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Replying To Breffni40:  "This is your opening post Lockjaw. Surprised it's only in 2022"
Ha jeez a blast from the past. I have to say I often get very mixed up when it comes to dates and events during the Covid period. It really was a big blur.

Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9768 - 08/05/2025 12:08:21    2607571

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Replying To peiledoir20:  "Leinster surpass Mayo and the Irish rugby team as the biggest bottlers in Irish sport."
You're not a real Gael with the comment comparing an ameteur gaa players to a professional sports team with players from all over the world and who were red hot favs.

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11567 - 08/05/2025 13:32:29    2607598

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Replying To Lockjaw:  "Ha jeez a blast from the past. I have to say I often get very mixed up when it comes to dates and events during the Covid period. It really was a big blur."
Little did you think at the time that it would be heading back that way 2034. What amazes me is that people just accept that FIFA can be bought. I am sure the Irish team will ensure that we don't have to wrestle with our conscience over supporting a country with lets say, not the most stellar human rights record.

zinny (Wexford) - Posts: 1974 - 08/05/2025 16:25:29    2607648

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Replying To yew_tree:  "You're not a real Gael with the comment comparing an ameteur gaa players to a professional sports team with players from all over the world and who were red hot favs."
Don't worry pal, ye were quickly back in top spot after the Connacht Final loss on Sunday :)

peiledoir20 (Donegal) - Posts: 1203 - 08/05/2025 16:35:58    2607652

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Replying To peiledoir20:  "Don't worry pal, ye were quickly back in top spot after the Connacht Final loss on Sunday :)"
I see you're talking to yourself again Belclare

Cumann1 (Mayo) - Posts: 49 - 08/05/2025 16:49:13    2607661

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Habemus Papem.

Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 2302 - 08/05/2025 17:20:13    2607673

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Trump reducing the China tariffs to 80%….China just sitting back laughing. Total sh1t show.

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11567 - 10/05/2025 07:42:20    2607952

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Replying To yew_tree:  "Trump reducing the China tariffs to 80%….China just sitting back laughing. Total sh1t show."
GOOD MAN TRUMP!!!

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/live-blog/india-pakistan-rcna206000

India-Pakistan live updates: Trump announces 'full and immediate ceasefire' between India and Pakistan
Trump said the U.S. mediated overnight talks between the two nuclear-armed nations after violence spiraled early on Saturday in an exchange of cross-border strikes.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-china-begin-trade-talks-102433737.html

US, China begin trade talks in Geneva aiming to resolve tariff battle High-ranking representatives from China and the United States have opened negotiations in Geneva aimed at resolving their ongoing tariff dispute, sources close to the delegations said on Saturday.

Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2509 - 10/05/2025 13:57:41    2608017

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Replying To yew_tree:  "Trump reducing the China tariffs to 80%….China just sitting back laughing. Total sh1t show."
LAUGHING??? Errrr…..ok.

https://nypost.com/2025/05/06/world-news/protests-erupt-in-china-as-trumps-steep-tariffs-bite-extremely-anxious/

Protests erupt in China after furious workers demand back pay as Trump's tariffs on imports jolt economy.

Protests from furious factory workers in China demanding back pay are spreading across the country after President Trump's tariffs on Chinese imports began impacting the communist nation's economy.

Unrest has been reported across the country as workers have taken to the streets protesting unpaid wages and challenging unfair dismissals following the closures of factories squeezed by US tariffs, according to Radio Free Asia.

Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2509 - 10/05/2025 14:22:32    2608020

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Replying To Trump2020:  "LAUGHING??? Errrr…..ok.

https://nypost.com/2025/05/06/world-news/protests-erupt-in-china-as-trumps-steep-tariffs-bite-extremely-anxious/

Protests erupt in China after furious workers demand back pay as Trump's tariffs on imports jolt economy.

Protests from furious factory workers in China demanding back pay are spreading across the country after President Trump's tariffs on Chinese imports began impacting the communist nation's economy.

Unrest has been reported across the country as workers have taken to the streets protesting unpaid wages and challenging unfair dismissals following the closures of factories squeezed by US tariffs, according to Radio Free Asia."
Anyone who knows anything about China will tell you these type of events happen on a regular basis as the level of corporate corruption is still a major issue. However a NY tabloid picked up the story and changed it to a protest because of tariffs and it gets lapped up by the ignorant. A clue in here should have been the protest was against a construction company, as well as being a badly corrupt industry, China has had a housing problem for the last 3 years of oversupply and finally China does not export houses to the USA. What the US people should be reading is about Xi in Moscow standing beside Putin.

zinny (Wexford) - Posts: 1974 - 11/05/2025 14:10:55    2608416

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Replying To zinny:  "Anyone who knows anything about China will tell you these type of events happen on a regular basis as the level of corporate corruption is still a major issue. However a NY tabloid picked up the story and changed it to a protest because of tariffs and it gets lapped up by the ignorant. A clue in here should have been the protest was against a construction company, as well as being a badly corrupt industry, China has had a housing problem for the last 3 years of oversupply and finally China does not export houses to the USA. What the US people should be reading is about Xi in Moscow standing beside Putin."
But, standing beside Putin is where Mr T imagines he should be, is entitled to be. There is a reapproachment taking place in world geopolitics - and it isn't for the better for anyone who values our democratic way of life. Russia, China, Iran, North Korea - all standing shoulder to shoulder. Serbian and Dlovakian leaders were also present. I'm assuming the Belarusian president was there. Not sure about Orban, but I'd imagine he was there in spirit. I looked up that quoted news outlet which quoted that China protest and it is an extreme conservative outlet apparently.

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 1623 - 11/05/2025 14:59:05    2608425

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Interesting….

https://rmx.news/article/e55000-to-get-migrants-to-go-home-sweden-ups-golden-handshakes-to-encourage-remigration/

€55,000 to get migrants to go home? Sweden ups golden handshakes to encourage remigration
Sweden wants to pay migrants tens of thousands of euros to leave the country and go home.

A new proposal from the Swedish government would dramatically raise financial incentives for migrants to return to their countries of origin, with individuals eligible to receive up to SEK 350,000 (€32,000) and families up to SEK 600,000 (€55,000) as part of a broader effort to curb immigration and address integration challenges.

Migration Minister Johan Forssell confirmed the agreement among the coalition parties and emphasized that the program would include strong oversight mechanisms, telling Swedish news agency TT that the government wants to minimize the risk of people exploiting the allowance by coming to Sweden solely to claim the payment.

As reported by the Samnytt news outlet, the proposal also includes a clause requiring full repayment of the grant if the recipient returns to Sweden, regardless of the time elapsed.

Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2509 - 11/05/2025 16:24:48    2608457

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Is there any logical reason why Mr T DEMANDS that Zelensky do his bidding while ASKING Putin to do something ?. What is this " special" relationship between the two ??

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 1623 - 11/05/2025 21:17:44    2608586

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Replying To Freethinker:  "But, standing beside Putin is where Mr T imagines he should be, is entitled to be. There is a reapproachment taking place in world geopolitics - and it isn't for the better for anyone who values our democratic way of life. Russia, China, Iran, North Korea - all standing shoulder to shoulder. Serbian and Dlovakian leaders were also present. I'm assuming the Belarusian president was there. Not sure about Orban, but I'd imagine he was there in spirit. I looked up that quoted news outlet which quoted that China protest and it is an extreme conservative outlet apparently."
We can all read the party line. We don't need you to be regurgitating it.

Not learned anything since Covid mandate?

BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3541 - 11/05/2025 21:53:20    2608603

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Replying To Trump2020:  "Interesting….

https://rmx.news/article/e55000-to-get-migrants-to-go-home-sweden-ups-golden-handshakes-to-encourage-remigration/

€55,000 to get migrants to go home? Sweden ups golden handshakes to encourage remigration
Sweden wants to pay migrants tens of thousands of euros to leave the country and go home.

A new proposal from the Swedish government would dramatically raise financial incentives for migrants to return to their countries of origin, with individuals eligible to receive up to SEK 350,000 (€32,000) and families up to SEK 600,000 (€55,000) as part of a broader effort to curb immigration and address integration challenges.

Migration Minister Johan Forssell confirmed the agreement among the coalition parties and emphasized that the program would include strong oversight mechanisms, telling Swedish news agency TT that the government wants to minimize the risk of people exploiting the allowance by coming to Sweden solely to claim the payment.

As reported by the Samnytt news outlet, the proposal also includes a clause requiring full repayment of the grant if the recipient returns to Sweden, regardless of the time elapsed."
This is old news and you posted it in the past. However they are doing nothing new and Denmark has been doing this for longer. The idea is simple, some refugees who quite rightly got asylum may find its difficult to integrate into a western society. That's nothing new, Irish people all over the world struggle with this even in other western societies. If the conditions in their home country now allow it some may prefer to return but to what - everything they left is probably gone and they are penniless. Therfore the financial incentives are to allow they to return to their countries and start again. The problem is, despite some changes in the likes of Syria, the world is still a messed up place and its unlikely many take it up but for those who feel then can its the humanitarian thing to do - would you not agree?

zinny (Wexford) - Posts: 1974 - 12/05/2025 03:46:02    2608645

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Replying To BarneyGrant:  "We can all read the party line. We don't need you to be regurgitating it.

Not learned anything since Covid mandate?"
Don't really see where you are going with this Barney. What I was trying to say, possibly not so successfully, is that Mr T would obviously feel more at home amongst those strongmen. But, shur, take what you like out of it, as you usually do.

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 1623 - 12/05/2025 10:18:22    2608704

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Replying To zinny:  "This is old news and you posted it in the past. However they are doing nothing new and Denmark has been doing this for longer. The idea is simple, some refugees who quite rightly got asylum may find its difficult to integrate into a western society. That's nothing new, Irish people all over the world struggle with this even in other western societies. If the conditions in their home country now allow it some may prefer to return but to what - everything they left is probably gone and they are penniless. Therfore the financial incentives are to allow they to return to their countries and start again. The problem is, despite some changes in the likes of Syria, the world is still a messed up place and its unlikely many take it up but for those who feel then can its the humanitarian thing to do - would you not agree?"
You make good points - as usual. But, as I advised in an earlier post, there is no point in trying to make sense to that particular poster. Best to ignore him - or her, or it, whichever the case might be.

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 1623 - 12/05/2025 10:33:48    2608713

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GOOD MAN TRUMP!

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/trump-administration-us-china-tariffs-drugs-saudi-arabia-live-updates-rcna206058

Trump administration live updates: U.S. and China agree to tariffs pause; president to sign drug prices executive order.

The United States and China have agreed to a 90-day pause on most tariffs they have imposed on each other since last month, taking a big step to ease the trade war between the two countries.

Trump plans to sign an executive order this morning that aims to lower prescription drug prices, according to a Truth Social post.

Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2509 - 12/05/2025 13:27:17    2608816

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Obviously people can post what they want and by all means post your opinions on Trump or whoever. Spamming this thread with copied and pasted Pro-Trump "news" is another thing altogether and quite bizarre really when you think about it

Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12357 - 12/05/2025 15:11:29    2608884

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Replying To Breffni40:  "Obviously people can post what they want and by all means post your opinions on Trump or whoever. Spamming this thread with copied and pasted Pro-Trump "news" is another thing altogether and quite bizarre really when you think about it"
If I was singing your tune you'd be fine with it. I post the links from various sites that are NOT Foxnews since we all know they are the bad guys. I try to keep a little balance between the anti-Trump and pro-Trump here. Again if I was singing your tune you'd be fine with it.

Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2509 - 12/05/2025 17:18:15    2608943

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