Things that make you go What the F**k?

[RedHand88]

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I've seen these but on a tabletop cylinder thingy, kind of like an Alexa with a screen.
We are in a black mirror episode.

[johnnycool]

Disappointed in Newsom, he is great on a lot of issues.

"Politicians should wear sponsor jackets like Nascar drivers, then we know who owns them"

Robin Williams quote sums them all up.

[Truthsayer]

Israel has admitted killing 70,000 people.. most likely as they could no longer deny it and the number is believed to be much higher.
Is there a specific number to define it as genocide?... Photos of Gaza, the forced starvation, denying aid getting in as well as independent journalists and the targeting of local journalists... sure looks like genocide.
The UN Commission of Inquiry, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the Lemkin Institute for Genocide certainly define it as such.

An American trauma surgeon who worked in Gaza says it is 200,000 dead and 70,000 children murdered.

https://x.com/MiddleEastEye/status/2026327655717441688

Totally. With Israel admitting to 70,000 you can be sure it is much much higher.

[DaleCooper]

Israel has admitted killing 70,000 people.. most likely as they could no longer deny it and the number is believed to be much higher.
Is there a specific number to define it as genocide?... Photos of Gaza, the forced starvation, denying aid getting in as well as independent journalists and the targeting of local journalists... sure looks like genocide.
The UN Commission of Inquiry, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the Lemkin Institute for Genocide certainly define it as such.

Genocide isn't about numbers rather deliberate targeting of discrete people groups /ethnoreligious etc.

The "twa" pygmy tribe in Rwanda were almost made extinct because they numbered 30-60k. 1% of Rwandas population. After the genocide as much as 50% were gone.

Making extinct a distinct ethnic group is rightly considered one of the worst crimes.

[imtommygunn]

The numbers are obviously horrendous but the targeting of women and children would be more of what you would expect to be genocide.

[Truthsayer]

Am no expert on what constitutes genocide.
The UN Commission of Inquiry, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the Lemkin Institute for Genocide define Israel's bombardment of Gaza as genocide... that'll do me.

[Armagh18]

Am no expert on what constitutes genocide.
The UN Commission of Inquiry, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the Lemkin Institute for Genocide define Israel's bombardment of Gaza as genocide... that'll do me.

All anti semite groups how dare they!

[Truthsayer]

Am no expert on what constitutes genocide.
The UN Commission of Inquiry, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the Lemkin Institute for Genocide define Israel's bombardment of Gaza as genocide... that'll do me.

All anti semite groups how dare they!

Indeed...

[Truthsayer]

When the BBC actually reports it...
Israeli soldiers shot a Palestinian boy and stood around as he bled to death, video shows.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpqwv9vvzx9o

[Rossfan]

Normal everyday behaviour from those cnts.

[gallsman]

"Melania Trump to lead UN security council session, White House says."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/26/melania-trump-un-security-council

[LC]

An average 3 bed semi in RoI is north of €400k but there is a 20% year on year increase in on people being unable to pay their December energy bill.

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0227/1560686-energy-bill-arrears/

People no doubt maxed out trying to cover their mortgage with other things falling by the way side, can't help by think they will run out of road eventually.

[marty34]

An average 3 bed semi in RoI is north of €400k but there is a 20% year on year increase in on people being unable to pay their December energy bill.

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0227/1560686-energy-bill-arrears/

People no doubt maxed out trying to cover their mortgage with other things falling by the way side, can't help by think they will run out of road eventually.

But I keep reading and hearing stories like this all the time this past 2 or 3 years but I don't see anything happening.

People still have their big houses, big holidays and big cars.

When is this day of reckoning coming?

[LC]

An average 3 bed semi in RoI is north of €400k but there is a 20% year on year increase in on people being unable to pay their December energy bill.

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0227/1560686-energy-bill-arrears/

People no doubt maxed out trying to cover their mortgage with other things falling by the way side, can't help by think they will run out of road eventually.

But I keep reading and hearing stories like this all the time this past 2 or 3 years but I don't see anything happening.

People still have their big houses, big holidays and big cars.

When is this day of reckoning coming?

You always hear this chat about an 18 year cycle when it comes to the property market, hopefully I am wrong but can not help but think a re-set of shape or form is inevitable.

[Orior]

Irish News columnist and Portadown man Newton Emerson is on holiday, so who do they get in to replace him? Richhill man Peter Cardwell. (Maybe this should be in the County Armagh board page.)

I really like Newton's column and find him balanced and insightful. But Cardwell is a right wing, reform loving, racist bigot cnut and fair play to the Irish News for having him step in for Newton. The IN are not afraid to push boundaries.