The whole point of the carbon tax in theory is that it shifts behaviour – that it is a “nudge” in the right direction. But in reality, it does not do that, because investing in the ability to use alternative fuels is beyond the average household.
Put figures like these together with the impact of shuttering various health screening services for months at a time, and there is a reasonable case to be made that lockdown may have cost – or at minimum, ruined – many more lives than it saved.
the message is not a cruel or a harsh one: It might be said to be a Catholic message, in fact, and a mild rebuke, whether intended or not, to Martin Luther. Salvation does not come, on Crockett Island, through faith alone. Faith alone is not enough.
In Ireland, we demand total conformity with whatever the pieties of the day might be, and then re-define those pieties as tolerance and compassion.
If the Government had any decency, it would resign in disgrace.
Trying to raid the super-rich for tax is a fool’s errand
In 2008, when the last great disaster befell us, there was a moment of post-fall clarity. “Yes”, the media said, “too many dissenters were shouted down. There was a Groupthink problem. It should never happen again”.
It is genuinely remarkable how quickly Ireland, and Irish politicians, and, most importantly, Irish voters, have forgotten what happened to the country in 2008.
If the wisdom of our politicians was measured by the amount of time that RTE gives them to promote their views to the nation, one would have to conclude that Paul Murphy was the greatest mind since Marcus Aurelius himself
Fear of “misinformation” is used to protect established interests: Politicians, Newspapers, Government departments, from criticism
When newspapers abolish the use of “pregnant woman” and endorse “pregnant people”, they are essentially saying that they accept that the most hardcore trans rights activists are correct, and their opponents are incorrect. It is not reporting, it is activism.
They rob you twice, arguably three times, and most of us do not even notice.