just experienced a brain fart.

At this point the President's crackhead son jumped in for the rescue.

"If you can — what’s the — what’s the key to success?" Hunter asked, attempting to clarify the child's question for the cloudy brain of the President.



"Oh, what’s the key to success? You know what I found out is the key to success is? And I’m not sure I’m the best guy to explain it; these guys can tell you," the president answered, as he realized he had no answer, and redirected the child's question to an unrelated topic--to not personally attack those with whom you disagree.

The response on social media was that Biden is mentally unfit to serve as president.

"We're all gonna die in a nuclear fireball," author David Jack Smith posted. Exaggerated, hyperbole, or reality? 

"Hunter steps in to help his father understand the question being asked to him by a child lmfao," conservative commentator, Greg Price, wrote.

"Omg. Hunter Biden is our president, isn't he?" Ashe Short, senior editor at Daily Wire, posted.


"That the president can't hear, talk, or think seems like it should be a bigger issue," Grabien founder Tom Elliott tweeted.

Other conservatives called for the implementation of the 25th amendment in order to remove Biden from office.

"What's great is he's the leader of the free world and has no idea WTH what he's talking about. #25th Amendment," Brian Doherty, a conservative commentator tweeted.

Stephen L. Miller, contributing editor at The Spectator World, tweeted, "He's fine. He needs his son who is under federal investigation to come along to keep him on track but he's fine." Later he joked, "Press Secretary Hunter Biden."

Even Hunter would be better than Karine Jean Pierre as press secretary.

"Joe Biden has officially taken more questions from children than the Press on his Ireland trip," the official GOP account tweeted.

To Joe's credit, at least he finally took a question and answered it. 


Monday, July 16, 2018

Show and tell: Dublin and Glasgow

So I'm back from Dublin and Glasgow. We went for a wedding in Ireland, stayed at the Bloom's Hotel and then we visited my wife's sister in Scotland.

I haven't been out of the country in a while and to tell you the truth, I was apprehensive about all the luggage we were carrying. I thought it might be a bit much, but it turned out just fine and we were met by friends at the airport.

We heard that Trump was going to be in the UK while we were there, but he went to England while we stayed in Dublin.

The pubs were fantastic although my wife doesn't drink, but I took a bunch of pictures and will share a few of them below.
Bloom's Hotel
It seemed as if everybody in Ireland smokes and loves Guinness. We went by the factory that makes the brew--it's a huge industrial complex.

I shot about 1250 photos in the nine days since we left the homeland and will be editing them over the next few days.
Once we got to Glasgow, we were taken on a city tour by my wife's niece. We visited Glasgow University (where she got a PhD in neuroscience) and naturally, we went shopping and toured the area around the city.

This cutie was given some coins by her momma to put in the guitar case of a busker and his young singing partner. This was taken in Glasgow Center (they spell it 'Centre') and there was a large crowd gathered round listening to the tunes.






Below is the photo of the buskers. They were really quite talented.
But my favorite music of all was the harpist at the wedding. Her name is Tina Mulrooney and she is fabulous.

 If you like the soothing sounds of the harp along with beautiful accompanying instrumentation and a voice that is an incredible gift, you need to check her out. She has tunes on YouTube.

The father of the bride is my wife's friend from India. He told us that Mulrooney was hired just to play for the ceremony, lasting about thirty minutes, but she liked the wedding guests so much, she came up to the roof of the hotel [it took place at the Marker Hotel--another fantastic five star place] and stayed for well over an hour beyond her time.

In fact, she saw that I enjoyed her playing and singing [I told her she plays better than Patrick Ball and sings like an angel] that she gave me a CD of her album.

Anyway, we're back and I finally made it to the gym and have a lot to make up to my body.


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