Slugger O'Toole

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1. Comment on “Main obstacle to Unionist unity is Peter Robinson…”
   on 14 April 2010 at 3:07 pm

   Some contributors to Slugger get exercised when I refer to a ‘source’ or ‘sources’.

   Perhaps in some cases these authors (and I don’t wish to patronise anyone) are unfamiliar with the job of dealing with ‘primary sources.’

   Were I to name my sources every time I glean an insight, frankly, I would quickly find myself losing a lot of vital information. Sources would literally dry up.

   All I ask is for contributors to accept the bona fides of what I write.

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2. Comment on Cardinal Cahal Daly dies…
   on 1 January 2010 at 4:23 am

   HIs was a far from commonplace mind. Worth remembering for what he said on the topic of whataboutery (http://www.sluggerotoole.com/archives/2005/02/glossary_what_i.php)…

   The scholarly priest is a rare breed at the best of times, and rarer than ever in these days of the raconteur, the charlatan and shallow celebrity…

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3. Comment on Slugger Awards: Join our readers’ panel next Tuesday…
   on 17 November 2009 at 2:14 pm

   Only one serious conflict of interest would be if your blog was nominated. I don’t think nominating itself should be a bar to participation.

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4. Comment on Village Magazine editor more influential than Enda Kenny, according to Village Magazine…
   on 17 November 2009 at 5:27 am

   GRMA a chapaill, ach an tig leat an liathróid a aimsiú agus imirt ó am go ham?

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5. Comment on Village Magazine editor more influential than Enda Kenny, according to Village Magazine…
   on 17 November 2009 at 5:22 am

   barelegs,

   Well spotted.

   I suspect the mechanics of these lists are pretty tough for a group to hammer out since without a single governing factor, you are left with all these strangely bended relationships to account for. I’m not so sure why Joan Bruton came so far down the list after Eamon Gilmore either.

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6. Comment on BlogTalk NI: Remembrance and Nelson McCausland’s blog…
   on 12 November 2009 at 10:53 pm

   td,

   careful now, thry’ll be calling for you to do the stirring if you are not careful..

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7. Comment on ‘Do you do it all at once or do you do in bite size chunks given the leverage we have?’
   on 10 November 2009 at 4:14 pm

   Drift,

   Go and read Richard Needham’s book if you doubt what FD has to say. One of the things we’re thinking about adding is a little flag that allows other readers to flag a post as requiring ‘more evidence’. Fighting each other through assertion is tedious for the rest of us.

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8. Comment on The Poppy and Irish Nationalism
   on 9 November 2009 at 6:26 pm

   Richard,

   That seems to me to be an invitation for someone to grasp the issue by the scruff of the neck…

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9. Comment on Will Paisley bid for Edward Carson’s old clothes?
   on 6 November 2009 at 2:53 am

   The devil is always in the detail… It’s a lot better known now than before I’d wager…

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10. Comment on Will Paisley bid for Edward Carson’s old clothes?
    on 5 November 2009 at 9:06 pm

    Corrected. Thanks.

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