Ruairc
@ruairc.bsky.social
Orbiting the centre. Reason and respect in all exchanges. Swimming against the tide of ignorance, superstition and authoritarianism.
You have to factor in the strategic military genius of the US Secretary of War before you write off the Venezuelan adventure.
November 21, 2025 at 9:47 AM
You have to factor in the strategic military genius of the US Secretary of War before you write off the Venezuelan adventure.
For f**ks sake, stop playing along with the rolling bait & switch tag game between Putin and Trump.
Putin is managing his asset with top KGB skills.
The veil of negotiation, always ' to be continued' freezes US action.
Russia celebrates as Zelensky is openly mocked in the White House.
Putin is managing his asset with top KGB skills.
The veil of negotiation, always ' to be continued' freezes US action.
Russia celebrates as Zelensky is openly mocked in the White House.
October 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
For f**ks sake, stop playing along with the rolling bait & switch tag game between Putin and Trump.
Putin is managing his asset with top KGB skills.
The veil of negotiation, always ' to be continued' freezes US action.
Russia celebrates as Zelensky is openly mocked in the White House.
Putin is managing his asset with top KGB skills.
The veil of negotiation, always ' to be continued' freezes US action.
Russia celebrates as Zelensky is openly mocked in the White House.
We can't disown our politicians. They are what we are.
The skill we need is discernment. Who is the best fit for the office?
The office is constitutional,symbolic and ceremonial.
Vote!
The skill we need is discernment. Who is the best fit for the office?
The office is constitutional,symbolic and ceremonial.
Vote!
October 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
We can't disown our politicians. They are what we are.
The skill we need is discernment. Who is the best fit for the office?
The office is constitutional,symbolic and ceremonial.
Vote!
The skill we need is discernment. Who is the best fit for the office?
The office is constitutional,symbolic and ceremonial.
Vote!
Germans threw in their lot with Hitler,a man with none of the qualities of great Germans,because,through mass rallies & propaganda, people thought - everyone seems to think he's the right man for us,so me too.
America needs mass popular rallies against Trump to create a new narrative.
America needs mass popular rallies against Trump to create a new narrative.
October 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Germans threw in their lot with Hitler,a man with none of the qualities of great Germans,because,through mass rallies & propaganda, people thought - everyone seems to think he's the right man for us,so me too.
America needs mass popular rallies against Trump to create a new narrative.
America needs mass popular rallies against Trump to create a new narrative.
Ireland 1972
A poor,backward,agricultural commodity exporter,with mass emigration and a Catholic monoculture. (I was there)
1973 Joined the EU
Ireland 2025
Among the top-ranked European countries on the human development index.
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A poor,backward,agricultural commodity exporter,with mass emigration and a Catholic monoculture. (I was there)
1973 Joined the EU
Ireland 2025
Among the top-ranked European countries on the human development index.
share.google/images/ryxPh...
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October 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Ireland 1972
A poor,backward,agricultural commodity exporter,with mass emigration and a Catholic monoculture. (I was there)
1973 Joined the EU
Ireland 2025
Among the top-ranked European countries on the human development index.
share.google/images/ryxPh...
A poor,backward,agricultural commodity exporter,with mass emigration and a Catholic monoculture. (I was there)
1973 Joined the EU
Ireland 2025
Among the top-ranked European countries on the human development index.
share.google/images/ryxPh...
Fascist is as fascist does
October 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Fascist is as fascist does
There's nothing as dangerous as a weak man given the opportunity to play the strong man for a while.
September 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
There's nothing as dangerous as a weak man given the opportunity to play the strong man for a while.
but look at the reality on the ground in Portland before and after Trump's military intervention .
Or maybe that's back to front
*Apologies to Mariupol, Ukraine - which Trump tried to extort back in the day.
Or maybe that's back to front
*Apologies to Mariupol, Ukraine - which Trump tried to extort back in the day.
September 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
but look at the reality on the ground in Portland before and after Trump's military intervention .
Or maybe that's back to front
*Apologies to Mariupol, Ukraine - which Trump tried to extort back in the day.
Or maybe that's back to front
*Apologies to Mariupol, Ukraine - which Trump tried to extort back in the day.
It's not dementia.
Trump is profoundly,deeply, irretrievably ignorant.
He has Malignant Narcissistic personality disorder.
Putin owns him
He's drugged to hell and back
but...
He has more power than any other human alive.
So here we are.
Trump is profoundly,deeply, irretrievably ignorant.
He has Malignant Narcissistic personality disorder.
Putin owns him
He's drugged to hell and back
but...
He has more power than any other human alive.
So here we are.
September 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
It's not dementia.
Trump is profoundly,deeply, irretrievably ignorant.
He has Malignant Narcissistic personality disorder.
Putin owns him
He's drugged to hell and back
but...
He has more power than any other human alive.
So here we are.
Trump is profoundly,deeply, irretrievably ignorant.
He has Malignant Narcissistic personality disorder.
Putin owns him
He's drugged to hell and back
but...
He has more power than any other human alive.
So here we are.
There are very few honourable options for the press pack now.
1. Boycott in solidarity with ABC
2. Turn up and all ask the same question
3. Work as a pack,follow up relentlessly on this issue
4. Stage a protest when Trump starts to insult any one of them.
Acceptance is surrender
1. Boycott in solidarity with ABC
2. Turn up and all ask the same question
3. Work as a pack,follow up relentlessly on this issue
4. Stage a protest when Trump starts to insult any one of them.
Acceptance is surrender
September 18, 2025 at 10:39 AM
There are very few honourable options for the press pack now.
1. Boycott in solidarity with ABC
2. Turn up and all ask the same question
3. Work as a pack,follow up relentlessly on this issue
4. Stage a protest when Trump starts to insult any one of them.
Acceptance is surrender
1. Boycott in solidarity with ABC
2. Turn up and all ask the same question
3. Work as a pack,follow up relentlessly on this issue
4. Stage a protest when Trump starts to insult any one of them.
Acceptance is surrender
The view from Europe is that Putin runs Trump so analysis of his 'strategy' is pointless.
Putin, post- USSR, is as dangerous as corporal Hitler was after WW1. He wants revenge for Russia's humiliation & is breaking the US with skill and ruthlessness.
Putin, post- USSR, is as dangerous as corporal Hitler was after WW1. He wants revenge for Russia's humiliation & is breaking the US with skill and ruthlessness.
September 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The view from Europe is that Putin runs Trump so analysis of his 'strategy' is pointless.
Putin, post- USSR, is as dangerous as corporal Hitler was after WW1. He wants revenge for Russia's humiliation & is breaking the US with skill and ruthlessness.
Putin, post- USSR, is as dangerous as corporal Hitler was after WW1. He wants revenge for Russia's humiliation & is breaking the US with skill and ruthlessness.
Starmer:
We're in the most awful hole but we're going to keep digging .
We will also seek ever closer ties with the people outside the hole who have tried to stop us digging. We look forward to signing new agreements with them which will ensure a supply of new shovels into the future.
We're in the most awful hole but we're going to keep digging .
We will also seek ever closer ties with the people outside the hole who have tried to stop us digging. We look forward to signing new agreements with them which will ensure a supply of new shovels into the future.
September 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Starmer:
We're in the most awful hole but we're going to keep digging .
We will also seek ever closer ties with the people outside the hole who have tried to stop us digging. We look forward to signing new agreements with them which will ensure a supply of new shovels into the future.
We're in the most awful hole but we're going to keep digging .
We will also seek ever closer ties with the people outside the hole who have tried to stop us digging. We look forward to signing new agreements with them which will ensure a supply of new shovels into the future.
That's so like me and my old pals having our retired guys lazy lunch a few days ago! Chilled and absolutely fresh out of Fs to give.
September 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
That's so like me and my old pals having our retired guys lazy lunch a few days ago! Chilled and absolutely fresh out of Fs to give.
Bullets market 'TRN' are military training rounds not transgender or transvestite bullets
"Classification System: Ammunition marking, including designations like TRN, forms a part of a comprehensive system used by the military to classify and account for ammunition"
"Classification System: Ammunition marking, including designations like TRN, forms a part of a comprehensive system used by the military to classify and account for ammunition"
September 12, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Bullets market 'TRN' are military training rounds not transgender or transvestite bullets
"Classification System: Ammunition marking, including designations like TRN, forms a part of a comprehensive system used by the military to classify and account for ammunition"
"Classification System: Ammunition marking, including designations like TRN, forms a part of a comprehensive system used by the military to classify and account for ammunition"
I swear by the powers that be...
walk into any bar in a remote corner of Europe and you'll find a fella nursing his fifth drink who will be able to explain to you that the president and vice president of America don't have a clue how their constitution works.
What a time to be alive
walk into any bar in a remote corner of Europe and you'll find a fella nursing his fifth drink who will be able to explain to you that the president and vice president of America don't have a clue how their constitution works.
What a time to be alive
September 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I swear by the powers that be...
walk into any bar in a remote corner of Europe and you'll find a fella nursing his fifth drink who will be able to explain to you that the president and vice president of America don't have a clue how their constitution works.
What a time to be alive
walk into any bar in a remote corner of Europe and you'll find a fella nursing his fifth drink who will be able to explain to you that the president and vice president of America don't have a clue how their constitution works.
What a time to be alive
That's when he discovered it was a hoax! It all makes sense now. Time for a USAF fly-by to celebrate
September 6, 2025 at 9:25 AM
That's when he discovered it was a hoax! It all makes sense now. Time for a USAF fly-by to celebrate
Subtract the ICE hires and the internal sycophantic massaging and you end up with the square root of SFA.
Coming next: The Hyundai effect
Coming next: The Hyundai effect
September 6, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Subtract the ICE hires and the internal sycophantic massaging and you end up with the square root of SFA.
Coming next: The Hyundai effect
Coming next: The Hyundai effect
So we're back to 'natural' healing?
Good luck everyone
Good luck everyone
September 4, 2025 at 11:41 AM
So we're back to 'natural' healing?
Good luck everyone
Good luck everyone
Some of the politicians & media pundits who fell into the Brexit black hole thought that it would crack the EU wide open and Britain, 'free from the shackles' would not just agree rules-free trade deals with individual EU countries but re- shape the new Europe.
The EU did not blink.
The EU did not blink.
August 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Some of the politicians & media pundits who fell into the Brexit black hole thought that it would crack the EU wide open and Britain, 'free from the shackles' would not just agree rules-free trade deals with individual EU countries but re- shape the new Europe.
The EU did not blink.
The EU did not blink.