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    #4682
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,687 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    I've just seen the news

    Wtf


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    #4683
    Synode
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,967 ✭✭✭Synode


    Stheno wrote: »
    I've just seen the news

    Wtf


    Any links? Is it the militia in Georgia?


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    #4684
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    swiwi_ wrote: »
    An angry uneducated mob is dispensable. They also hold no real power. Republicans with power are ditching trump. He will be left a sore sad loser with an uneducated fan base who have no real influence. He has achieved nothing for that demographic.

    They are definitely dispensable. But they are armed and they are storming the capitol building


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    #4685
    Stheno
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    Synode wrote: »
    Any links? Is it the militia in Georgia?

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2021/jan/06/georgia-election-latest-news-senate-ossoff-warnock-democrats-republicans-trump-biden

    Chaos on Capitol Hill

    Guardian live blog tends to be ok


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    #4686
    Podge_irl
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 26,683 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    Protestors storming the Capitol Building


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    #4687
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,687 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    irishbucsfan wrote: »
    They are definitely dispensable. But they are armed and they are storming the capitol building

    Theres talk.of locking everyone inside in the Senate room


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    #4688
    aloooof
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 10,569 Mod ✭✭✭✭aloooof


    sydthebeat wrote: »
    fair points aloof..... and i think school closures for a short term lockdown would certainly make sense if they could guarantee that there would be no loss of school time due to it... ie if they pushed the LC out to the start of july.... i think that would be agreeable to a lot of people

    theres a double whammy coming down the tracks for LC students of 2021 which i think parents and teachers needs to be mindful as well
    theres the disruption to school time cause by the march 2020 lockdown.
    theres the unknown re this lockdown and what the future holds... are they going to sit a written exam or get calculated grades

    but especially, theres the extra number of students which will be looking for college places in sept 2021
    theres the high number who deferred for a year last sept
    theres the 2500 number that sat the paper test in november
    and theres this years LC students... all vying for a limited number of college places


    but at the end of the day of NPHET say that its safe for teachers to teach LC students 3 days a week in specific conditions, then so be it.

    That's all pretty fair, tbh syd. Just on the final point tho:

    https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1346877445874585612

    In any case, I'm off to divert my attention to the what's going on in the States at the moment...


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    #4689
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    aloooof wrote: »
    That's all pretty fair, tbh syd. Just on the final point tho:

    https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1346877445874585612

    In any case, I'm off to divert my attention to the what's going on in the States at the moment...

    https://twitter.com/rtenews/status/1346896852604608515?s=20

    Tony Holohan has said they did not


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    #4690
    Stheno
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    Jeez I just switched on CNN

    there's THOUSANDS of them!


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    #4691
    thomond2006
    Registered Users Posts: 45,433 ✭✭✭✭thomond2006


    The absolute state of this.

    Now the Georgia state capitol is having issues.


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    #4692
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,687 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1346905422775595009?s=19


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    #4693
    Squidgy Black
    Registered Users Posts: 21,656 ✭✭✭✭Squidgy Black


    Imagine a few months ago if protestors had tried to storm federal buildings.

    There was rubber bullets and tear gas fired at peaceful protesters in the streets, never mind taking over federal buildings and storming past barricades.


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    #4694
    dregin
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 6,524 Mod ✭✭✭✭dregin


    If these guys were black and had entered the capitol, they'd all be dead. Let's call a spade a spade.


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    #4695
    The Inbetween is mine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,705 ✭✭✭The Inbetween is mine


    dregin wrote: »
    If these guys were black and had entered the capitol, they'd all be dead. Let's call a spade a spade.

    Am I the only one old enough to remember what "a spade" is? ...and I don't mean a shovel


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    #4696
    swiwi_
    Registered Users Posts: 4,492 ✭✭✭swiwi_


    I'm saying it again.

    This will make a supreme Netflix drama - it has it all!


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    #4697
    molloyjh
    Registered Users Posts: 24,762 ✭✭✭✭molloyjh


    Don Jr is taking the moral high ground now that the crowd he, his father and their cronies have wound up have done what people warned them they would. I'm with Podge. This warrants untold levels of abuse and name calling. F*** the lot of them the f***ing megalomaniac, narcissistic, brain dead, immoral, greedy, pathetic shower of Tuesdays. There isn't a hole deep enough for them to be buried in.


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    #4698
    Synode
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,967 ✭✭✭Synode


    https://twitter.com/brosbey12/status/1346911552373280769


    Shocking stuff


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    #4699
    Stheno
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    I'm not sure if this is actually a human



    https://twitter.com/InmanRoshi/status/1346914026572406787?s=19


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    #4700
    Podge_irl
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 26,683 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    molloyjh wrote: »
    Don Jr is taking the moral high ground now that the crowd he, his father and their cronies have wound up have done what people warned them they would. I'm with Podge. This warrants untold levels of abuse and name calling. F*** the lot of them the f***ing megalomaniac, narcissistic, brain dead, immoral, greedy, pathetic shower of Tuesdays. There isn't a hole deep enough for them to be buried in.

    I was ready for this reaction just for the legislative response.

    But they all own these actions too. They are inherently related to each other.

    **** the absolute lot of them.


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    #4701
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers Posts: 41,506 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    Murica....


    What a total basketcase


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    #4702
    bilston
    Registered Users Posts: 17,798 ✭✭✭✭bilston


    Unbelievable stuff...CNN calling it a coup. Let's be clear Trump incited this and is therefore culpable. Its a coup that isn't going to go very far, but the symbolism of it is incredible.

    Biden has one hell of a job on his hands reuniting those very Disunited States of America.


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    #4703
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 53,755 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    2021 off to a good start. :rolleyes:


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    #4704
    The Inbetween is mine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,705 ✭✭✭The Inbetween is mine


    awec wrote: »
    2021 off to a good start. :rolleyes:

    Cant wait for next week's episode!


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    #4705
    aloooof
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 10,569 Mod ✭✭✭✭aloooof


    awec wrote: »
    2021 off to a good start. :rolleyes:

    2020+1


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    #4706
    Podge_irl
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 26,683 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    It is utterly bonkers how long this has gone on at this point.

    Suddenly White House Down doesn't seem so out there...


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    #4707
    [Deleted User]
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    This is absolutely mental.

    There is a line in the Chernobyl TV series that I keep coming back to. "Every lie incurs a debt to the truth".

    Those debts appear to be coming due. Not just in America either.


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    #4708
    Dave_The_Sheep
    Registered Users Posts: 7,367 ✭✭✭Dave_The_Sheep


    I take a nap for an hour and wake up to find America has gone crazy.

    Well, crazier.


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    #4709
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,687 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »
    I take a nap for an hour and wake up to find America has gone crazy.

    Well, crazier.

    Most crazy you mean


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    #4710
    Dave_The_Sheep
    Registered Users Posts: 7,367 ✭✭✭Dave_The_Sheep


    That Trump "The election was stolen, but go home" message just there was just mind bogglingly dangerous. But at this stage, not surprising.


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    #4711
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,687 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »
    That Trump "The election was stolen, but go home" message just there was just mind bogglingly dangerous. But at this stage, not surprising.

    Appalling

    Good NEWS CNN calling it for Ossoff


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