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Killester Remembrance Ceremony is taking place on Saturday 7th November at 12pm at the Legion Hall, Abbeyfield Green in Killester. All our welcome to our communities annual local event in honour of all those who served in WW1 and WW2 from the Killester Garden Village.
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#OTD 🗓️ 28th of October 1970:
George Best scored one of his all time best goals against Chelsea.
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Ah yes, silly me. How could anyone forget the grave, existential threat the British Empire posed to Gaelic games by way of… an eight-year-old having a kickabout in a park?
Clearly, western civilization hung in the balance.
Thank goodness you clarified that it was abolished in 1971. Nothing screams "agile, forward-thinking cultural preservation" quite like taking sixty-six entire years to figure out that kicking a round ball or doing a quick waltz wouldn't instantly collapse the nation's heritage.
Truly cutting-edge stuff.
Because as we all know, sending vigilantes to lurk behind hedges at soccer pitches to catch teenagers committing high treason with a "foreign" ball wasn't obsessive or parochial at all—it was just high-minded cultural defense.
Carry on patrolling the perimeter, Inspector. Wouldn't want anyone accidentally enjoying two sports before 1972 without official clearance. 🐶♥️🤡
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Trump’s 10 historic presidential accomplishments!
Renamed the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America.
Renamed Lake Ontario to Lake America.
Renamed Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Super Intelligence (SI).
Brought back plastic straws.
Liberated American showerheads.
Fought for stronger toilet flushing.
Took on weak bathroom faucets.
Defended dishwashers from government regulations.
Protected washing machines from efficiency standards.
Ordered the end of penny production.
And all of this in less than two years!
Future generations will surely remember the president who made American showers great again.
Promises made. Promises kept.
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Telegraph’s Cost Cuts Set to Target Brexiteer Columnists order-order.com/2026/10/27/t…
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Well, well, well...
It turns out Trump has decided to go big and pardon all his cronies who are helping him make America terribly great — and make themselves and him terribly rich. But one rather unpleasant detail has emerged for him.
A presidential pardon protects a person from federal criminal prosecution and punishment for offenses already committed. Meanwhile, the Fifth Amendment gives citizens the right to refuse to testify against themselves. However, that right applies only when there is a real and reasonable risk of criminal prosecution.
Here's the catch: If someone has been fully pardoned for certain acts, they no longer face the legal risk of being convicted for those acts. Consequently, the grounds for invoking Fifth Amendment protection disappear.
As a result, pardoned individuals summoned to testify before Congress may lose their legal right to invoke the Fifth Amendment to avoid answering uncomfortable questions. If they still refuse to testify, they could face contempt of Congress charges.
Of course, this applies only to matters fully covered by the pardon and where no other genuine risk of prosecution remains.
So it's either the pardon or the Fifth Amendment.
Oops.
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Yes, this is absolutely crucial. Judge Luttig - a conservative in the old, best sense, has been warning, in close detail about the magnitude of the threat for some time. His prediction is terrifyingly plausible, even though he believes, eventually in a happy ending.
You MUST read this brilliant essay by Judge Michael Luttig: “The Final Battle for America’s Democracy”newrepublic.com/article/2151… via @newrepublic
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🚨 For years the Telegraph was one of the loudest cheerleaders for hard Brexit and the glorious economic freedom supposedly waiting outside Europe.
Now the Telegraph is owned by a German 🇩🇪 company.
And that German owner is cutting up to 100 jobs as it restructures the paper into a “global, AI-powered” business.
Some of its most hardline Brexit voices are also reported to be among those leaving.
Perhaps there is a lesson here. Markets really are global. Capital really does cross borders.
And shouting “sovereignty” does not stop decisions about British jobs being made somewhere else.
Brexit promised control.
The ownership structure tells a rather different story.
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Si has pasado los 35, recuerda esto.
· El hombre que come solo sin mirar el móvil
· El hombre que va al cine sin compañía
· El hombre que viaja y no publica una foto
· El hombre que pasa su cumpleaños en silencio
· El hombre que no responde por obligación
Este tipo de hombre…
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«Seguro que solo está aburrida»
«Tal vez sea por compromiso»
«No hay forma de que alguien quiera estar conmigo de verdad»
Esas son las excusas que buscas para no dejar entrar a nadie.
Comer solo sin mirar el móvil
es porque prefieres sentarte a la mesa sin esperar a que nadie tenga tiempo para ti.
Ir al cine sin compañía
es porque no quieres invitar a alguien y arriesgarte a escuchar un «no».
Viajar y no publicar fotos
es porque te has acostumbrado a disfrutar de los buenos momentos sin esperar que nadie se interese por ellos.
Pasar tu cumpleaños en silencio
es porque no quieres esperar felicitaciones que quizá nunca lleguen.
No responder por obligación
es porque no quieres que tu tranquilidad vuelva a depender de otra persona.
No quieres depender.
No quieres esperar.
No quieres ilusionarte y acabar herido.
Esos sentimientos tal vez también estorban en el amor.
Aunque una chica te invite,
«Seguro que solo quiere pasar el rato» y das un paso atrás.
Aunque te diga que te echa de menos,
«Seguro que solo está siendo amable» y lo dejas pasar.
Entonces, desde la perspectiva de la chica,
«¿No le intereso?» y se rinde a veces.
Por eso, recuerda esto.
Que estés acostumbrado a estar solo
no significa que no merezcas que alguien quiera estar contigo.
Los hombres que han vivido sin esperar compañía
a veces no saben recibir el cariño cuando llega.
Pero no hay necesidad de rechazar de entrada el interés de una chica.
«Me alegra. Yo también quiero verte otra vez»
Solo con decir eso de corazón,
puede empezar un romance.
El cariño no es algo que debas rechazar por costumbre.
Es algo que puedes comprobar, ¿verdad?
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You MUST read this brilliant essay by Judge Michael Luttig: “The Final Battle for America’s Democracy”newrepublic.com/article/2151… via @newrepublic
