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[gript @griptmedia]

John and Sarah discuss a great week for Irish politicians, as a new war in the Middle East stopped them from having to do any Irish politics. Also: Fuel taxes, Burkes in Jail, Stephen Kerr arrested, and a quiet start for Catherine Connolly:

PODCAST: https://t.co/J90IilVPYZ

[𝒯𝓇𝑜𝒷𝒶𝓇𝒾𝓈𝓉 𓆙 @roseromaunt]

Hard to beat this one

[John Cleese @JohnCleese]

An exercise in self control...

Watch this and try not to throw up

[Harman Singh Kapoor @kingkapoor72]

Rangrez, an Indian non-halal restaurant in Hammersmith, is open.
Strictly no inbreds

[Matthias Schmidt @eurofounder]

A perfect Friday in the Netherlands:

8:00 - Wake up

8:30 - Check portfolio. Down 10%. Pay 36% tax on unrealized gains

9:30 - Pick up wife from her boyfriend’s apartment

10:00 - Receive fine for cycling 2 km/h over the bike speed limit

10:30 - Start work

12:00 - Eat potatoes for lunch

14:00 - Write an angry LinkedIn post about Americans having no work-life balance

14:30 - Mandatory diversity seminar

15:30 - Finish work

17:00 - Apply for a permit to own a second bicycle

21:00 - Eat potatoes for dinner

21:30 - Read article about Europe having the highest quality of life

22:00 - Sleep on a couch because your wife’s boyfriend is staying over

[Gerard Casey @Casey5122dark]

12 rules for life

01. Keep your hands off other people
02. Keep your hands off other people’s property
03. Mind your own business but,
04. When you can, help other people (but see 1.and 2.)
05. You don’t have to like other people. You do have to respect them, but not necessarily their ideas or beliefs.
06. Drive as if everyone else on the road is a maniac
07. Remember: most of what you see and hear is eminently forgettable and will be forgotten
08. Think more; speak less
09. There are people who are more intelligent, better looking and richer than you. Get over it.
10. Don’t go looking for a fight; you’re almost certain to find one
11. Your job is just a job; it’s not your whole life
12.Memento mori—remember, you will die. The world will stagger on without you.

Oh, despite what a certain other author may have told you, don’t pet strange cats—you don’t know where they’ve been!

Now, I’m just going to sit back and wait for the book contract to arrive!

[Mario @PawlowskiMario]

Today, one of the most joyful anniversaries in the history of the world 🇷🇺🪦🎉

73 years ago, on March 5, 1953, one of the worst criminals, commies and mass murderers in human history Józef Stalin departed to hell.

Rest in piss, and may Putin follow you ASAP.

[Pat Smith @patsmithcomedy]

For real get home safe though

[Amelia @AmeliaRodrigJan]

How did both of them not break character 😭😭

[PATRIOTS OF BRITAIN @POB4LIFE]

🚨🚨🚨👇👇👇
Labour, Greens and Lib Dems vote AGAINST funding to tackle the rape and abuse of kids in London.

Every foreign name says no for obvious reasons, their family or friends are right in the centre of it, then you have the white liberals, the worst type of human that God created.
They absolutely do not care if your children are raped and then they will completely ignore it when happens.

Your taxes will be well spent on new mosques, the multi letter nutters and the domestic terrorists BLM but God forbid we can look after young British kids and save them from harm. 🤬

No shame, no morals.

That's the left and thats Islam.

[Mario @PawlowskiMario]

🕯️🇵🇱On this day 86 years ago Stalin signed a decree to execute over 25,000 members of the Polish elite in the Katyn Massacre.

Never forget what Moscow has always done, and still doing to its neighbors.

[Gerard Casey @Casey5122dark]

In case you weren’t depressed enough already, this should add another little bit that you could probably do without!

[Michelle Maxwell ™ @MichelleMaxwell]

Ok I think this might be my favorite Nick Peterson video yet 🤣 He is my permanent pinned post. There is nothing better than a good, dry sense of humor and Nick ALWAYS delivers! Enjoy 😘

[Jesús Fernández-Villaverde @JesusFerna7026]

Sánchez effectively lost his parliamentary majority several months ago, and his legislative initiatives are routinely defeated in parliament. Spain has not passed a new national budget since 2023, which illustrates the legislative paralysis that currently characterizes Spanish politics. However, he has refused to call an early election and instead governs largely through executive decrees. The Spanish constitution does not require a prime minister to call elections simply because he lacks a stable majority, but the usual political practice in parliamentary systems is to seek a renewed mandate when legislative governance becomes impossible.

Furthermore, the corruption scandals are getting closer to him. His brother has been indicted, his wife may soon face indictment, and all four of his closest collaborators during his primary campaign and early government have been indicted (see the photo I include from the primary: all four of his companions are indicted). One of them is currently in prison without bail, and another spent time in prison before posting bail.

His Socialist Party has also suffered a series of historic defeats in regional elections, which matter greatly in Spain given the country’s highly decentralized political structure. Spain is formally not a federal state, but the autonomous communities exercise extensive powers over education, health care, taxation, and public administration. Electoral losses at that level, therefore, carry significant political weight. His poll numbers are also extremely weak.

Sánchez appears to have calculated that attacking Trump and emphasizing the war will help him regain political ground. The war is unpopular in Spain, where public opinion has historically been skeptical of U.S. and Israeli foreign policy.

Anyone who has followed his career since the plagiarism evidence of his book (which he admitted) and the long-running questions about his doctoral thesis knows that he has repeatedly demonstrated a remarkable capacity for political repositioning.

If it suited his immediate interests, he would likely take the opposite stance tomorrow and be the strongest supporter of the war.

[Nick Delehanty 🇮🇪 @Nick_Delehanty]

In 10 years Irish Government spending has ballooned from €55 billion to €118 billion.

That’s an increase of €63 billion per year (+113%).

Where does it all go?

Dept of Health: +€13.8B (+101%)
Dept of Social Protection: +€9.3B (+47%)
Dept of Housing: +€9.8B (+653%)
Dept of Children / Disability: +€5.9B (+519%)
Dept of Justice: +€3.8B (+158%)
Dept of Arts / Culture: +€1.2B (+389%)
Dept of Climate / Environment: +€0.7B (+152%)

The Irish Govt has too much money. The answer to every problem seems to "Pay more".

We are paying extraordinary amounts for services, projects and infrastructure... from 12 steps in Mount Merrion for €750k, to billions in IPAS or the Children's Hospital.

And despite this surge in spending there have been no meaningful tax cuts.

For six weeks Simon Harris has been touring the media promoting a “savings scheme.” But if the government actually wants people to save, the solution is obvious:

Cut USC.
Cut VAT.
Raise income tax bands.

Let people keep more of what they earn!

If Harris did this he would go down as the best Minister for Finance ever. We can afford it.

Time is NOW.

[Freedomain - with Stefan Molyneux, MA @StefanMolyneux]

Normalize asking socialists and communists why they haven’t started businesses to raise worker’s wages…

[Ambassador Idit Rosenzweig-Abu @IditAbu]

Apparently if a Belgian paper publishes “I would like ram a knife in the neck of every Jew I see” that’s “freedom of speech”

But if a Belgian TV channel broadcasts the speech of vice president JD Vance - they get sanctioned.

Go figure.

[Hibernian Spring 1/213,738 @SimpSimonSays]

Justice Minister Dermot Ahern invited in two Guantanamo prisoners in 2009. Gave them housing and supports.

Uzbek, Oybek Jabbarov is in court again tomorrow facing 50 counts of financing terrorism with four associates.

#SuicidalEmpathy

https://t.co/iUT7OrJg2A

[Ukraine / Україна @Ukraine]

Happy Stalin’s Death Day 🌷