tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post3607939386391810254..comments2024-03-29T06:51:03.388+00:00Comments on TPQ: Will Sinn Féin Take Their Seats In Westminster?AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-39368169416315502622019-01-16T00:56:14.591+00:002019-01-16T00:56:14.591+00:00Anthony, thank you for that clarification!
I will...Anthony, thank you for that clarification!<br /><br />I will withdraw that part of my critique. Eoghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944611614493961109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-10376960684302002042019-01-15T19:22:08.613+00:002019-01-15T19:22:08.613+00:00Eoghan,
that is not right. Barry did not ask to h...Eoghan,<br /><br />that is not right. Barry did not ask to have a choice over who can comment on his pieces. Nor does he have a right to stop people who do not use a moniker. The blog has made that offer to all named writers that they can choose to be treated in kind. The blog policy as long been that invisible people have invisible rights. It will seek to protect from anonymous abuse those who AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-15203791060549827192019-01-15T13:14:48.958+00:002019-01-15T13:14:48.958+00:00Anthony, so good old Barry wants to limit free spe...Anthony, so good old Barry wants to limit free speech here, shocker that.<br /><br />He wants to limit who can comment on what he has to say. <br /><br />What an elitist!<br /><br />I think though that he is pushing against an open door. <br /><br />Because only a few ever comment on his ersatz academic articles here.<br /><br />If any at all because his articles fail to astonish. <br /><br />InEoghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944611614493961109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-52261328127270633862019-01-10T06:53:23.108+00:002019-01-10T06:53:23.108+00:00Barry - while it will not apply to this article du...Barry - while it will not apply to this article due to it not being written by you, the following tweak to TPQ will apply to any future article which you do author. <br /><br />A named writer can insist on not having the moniker comment on their pieces. While it would change nothing for Frankie (he makes no attempt to conceal his identity and is always willing to openly stand over his ideas) it AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-63246477336480074122019-01-10T06:51:22.989+00:002019-01-10T06:51:22.989+00:00Awful language being used by some on here. Luckily...Awful language being used by some on here. Luckily most folk aren't so sensitive as to call for censorship lmao!Wolfe tonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00240967708414139476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-23503830664627758092019-01-10T04:54:10.640+00:002019-01-10T04:54:10.640+00:00Barry, nice try but like I said there is no Irish,...Barry, nice try but like I said there is no Irish, Jewish or Italian race.<br /><br />These are distinct national cultures and ethnicities for sure but not genetic.<br /><br />Like I said the genome has been mapped out and no such national gene has been found.<br /><br />And obviously you don’t have better things to do with your life. <br /><br />Except to repeat specious Brit arguments about Eoghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944611614493961109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-74378162662490637802019-01-10T00:56:39.947+00:002019-01-10T00:56:39.947+00:00Genetic Proof of the prevalence of haemochromatosi...Genetic Proof of the prevalence of haemochromatosis among Irish people:<br /><br />https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-43245267Barry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-33413973803593378832019-01-10T00:51:32.903+00:002019-01-10T00:51:32.903+00:00Frankie
The difference is that is that Bill Clin...Frankie<br /><br />The difference is that is that Bill Clinton did not cause the virtual suspension of the Federal Government to build the secure fence nor put the US armed forces on a major invasion alert to stop a human caravan of misery from Central and South America.<br /><br />"Do you make excuses for armed groups like the Paras who carried out murderous campaigns in your name"<brBarry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-45465561507489083762019-01-09T19:58:08.330+00:002019-01-09T19:58:08.330+00:00Barry,
Another of your distorted facts about to b...Barry,<br />Another of your distorted facts about to be debunked....<a href="https://haemochromatosis.org.au/explanation/" rel="nofollow">Haemochromatosis</a> affects mainly white northern Europeans..Sometimes called the Celtic curse, Scottish sickness..Viking gene...They think it may be a mutated gene from 60/70 generations ago..No one is really sure except mainly white Europeans are affected..frankiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452424095829736700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-40625453669525807052019-01-09T18:36:28.610+00:002019-01-09T18:36:28.610+00:00Disraeli became an Anglican aged 12. Not sure if t...Disraeli became an Anglican aged 12. Not sure if the relief act went as far as Catholics being allowed to be prime minister, do know there's never been one.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14120277877011965034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-56209618659004582382019-01-09T17:38:44.602+00:002019-01-09T17:38:44.602+00:00Barry,
Benjamin Disraeli was born Jewish but conve...Barry,<br />Benjamin Disraeli was born Jewish but converted when he was 12 and since he was a practicing Anglican<br /><br /> <b>I do not loath being Irish; I do loath the actions and ideology of armed groups who carried out their murderous campaigns in my name </b><br /><br />Is that what you tell yourself on poppy day or do you make excuses for armed groups like the Paras who carried out frankiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452424095829736700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-16992910000951379022019-01-09T10:26:58.792+00:002019-01-09T10:26:58.792+00:00Eoghan
Geneticists have discovered the "Celt...Eoghan<br /><br />Geneticists have discovered the "Celtic curse" gene which explains the prevalence of hereditary haemochromatosis (excess iron absorption in the blood) amongst Irish people; I am affected by this condition which proves there is a genetic component to Irishness.<br /><br />I have better things to do with my life than engaging with your incoherent rantings and slanders Barry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-81729450570105340342019-01-09T01:57:20.610+00:002019-01-09T01:57:20.610+00:00Barry,
Being Irish (like being Italian or French ...Barry,<br /><br />Being Irish (like being Italian or French or Jewish) is ethnic but not racial. <br /><br />The human genome has been mapped out.<br /><br />And sorry but there are no Irish, French or Jewish genes.<br /> <br />I suppose England now has their own affirmative action policy (or at least the appearance of one) on anyone being “White Irish” because of their history of invidious Eoghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944611614493961109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-7662288754167273662019-01-08T10:36:53.473+00:002019-01-08T10:36:53.473+00:00Eoghan
Irishness is a recognised ethnicity; why e...Eoghan<br /><br />Irishness is a recognised ethnicity; why else does the "category "White Irish" appear on all UK equal opportunity questionnaires? So your "self-loathing Irish" jibe is from the "self-hating Jew" stable of Zionist extremism. I do not loath being Irish; I do loath the actions and ideology of armed groups who carried out their murderous Barry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-17334027494518442092019-01-08T04:47:50.545+00:002019-01-08T04:47:50.545+00:00Barry,
You protest too much.
Although self-loat...Barry,<br /><br />You protest too much. <br /><br />Although self-loathing about being Irish is a shame...<br /><br />Being Irish isn't a race despite English bigots and you thinking we are. <br /><br />That said you forgot to also mention Maggie "The Iron Lady" Thatcher.<br /><br />If ever there was a blood soaked lying Saxon nationalist...may she rust in peace. <br /><br />And mayEoghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944611614493961109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-62337908294803513472019-01-06T23:04:48.804+00:002019-01-06T23:04:48.804+00:00Eoghan
"Methinks besides being a self-loathi...Eoghan<br /><br />"Methinks besides being a self-loathing Irishman..."<br /><br />Stick your racist insults where the sun does not shine preferably in the company of Le Pen, Trump, Farage, Robinson, Putin and any other populist nationalist bigot you can think of.Barry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-45203089702124614702019-01-06T16:31:44.502+00:002019-01-06T16:31:44.502+00:00Barry,
So what about the Irish Labor Party not pa...Barry,<br /><br />So what about the Irish Labor Party not participating in the 1918 Election?<br /><br />They chose not to as was their democratic right not to:<br /><br /><i>“The (Irish) Labour Party, however, decided not to participate in the election, fearing that it would be caught in the political crossfire between the IPP and Sinn Féin; it thought it better to let the people make up their Eoghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944611614493961109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-37503779306526153702019-01-06T12:39:33.067+00:002019-01-06T12:39:33.067+00:00Barry - I was talking about US intelligence servic...Barry - I was talking about US intelligence services, you're implying their commander in cheif is commiting espionage under their very nose. You're still missing the point, as it stands Mueller has submitted no hard evidence, he's being openly challenged to do so by Gulliani. He's postponed it several times, as it stands it's in the realm of conspiracy theory. You point to'Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14120277877011965034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-91803103298887171902019-01-06T00:08:02.402+00:002019-01-06T00:08:02.402+00:00Eoghan
Nationalist Ireland (notwithstanding the f...Eoghan<br /><br />Nationalist Ireland (notwithstanding the facts that the Irish Labour Party did not stand in the election; that Sinn Fein were given a free run in some cpnstituencies and that women under the age of 30 and men under the age of 21 did not have the franchise) did vote for independence from the UK which was granted to most of nationalist Ireland in 1922 after the Troubles.<br /><br Barry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-73223859722459835652019-01-05T20:59:05.612+00:002019-01-05T20:59:05.612+00:00Barry, glad to hear that!
So you agree the UK s...Barry, glad to hear that! <br /><br />So you agree the UK should have then & now respected the Irish 1919 vote and left, right?<br /><br />By the way, Trump won because of the US Electoral College (which Hillary Clinton supports). <br /><br />His win had nothing to do with the Russians who did not ratify the US Constitution.Eoghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944611614493961109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-82750644389717886562019-01-05T18:48:01.911+00:002019-01-05T18:48:01.911+00:00Frankie
A very simply reply. Corbyn and May are e...Frankie<br /><br />A very simply reply. Corbyn and May are equally shambolic. Besiodes, I never wanted Corbyn's name to be on the ballot paper for the leadership as I believed (correctly) that he would be a disaster. His leadership on Brexit has been a disgrace and his willingness to embrace it is, bearing in mind that the vast majority of Party members are pro-Remain and support a People&Barry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-24817294672208248682019-01-05T02:41:10.380+00:002019-01-05T02:41:10.380+00:00Barry, you can’t have it both ways. You said:
“Yo...Barry, you can’t have it both ways. You said:<br /><br /><i>“You seem to forget that Scotland and London as well as NI voted Remain; why should their democratic rights and aspirations be disregarded in order to satisfy the whims of nativist and inward looking English nationalism. The UK is not synonymous with England.”</i><br /><br />So which straw man are you talking about? <br /><br />Or like Eoghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944611614493961109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-6743831435246268822019-01-05T01:26:26.515+00:002019-01-05T01:26:26.515+00:00Barry-I don't know if you're at the wind u...Barry-I don't know if you're at the wind up or simple. Sundar pichai told congress Russia spent 4800 dollars. Somehow that out ranks Clinton's 2 billion. You mock conspiracy theories yet indulge in one that has the U.S president outwitting the intelligence agencies for Russia. The same guy you say shouldn't be in office through his lack of intelligence. You never answer any Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14120277877011965034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-11335593127127438792019-01-04T22:09:19.349+00:002019-01-04T22:09:19.349+00:00Barry,
reading is you are from the Socrates schoo...Barry,<br /><br />reading is you are from the Socrates school of thought and only certain people should be allowed to vote because most don't grasp the complexity of the question and didn't factor everything into account. <br /><br />Why hasn't the Labour Party called for the head of Chris Grayling? He signs off on a contract worth millions to a company with no boats to take on frankiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452424095829736700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-19753740790230121822019-01-04T19:03:17.625+00:002019-01-04T19:03:17.625+00:00Barry Gilheany: Even if the Russophobic brigade co...Barry Gilheany: Even if the Russophobic brigade could prove their nonsense about "Russian meddling" it wouldn't amount to a hill of beans. The idea that the British, the US, Israel and many other countries don't meddle in the elections of foreign countries is utterly preposterous. Chuck Feeney, Soros, Rupert Murdoch (an American citizen) and many more foreigners have meddled Northsiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770330740967862808noreply@blogger.com