No quitten we're whelan on to chitchat 11

In case anyone hasn't heard of what the plan in the US is once Trump is in, have a goo at this

https://www.project2025.org/

Written and supported by many who were in power during Trumps original term. Ground works already done with many people put in positions in Republican states to carry out what's needed. There's more than a small chance if he gets in, and this stuff starts getting implemented that the US will descend into a holy **** show

"it said that Trump said he knows nothing about it." Hold on a second, do you believe a word Trump says?. That he knows nothing about it?

Also the world has gone to fcuk in the last 8-10 years, not the last four. Trump has done much of this with his mocking of a disabled reporter, "lock her up" speeches, calling women dogs and a lunatic, supporting Jan 6th, praising the attach on an opponents husband with a hammer. Handing over agents locations to Russia and them being killed a few weeks later.

Trump is a dangerous moron, only looking out for himself. He will protect billionaires to protect himself.

I think Trump's tactic for Ukraine war is that Putin will be told to stop where he is or the US will give absolute support to Ukraine. If Ukraine doesn't agree to a cease fire they will get no more US aid. As much as I'm not a fan of Trump I think it's the only way to halt this war.

This is the list from @roosterman71 link. It claims trump had implemented/adopted two thirds of their policy in his first year in office. I gave up reading there are so many. Alarming reading.

https://www.scribd.com/document/369820462/Mandate-for-Leadership-Policy-Recommendations

There's a whole 922 page document on their website - https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf

And Trump knows full well what it's about

Many people Trump knows quite well are behind it.

Six of his former Cabinet secretaries helped write or collaborated on the 900-page playbook for a second Trump term published by the Heritage Foundation. Four individuals Trump nominated as ambassadors were also involved, along with several enforcers of his controversial immigration crackdown. And about 20 pages are credited to his first deputy chief of staff.

In fact, at least 140 people who worked in the Trump administration had a hand in Project 2025, a CNN review found, including more than half of the people listed as authors, editors and contributors to “Mandate for Leadership,” the project’s extensive manifesto for overhauling the executive branch.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/11/politics/trump-allies-project-2025/index.html

Why would Ukraine agree to those terms? Why should Russia be rewarded with a land grab after this length of time, this amount of destruction, this amount of death, this amount of upheaval across the continent? The fucker would just reload and go again if he is appeased by Trump. Plus Trump is a fan of him too and has praised his leadership, and said he could do what he wants and no US help unless they are paid. Utter scumbag in my eyes (and that's just on this point and not due to him being a convicted felon, fraudster, sexual assaulter (rape in any other jurisdiction), friend of Epstein, etc).

There was never an agreement on NATO to stop moving east. Even Gorbachev himself said that. When the states got out from under Russian control, they looked to join for protection. A good decision. Now though, NATO have extended their border with Russia after Finland and Sweden joining. Not a peep about NATO borders now. Nor did anyone say sure if Russia take Ukraine they'll be closer to NATO countries than they were. The NATO thing is not the reason for the invasion.

I don't think the US will stop the aid to Ukraine. It's mostly going to US companies anyway. It's boom time for arms manufacturers in the US right now. Trump would be some clown to cut that funding.

Does anyone else not think the world has gone to f#ck the last 4 years? You cant have a differing opinion from the left without being given a derogatory label, free speech is on the way out for fear of causing offence, very hard for a lot of young people to get ahead these days, were being forced to pay carbon taxes to change the weather and little old Ireland is being expected to be at the forefront of fighting climate change despite being only a small island nation.

All of this I agree with. The world is gone to shite, or at least we're hearing about it more and more. The minority are holding all the cards. THose who shout andwhinge th most are in charge, or at least getting their way. Those who put the head down and get on with things are struggling.

An elderly neighbour died over the weekend. He was out and about until just over a week ago, he got covid and had diabetes. Imagine succumbing to covid after so long avoiding it.

We had a lovely concert in our church in tullamore on sunday evening, a young fellow attends our church in tyrellspass and has been playing our church organ on sundays since he was eight. He's sixteen now and has got a scholarship to study music in St Patricks Cathedral in Dublin so he offered to do a fundraiser for us.

He packed the church anyway, amazing talent.

He played the organs in two churches in mullingar on Sunday morning and then two hours playing on Sunday evening.

Topped a field of rushes today I wasn't able to get into last year.

With some of the twaddle, one should sometimes hit the, ignore button, in your head.

It's amazing what beef and wheat could do all the same.