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Never even got to 2006 the wee baldy b******* lol

Bubba dismissed his security detail to travel with Epstein, a friend and known paedophile who used to molest scores of young girls, sometimes at 'orgy island'

Bubba could bring his rodent of a wife down yet, he seems to have the sexual appetite of another liberal president JFK.

You need counselling.

Why, not one word is a lie, it is true so why would I need counselling based on what I wrote?

You seem incapable of making any contribution without including hateful, bileful, personalised comments, about people, presumably, you haven't met personally. Every post you make is nasty and hateful, you obviously have serious anger issues which is why I said i think you need counselling. The fact that you will be unable to see that your posts go well beyond debate or discussion makes it even more necessary that you seek help.

[yes he's a big physical player and can kick a point but......]

I'd have question marks over Richie's pace and ability to fit into mickeys system of run, run run..yes he's a big physical player and can kick a point but......

there's no room in the modern game for big men that can kick points, that Dublin team is tiny sure

Derry have a couple of these players... I would imagine they will be picked up by McCann and Brennan and spend their time chasing in their wake as they surge up the field time and again...until the big men run out of steam....complete carnage

Was there ever a name as good as Raimondo D'Inzeo? A show jumper, possibly Italian or Brazilian. I wanted to be him or Bryan Robson or Tom "Curly" Prendergast.

Raimondo D,Inzeo. Now thats a name from the late 60s early 70s. In single channel land we used come in on summer evenings to watch him and Harvey Smith at the showjumping.

Fritz Ligges was a great name too

Bubba dismissed his security detail to travel with Epstein, a friend and known paedophile who used to molest scores of young girls, sometimes at 'orgy island'

Bubba could bring his rodent of a wife down yet, he seems to have the sexual appetite of another liberal president JFK.

You need counselling.

[the bald fact is that if NI came into a united Ireland tomorrow, the living standards of a lot of people relying on welfare there at the moment across both communities would drop dramatically, if they were to change over to ROI rates. Also the standard of public services in ROI is behind what is currently provided in the UK (although under a Conservative majority that will narrow).]

I think the point is that, as evidenced by the standoff over welfare cuts, that NI, as it currently stands, is still receiving a subsidy from the UK treasury that, both as a gross figure and per capita, is far beyond what the ROI Dept of Finance would be able to provide. Completely acknowledge the work that has gone on in NI in terms of stimulating the private sector, but there is still a huge amount of work to be done. Probably culturally as much as anything else - the reliance on the block grant is simultaneously a backstop for the institutions, but a disincentive to innovate.

I'm not right-wing economically at all, but the bald fact is that if NI came into a united Ireland tomorrow, the living standards of a lot of people relying on welfare there at the moment across both communities would drop dramatically, if they were to change over to ROI rates. Also the standard of public services in ROI is behind what is currently provided in the UK (although under a Conservative majority that will narrow).

People will always make their choices through self interest - at the moment, UI is a difficult practical argument to make as it can be demonstrated that there is a possibility of a fall in living standards, at least during a transition period.

The two states need to converge - ROI needs to get back to a level of economic growth and sustainability that seemed attainable in the late 90s, whilst the reality of austerity cuts in the UK would have to be applied equally across NI as it is across Scotland and Wales - so a UI becomes an attractive solution, to all segments of the Nationalist community and perhaps to a swathe of the Unionist middle class as well.

I really hope it does happen - whilst the first few years could be very difficult, I think the global goodwill towards a united Ireland, plus the necessary strengthening of our relationship with the UK because of guarantees to Unionists, whilst still remaining firmly with the EU, would present a massive opportunity for all on the island.

But it is opportunity that people will vote for, not history. Agree with commenters before that Nationalism, both North and South needs the emergence of a new leadership. We'll see.

Do you have any data to support this?  Would not have thought there would be a 'dramatic' difference tbh.

I'm not a mod

Fair enough so 

Mods!!!! Get this man banned rapido!!

But who would be the mod then?

What are you implying? Surely not that Ziggy is in fact a mod?? And has blatantly broken his own rules???

O  M  G what an appalling vista 

Mods!!!! Get this man banned rapido!!

Holy schmoley, what a crowd of oul weemen, a lot of people's palates haven't grown any more sophisticated since they left school by the looks of things.

The US has made some major foreign policy f**k-ups over the past half century + but surely the continued cold war with Cuba must  be the most ludicrous policy for the longest time of any successive governments of any one country*.

How anyone can criticise a country making or reciprocating overtures from one of their neighbours is beyond me.

Gmac take a bow son.


* exc Eng's occupation of Ireland of course 

Just skimming through this thread.

Fox and Stew are complete lunatics.

Sin e.

And getting worse lol

Don't know a wile pile about the Healy Raes, could some of you maybe give a synopsis of their shortcomings? My impression is that they indulge in a bit [lot lol]of parish pump politicking, would that be accurate? Or are there other issues for which they deserve derision?

Klopp's heavy metal football on show tonight.
Fantastic stuff from Liverpool

yeah the league title is in the bag.... 

Nordies 

[4 words from you on the subject. Is that it?]

First day on the job as well. No comment from Al or Jesse as yet.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/rookie-killed-day-job-virginia-shooting-article-1.2546227

Very tragic. Poor girl.

4 words from you on the subject. Is that it?
You'd have more to say if it was a drug dealer shot by a cop. We'd be hearing the #'s bleating away.

It was 4 more words of empathy and commiseration than you managed u arsewipe.

I was the one who posted it u dickweed. The likes of you only think it's "tragic" but get outraged when some drug dealer gets plugged and support the lootings and riotings that follow.

I know you posted it.. Without a single word of commiseration or sorrow. You are happy to use this young lady's death to score points on a discussion board when you quite obviously could not give a shit avbout the human tragedy that was her death. A disgusting thing to do, but clearly a defensible position for you.