Messages

Scotland was the only part of the United Kingdom that had anything like a vaguely feasible hope
of making it alone as an Independent country and It wisely chose to stay in the UK.
Sammond is a bit of a dreamer and did remarkably well to engineer himself into this position,Many of the Yes campaign supporters came across as crass with a large dollop of hippy thrown in for good measure.
   The implications of this referendum could well have repercussions for the other Union Countries as the people of England are growing tired of the unbalanced nature of funds thrown towards devolution governments.

Oil would you think?

The work shy/professional protesting/ Hippy brigade will tell you that the reason for Islamic barbarism is careful manipulation on the part of the west to secure future oil reserves.
ISIS now control vast Oil reserves and have more money than Man Utd, alot more. around 6 billion.Not bad for a group of like minded savages who doctor the Koran to legitimise their thirst for blood.

Apart from the vast swathes of humanity and children ISIS have killed they carry thousands of sex slaves which is ironic considering they kill homosexuals yet indulge among themselves after a hard days killing.

To be fair to Mayo the Ref was outrageously bad, The amount of blatant double hops and ground picks that went unpunished for both sides was comical,Allied to the two phantom frees on Donaghy and BJ Keane and the Pen, Mayo were dealt the worst hand by a distance by the gross incompetence of the Ref. I genuinely feel that Reilly went through some form of a breakdown during the game and subsequently lost all control and seemed ready to break into tears at any moment.
                          Interestingly yesterday when it looked like Dublin were all but done near the end The Referee gave some crazy decisions in Dublins favour but to no avail as Donegal were just to good.

I think the lesson in this is that you must be five or six points the better team to be sure of winning.
Tight matches are all to often decided by Referee interpretation or incompetence.

[C) Both teams were pretty evenly matched and the referee possibly helped Kerry shade it with 8 or 9 debatable calls.]

So which is it....

A) Kerry were the better team overall and deserved to win, despite the referee giving them a few handy frees
B) Kerry were clearly second best and the referee outrageously robbed Mayo
C) Both teams were pretty evenly matched and the referee possibly helped Kerry shade it with 8 or 9 debatable calls.

Your daughter is calling you..

That result today will really make Mayos heartbreak even harder to take,Mayo would have relished the chance to take on Donegal and gain revenge for 2012.

Liam McHale and Kevin McStay already touted.They should really push hard for Jack O'Connor,Mayo have the finance to make that happen.

Fantastic theater today!!
Mayo have come a long way under Horan who is a great leader who always had his men in peak conditions for battles and despite contrary opinion his men never lacked bottle or fight just a top class forward or two.However Horans critical weakness is/was his tactical game management and he was outfoxed by the wily Fitzmaurice today.Barry Moran was a disaster as was Cafferky and changes were to late.
Moran was awesome with Maher not far behind,Crowley is very unheralded but he is a real dog of war,The battle between Higgins and JOD was epic stuff,Donaghy bullied all and sundry and Mayo had no answers.
  Referee was poor,I couldnt believe how many double hops and direct picks off the ground which were missed.He did the classic balancing act which did no merit the intrusion of a couple of hooligans at the end.

Kerry have every chance now and with a few tactical changes (I would get rid of Johnny Buckley  no stomach for a fight at all) they will be extremely hard beat.

Lots of inflammatory Anti Israeli talk here from a couple of bigoted easily led serial article producing fetishists.

What a wonderful game today, such a shame theirs not a few more games like that more often,I cant remember enjoying a game as much despite losing a few quid on Mayo they displayed incredible heart as did kerry.
Replay nicely poised with the impact of the bench players crucial today posing big selection dilemmas.
I think Mayo will come on more from today and win the replay and have a very real chance in the final.

what happened first? Rocket fire or Israeli shelling?

Probably the rockets. Gaza is not going to go back to the siege. The people are sick of it and they want their rights.
Israel thinks it can terrorise them into going back to the status quo. 

Looks like Norway is going to pony up for the reconstruction whenever Israel comes to its senses.

Not being smart, but WHY do they do that? They have a ceasefire, their people can catch their breath. They know that Israel will react like a crazed lunatic, so why do they do it? It's madness.

They are throwing their own people to the lions in the hope that the world will see how bad the lions are.

Israel kills them. Gaza wants to change the status quo. Israel thinks it can terrorise Gaza into dumping Hamas. It's like chess.
The Norwegians will pay for whatever Israel destroys. Other than Israeli society.   

Hamas are reckless chess players.
I wonder have Hamas a specific number of civilian deaths targeted.They still refuse to evacuate children from Gaza city to the sparse southern end of Gaza.

Israel wants to kill kids. It is trying to terrorise gaza to surrender. And it's operating way beyond international law. The people of Gaza are not going back to the siege. Israel is ultimately responsible for Gaza as occupier. It is not Gaza's fault that Israel is run by sadists .

Why cant Hamas evacuate kids from Gaza City to the south of Gaza and take some measures to try to safeguard innocent children in a war zone?
Storing rockets in schools is not helping the plight of the innocent children, is it Seafoid?

what happened first? Rocket fire or Israeli shelling?

Probably the rockets. Gaza is not going to go back to the siege. The people are sick of it and they want their rights.
Israel thinks it can terrorise them into going back to the status quo. 

Looks like Norway is going to pony up for the reconstruction whenever Israel comes to its senses.

Not being smart, but WHY do they do that? They have a ceasefire, their people can catch their breath. They know that Israel will react like a crazed lunatic, so why do they do it? It's madness.

They are throwing their own people to the lions in the hope that the world will see how bad the lions are.

Israel kills them. Gaza wants to change the status quo. Israel thinks it can terrorise Gaza into dumping Hamas. It's like chess.
The Norwegians will pay for whatever Israel destroys. Other than Israeli society.   

Hamas are reckless chess players.
I wonder have Hamas a specific number of civilian deaths targeted.They still refuse to evacuate children from Gaza city to the sparse southern end of Gaza.

I could have sworn the "what about all the non-Arab-Israeli conflicts and why aren't yiz kicking up a stink about them" question had been answered, but let me try to answer the whatabouters in the hope that they'll stop repeating the same damn question and a million variations thereon:

• Because on an emotional level, Irish people feel a strong sense of empathy with the Palestinians because of the similarity of their situation to Ireland's historical situation
• Because Israel is in violation of more UN resolutions than Saddam Hussein's Iraq ever was and has been getting away with it for a whole lot longer
• Because Israel is a terrorist apartheid state that has managed, through the most efficient propaganda system I have ever seen, to convince large swathes of the western public that it is a civilized, modern, democratic state that is only acting in self defence against unprovoked attacks
• Because Israel has managed to wipe from the western consciousness the existence of about a million Palestinians living in refugee camps since the ethnic cleansing job of 1967
• Because Israel has managed to repeat the mantra over and over again that it has a "right to exist" (which is code for justifying the ethnic cleansing on which the state is built) and has a "right to defend itself" (which is code for slaughtering scores of innocent Palestinians as collective punishment for the actions of a small group of militants).
  
• Because Israel, the aggressor in this case, is propped up by Western governments, particularly the USA, and by isolating Israel in the west we might actually stand a chance of doing something about them

If that answers your question, please stop repeating it like a broken record.

Basically the same can be said for numerous African states.

Firstly Eamon I do not agree with all of your bullet points(sincere apologies to itchy)

However it is true Israel is backed up by the USA and 1967 did amount to territorial annexations,I do not accept that Israel is a terrorist apartheid state.The small group of militants is also a falsehood,Hamas have the support of the people they represent.I respect what your saying but it is clouded somewhat by a deep Hatred of Israel.

DRC Militant factions financed by US Belgium among others to plunder the rich resources and create a perennially war torn state which serves the purpose of the West.
Rwanda The French role in the lead up to the 'Big' genocide, They armed the Hutu militia.
Liberia-US
Ageria-France
Burundi-Germany etc etc
An Unstable mineral rich Africa suits western ends.

I have a heavy wedge on Mayo.Looking forward to a great game between two really good attacking sides.I think Mayos overall team ethic will swing it.
  The winner will make the best opposition for Dublin.

Mayo are adopting a new media spin this year,Last year was the year of the understated

"ah sure ya wouldnt even know twas all Ireland week here in Mayo,hardly any flags out"

This year its different all bullish and in your face

"to hell with ye we are being hounded from all corners and by jaysus we'l show ye"

I can see Mayo taking Kerry but I cant help but feel last year was their chance to beat Dublin.

I could have sworn the "what about all the non-Arab-Israeli conflicts and why aren't yiz kicking up a stink about them" question had been answered, but let me try to answer the whatabouters in the hope that they'll stop repeating the same damn question and a million variations thereon:

• Because on an emotional level, Irish people feel a strong sense of empathy with the Palestinians because of the similarity of their situation to Ireland's historical situation
• Because Israel is in violation of more UN resolutions than Saddam Hussein's Iraq ever was and has been getting away with it for a whole lot longer
• Because Israel is a terrorist apartheid state that has managed, through the most efficient propaganda system I have ever seen, to convince large swathes of the western public that it is a civilized, modern, democratic state that is only acting in self defence against unprovoked attacks
• Because Israel has managed to wipe from the western consciousness the existence of about a million Palestinians living in refugee camps since the ethnic cleansing job of 1967
• Because Israel has managed to repeat the mantra over and over again that it has a "right to exist" (which is code for justifying the ethnic cleansing on which the state is built) and has a "right to defend itself" (which is code for slaughtering scores of innocent Palestinians as collective punishment for the actions of a small group of militants).
  
• Because Israel, the aggressor in this case, is propped up by Western governments, particularly the USA, and by isolating Israel in the west we might actually stand a chance of doing something about them

If that answers your question, please stop repeating it like a broken record.

Basically the same can be said for numerous African states.

ISIS are undoubtedly a brutal bunch but what is worrying is the unquestioning willingness you all have to accept every story about them that emerges on LiveLeak and the western press. It is certain that a significant proportion of their stories, pictures and videos are fake and distributed to further the aims of the big western powers. For example, this 'convert or die' thing has been repeated so many times it's now unquestionably accepted as true. However according to those journalists actually in the area it's really that a tax has been imposed on non-Muslims, something like the Church of Ireland tithe which Catholics used to pay here in the 19th century. Unfair yes but a long way from 'convert or die'. Decapitating babies? No evidence so far. Then there's the genocide of those 50k people on top of the mountain which helped deflect so much attention from Gaza, well on the news this morning the Brits and Yanks have called off their rescue mission because well there weren't as many people as they thought and those that are there aren't in quite the dire straits as had been thought. Indeed...

"Then there's the genocide of those 50k people on top of the mountain which helped deflect so much attention from Gaza, " What a charming comment about woman, children and civilians being killed.

I hope you find your evidence when you wake up.