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Class envy is bullshit, whitely. Working class GOP voters got fed up with being shafted so the 1% could increase their wealth.  This is very, very American and happens once every 80 years or so. trump has started a process that will end up with workers taking over the system.

Thanks Gold.

Can I just ask, does anyone have any opinion on using sleeping tablets to get off to sleep?  I seem to find it hardest when I'm lying in bed at night. Mind racing and dark thoughts. If I thought they would knock me out I think I'd go for it. Afraid of any side effects though.  Getting out of bed in the morning is tough enough as it is.

They help you get the rest you need when your brain is whirring and your sleep doesn't come like it does usually . You won't need them when you feel yourself again. It will take time to get back to yourself but you will do it.

http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/thousands-pay-respects-to-former-gaa-president-joe-mcdonagh-1.2658037
Thousands pay respects to former GAA president Joe McDonagh

Former Galway hurler, GAA official, teacher and Irish language promoter died on Friday



Thousands of people travelled from all over Ireland and beyond to pay their respects to former GAA president Joe McDonagh last night.

Mr McDonagh reposed at the Cillín within Church of Mary Immaculate Queen in Barna in Galway throughout the day before his removal to the church late Monday night.

The former Galway hurler, GAA official, teacher, Irish language promoter and education administrator, passed away on Friday after a short illness aged 62.

GAA players, managers and officials were among thousands from all over the country who travelled to the small village at the entrance to Connemara.

They queued for hours outside the church which overlooks Galway Bay, with the church full to capacity an hour before Mr McDonagh's body was brought from his home a short distance away.

Mr McDonagh, who is survived by his wife Peig, son Eoin and daughters Muireann and Eilis, will be laid to rest at Rahoon Cemetery after noon mass on Tuesday.

He won an All-Ireland medal in 1980 when Galway ended a 57-year wait for the Liam McCarthy Cup and famously sang 'The West's Awake' after captain Joe Connolly collected the trophy.

Mr Connolly said Joe McDonagh was an integral figure in the revival of Galway hurling, but that was just one of the many things he achieved in his life.

"One thing I would absolutely say with certainty, in our era as Galway hurlers we had wonderful fun. We had brilliant fun from beginning to end. The greatest social nights you can imagine of a gathering of people, we had it.

"We took our hurling so seriously, there was a phenomenal spirit engendered in the group at the time, but bang in the middle of all that was Joe. He was just a wonderful raconteur, a wonderful singer, a great hurler.

"In his last few years, rising to the top of the GAA and education, we shared Joe with the country, but for those years we had him to ourselves when we were hurling for Galway," said the former Galway captain.

His former Ballindeereen and Galway colleague Noel Lane said that his long-time friend had left a huge legacy behind him.

"He lived in Barna in recent years and there is plenty of granite out there. Joe has laid granite foundations in so many things in the GAA, in education, in the Irish language. So many things that will benefit communities locally and internationally for years to come," he said.

A book of condolence is open at City Hall in Galway city, while Galway County Council held a minute's silence before their meeting in Abbeyknockmoy.

You know you're in dire trouble when we're hammering you in the summer.

You must be looking forward to this summer, Syf.
Ros have had a hard enough time over the last 15 years

In Kane, Sturridge, Vardy and Rooney, England might just have the best forward line at the tournament. But it's difficult to see them winning tight games if relying on Smalling and Cahill at the back.

Anyway 40/1 England and Kane is worth a couple of quid.

1. Best forward line at the tournament? Don't mistake hype for substance.
2. How could any self respecting Irishman back England to win the championship.

God love them

Some nonsense on here from Mourinho passed his sell by date to the manager is not the problem but the Glazers. Mourinho this time last year was manager of the league champions and as much I hate the glazers they are not responsible for LVG's poor performances as a manager this year.

As for the style of football we haven't been great to watch since 2008 and Mourinho's teams aren't that bad to watch.

A rumour started last week that Mourinho wants Brian Kidd back involved in the club, Fergie really will be furious if that happens.

As for our captain marvel he has shown his true colours leaking information to Daniel Taylor & Mark Ogden over the weekend. Rooney really is a c**t.

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/79243fec-067f-11e6-9b51-0fb5e65703ce.html

"The innovator's early success guarantees him a long ride at the top. This summer, Guardiola, aged 45, will hop from Bayern Munich to Manchester City. But judging by past innovative managers, he has already peaked. By 45, Johan Cruyff, Arrigo Sacchi and Van Gaal had won their last European trophies. By contrast, less tactically innovative coaches who excel as man managers — notably Alex Ferguson and Carlo Ancelotti — tend to remain successful for longer.
The penultimate stage is where Van Gaal is now: the bewildered old former innovator. The patient passing game he installed at Ajax 25 years ago can no longer pull apart modern defences. Meanwhile his lasting innovations — for instance, making his forwards ceaselessly press opponents to win the ball — have been copied by everyone else. He keeps chopping and changing unproductively at Manchester United, because he no longer knows what to do. Likewise, all Wenger's past innovations have long since become best practice across football."

Mourinho won the Cl in 2004 and again in 2010.
What did he do with Real ?
He is not a man manager, is he ? Ask Casillas
His last season at Chelski was a pantomime

There are far better young fellas like Poch and Tuchel.

Another dud move by the Glazers and Ed know nothing Woodward

Woohoo!!!!!He's gone 

It'll be great. David Moyes was shafted as well. It was super afterwards

Westmeath play Galway for the honour of the maroon jersey

R o Oireland could be looking at a repeat of 2012.
They should cut the numbers for the finals down by half to avoid such embarrassment. I think Europe had 31 countries in 1988 when we made the last 8. Now there are 55 countries. Most of the new ones are shite at soccer, with some honourable exceptions. The group stages are a joke.

Thanks. Not so good when that game doesn't even raise the dander in me.

it will get a lot better even if you can't see it at 3am

Not a t**ker in the strict sense, but by Jaysus Brendan Lynskey was one tough hombre.

I was thinking of him as well. Gerry Mac was able to take care of himself too.
He has a sports shop in Oranmore now and is a great man to talk hurling with

With that amount of money let's hope they finish at least top 10.

Who cares about the money? really?

If the club can afford which they obviously can then they can pay him whatever they want. He will have had guarantees around a transfer budget to go along with it, so as long as the players are able to come in then most fans wont give a monkeys what is paid to the manager. Especially when they weigh this up against the interest payments are being made or the money the Glazers are syphoning off from the club to prop up the property empire in the States.

Jim O Neil of Goldman Squid tried to put together a consortium to buy Man Utd. People who were into football. And the price was so high they couldn't. The Glazers manage the club for money. they want to sell it for multiples of what they paid.
They are the issue, not the manager

the commercialism of the big soccer tournaments is sickening

[but Tipp need scoring forwards]

3/1 does seem short to me, but then again, 3/1 bar Kilkenny seems about right. What price are Galway? I'd have Clare a bit shorter, maybe 5/2.

Galway are 15/2 and need a FB and CHB
but Tipp need scoring forwards

Are you serious? Tipp have Seamus Callanan, John O'Dwyer, Noel McGrath, Jason Forde, John McGrath, Niall O'Meara. Tipp have too many wristy 'scoring' forwards. What they need are dogs in the half forward line. Curran and Dan McCormack are the latest to be tried, and maybe Bonner Maher will rediscover his mojo.

Last year in the semi final where were they? 3 had to be taken off
tipp's backs are good but there is something missing

Maybe JBM's second coming in Cork wasn't so bad after all.

He reminds me of Kenny Dalglish