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General discussion / Re: Kerry babies 30 years on

« on: March 24, 2023, 08:00:11 PM »

Ann Lovett

Moving statues, abortion and divorce referendums, post Papal visit euphoria.

And a poor 15 year old girl had no one to confide in about her situation

And then they tried to cover it up

Has to be among the most shocking incidents since “independence”

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General discussion / Re: Landlordism 2.0

« on: March 24, 2023, 07:57:04 PM »

https://mobile.twitter.com/caulmick/status/1639175657245507584?s=48&t=RYtl0Il2l5K_ejkHKyVHiA

Pretty shocking stuff.

Disgrace. Some crowd called Greendrive Asset Holdings. I wonder what the political affiliations of the directors are.

I don't understand

Did the potential buyers not have a legally binding contract?

Why would they give their notice at their current rental, if the contract they were signing for the new house was not legally binding?

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General discussion / Re: East wall #Irelandisfull

« on: March 23, 2023, 09:27:58 AM »

Illegals that obey the law (WTF) can get amnesty?

So all illegals here that are actually breaking the law can stay but those with a deportation order need to go?

I don’t think the right wing nut jobs would go for that

It's the Irish American way of thinking. You see they were mostly illegal 1st. Then through honest to God hard work the built themselves a better life, yee haw. Never committed no crime, yee haw. God damn they deserve an amnesty.
Now those blacks coming into Ireland may be legal or illegal - but who cares. They mostly rapists, paedos and murderers anyway so should be shipped home. (Fire your pistols into the air )

It’s actually an extremely liberal view I hold on immigration

Seeings as it It would be virtually impossible to deport the 10s of millions of people who are here illegally, allow them to stay with a one time amnesty

Obviously deport those with serious criminal records

For the record, 90% + of the people I’m talking about giving amnesty to would not be white

There is the added complexity of birth right citizenship-babies born to undocumented persons are automatically citizens…..unlike Ireland which defeated an amendment to the constitution which would allow it…….racists!

https://www.refcom.ie/previous-referendums/irish-citizenship/

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General discussion / Re: East wall #Irelandisfull

« on: March 23, 2023, 12:07:30 AM »

https://midwestradio.ie/index.php/news/65854-almost-4-000-people-issued-with-deportation-orders-here-are-unaccounted-for

Absolute joke

Crazy!! I’ve said before I’ve a mate living in your country that’s unaccounted for!

Will you give him up?

Was he issued with a deportation order and then released from ICE custody and told to deport himself?

He’s illegal he entered the country illegally, to live have a better life and moved from a ‘safe’ country.

So then he doesn’t have an active deportation order issued against him!

But ok to stay then? Good man

Well I have said on here numerous times (when chatting with J70) that illegals who obey the law should be given amnesty.


And people who are ordered to be deported should be kicked out immediately

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General discussion / Re: East wall #Irelandisfull

« on: March 22, 2023, 11:40:17 PM »

https://midwestradio.ie/index.php/news/65854-almost-4-000-people-issued-with-deportation-orders-here-are-unaccounted-for

Absolute joke

Crazy!! I’ve said before I’ve a mate living in your country that’s unaccounted for!

Will you give him up?

Was he issued with a deportation order and then released from ICE custody and told to deport himself?

He’s illegal he entered the country illegally, to live have a better life and moved from a ‘safe’ country.

So then he doesn’t have an active deportation order issued against him!

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General discussion / Re: East wall #Irelandisfull

« on: March 22, 2023, 11:34:01 PM »

https://midwestradio.ie/index.php/news/65854-almost-4-000-people-issued-with-deportation-orders-here-are-unaccounted-for

Absolute joke

Crazy!! I’ve said before I’ve a mate living in your country that’s unaccounted for!

Will you give him up?

Was he issued with a deportation order and then released from ICE custody and told to deport himself?

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General discussion / Re: East wall #Irelandisfull

« on: March 22, 2023, 11:26:57 PM »

https://midwestradio.ie/index.php/news/65854-almost-4-000-people-issued-with-deportation-orders-here-are-unaccounted-for

Absolute joke

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General discussion / Re: The Many Faces of US Politics...

« on: March 16, 2023, 07:53:50 PM »

Did you know that pedophiles no longer exist

They’re now called “minor attracted persons”

And rapists-well they can no longer be sent to male prisons if they decide to “identify” as a woman. They have to be sent to a female jail

And your clubs county championship winning girls team, well next week they’re going to get hammered by about 30 points by a team fielding 3 or 4 players who are biologically male, but who identify as female

And the club name….well that has to change. Naming clubs after Catholic Saints or clergy is exclusionary.

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General discussion / Re: Help needed with research - villages/small towns with public squares

« on: March 15, 2023, 12:25:59 AM »

http://www.historicalballinrobe.com/page_id__36.aspx

Ballinrobe (Cornmarket)

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General discussion / Re: Depression

« on: March 14, 2023, 04:35:08 PM »

As the dad of 2 teenage boys here goes:

Do a little social engineering. Make an extra effort to do things with kids he likes. For us it was going to a rail trail on mountain bikes

If he’s stressed academically, get him a “coach” if you can swing it. It made a huge difference for one of our guys. He has mild ADHD, but used to get overwhelmed when he fell behind

Find an empty parking lot and reach him how to drive (even if he’s underage). Tell him you’ll get his provisional license on the day he turns of age

Sleep-vitally important. We still battle, but have him shut down electronics an hour (or more) before bed

Traditions-find inflection points during the year and write activities into the calendar. Eg-Fathers Day climb a mountain. Good Friday-go fishing. Bank Holiday weekend-pick a rail trail and hike or bike

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General discussion / Re: Cryptocurrency

« on: March 14, 2023, 09:15:37 AM »

Glad to see Trump still getting the credit he deserves…

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mayrarodriguezvalladares/2023/03/12/how-trumps-deregulation-sowed-the-seeds-for-silicon-valley-banks-demise/?sh=53ad9dfd3432

And Barney Frank too

https://www.wsj.com/articles/barney-frank-pushed-to-ease-financial-regulations-after-joining-signature-bank-board-e5c8819c?mod=mhpO

The 2010 Dodd-Frank legislation set tougher regulatory safeguards on banks with more than $50 billion in assets. After leaving office and joining Signature’s board, Mr. Frank, a Massachusetts Democrat, publicly advocated for easing those new standards for smaller banks.P

A basic root cause analysis would tell you that the changes Trump actually made had more of a negative impact than the ones Frank argued for but didn’t get.

Nobody could argue this is good for Trump.

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Believe what you want

“Mr. Frank, who has earned more than $2.4 million in compensation from Signature Bank since 2015, rejected the idea that the regulatory change abetted Signature’s collapse.

“Nobody has shown me any evidence of systemic or other kinds of fraud that would have been prevented” without the 2018 rollback, Mr. Frank said.

Lifting the threshold, Mr. Frank said, was a good change that “saved smaller banks a lot of paperwork.” Mr. Frank said that as early as 2013 he began talking publicly about the need to change it, predating his employment with Signature Bank“

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General discussion / Re: Cryptocurrency

« on: March 14, 2023, 01:11:04 AM »

Glad to see Trump still getting the credit he deserves…

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mayrarodriguezvalladares/2023/03/12/how-trumps-deregulation-sowed-the-seeds-for-silicon-valley-banks-demise/?sh=53ad9dfd3432

And Barney Frank too

https://www.wsj.com/articles/barney-frank-pushed-to-ease-financial-regulations-after-joining-signature-bank-board-e5c8819c?mod=mhpO

The 2010 Dodd-Frank legislation set tougher regulatory safeguards on banks with more than $50 billion in assets. After leaving office and joining Signature’s board, Mr. Frank, a Massachusetts Democrat, publicly advocated for easing those new standards for smaller banks.P

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General discussion / Re: Cryptocurrency

« on: March 13, 2023, 11:30:01 PM »

They used long term instruments to fund (what became) short term liabilities

They didn’t hedge their interest rate risk

https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-news-today-03-13-2023/card/silicon-valley-bank-dropped-a-hedge-against-rising-rates-in-2022-6MiD9ZLVY9CF8zbIM7ze

“One point that surely didn’t help: The bank reported virtually no interest rate hedges on its massive bond portfolio at the end of 2022. It terminated or let expire rate hedges on more than $14 billion of securities throughout the year, the company said in its year-end financial report.

Interest rate hedges are often in the form of something called swaps, a financial instrument that effectively turns an investor's fixed-rate loans or bonds into floating rate by paying a third-party. These can be important for banks like SVB because so many of their investments are tied up in fixed-income bonds like mortgages or Treasurys. When rates go up, fixed-income bonds fall in value, as happened with SVB.

Previously, SVB had boasted about its hedging“

It’s mind boggling how negligent and irresponsible they were

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General discussion / Re: Who’s Been Cancelled??

« on: March 12, 2023, 12:15:45 AM »

He’s entitled to his opinion while at the same time accepting an annual salary of £1.2M from the government/taxpayer.

If I publicly criticized my employer in the manner he did I’d be fired by the end of the day

That's ridiculous, there's no way anyone actually pays you to do a job.

I had assumed whitey must be self-employed based on things he said about the Trump taxcuts benefiting him a few years ago.  (for context, Trump's tax bill cost me almost 10k in the first year alone, as I was no longer able to deduct mortgage/interest payments from my bill.  That's obviously a first world problem, but as an employee, I had my main deduction taken away from me by Trump, as did most people I know.  So I assumed that anyone who benefited must have had business ownership costs to deduct).

Were mortgage payments tax deductible in the states at a time?!?

My understanding is property tax is still deductible-just you’re capped at $10K which pretty much screws you if you’re in a high tax state. (I am in MA, and my property tax is under $10K)

Mortgage interest is tax deductible as long as your mortgage is < $750K (Used to be $1M)

Interest on HELOC is now only tax deductible if used for verifiable home improvements. Previously people would buy cars or pay college expenses from home equity and deduct the interest

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General discussion / Re: Who’s Been Cancelled??

« on: March 11, 2023, 02:46:29 PM »

He’s entitled to his opinion while at the same time accepting an annual salary of £1.2M from the government/taxpayer.

If I publicly criticized my employer in the manner he did I’d be fired by the end of the day

That is also true, and if your criticism is correct you’ll have enough people supporting you.

Who gets to decide if it’s a correct or incorrect opinion?

Is British public opinion on the side of the govt or on Linekers side as it pertains to the “small boat strategy”?

I find this a handy way of knowing....

If you're on the side of the DUP then it's wrong and you're quite possibly a ****. If you're on the opposite side to the DUP then you're probably grand and dead on.

What does English public opinion say on the matter?

They’re the one paying his wages