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...everybody in it goes crazy sooner or later! Everybody!
No big fan of Moran but the man is at least a cut above other politicians in being able to understand an issue from a policy perspective rather than the "this will stop people shouting at me" level of analysis at which most of them stop.
“A Christmas miracle”: Limerick Mayor says closing bus lane for motorists to use it cannot be justified “at this time”
Limerick's directly elected Mayor, John Moran, has said that, given the feedback received and policies in place, he "cannot justify the pilot requested" to close the bus lane on…
Limerick's directly elected Mayor, John Moran, has said that, given the feedback received and policies in place, he "cannot justify the pilot requested" to close the bus lane on…
“A Christmas miracle”: Limerick Mayor says closing bus lane for motorists to use it cannot be justified “at this time”
Limerick's directly elected Mayor, John Moran, has said that, given the feedback received and policies in place, he "cannot justify the pilot requested" to close the bus lane on the city's O'Connell Street "at this time". He said that the feedback included transport agencies and that there was an "absence of overwhelming public appetite for even a pilot for Christmas."
irishcycle.com
December 14, 2024 at 11:50 PM
No big fan of Moran but the man is at least a cut above other politicians in being able to understand an issue from a policy perspective rather than the "this will stop people shouting at me" level of analysis at which most of them stop.
Palantir was founded to assist the surveillance state and the war machine. Its earliest and largest contracts were with, and still are with, US intelligence and defence departments. Side gigs don't change that no more than for the likes of Raytheon.
Mad that the SocDems would let such a man run.
Mad that the SocDems would let such a man run.
The same tech is used to monitor wind farms and tracked vaccines and PPE in COVID. If you're going to run through all the tech companies and discredit all of the ones whose tech is used nefariously do you know how many will be left? Have a look and see: watermelonindex.glide.page/dl/companies
Watermelon Index
Mapping resistance to corporate complicity in the occupation of Palestine
watermelonindex.glide.page
December 11, 2024 at 3:02 PM
Palantir was founded to assist the surveillance state and the war machine. Its earliest and largest contracts were with, and still are with, US intelligence and defence departments. Side gigs don't change that no more than for the likes of Raytheon.
Mad that the SocDems would let such a man run.
Mad that the SocDems would let such a man run.
Please don't talk about my deeply held cultural views
December 5, 2024 at 12:07 PM
Please don't talk about my deeply held cultural views
Get Lenihan on more panels; he can't help but say the quiet part out loud.
He thinks Sinn Féin loses votes by tagging affordable housing at €330k because people don't actually want cheap homes. FF/FG won't give it to them.
Their job is to promise while winking at landowners. #ge24
He thinks Sinn Féin loses votes by tagging affordable housing at €330k because people don't actually want cheap homes. FF/FG won't give it to them.
Their job is to promise while winking at landowners. #ge24
November 30, 2024 at 5:48 PM
Get Lenihan on more panels; he can't help but say the quiet part out loud.
He thinks Sinn Féin loses votes by tagging affordable housing at €330k because people don't actually want cheap homes. FF/FG won't give it to them.
Their job is to promise while winking at landowners. #ge24
He thinks Sinn Féin loses votes by tagging affordable housing at €330k because people don't actually want cheap homes. FF/FG won't give it to them.
Their job is to promise while winking at landowners. #ge24
Assumption from Lenihan on RTÉ suggesting that being in Government naturally loses you votes is very telling.
Assumes that you can only ever do stuff that pisses people off. Those with a positive view of what government can accomplish wouldn't have such an outlook.
Assumes that you can only ever do stuff that pisses people off. Those with a positive view of what government can accomplish wouldn't have such an outlook.
November 30, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Assumption from Lenihan on RTÉ suggesting that being in Government naturally loses you votes is very telling.
Assumes that you can only ever do stuff that pisses people off. Those with a positive view of what government can accomplish wouldn't have such an outlook.
Assumes that you can only ever do stuff that pisses people off. Those with a positive view of what government can accomplish wouldn't have such an outlook.
If they can manage it:
SF and broad soft left minority government in C&S with FF. Need is for a few small wins and back to the country, SD/LAB/Green in coalition means no outflanking. Isolate FG, create a real division & choice and find cassus belli with FF within 24 months.
SF and broad soft left minority government in C&S with FF. Need is for a few small wins and back to the country, SD/LAB/Green in coalition means no outflanking. Isolate FG, create a real division & choice and find cassus belli with FF within 24 months.
🗳️ RTÉ/The Irish Times/TG4/Trinity College Dublin Ipsos B&A #GE24 Exit Poll
SF 21.1%
FG 21%
FF 19.1%
SD 5.8%
GP 4%
Aontú 3.6%
Sol-PBP 3.1%
Ind Ire2.2%
Ind 12.7%
Other 1.9%
20% of 2nd-preference transfers go to FF or FG, with 17% to SF. Stay with @thejournal.ie for sharp analysis.
jrnl.ie/6556927
SF 21.1%
FG 21%
FF 19.1%
SD 5.8%
GP 4%
Aontú 3.6%
Sol-PBP 3.1%
Ind Ire2.2%
Ind 12.7%
Other 1.9%
20% of 2nd-preference transfers go to FF or FG, with 17% to SF. Stay with @thejournal.ie for sharp analysis.
jrnl.ie/6556927
Exit poll: Sinn Féin on 21.1%, FG on 21% and FF on 19.5% as SocDems edge out Labour
The exit poll was commissioned by RTÉ, The Irish Times, TG4 and Trinity College Dublin and carried out by Ipsos B&A.
jrnl.ie
November 29, 2024 at 10:33 PM
If they can manage it:
SF and broad soft left minority government in C&S with FF. Need is for a few small wins and back to the country, SD/LAB/Green in coalition means no outflanking. Isolate FG, create a real division & choice and find cassus belli with FF within 24 months.
SF and broad soft left minority government in C&S with FF. Need is for a few small wins and back to the country, SD/LAB/Green in coalition means no outflanking. Isolate FG, create a real division & choice and find cassus belli with FF within 24 months.
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Capitalism and Democracy: The Market is Far More Flexible than Christopher Caldwell Imagines (thread)
November 28, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Capitalism and Democracy: The Market is Far More Flexible than Christopher Caldwell Imagines (thread)
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The problem with this account is that, at least in the United States there is no evidence that capitalists were sacrificing profit. Here’s after-tax corporate profits as a share of GDP since World War II.
fred.stlouisfed.org/series/W273R...
fred.stlouisfed.org/series/W273R...
Shares of gross domestic income: Corporate profits with inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments, domestic industries: Profits after tax with inventory valuation and capital consumption...
Shares of gross domestic income: Corporate profits with inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments, domestic industries: Profits after tax with inventory valuation and capital consumption...
fred.stlouisfed.org
November 28, 2024 at 2:52 PM
The problem with this account is that, at least in the United States there is no evidence that capitalists were sacrificing profit. Here’s after-tax corporate profits as a share of GDP since World War II.
fred.stlouisfed.org/series/W273R...
fred.stlouisfed.org/series/W273R...
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Wealth has raced ahead of earnings, creating a new caste society
Tax is only part of the answer: we also need a new political economy that differentiates good & bad wealth
My major new @ippr.bsky.social report: Earning Vs Owning
ippr-org.files.svdcdn.com/production/D...
Wealth has raced ahead of earnings, creating a new caste society
Tax is only part of the answer: we also need a new political economy that differentiates good & bad wealth
My major new @ippr.bsky.social report: Earning Vs Owning
ippr-org.files.svdcdn.com/production/D...
November 27, 2024 at 7:47 AM
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Wealth has raced ahead of earnings, creating a new caste society
Tax is only part of the answer: we also need a new political economy that differentiates good & bad wealth
My major new @ippr.bsky.social report: Earning Vs Owning
ippr-org.files.svdcdn.com/production/D...
Wealth has raced ahead of earnings, creating a new caste society
Tax is only part of the answer: we also need a new political economy that differentiates good & bad wealth
My major new @ippr.bsky.social report: Earning Vs Owning
ippr-org.files.svdcdn.com/production/D...
Taoiseach Simon Harris is asked what his team communicated to RTÉ after Kanturk exchange.
He says he doesn’t believe they questioned whether Charlotte Fallon was a member of Sinn Féin.
He says he doesn’t believe they questioned whether Charlotte Fallon was a member of Sinn Féin.
November 26, 2024 at 8:53 PM
This is why we need to legislate to ban no-fault evictions. Every time you ask your landlord to do the bare minimum, you're risking them finding some excuse to kick you out. Tenants shouldn't have to live in fear just to get basic repairs done. Section 34 grounds undermine all other rights #ge24
November 26, 2024 at 5:10 PM
This is why we need to legislate to ban no-fault evictions. Every time you ask your landlord to do the bare minimum, you're risking them finding some excuse to kick you out. Tenants shouldn't have to live in fear just to get basic repairs done. Section 34 grounds undermine all other rights #ge24
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Some interesting election posters around Ennis today.
@electionlit.bsky.social
@electionlit.bsky.social
November 26, 2024 at 1:03 PM
Some interesting election posters around Ennis today.
@electionlit.bsky.social
@electionlit.bsky.social
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Maybe your local Independent Ireland TD will be a Minister, angrily shaking his head while he votes for a few Climate Action Plan anyway?
Climate issues aren't going away. The only difference is, the left want to actually plan for the future.
#GE24
Climate issues aren't going away. The only difference is, the left want to actually plan for the future.
#GE24
November 26, 2024 at 11:58 AM
Maybe your local Independent Ireland TD will be a Minister, angrily shaking his head while he votes for a few Climate Action Plan anyway?
Climate issues aren't going away. The only difference is, the left want to actually plan for the future.
#GE24
Climate issues aren't going away. The only difference is, the left want to actually plan for the future.
#GE24
It's gonna get dark as fuck. Fascism is capital's last breath-a grotesque alliance of the privileged trying to hang on by scapegoating anyone but themselves. "Look over there". Climate migrants are the next easy target for the genocide, and everyone's being prepped for it right now.
Post #GE24, when a new gov is cobbled together, I wonder how the anti-Green folks will feel about the new gov keeping Carbon Tax, and still being obliged to lower emissions?
I have issues with the Greens, but FF/FG have used them as a flak jacket for policies that they would have made anyway.
I have issues with the Greens, but FF/FG have used them as a flak jacket for policies that they would have made anyway.
November 26, 2024 at 12:40 PM
It's gonna get dark as fuck. Fascism is capital's last breath-a grotesque alliance of the privileged trying to hang on by scapegoating anyone but themselves. "Look over there". Climate migrants are the next easy target for the genocide, and everyone's being prepped for it right now.
Once you've sold off all the shiny state assets—like the choo-choo trains—you've got no choice but to privatise the soul-crushing grind of policy design and implementation.
And guess what? The private sector will be just as shit at that, maybe even worse.
And guess what? The private sector will be just as shit at that, maybe even worse.
The push to fire Government workers is actually a scam designed to funnel even more money to government contractors and management consulting. The dirty secret of "smaller government" is that it benefits management consulting firms. The works still has to get done, but with 40% overhead.
The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s
November 24, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Once you've sold off all the shiny state assets—like the choo-choo trains—you've got no choice but to privatise the soul-crushing grind of policy design and implementation.
And guess what? The private sector will be just as shit at that, maybe even worse.
And guess what? The private sector will be just as shit at that, maybe even worse.
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a toddler’s incessant need to ask “why” will really have you out here like “well bud time is linear, we experience things in order”
November 24, 2024 at 6:55 PM
a toddler’s incessant need to ask “why” will really have you out here like “well bud time is linear, we experience things in order”
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Whatever this decision was for Fingal West, it’s bad. Have seen people south in the catchment area on the Aontú candidate’s (Finglas) side saying that because they’re being lumped in with Lusk and Skerries why on earth would they vote for those candidates when they’re nowhere near them #GE24
November 24, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Whatever this decision was for Fingal West, it’s bad. Have seen people south in the catchment area on the Aontú candidate’s (Finglas) side saying that because they’re being lumped in with Lusk and Skerries why on earth would they vote for those candidates when they’re nowhere near them #GE24
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Mentioned it here before but years back a very pro FG journalist (settle petals!) blocked me & called me "vile" cause after waxing lyrical about Simon Harris barely sleeping cause he's so energetic & busy, I asked "ok but apart from his lack of sleep can you point to anything he's achieved?"
November 23, 2024 at 1:04 PM
Mentioned it here before but years back a very pro FG journalist (settle petals!) blocked me & called me "vile" cause after waxing lyrical about Simon Harris barely sleeping cause he's so energetic & busy, I asked "ok but apart from his lack of sleep can you point to anything he's achieved?"
This would require Irish politicians to engage with notions of "capital" and "geopolitics". They can't do that. The electorate wants a person to fill out forms for them and, if they're ministerial material, micromanage civil servants.
The last time someone did that it was the 50s and by accident.
The last time someone did that it was the 50s and by accident.
Not followed the irish election closely but seems to be very little - if any - discussion about what could happen if Trump makes US multinationals repatriate profits, draining the billions in surplus from tax revenues that Ireland currently enjoys
November 24, 2024 at 11:38 AM
This would require Irish politicians to engage with notions of "capital" and "geopolitics". They can't do that. The electorate wants a person to fill out forms for them and, if they're ministerial material, micromanage civil servants.
The last time someone did that it was the 50s and by accident.
The last time someone did that it was the 50s and by accident.
A huge chunk of the Irish electorate loves neoliberalism but hates how it turns out
FF/FG let you vent at the government without asking why it deserved it. Now that they're one big blob, the rage just flows to indos spouting the same stuff but who were too mental to get selected by the blob #ge24
FF/FG let you vent at the government without asking why it deserved it. Now that they're one big blob, the rage just flows to indos spouting the same stuff but who were too mental to get selected by the blob #ge24
Interesting final poll ahead of the Irish general election next Friday - only 42% combined support for FF and FG, but 20% for "independents", many of whom are ex-FF/FG and vote with them any chance they get.
The left's only real chance looks to be a massive mobilisation and tactical voting.
#GE24
The left's only real chance looks to be a massive mobilisation and tactical voting.
#GE24
November 24, 2024 at 11:06 AM
A huge chunk of the Irish electorate loves neoliberalism but hates how it turns out
FF/FG let you vent at the government without asking why it deserved it. Now that they're one big blob, the rage just flows to indos spouting the same stuff but who were too mental to get selected by the blob #ge24
FF/FG let you vent at the government without asking why it deserved it. Now that they're one big blob, the rage just flows to indos spouting the same stuff but who were too mental to get selected by the blob #ge24
November 23, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Another similarity, if you're arguing that what you're at is "not technically" racism/genocide you are guaranteed to be a fucking monster.
Beginning to suspect that the term "genocide" is like "racism" in that it can only be officially declared after the fact, when it's safely over & nothing is required of the rest of us but thoughts & prayers.
November 23, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Another similarity, if you're arguing that what you're at is "not technically" racism/genocide you are guaranteed to be a fucking monster.
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I keep an archive of Irish election manifestos at pidgeon.ie/manifestos
So far for #GE24 I have:
FF, FG, SF, Green, Lab, PBP, Soc Dems, Ind Ireland, Solidarity, and Aontú.
Any others? Have any of the fringe-ier right wing parties have bothered to put together a manifesto?
So far for #GE24 I have:
FF, FG, SF, Green, Lab, PBP, Soc Dems, Ind Ireland, Solidarity, and Aontú.
Any others? Have any of the fringe-ier right wing parties have bothered to put together a manifesto?
Irish Manifestos Archive
Election manifestos from the Republic of Ireland, along with various Programmes for Governments. A wildly exciting website.
pidgeon.ie
November 23, 2024 at 1:28 PM
I keep an archive of Irish election manifestos at pidgeon.ie/manifestos
So far for #GE24 I have:
FF, FG, SF, Green, Lab, PBP, Soc Dems, Ind Ireland, Solidarity, and Aontú.
Any others? Have any of the fringe-ier right wing parties have bothered to put together a manifesto?
So far for #GE24 I have:
FF, FG, SF, Green, Lab, PBP, Soc Dems, Ind Ireland, Solidarity, and Aontú.
Any others? Have any of the fringe-ier right wing parties have bothered to put together a manifesto?
FG members only worried about how this looks because they know they cannot stand over their record on this.
It's not about whether their #GE24 campaign has been too presidential or isn't polished enough. It's about the material conditions that people have to live with.
It's not about whether their #GE24 campaign has been too presidential or isn't polished enough. It's about the material conditions that people have to live with.
A few FG candidates on to me since last night with real concern about Kanturk moment.
They feel it looks very bad for them and they expect it to be something they have to deal with for days to come.
Disability issues and school access have repeatedly come up and have underfeatured in media
They feel it looks very bad for them and they expect it to be something they have to deal with for days to come.
Disability issues and school access have repeatedly come up and have underfeatured in media
November 23, 2024 at 2:15 PM
FG members only worried about how this looks because they know they cannot stand over their record on this.
It's not about whether their #GE24 campaign has been too presidential or isn't polished enough. It's about the material conditions that people have to live with.
It's not about whether their #GE24 campaign has been too presidential or isn't polished enough. It's about the material conditions that people have to live with.