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The DoJ has until December 19, 2025 to release them under the provisions of an act passed by the House and Senate with just one vote against.
So the question is not will the files be released ?
They will.
The question is will some of them be withheld or so heavily redacted they are unreadable ?
So the question is not will the files be released ?
They will.
The question is will some of them be withheld or so heavily redacted they are unreadable ?
December 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The DoJ has until December 19, 2025 to release them under the provisions of an act passed by the House and Senate with just one vote against.
So the question is not will the files be released ?
They will.
The question is will some of them be withheld or so heavily redacted they are unreadable ?
So the question is not will the files be released ?
They will.
The question is will some of them be withheld or so heavily redacted they are unreadable ?
Sinn Féin venerates and memorialises torturers, murderers, knee-cappers of teenagers, bombers of town centre shoppers and those who burned other shoppers alive.
They can ooh-aah up their arse.
I'll take no lessons whatever from Sinn Féin about which Irish people are to be honoured with a park name.
They can ooh-aah up their arse.
I'll take no lessons whatever from Sinn Féin about which Irish people are to be honoured with a park name.
December 2, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Sinn Féin venerates and memorialises torturers, murderers, knee-cappers of teenagers, bombers of town centre shoppers and those who burned other shoppers alive.
They can ooh-aah up their arse.
I'll take no lessons whatever from Sinn Féin about which Irish people are to be honoured with a park name.
They can ooh-aah up their arse.
I'll take no lessons whatever from Sinn Féin about which Irish people are to be honoured with a park name.
I would never have been a Fine Gael supporter, or given them a first preference. But when I lived in Ireland, I almost always first preferenced Labour in Dáil elections knowing that they would likely be in coalition with Fine Gael.
I would now seek to avoid Simon Harris as a possible Taoiseach.
I would now seek to avoid Simon Harris as a possible Taoiseach.
December 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I would never have been a Fine Gael supporter, or given them a first preference. But when I lived in Ireland, I almost always first preferenced Labour in Dáil elections knowing that they would likely be in coalition with Fine Gael.
I would now seek to avoid Simon Harris as a possible Taoiseach.
I would now seek to avoid Simon Harris as a possible Taoiseach.
As an Irishman living in Malta I often meet Maltese who are studying or have studied in Ireland, or Irish people studying in Malta, especially medicine and engineering.
This is since the UK leaving Erasmus took that English language opportunity away.
It is a wonderful link which I expect will grow.
This is since the UK leaving Erasmus took that English language opportunity away.
It is a wonderful link which I expect will grow.
December 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
As an Irishman living in Malta I often meet Maltese who are studying or have studied in Ireland, or Irish people studying in Malta, especially medicine and engineering.
This is since the UK leaving Erasmus took that English language opportunity away.
It is a wonderful link which I expect will grow.
This is since the UK leaving Erasmus took that English language opportunity away.
It is a wonderful link which I expect will grow.
It says something, given China's terrible human rights record, that people loathe Musk more than China.
Musk's two Nazi salutes are the clincher for me. I absolutely despise the man, and any brand associated with him.
Musk's two Nazi salutes are the clincher for me. I absolutely despise the man, and any brand associated with him.
December 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
It says something, given China's terrible human rights record, that people loathe Musk more than China.
Musk's two Nazi salutes are the clincher for me. I absolutely despise the man, and any brand associated with him.
Musk's two Nazi salutes are the clincher for me. I absolutely despise the man, and any brand associated with him.
I think you may be confusing Paul Givan ( current Minister of Education in Northern Ireland ) with Paul Girvan former DUP MP for South Antrim.
December 2, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I think you may be confusing Paul Givan ( current Minister of Education in Northern Ireland ) with Paul Girvan former DUP MP for South Antrim.
Not just Canadians.
My wife's family used to be reasonably frequent visitors to Vegas from the UK and Ireland.
There was already the problem of getting adequate medical travel insurance coverage. Now there are stories of foreign tourists being charged, imprisoned, or deported out of political spite.
My wife's family used to be reasonably frequent visitors to Vegas from the UK and Ireland.
There was already the problem of getting adequate medical travel insurance coverage. Now there are stories of foreign tourists being charged, imprisoned, or deported out of political spite.
December 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Not just Canadians.
My wife's family used to be reasonably frequent visitors to Vegas from the UK and Ireland.
There was already the problem of getting adequate medical travel insurance coverage. Now there are stories of foreign tourists being charged, imprisoned, or deported out of political spite.
My wife's family used to be reasonably frequent visitors to Vegas from the UK and Ireland.
There was already the problem of getting adequate medical travel insurance coverage. Now there are stories of foreign tourists being charged, imprisoned, or deported out of political spite.
Both countries are also in the Euro, which has gained against the dollar, and the stocks quoted on their exchanges, denominated in euro, have also risen versus U.S.
Also Eurozone banks have low interest rates at the moment, so investors seeking better returns are more likely to invest in equities.
Also Eurozone banks have low interest rates at the moment, so investors seeking better returns are more likely to invest in equities.
December 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Both countries are also in the Euro, which has gained against the dollar, and the stocks quoted on their exchanges, denominated in euro, have also risen versus U.S.
Also Eurozone banks have low interest rates at the moment, so investors seeking better returns are more likely to invest in equities.
Also Eurozone banks have low interest rates at the moment, so investors seeking better returns are more likely to invest in equities.
Spain: energy. Because it invested so much in renewables and is far from Russia, Spain was not dependent on Russian gas.
Ireland: blockbuster pharmaceuticals but indirectly. Pharma employees spending earnings and share options on local services and goods (home mortgages, Ryanair flights etc...).
Ireland: blockbuster pharmaceuticals but indirectly. Pharma employees spending earnings and share options on local services and goods (home mortgages, Ryanair flights etc...).
December 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Spain: energy. Because it invested so much in renewables and is far from Russia, Spain was not dependent on Russian gas.
Ireland: blockbuster pharmaceuticals but indirectly. Pharma employees spending earnings and share options on local services and goods (home mortgages, Ryanair flights etc...).
Ireland: blockbuster pharmaceuticals but indirectly. Pharma employees spending earnings and share options on local services and goods (home mortgages, Ryanair flights etc...).
This week we learned from the U.S. that a 2nd strike was ordered on defenceless people clinging to boat wreckage.
Murders must be prosecuted, even if they happened in Northern Ireland, and whether or not those suspected are ex-military and live in Cornwall, or are ex-terrorists and live in Belfast.
Murders must be prosecuted, even if they happened in Northern Ireland, and whether or not those suspected are ex-military and live in Cornwall, or are ex-terrorists and live in Belfast.
December 1, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This week we learned from the U.S. that a 2nd strike was ordered on defenceless people clinging to boat wreckage.
Murders must be prosecuted, even if they happened in Northern Ireland, and whether or not those suspected are ex-military and live in Cornwall, or are ex-terrorists and live in Belfast.
Murders must be prosecuted, even if they happened in Northern Ireland, and whether or not those suspected are ex-military and live in Cornwall, or are ex-terrorists and live in Belfast.
Musk doesn't have autism. I know several people with autism, they don't behave like Musk.
Except for his jokes being unfunny (which is also true of many other boring bigots) Musk has no problem with social skills.
Except for his jokes being unfunny (which is also true of many other boring bigots) Musk has no problem with social skills.
November 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Musk doesn't have autism. I know several people with autism, they don't behave like Musk.
Except for his jokes being unfunny (which is also true of many other boring bigots) Musk has no problem with social skills.
Except for his jokes being unfunny (which is also true of many other boring bigots) Musk has no problem with social skills.
You don't even need to be a lawyer to know that you can't summarily execute someone you disarmed and shipwrecked by blowing up their boat.
Even if you don't rescue (not always possible without endangering your own crew, eg U-156 attacked rescuing Laconia survivors), you nevertheless can't kill them.
Even if you don't rescue (not always possible without endangering your own crew, eg U-156 attacked rescuing Laconia survivors), you nevertheless can't kill them.
November 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
You don't even need to be a lawyer to know that you can't summarily execute someone you disarmed and shipwrecked by blowing up their boat.
Even if you don't rescue (not always possible without endangering your own crew, eg U-156 attacked rescuing Laconia survivors), you nevertheless can't kill them.
Even if you don't rescue (not always possible without endangering your own crew, eg U-156 attacked rescuing Laconia survivors), you nevertheless can't kill them.
For this to be a convincing hoax it would have to be something more economically pointless from a business perspective, but superficially plausible like:
Musk announces Tesla moped-riding humanoid pizza delivery robot which extrudes pizza dough and toppings into pizza oven built in to it's backpack.
Musk announces Tesla moped-riding humanoid pizza delivery robot which extrudes pizza dough and toppings into pizza oven built in to it's backpack.
November 30, 2025 at 10:22 AM
For this to be a convincing hoax it would have to be something more economically pointless from a business perspective, but superficially plausible like:
Musk announces Tesla moped-riding humanoid pizza delivery robot which extrudes pizza dough and toppings into pizza oven built in to it's backpack.
Musk announces Tesla moped-riding humanoid pizza delivery robot which extrudes pizza dough and toppings into pizza oven built in to it's backpack.
Very unlikely Musk would announce this. Mobile phones are proven and profitable technology which already exists.
The Tesla brand ruined for existing consumers.
Musk is trying to keep Tesla's share price from crashing by hyping vapourware, stories and stuff only mythical future consumers might want.
The Tesla brand ruined for existing consumers.
Musk is trying to keep Tesla's share price from crashing by hyping vapourware, stories and stuff only mythical future consumers might want.
November 30, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Very unlikely Musk would announce this. Mobile phones are proven and profitable technology which already exists.
The Tesla brand ruined for existing consumers.
Musk is trying to keep Tesla's share price from crashing by hyping vapourware, stories and stuff only mythical future consumers might want.
The Tesla brand ruined for existing consumers.
Musk is trying to keep Tesla's share price from crashing by hyping vapourware, stories and stuff only mythical future consumers might want.
Yup.
Northern Ireland. Both sides of that conflict have lived in that corner of Ireland for at least 350 years, hardly any of them are immigrants.
Same thing in Bosnia which has had the same ethnic mix since the 17th century.
In Europe at least, more immigrants correlates with less conflict.
Northern Ireland. Both sides of that conflict have lived in that corner of Ireland for at least 350 years, hardly any of them are immigrants.
Same thing in Bosnia which has had the same ethnic mix since the 17th century.
In Europe at least, more immigrants correlates with less conflict.
November 28, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Yup.
Northern Ireland. Both sides of that conflict have lived in that corner of Ireland for at least 350 years, hardly any of them are immigrants.
Same thing in Bosnia which has had the same ethnic mix since the 17th century.
In Europe at least, more immigrants correlates with less conflict.
Northern Ireland. Both sides of that conflict have lived in that corner of Ireland for at least 350 years, hardly any of them are immigrants.
Same thing in Bosnia which has had the same ethnic mix since the 17th century.
In Europe at least, more immigrants correlates with less conflict.
It will also become ethnically biased.
In Northern Ireland local part-time regiment: The Ulster Defence Regiment began with 16% Catholic membership. Within a year that had fallen to 3% due to interment without trial of Catholics.
National Guard are backup for ICE who are targeting ethnic minorities.
In Northern Ireland local part-time regiment: The Ulster Defence Regiment began with 16% Catholic membership. Within a year that had fallen to 3% due to interment without trial of Catholics.
National Guard are backup for ICE who are targeting ethnic minorities.
November 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
It will also become ethnically biased.
In Northern Ireland local part-time regiment: The Ulster Defence Regiment began with 16% Catholic membership. Within a year that had fallen to 3% due to interment without trial of Catholics.
National Guard are backup for ICE who are targeting ethnic minorities.
In Northern Ireland local part-time regiment: The Ulster Defence Regiment began with 16% Catholic membership. Within a year that had fallen to 3% due to interment without trial of Catholics.
National Guard are backup for ICE who are targeting ethnic minorities.
As for the military or CIA background.
Prior military service is one of the single strongest individual predictors of becoming a mass casualty offender.
More than mental illness.
Last January former Master Sgt Matthew Alan Livelsberger shot himself in the cybertruck used in the Las Vegas explosion.
Prior military service is one of the single strongest individual predictors of becoming a mass casualty offender.
More than mental illness.
Last January former Master Sgt Matthew Alan Livelsberger shot himself in the cybertruck used in the Las Vegas explosion.
November 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
As for the military or CIA background.
Prior military service is one of the single strongest individual predictors of becoming a mass casualty offender.
More than mental illness.
Last January former Master Sgt Matthew Alan Livelsberger shot himself in the cybertruck used in the Las Vegas explosion.
Prior military service is one of the single strongest individual predictors of becoming a mass casualty offender.
More than mental illness.
Last January former Master Sgt Matthew Alan Livelsberger shot himself in the cybertruck used in the Las Vegas explosion.
Most violent crimes make no sense, even armed robbery usually entails more risk than reward.
Why a national guard member ?
Because they are politically controversial and conspicuous, outside of bases or armoured vehicles and in an urban area where they can't shoot back without endangering civilians.
Why a national guard member ?
Because they are politically controversial and conspicuous, outside of bases or armoured vehicles and in an urban area where they can't shoot back without endangering civilians.
November 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Most violent crimes make no sense, even armed robbery usually entails more risk than reward.
Why a national guard member ?
Because they are politically controversial and conspicuous, outside of bases or armoured vehicles and in an urban area where they can't shoot back without endangering civilians.
Why a national guard member ?
Because they are politically controversial and conspicuous, outside of bases or armoured vehicles and in an urban area where they can't shoot back without endangering civilians.
I don't want to share my car journey data with a Nazi, or my social media musings, or my satellite phone data, or data about whatever a humanoid robot is supposed to be doing for me.
The problem isn't the technology. The problem is the Nazi-saluting white-supremacist antisemite controlling it.
The problem isn't the technology. The problem is the Nazi-saluting white-supremacist antisemite controlling it.
November 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I don't want to share my car journey data with a Nazi, or my social media musings, or my satellite phone data, or data about whatever a humanoid robot is supposed to be doing for me.
The problem isn't the technology. The problem is the Nazi-saluting white-supremacist antisemite controlling it.
The problem isn't the technology. The problem is the Nazi-saluting white-supremacist antisemite controlling it.
He's targeting professions with majority female enrollments.
According to a 2023 American Association of Colleges of Nursing survey, men make up only 13% of BSN enrollment, 12% of MSN students and 15.4% of DNP enrollments.
According to a 2023 American Association of Colleges of Nursing survey, men make up only 13% of BSN enrollment, 12% of MSN students and 15.4% of DNP enrollments.
November 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
He's targeting professions with majority female enrollments.
According to a 2023 American Association of Colleges of Nursing survey, men make up only 13% of BSN enrollment, 12% of MSN students and 15.4% of DNP enrollments.
According to a 2023 American Association of Colleges of Nursing survey, men make up only 13% of BSN enrollment, 12% of MSN students and 15.4% of DNP enrollments.
Wouldn't surprise me.
The CIA allied after 9/11 with the Northern Alliance, which essentially overthrew the Taliban with US Airforce and CIA assistance, but with few US troops at that stage.
There must be many hundreds of anti-Taliban Afghan fighters who worked with and for the CIA over the years.
The CIA allied after 9/11 with the Northern Alliance, which essentially overthrew the Taliban with US Airforce and CIA assistance, but with few US troops at that stage.
There must be many hundreds of anti-Taliban Afghan fighters who worked with and for the CIA over the years.
November 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Wouldn't surprise me.
The CIA allied after 9/11 with the Northern Alliance, which essentially overthrew the Taliban with US Airforce and CIA assistance, but with few US troops at that stage.
There must be many hundreds of anti-Taliban Afghan fighters who worked with and for the CIA over the years.
The CIA allied after 9/11 with the Northern Alliance, which essentially overthrew the Taliban with US Airforce and CIA assistance, but with few US troops at that stage.
There must be many hundreds of anti-Taliban Afghan fighters who worked with and for the CIA over the years.
They were made targets.
Any crazy who wants to attack US military knows exactly where to find bewildered unprepared troops, off base, and outside armoured vehicles, in a densely populated civilian urban area where they can't shoot back with heavy weapons.
I've seen the same in Northern Ireland.
Any crazy who wants to attack US military knows exactly where to find bewildered unprepared troops, off base, and outside armoured vehicles, in a densely populated civilian urban area where they can't shoot back with heavy weapons.
I've seen the same in Northern Ireland.
November 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
They were made targets.
Any crazy who wants to attack US military knows exactly where to find bewildered unprepared troops, off base, and outside armoured vehicles, in a densely populated civilian urban area where they can't shoot back with heavy weapons.
I've seen the same in Northern Ireland.
Any crazy who wants to attack US military knows exactly where to find bewildered unprepared troops, off base, and outside armoured vehicles, in a densely populated civilian urban area where they can't shoot back with heavy weapons.
I've seen the same in Northern Ireland.
Trump may as well have pinned targets on their uniforms.
If a terrorist, or a terrorist group wants to attract a lot of attention with a violent attack, then troops deployed for a controversial political purpose are an obvious target.
They symbolise the political and military power being attacked.
If a terrorist, or a terrorist group wants to attract a lot of attention with a violent attack, then troops deployed for a controversial political purpose are an obvious target.
They symbolise the political and military power being attacked.
November 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Trump may as well have pinned targets on their uniforms.
If a terrorist, or a terrorist group wants to attract a lot of attention with a violent attack, then troops deployed for a controversial political purpose are an obvious target.
They symbolise the political and military power being attacked.
If a terrorist, or a terrorist group wants to attract a lot of attention with a violent attack, then troops deployed for a controversial political purpose are an obvious target.
They symbolise the political and military power being attacked.
I've seen something similar in Northern Ireland. Soldiers are not police, they have no local knowledge, no powers of arrest, they feel useless and are useless.
Meanwhile the local population becomes increasingly aggravated by tedious checkpoints, intrusion and surveillance, then actively hostile.
Meanwhile the local population becomes increasingly aggravated by tedious checkpoints, intrusion and surveillance, then actively hostile.
November 27, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I've seen something similar in Northern Ireland. Soldiers are not police, they have no local knowledge, no powers of arrest, they feel useless and are useless.
Meanwhile the local population becomes increasingly aggravated by tedious checkpoints, intrusion and surveillance, then actively hostile.
Meanwhile the local population becomes increasingly aggravated by tedious checkpoints, intrusion and surveillance, then actively hostile.
Or Badenoch.
I'd expect a hostile atmosphere.
For most EU citizens (except Irish) or spouses of EU citizens, there are 28 other options with much less hassle.
And with remote working, better weather, cheap flights, and widespread fluency in English elsewhere, is the UK the best place to reside ? No.
I'd expect a hostile atmosphere.
For most EU citizens (except Irish) or spouses of EU citizens, there are 28 other options with much less hassle.
And with remote working, better weather, cheap flights, and widespread fluency in English elsewhere, is the UK the best place to reside ? No.
November 27, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Or Badenoch.
I'd expect a hostile atmosphere.
For most EU citizens (except Irish) or spouses of EU citizens, there are 28 other options with much less hassle.
And with remote working, better weather, cheap flights, and widespread fluency in English elsewhere, is the UK the best place to reside ? No.
I'd expect a hostile atmosphere.
For most EU citizens (except Irish) or spouses of EU citizens, there are 28 other options with much less hassle.
And with remote working, better weather, cheap flights, and widespread fluency in English elsewhere, is the UK the best place to reside ? No.