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Lessons in Cute Hoorism: “Graft was accepted, for you were taking from the British…”
I’ve been catching up on some reading, recently. Most pleasantly surprised by John Drennan’s latest opus from Gill and Macmillan, Cute Hoors and Pious Protestors… It’s early days yet, but I was struck by this paragraph, part of a dissection of Fianna Fail near the beginning: One of the more fatal consequences of our colonial [...] read our review »
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Legion of the Rearguard – Dissident Irish Republicanism by Martyn Frampton, Book Review
Are you confused about ‘dissident’ Irish Republicanism? Anxious about its existence and its seemingly increasingly deadly capabilities? Martyn Frampton’s new book, Legion of the Rearguard: Dissident Irish Republicanism (Irish Academic Press, 2011) serves both as a primer on active dissident groups and a timely analysis of their historic significance and contemporary capabilities. This book clears [...] read our review »
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Is Fianna Fail the new Woolworths of Irish politics?
It’s not published until 3rd March, but one book I recommend you place an advance order for from Slugger’s Bookstore is James Harkin’s Niche. Belfast émigré Harkin examines a number of stories from business, culture and politics and comes to a single insight: everywhere the broad middle is collapsing. He offers Woolworths as an iconic exemplar [...] read our review »
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Comment on The citizenship test: Protestants as well as Catholics in favour of fee waiver?
on 4 May 2012 at 12:11 am
have almost all the comments been removed from this thread?
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Comment on The citizenship test: Protestants as well as Catholics in favour of fee waiver?
on 3 May 2012 at 10:36 am
Blue Hammer,
The point Tacapall made is quite plain.; If you believe it is/was acceptable to carve up Ireland on a county by county basis, why isn’t ‘Northern Ireland’ a two county state of Antrim and Down?
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Comment on Is it time for unionists to make peace with Ireland’s Patriot Dead?
on 6 April 2012 at 11:35 am
“We all know the barbarity of the French Revoloution”
Yes but it’s not as prevalent in our minds as the barbarity used in squashing the Paris Commune and therein lies the core contradiction for me in this little back and forth.
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Comment on Privatising the investigation of crime?
on 6 April 2012 at 11:27 am
Conflict of interests anyone?
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Comment on “Those with the least capacity to suffer cuts should not be made to suffer more.”
on 1 March 2012 at 2:37 pm
Cynic2, instead of capping the benefits at source why not cap the rents charged by the landlords to a more realistic level or even better, why not redirect the benefit money into more public housing stock?
Alias, do you have any evidence to support your assumptions?
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Comment on This is a real campaign ad
on 7 February 2012 at 7:31 pm
Unsurprising simplicity from Harry Flashman again.
Dutch born Hoekstra paid $3.5 million dollars for this ad, not to tell his electorate what issues he had with the US relationship with China, but to get an Asian actress to portray a stereotypical and xenophobic portrayal of an Asian person who’s character is wallowing in the discomfort of the USian economy; discomfort caused by the short sighted libertarian economic approach of people like you incidentally.
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Comment on Super Bowl XLVI: Patriots seek revenge against Gotham’s Giants
on 6 February 2012 at 12:21 pm
Exciting game right up to the final throw. Manning was impressively cool under pressure in the final quarter and the Giants on balance were worthy winners but not without a strong element of luck. Just like the Packers in the playoffs, the Patriots receivers got butter fingers when it mattered. What a different game it would have been if Welker had have caught that pass.
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Comment on Super Bowl XLVI: Patriots seek revenge against Gotham’s Giants
on 5 February 2012 at 1:46 pm
Rooting for the Pats myself tonight. Bit a sour grapes I suppose for the Giants beating my beloved Packers in the playoffs but the Packers mostly beat themselves that night.
I agree it’ll be tight but I fear a defensive low scoring stalemate.
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Comment on “Last January, the vast majority of families decided that the 39th Anniversary would be the last march”
on 3 February 2012 at 2:34 pm
Harry,
Babies and Bathwater.
We both can agree that the meat of Brendans artile is his analysis of how Britain has changed its role in Bloody Sunday. If there are minor inaccuracies regarding dates et cetera, thats pretty much by the by.
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Comment on “Last January, the vast majority of families decided that the 39th Anniversary would be the last march”
on 2 February 2012 at 2:58 pm
“Tomas, the decision re the march was not taken by some of the families. It was taken by the vast majority of families and wounded and as seen by the numbers marching endorsed by the vast majority of the people of Derry and further afield.”
So what Sean? This is a commemorative and political event not a dick swinging competition. It’s not about the families nor the numbers or even ownership but the issues raised.
Harry Flashman, non so blind eh?
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