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[Getting rid of a dictator is always good]

'Some' Syrians crying and dancing in the streets all whilst Israel is currently doing a land grab on their country. Nothing to see here (not on the bbc website that's for sure). The West wants you to think it's ALL good. You're being played if you think that's all you need to know.

Watching the Butcher of Gaza licking his chops in the Golan heights yesterday would make you sick and very wary of what's to come.

I expect Syria to be balkanized very soon. 

Just Israel being Israel. Why would you expect anything else.

Btw have you seen the Hamas statement to the people of Syria?

https://x.com/naksbilal/status/1866104005664948316?s=46

Are Hamas puppets of the CIA and the how do ya dews now as well?

p.s. 'Some' Syrians - tens of thousands, probably hundreds, celebrating in the streets. Your twisted worldview can't process their unbridled joy.

So it isn't Abu Mohammed al-Jolani and ISIS who've taken over Syria and even Uncle Sam has him and his group on a terrorist watch list due to his Jihadi links?

Getting rid of a dictator is always good and if Abu Mohammed al-Jolani and his gang leave the Syrian people to make up their own minds then all the better, but I don't know about you, I'd have my doubts about that!

All the while Israel are working their way to the Euphrates in their quest for the "greater Israel" that the Zionists thrive for.

Iraq?

The square ball that was missed for the goal was a lot clearer than the one that was ruled out.

Awful sad especially so close to Christmas. Seemed like a gentleman. RIP.

How does one pay their mortgage, insurance, fuel, gas, electric, tv licence, holidays, fights, and still say they are 95%cash only users?

Seems like a lot of effort

It's  really not

Mortgage , mobiles, broadband Direct debit, and maybe  car/home insurance  (or  pay in person  if local insurer).  Hotels, Airbnb etc, would be card. Maybe the odd  sports event

Electric, TV licence ,  car tax  all  paid by cash in  the post office. 

Oil, fuel, groceries, clothes , car maintenance,  etc all done in  cash. Same with local shops, barber, filling station , takeaways,  butcher, etc.

It's not a lot of  effort. I  find it  very handy mostly working with  cash and much easier to budget

 When you consider how many  everyday transactions you'd  have (food, household items , fuel,  papers, lunch, toiletries,  bus/train, parking metre, car maintenance ,  etc),  I'm sure I'd be 95%+ cash

Would near all hotels be card only these days? Probably all need a card on file in case of damage? Mobile if you really wanted you can still get top-ups in the shop. Broadband can you pay cash in post office as well?

Not a great look for the club getting rid of a man they paid such big compo for only a few months ago, all in the same week they squeeze fans with ticket price increases.

Too many big swinging dicks at Utd now, Brailsforth, Berrada and Ratcliffe and lord knows who else.

Pogber coming back to train with the squad too ... cus that'll do wonders for anyone trying to act any way mature

Please tell me you're joking??

Do kilcoo have good youth coming through?

I wouldn't say they'd be blessed with the same underage success as the likes of Burren and Carryduff in recent years but they always seem to be able to add a couple of new faces to the panel every year

That's all ya need, well as long as they are good enough quality!

Who are the favourites for MacRory this year?

I would guess Magherafelt would be well fancied as they have James Sargeant and Derry won the U17 All Ireland last year

Jaysus he's some bull of a man to be playing MacRory!

Details on ticket prices. 

https://www.gaa.ie/article/2025-allianz-leagues

For the first time the GAA will charge U16s to enter its National League Games after prices for the 2025 competitions were confirmed.

Children's Tickets (U16) will be €5 for all Division 1 and Division 2 Fixtures in football and Division 1A & 1B in hurling. These tickets can only be purchased alongside an adult ticket.

Grab All..

Crokes Park should take the lead here. Club championships must be tiered one third of your clubs senior, one third intermediate and one third junior.

If you must you can divide within that to senior a and senior b etc but 60 clubs, 21 is the intermediate rep and 41 is the junior.

agree

Lavery came on and tried to pull the strings but just didn't happen. Tried a pass that would have led to a scorable mark at one stage but the lad waited on it and number 12 for EC made a brilliant interception.

Well done to EC sometimes the name is just on the trophy. Kilcoo will be back I'm sure

[I don't like the way we're going to a cashless society.]

Making an effort to be cash now as much as possible lately. If a place is card only I'll just go elsewhere. Only thing is the pockets full of coins are a huer!

Me too. I try to pay cash everywhere.

I don't like the way we're going to a cashless society.

Teenagers can hardly do money sums nowadays as they're always tapping.     

Nor me. I've nothing to hide , but  a cashless  society would give too much power  to banks and  government  agencies

What power?

Banks - the power to charge you whatever they  like for every card  transaction . And there would be nothing  you could do about it as the cash option would  be gone

Governments - freeze  bank accounts  like they did  with the Canadian truckers for daring to  speak out

That really didn't get enough coverage.

Not sure if this has been mentioned already, but the Say Nothing series on Disney is a good watch.
I see Marian Price is taking action against Disney in the aftermath.
Surprised there hasn't been something from Gerry Adams, doesn't paint him in the best light.
 

Very good watch, I see Jean McConvilles family have complained as well. Depicts Marian as Jeans killer which probably isn't fair on either side.

Ashworth wanted Southgate to takeover so good riddance lol

Not an expert on the football, but Kilcoo kicked that one away yesterday and from a well seasoned team, that will hurt over the winter, no doubt.

I get that there's a lot of hate in Down towards Kilcoo as they don't always help themselves they way they conduct themselves, but there is a lot of sour grapes in there as well.

A bunch of upstarts with no right to be winning anything making wee boys out of a lot of their neighbours with much bigger pools of players, tradition or whatever.

They've won 13 of the last 16 Down championships and a lot of them at a canter, so straight knockout, back door, round robin, it won't matter until the rest of the other clubs in Down up their game, grow a set of swingers and go toe to toe with them and stop complaining.

Pretty much. Think Warrenpoint ran them close a few years ago, extra time maybe? Clonduff have put it up to them before but Kilcoo have their number now and I don't know what to say about Burren, for all their quality they seem to have a mental block when it comes to Kilcoo.

Was a fella in midfield for Kilcoo a few years ago Dylan Ward, has he left the panel now? Did rightly on Conor Glass in Armagh the year Kilcoo beat Glen.

Errigal have played 15 competitive league games in Tyrone followed by a knockout county championship where they were close a few times to being knocked out and went on to win Ulster.

 I feel sorry for GAA people from other counties where leagues are practically friendly games and championships that gives the bigger clubs a chance to rest players as they can afford to lose a game and still win it.

I'd love to hear opinions from neighbouring GAA counties on why they don't have a similar system. My own club would play a league game on a Friday night with 1000+ attendance, and the talk of the village all week would be about the next league game. A championship game would have a big attendance with many neutrals with it being a knockout game.

5 games are set aside as starred games (without county men) and if the county get far then the league is put on hold to make sure county men get the chance to play club football for their club, which could be the difference for certain clubs staying in senior football or getting relegated.

Our - Armagh - leagues are linked to the championship also but we have the group stages first. Which, while it guarantees teams 3 games, takes a lot of excitement out of it. I'd prefer the Tyrone model if I'm honest

Me too, look at Clann Eireann and Cross this year were both beat early on, and obviously the county lads understandably took a while to get motoring for the clubs. Although when it does get going our championship was very good this year in all 3 grades with competitive games and surprises.