Newstalk - Breakfast Show

davef1000

I just thought it was funny, that's all.

wnolan1992

Fair enough. :-)

Speaking of funny, I for one can't wait for Ivan on Monday given his certainty that Man C would put Leicester in their place today! :pac:

Radio is for life

wnolan1992 wrote: »

Fair enough. :-)

Speaking of funny, I for one can't wait for Ivan on Monday given his certainty that Man C would put Leicester in their place today! :pac:

IM just surprised that newstalk and Funny are in the same sentance.

PeterTheEighth

Pathetic stuff from Niall Collins. Trying to make political points over the recent murders in Dublin. And when it's put to him that his party closed Templemore, he says "well FG should have re-opened it sooner".

wnolan1992

PeterTheEighth wrote: »

Pathetic stuff from Niall Collins. Trying to make political points over the recent murders in Dublin. And when it's put to him that his party closed Templemore, he says "well FG should have re-opened it sooner".

And if they'd opened it sooner, he'd have been on saying "They opened it too soon!", or "The resources were poorly deployed!", or "They should have radically changed policing in the country in the past 4 years so that this didn't happen!", or "Why didn't they use mind powers to anticipate these attacks?".

Basically, all politicians are conceited, lying, hypocritical douchebags. Without exception.

jooksavage

wnolan1992 wrote: »

And if they'd opened it sooner, he'd have been on saying "They opened it too soon!", or "The resources were poorly deployed!", or "They should have radically changed policing in the country in the past 4 years so that this didn't happen!", or "Why didn't they use mind powers to anticipate these attacks?".

Basically, all politicians are conceited, lying, hypocritical douchebags. Without exception.

Nothing like an election to send douchebaggery levels into overdrive. No incident too big, small or crass to exploit for some cheap point-scoring.

nomdeboardie

Pat Kenny shilling the "food intolerance" industry and York Test again :rolleyes:. I don't know that there is nothing to these ideas, but PK's totally unquestioning delivery is galling (not so much as it would be if he was still on the public purse, though); update - he read a question on that from a listener, but did not dwell on it. He's generally a good inquisitor, but sometimes drops the ball on what should be asked or fails to follow up to a satisfactory answer. More so since transfer to Newstalk, I wonder... More frantic energeticness, less substance?

PeterTheEighth

Chris embarrassing himself again. He was only short of saying "Well Taoiseach if you dont answer my question, I'm going to scream and scream and squeam".

Baggy Trousers

He was dead right. Our esteemed leader is let off answering simple questions time and time again - in public and in the Dail.
That is not democracy.

PeterTheEighth

"There was a report this morning that there are x number of people on trolleys this morning. Minister, are you proud of that?"

Chris needs a smack in the mouth. Somebody in NT needs to talk to him about his childish, petty, immature, populist manner of interviewing.

wnolan1992

Baggy Trousers wrote: »

He was dead right. Our esteemed leader is let off answering simple questions time and time again - in public and in the Dail.
That is not democracy.

Agreed, but reiterating the same question over and over again in a petulant tone just comes across as childish. If Chris had just said "Taoiseach, I'm not asking whether you're actively thinking about going into government with FF, I'm asking whether you'll outright rule the possibility of doing so out?", allowed Enda to weasel out of it, then just said "Your lack of an answer is answer in itself, thank you." I think it would have been far more impactful than just shouting "WILL YOU RULE IT OUT!" while one of the handlers is saying "Chris..." in a very condescending tone.

PeterTheEighth

If that gobsh1te says "Battlebus" one more time. :mad::mad::mad::mad:

Floppybits

PeterTheEighth wrote: »

If that gobsh1te says "Battlebus" one more time. :mad::mad::mad::mad:

Any pictures of this Battlebus?

wnolan1992

gimmick

Stop saying battlebus.

wnolan1992

gimmick wrote: »

Stop saying battlebus.

Apt username is apt when discussing Battle Bus. :pac:

Gwynplaine

That Dublin scobie / New Yorker accent hybrid is the worst I've ever heard.
Why are there so many Americans on Moncrief's show? Most of them spouting nonsense.

PeterTheEighth

You've got to laugh at Newstalk telling the audience to "make sure and tune in for" Yates' predictions, as if he didn't want us to be denied these golden nuggets of wisdom. While speaking to George Hook last week, I think Vincent Browne summed it up best - "This fella (Yates) went in to the prediction business and lost a fortune, proving conclusively that his predictive abilities are close to zero."

PeterTheEighth

And now John Fitzgerald, another man who has proved conclusively that his predictive abilities are close to zero as well.

wnolan1992

PeterTheEighth wrote: »

You've got to laugh at Newstalk telling the audience to "make sure and tune in for" Yates' predictions, as if he didn't want us to be denied these golden nuggets of wisdom. While speaking to George Hook last week, I think Vincent Browne summed it up best - "This fella (Yates) went in to the prediction business and lost a fortune, proving conclusively that his predictive abilities are close to zero."

Well he predicted something like 150/166 correct in the last election...

PeterTheEighth

wnolan1992 wrote: »

Well he predicted something like 150/166 correct in the last election...

Maybe he should have taken more bets on politics than sport then.

wnolan1992

PeterTheEighth wrote: »

Maybe he should have taken more bets on politics than sport then.

I thought the point you were trying to make was that his "prediction abilities are close to zero", yet now you seem to saying he does know what he's talking about and can predict politics?

Your attempts to have a childish dig at someone you don't like are confusing.

PeterTheEighth

wnolan1992 wrote: »

I thought the point you were trying to make was that his "prediction abilities are close to zero", yet now you seem to saying he does know what he's talking about and can predict politics? Your attempts to have a childish dig at someone you don't like are confusing.

I'm sorry for confusing you.

Claude Burgundy

PeterTheEighth wrote: »

You've got to laugh at Newstalk telling the audience to "make sure and tune in for" Yates' predictions, as if he didn't want us to be denied these golden nuggets of wisdom. While speaking to George Hook last week, I think Vincent Browne summed it up best - "This fella (Yates) went in to the prediction business and lost a fortune, proving conclusively that his predictive abilities are close to zero."

Browne isn't the best business man himself.................

http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/vincent-browne-slashes-debt-at-his-firm-by-over-260000-28892367.html

Vorenus400

Claude Burgundy wrote: »

Browne isn't the best business man himself.................

http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/vincent-browne-slashes-debt-at-his-firm-by-over-260000-28892367.html

At least Vincent is paying his debts unlike Mick Wallace or going off to the Britain like Ivan.

gimmick

Didn't Yates offer to pay something like 90c on the €1 but was refused leaving him with little other option?

or is that a myth?

Vorenus400

gimmick wrote: »

Didn't Yates offer to pay something like 90c on the €1 but was refused leaving him with little other option?

or is that a myth?

Wow, if he genuinely made that offer then I am impressed. But did he just say that after coming back from the UK?

Claude Burgundy

gimmick wrote: »

Didn't Yates offer to pay something like 90c on the €1 but was refused leaving him with little other option?

or is that a myth?

Ye she has said that a number of times that he made that offer but the bank refused.

Ol' Donie

Why does Oliver Callan's Michael D Higgins do that f*ckin squeak noise all the time?

Faugheen

Is it just me or does Chris like to mention that the Taoiseach didn't do an interview with them a lot?

Jadaol

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Why does Oliver Callan's Michael D Higgins do that f*ckin squeak noise all the time?

I think it's hilarious. He has him to a tee. The pomposity while wittering on about the vulnerable.
The squeak is a little dog yelping which fits his character

wnolan1992

Callan is a poor man's Mario Rosenstock tbh.

Some of Callan's material is good, but his impressions for the most part a woeful IMO. Michael D is the prime example.

wnolan1992

Ivan is such a wind-up merchant when it comes to Trump it's ridiculous. :pac:

ThisRegard

Ivan is such a wind-up merchant, full stop. It can be funny when it comes to some sort of controversial topic and he takes a certain view point, twitter, texts and threads like this explode in indignation.

jooksavage

wnolan1992 wrote: »

Ivan is such a wind-up merchant when it comes to Trump it's ridiculous. :pac:

Back in the 1930's, he'd probably have been chuckling up his sleeve at people getting bent out of shape about Mussolini, Hitler and Franco.

wnolan1992

jooksavage wrote: »

Back in the 1930's, he'd probably have been chuckling up his sleeve at people getting bent out of shape about Mussolini, Hitler and Franco.

Damn, we've just been Godwin'd.

Shut 'er down boys!

:P

Baggy Trousers

Yates predicted Kevin 'Boxer' Moran (IND) would win a seat in Longford-Westmeath especially after Moran got so much profile during the Athlone floods. He was 4/1 at the time so I put €50 on. He is now even money last time I checked and he seems to be campaigning very well (recently got Connacht centre Henshaw to endorse him and do a video with him).

Harry Angstrom

Baggy Trousers wrote: »

Yates predicted Kevin 'Boxer' Moran (IND) would win a seat in Longford-Westmeath especially after Moran got so much profile during the Athlone floods. He was 4/1 at the time so I put €50 on. He is now even money last time I checked and he seems to be campaigning very well (recently got Connacht centre Henshaw to endorse him and do a video with him).

He's 1/3 now.

Baggy Trousers

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

He's 1/3 now.

Yeah I believe he is an absolute cert. Fair play Yates!

PeterTheEighth

Newstalk doing nothing to hide their delight at Labour's demise this morning. That Chris O'Donoghue lad, I swear, I was cringing at his stupid questions this morning. One smug, smartar$e question after the other. He shouldnt be allowed near any serious programming.

PeterTheEighth

A greedy rich man like Peter Sutherland really was the worst person to pick to bat on behalf of the refugees. Why in God's name did any body think this was a good idea.

muggles

Baggy Trousers wrote: »

Yates predicted Kevin 'Boxer' Moran (IND) would win a seat in Longford-Westmeath especially after Moran got so much profile during the Athlone floods. He was 4/1 at the time so I put €50 on. He is now even money last time I checked and he seems to be campaigning very well (recently got Connacht centre Henshaw to endorse him and do a video with him).

Well done on the win!

How did Yates do on the predictions overall??

Loafing Oaf

muggles wrote: »

Well done on the win!

How did Yates do on the predictions overall??

Here's his final predictions if you want to go through them:

http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/ivan-yates/ivan-yates-predictions-who-will-make-it-to-the-dil-and-whose-heads-will-roll-34484333.html

Calling the two Green seats was pretty impressive I thought

muggles

Damn. Thought someone might have it summed up for me already or that he may have mentioned it on radio! Cheers for the link though, will have a look tonight when I have time.

Muff Richardson

Only one I know he got wrong for sure is that clown Mattie McGrath, it was part of Matties victory speech on the radio announcing how Yeats got it wrong. Pathetic stuff. Must've been his ingenious campaign slogan of "ooh ahh Mattie Mcgrath, say ooh ahh Mattie McGrath" that secured it for him. Sad state of affairs when a gobsh*te like this gets voted in, but sure isn't it great for the parish

Glebee

Muff Richardson wrote: »

Only one I know he got wrong for sure is that clown Mattie McGrath, it was part of Matties victory speech on the radio announcing how Yeats got it wrong. Pathetic stuff. Must've been his ingenious campaign slogan of "ooh ahh Mattie Mcgrath, say ooh ahh Mattie McGrath" that secured it for him. Sad state of affairs when a gobsh*te like this gets voted in, but sure isn't it great for the parish

He got one wrong in Offaly as well, He predicted 2FF & 1FG, ended up 1FF, 1FG and 1SF but the second FF seat was very close thing.

Dublin Bay South I see he had Lucinda getting back in.

Dublin fingal - He had James Reilly getting back in.

The more I look through it the more ones I see wrong, Kerry wrong, North Kildare wrong...

wnolan1992

He got Kerry wrong, saying Danny Healy Rae wouldn't get it.

And he got Cork NW wrong, he predicted John Paul O'Shea would get in, but Aindrias Moynihan got the most first preferences and both Moynihans held on in the end.

I'd assume they're waiting to sum it all up once the last few seats are filled. There were still counts going on this morning.

Declan A Walsh

I was following Ivan's predictions over the weeks. He did pretty well overall, but there a few he missed alright. There were some he admitted that it was too close to call to be sure about.

He got the Green Party 2 right, including Catherine Martin in Dublin Rathdown, but he did not predict that Josepha Madigan would beat Alan Shatter for the Fine Gael seat. He also predicted wrongly that Joan Burton would lose her seat in Dublin West, giving it to Sinn Fein's Paul Donnelly. But that was a difficult one to get right.

Faugheen

To be fair in Dublin West, every man and his dog had Joan Burton losing her seat.

Awful campaign by SF being unable to get Donnelly elected.

ballsymchugh

depending on how the recount goes, he got one or 2 wrong in longford westmeath. i'm pretty sure he said bannon would top the poll, but he's fighting with penrose now just to not be eliminated. the shinners could be taking the last seat there yet.