Gemma not taking enforced retirement too well

Birneybau

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

Fascist traffic warden tickets innocent motorist.

Just playing Devil's Advocate here, but I think that's an old video.

Edit: Nope, it's just not the first time.

Snickers Man

Dav010 wrote: »

The Supreme Court in the US is crucial to voters, for many it is the most important issue, particularly in the way it relates to gun control and Roe v Wade. So she made a very valid point, having control of the Senate and the opportunity to elect a conservative Judge is too good an opportunity to miss, if the roles were reversed, there is no doubt the Dems would do the same, MC knows this, Americans know this.

What's astonishing is that a quick perusal of Supreme Court appointments over the last 50 years shows how many of them were made by Republican presidents. Since Nixon came to power in 1969, 15 Judges have been appointed by Republicans. (Nixon 4, Ford 1, Reagan 4, Bush Senior 2, Bush Junior 2, Trump 2).
Democrats in all that time have only appointed four: two each for Clinton and Obama. There will almost certainly be a 16th appointed by Trump before the election. So, in the past 50 years, 80% of Supreme Court Appointments will have been made by Republican presidents and pushed through by the Senate.


Nixon and Reagan both served two terms (well, one and a half in Nixon's case) and managed to get four appointees each through. Carter didn't appoint any. Clinton and Obama only managed to appoint two each in their two-term presidencies.

If Trump gets a third appointment through, and he almost certainly will, it will be the first time a single-term president made three successful appointments since Herbert Hoover in 1929-1933.
And if he wins a second term........

The Nal

paw patrol wrote: »

Russia was 1993 and Germany was 1994 - doesn't seem a million years from irelands 1993. Both European and both non-catholic.
France was 1982 , Spain 1978 - in legal terms a decade is v small.

Where are you getting these dates from?

Germany decriminalized gay sex in the 60s and France did in the 1700s. As per your link.

Same-sex sexual activity
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Hotblack Desiato

Dav010 wrote: »

The benefit of having Mary Ellen Synon was to provide balance and perspective.

Allowing complete bullsh!t to go unchallenged is not "balance".

paw patrol wrote: »

there was an appetite to retain some of them

There's an appetitie for sharia law in muslim countries, doesn't make it right though.

Dav010

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Allowing complete bullsh!t to go unchallenged is not "balance".




There's an appetitie for sharia law in muslim countries, doesn't make it right though.

That is your opinion.

And yes, having balanced reporting is important, you may not agree with her point of view, but for us to understand why Trump is so popular and indeed why he has a chance of being re-elected, we need to hear the reasons why people like what he does.

To be honest, it’s a bit ignorant to try and censor someone just because you don’t agree with them. I don’t agree with what Trump says, but I understand why a significant proportion of Americans vote for him, and MES articulated those reasons.

Equating Gemma with MES or 60 million American voters is bonkers, Trump the personality is a narcissist pig, but he has reduced bureaucratic red tape for business, reduced competition from China, elected conservative judges to SC, protected the 2nd amendment and improved the take home pay of a lot of Americans etc, for those reasons, all of which MES outlined, his supporters love him.

ohnonotgmail

Dav010 wrote: »

That is your opinion.

And yes, having balanced reporting is important, you may not agree with her point of view, but for us to understand why Trump is so popular and indeed why he has a chance of being re-elected, we need to hear the reasons why people like what he does.

To be honest, it’s a bit ignorant to try and censor someone just because you don’t agree with them. I don’t agree with what Trump says, but I understand why a significant proportion of Americans vote for him, and MES articulated those reasons.

Equating Gemma with MES or 60 million American voters is bonkers, Trump the personality is a narcissist pig, but he has reduced bureaucratic red tape for business, reduced competition from China, elected conservative judges to SC, protected the 2nd amendment and improved the take home pay of a lot of Americans etc, for those reasons, all of which MES outlined, his supporters love him.

MC did not challenge her on anything. that is not balance.

Dav010

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

MC did not challenge her on anything. that is not balance.

It is, he did, he clearly and often informed listeners for a week before he broadcast the interview that a supporter of DT was going to be on his show, and that listeners would find it interesting. I watch enough partisan reporting on CNN and Fox to appreciate a reporter who does not look to shout down the interviewee. Let her talk, let her articulate her point of view, then make your own mind up. And like it or not, the Republicans/evangelicals/NRA/whites like what she had to say, we might not agree with it, but that is democracy for you.

Dav010

Dav010 wrote: »

It is, he did, he clearly and often informed listeners for a week before he broadcast the interview that a supporter of DT was going to be on his show, and that listeners would find it interesting. I watch enough partisan reporting on CNN and Fox to appreciate a reporter who does not look to shout down the interviewee. Let her talk, let her articulate her point of view, then make your own mind up. And like it or not, the Republicans/evangelicals/NRA/whites like what she had to say, we might not agree with it, but that is democracy for you.

A week of Fox and CNN makes you appreciate how unbiased our media actually is. It leans one way or another but Jesus, the US appears to have nothing but either PR or witch hunting

Dav010

Niner leprauchan wrote: »

A week of Fox and CNN makes you appreciate how unbiased our media actually is. It leans one way or another but Jesus, the US appears to have nothing but either PR or witch hunting

Absolutely right, and apparently the local affiliates are even worse.

Just an aside, a childhood friend has a construction business in New Jersey, when I met him last summer, over a pint he told me he is a Trump supporter and will not only be voting for him, he will encourage his nearly 200 employees to do the same. Why? I asked, because DT is good for business and his company has been doing better since he was elected, everything is just background noise was his view. Does that make him a Gemma? Does it hell.

paw patrol

Penfailed wrote: »

To voted against it? Does that mean you voted to repeal it or retain it?

sorry - i vote against repealing the 8th

PhoneMain

Dav010 wrote: »

Absolutely right, and apparently the local affiliates are even worse.

Just an aside, a childhood friend has a construction business in New Jersey, when I met him last summer, over a pint he told me he is a Trump supporter and will not only be voting for him, he will encourage his nearly 200 employees to do the same. Why? I asked, because DT is good for business and his company has been doing better since he was elected, everything is just background noise was his view. Does that make him a Gemma? Does it hell.

My Irish born aunt in Georgia is doing the same. Her daughter has actually stopped talking to her over it. Basically Trump has put more money into her pocket and she wants to keep it that way.

I dont like Trump but so much of the criticism about him here is personal rather than against his policies. I really feel that if Hilary was in charge the last 4 years, the same issues in America would be in place that are there now. George Floyd would still have been killed, Climate Change would be a massive issue, Covid would probably be as bad etc. It irks me the way the general vibe in Ireland is that Democrat = Good, Republican = Bad. Still doesnt take away from the fact that Trump is a creep and a gangster.

Anyway, back on topic. I cant help feeling some sympathy for Gemma, I wonder have her family tried to undergo some intervention with her. maybe she was always like that. Funnily enough, i've no sympathy for the likes of Dee, Gran Turd or that Fiona Marie Flanagan on Twitter.

Dav010

Dav010 wrote: »

Absolutely right, and apparently the local affiliates are even worse.

Just an aside, a childhood friend has a construction business in New Jersey, when I met him last summer, over a pint he told me he is a Trump supporter and will not only be voting for him, he will encourage his nearly 200 employees to do the same. Why? I asked, because DT is good for business and his company has been doing better since he was elected, everything is just background noise was his view. Does that make him a Gemma? Does it hell.

Well thats how most think and vote. The US is not a socialist country so to them, voting for the good of others is even more alien than it is to us.

I do think his plans are ultimately bad for the US economy long term. trump can bankrupt and move on, many cant

hynesie08

Dav010 wrote: »

Absolutely right, and apparently the local affiliates are even worse.

Just an aside, a childhood friend has a construction business in New Jersey, when I met him last summer, over a pint he told me he is a Trump supporter and will not only be voting for him, he will encourage his nearly 200 employees to do the same. Why? I asked, because DT is good for business and his company has been doing better since he was elected, everything is just background noise was his view. Does that make him a Gemma? Does it hell.

I've been making this point for years, construction workers don't care who's policy caused the increase, they just see more buildings=more monet=let's not change anything.......

I can't condemn anyone who holds that view.

TaurenDruid

Dav010 wrote: »

It is, he did, he clearly and often informed listeners for a week before he broadcast the interview that a supporter of DT was going to be on his show, and that listeners would find it interesting. I watch enough partisan reporting on CNN and Fox to appreciate a reporter who does not look to shout down the interviewee. Let her talk, let her articulate her point of view, then make your own mind up. And like it or not, the Republicans/evangelicals/NRA/whites like what she had to say, we might not agree with it, but that is democracy for you.

His usual Marian McKeown versus Cal Thomas is balance.

Allowing someone on to say - unchallenged - that Trump did not call the coronavirus a hoax, what he actually said was the Democratic response was a hoax" is not "balance."

Allowing someone on to claim - unchallenged - that Trump is as brave in standing up to China as the student who stood in front of a tank in Tianamen Square is not "balance."

Cooper asked Synon a couple of follow-up questions that she brushed aside or deflected, and no probing questions - it was one of the worst, softest interviews I've heard in years.

TaurenDruid

hynesie08 wrote: »

I've been making this point for years, construction workers don't care who's policy caused the increase, they just see more buildings=more monet=let's not change anything.......

I can't condemn anyone who holds that view.

It's a very short term view, though. The construction worker with no health insurance who ends up in hospital with heart disease or cancer will likely bankrupt his family. Under the Affordable Care Act, he would have had some minimal safety net, at least.

Inquitus

Snickers Man wrote: »

What's astonishing is that a quick perusal of Supreme Court appointments over the last 50 years shows how many of them were made by Republican presidents. Since Nixon came to power in 1969, 15 Judges have been appointed by Republicans. (Nixon 4, Ford 1, Reagan 4, Bush Senior 2, Bush Junior 2, Trump 2).
Democrats in all that time have only appointed four: two each for Clinton and Obama. There will almost certainly be a 16th appointed by Trump before the election. So, in the past 50 years, 80% of Supreme Court Appointments will have been made by Republican presidents and pushed through by the Senate.


Nixon and Reagan both served two terms (well, one and a half in Nixon's case) and managed to get four appointees each through. Carter didn't appoint any. Clinton and Obama only managed to appoint two each in their two-term presidencies.

If Trump gets a third appointment through, and he almost certainly will, it will be the first time a single-term president made three successful appointments since Herbert Hoover in 1929-1933.
And if he wins a second term........

You used to need 60 senate votes for a Supreme Court Justice appointment, now it is just 50, this means instead of appointing someone who can garner a number of Democrat senators, as Reagan et al would have had to, Trump can just jam through whoever he wants, as we have seen and are seeing.

davedanon

How exactly has Trump put more money in people's pockets? His tax cuts mainly benefited the rich. The economy was already on the up before his election. Presidents don't 'own' economic ups and downs for the most part, although they will always take credit. But if anyone owned this economy, it's Obama, not Trump. Any Americans who close their eyes to everything but their own selfish concerns are idiots, ultimately. They deserve everything they get. It behoves us all to be concerned about what goes on in the world, even if it's only out of enlightened self-interest. My life has been consumed by Trump, and Brexit, for the last 4 years. It's ironic that significant rumps in both America and the UK are solely concerned with their own lot, when there are thousands and thousands of people around the world watching through their fingers, horrified.

Dav010

davedanon wrote: »

How exactly has Trump put more money in people's pockets? His tax cuts mainly benefited the rich. The economy was already on the up before his election. Presidents don't 'own' economic ups and downs for the most part, although they will always take credit. But if anyone owned this economy, it's Obama, not Trump. Any Americans who close their eyes to everything but their own selfish concerns are idiots, ultimately. They deserve everything they get. It behoves us all to be concerned about what goes on in the world, even if it's only out of enlightened self-interest. My life has been consumed by Trump, and Brexit, for the last 4 years. It's ironic that significant rumps in both America and the UK are solely concerned with their own lot, when there are thousands and thousands of people around the world watching through their fingers, horrified.

They really don’t care who is watching them.

hynesie08

TaurenDruid wrote: »

It's a very short term view, though. The construction worker with no health insurance who ends up in hospital with heart disease or cancer will likely bankrupt his family. Under the Affordable Care Act, he would have had some minimal safety net, at least.

I know this, you know this, but it's easy to be blinded by green, and when your company has 5 years of jobs lined up it's very easy to eschew long term strategy for short term gain.

Riesen_Meal

Thread veering way off the Gemma subject as usual with some of our new found accounts on here, I'm sure there's a Trump thread somewhere...

humberklog

Award winning journo Gemma was like a bloodhound in Dalkey today. After having some issue with a spot of roadworks she moved onto uncovering the nest of Masonic Lucifarians hiding in plain sight... "Hmmm interesting symbolism in those curtains" she pointed out.

Video of her ramble is up on aciquestion on Twitter. Be prepared to have all you assumed about net curtains thrown in the bin

Deebles McBeebles

humberklog wrote: »

Award winning journo Gemma was like a bloodhound in Dalkey today. After having some issue with a spot of roadworks she moved onto uncovering the nest of Masonic Lucifarians hiding in plain sight... "Hmmm interesting symbolism in those curtains" she pointed out.

Video of her ramble is up on aciquestion on Twitter. Be prepared to have all you assumed about net curtains thrown in the bin

Is she a curtain twitcher now? Her supporters will hate that.

Odhinn

humberklog wrote: »

Award winning journo Gemma was like a bloodhound in Dalkey today. After having some issue with a spot of roadworks she moved onto uncovering the nest of Masonic Lucifarians hiding in plain sight... "Hmmm interesting symbolism in those curtains" she pointed out.

Video of her ramble is up on aciquestion on Twitter. Be prepared to have all you assumed about net curtains thrown in the bin

You wouldn't happen to have a link to that? I thought her account was suspended.

Penfailed

Odhinn wrote: »

You wouldn't happen to have a link to that? I thought her account was suspended.

Her account is. Search for 'aciquestion' and you'll find it.

dan1895

Penfailed wrote: »

Her account is. Search for 'aciquestion' and you'll find it.

Ha ha. Off her rocker!

Riesen_Meal

https://twitter.com/aciquestion/status/1311341383303782407?s=20

Those Dalkian Luciferians...

AndrewJRenko

Fieldog wrote: »

https://twitter.com/aciquestion/status/1311341383303782407?s=20

Those Dalkian Luciferians...

Do you still have to order the chicken nuggets when you go to the Dalkey Freemason Luciferian pub she mentioned?

Gervais08

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Do you still have to order the chicken nuggets when you go to the Dalkey Freemason Luciferian pub she mentioned?

As long as they’re more than €9!

dublinman1990

I just saw the one where she is ranting off the builders. She has gone mentally off the scale.

ohnonotgmail

Fieldog wrote: »

https://twitter.com/aciquestion/status/1311341383303782407?s=20

Those Dalkian Luciferians...

There is nothing in the curtains that suggests freemasonry. she is off her rocker.