The good old days.
A People Before Profit TD has called on the government to use emergency powers to forcibly seize private property to house Ukrainian refugees. The comments were made yesterday in the Dáil by Richard Boyd Barrett TD during a discussion on the rapidly depleting housing options for Ireland’s Ukrainian arrivals. Richard Boyd Barrett calls on the […]
Creepy.
When it comes to environmental disasters, who do you generally imagine is responsible? We generally tend to think of an evil rightwing industrial capitalist with a top hat and monocle. Some lad who looks like the Monopoly man, laughing maniacally and twirling his moustache as his money machine pumps toxic fumes into the upper atmosphere. […]
After using emergency powers to crack down on trucking protests, old footage has resurfaced of Canadian PM Justin Trudeau saying he has “admiration” for China’s “basic dictatorship.” The footage was from a 2013 Sun TV segment, a Canadian English-speaking news channel. The Liberal Party leader was asked which nation he admired most. Trudeau replied: “There’s […]
It’s no secret that Ireland, like many countries, is experiencing a serious cost of living crisis, fueled by inflation and a European energy crunch. Average families are facing a projected €1,300 increase in energy costs this year alone, and according to the CSO, inflation in Ireland rose 3.7% last year – the sharpest rise since […]
This week, People Before Profit TD Gino Kenny told the Dáil that the Covid-19 virus “did a number of positive things” – specifically citing the State commandeering private healthcare as a great benefit to the country. But far from being of benefit, this actually exposed what a disaster the State-run healthcare system is – though […]
Billionaire Hungarian investor George Soros has accused Chinese dictator Xi Jingping of being the “greatest threat that open societies face today.” The remarks were made during a speech at the Hoover Institution last week. “2022 will be a critical year in the history of the world,” said Soros. “In a few days, China – the […]
Today, 14th January, is the anniversary of Cardinal Manning Cardinal Henry Edward Manning was a convert from the Anglican church to Catholicism and was ordained Archbishop of Westminster in 1865. He was a strong supporter of social justice within the teachings of the church and was a key influence on the Papal encyclical Rerum Novarum […]
When anti-capitalist Marxists and big corporate lobbying groups are campaigning for the same policies, you know a wire is after getting crossed in your political system. Chambers Ireland, the biggest business lobbying organisation in the country, has praised the government for giving amnesty to tens of thousands of illegal immigrants, and urged more of the […]
At Sinn Féin’s 2021 Ard Fheis, the party praised the totalitarian Communist regime in Cuba, mere months after Cuban authorities cracked down on anti-government demonstrations, arresting protesters and journalists. The mass demonstrations – the largest the Caribbean island had seen in decades – took place in July of this year. They were to protest against […]
“The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.” Thomas Sowell There is a twitter account named Thomas Sowell Quotes, and its popular because a quote from Thomas […]