Dan Barry retweeted
Joe Biden ended his presidency with:
2.9% inflation.
4.1% unemployment.
43k Dow Jones.
Manufacturing boom.
Gaza ceasefire.
Medicare D $2k prescription drug cap.
Infrastructure boom.
Fastest economic recovery.
Covid handled.
But go ahead, tell me he’s a bad president.
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⚖️ 1 (!) rider above 70 kg (Derek Gee, 9th TDF, 27' behind Pogacar)
finished in top 🔟 of GC in the 3 Grand Tours in 2024. (most are below 65 kg)
Lowest weight Wout van Aert: about 77 kg
So NO:
He shouldn't go for GC.
He can't go for GC.
And above all: he doesn't WANT to go for GC
(has repeated that over & over).
YES, he can wear pink in the first 2 weeks of the Giro, that's very possible, but unless he is +15 minutes ahead (what won't happen), he doesn't stand a chance in consecutive high mountain stages against Roglic and co.
Should Wout van Aert ride for GC at a Grand Tour? trib.al/lTzK7CI
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when the apple money goes to the entire county of kerry:
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On the evening of January 15th, Padraig (Pee) Flynn took to the stage on the Late Late Show and delivered a set of remarks so jaw-dropping they left the studio audience—and the entire nation—utterly flabbergasted.
irishpoliticsnewsletter.ie/p…
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In today’s Path to power @cooper_m said:
“The big thing for this government is building, building things.”
@ProgressIreland has been working on how to get Ireland building more housing, infrastructure, and companies
Here’s some of our housing ideas to get Ireland building🧵
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The association between defence spending and distance from Moscow among EU countries
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Amazing how #Higgins never turns argument around on Vladimir #Putin or Xi #Jinping, brutal aggression of which has very reluctantly forced the #West into this position. The guy has zero grasp of the realities of international politics. Only fluffy fantasy.
irishtimes.com/science/2025/…
Dan Barry retweeted
Eh, no.
It was horrendous. It was a tragedy followed by complete policy failure.
The word genocide is thrown about so easily, it will lose its power.
It wasn't a famine. It was genocide.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
It was a famine. Several nations donated what they could to try and help, the biggest support by far came from Britain, led by the efforts of Baron de Rothschild through the British Relief Association.
dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/eng…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fam…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_R…
Social Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore has said there should be a State-run death notice website after RIP.ie announced its plan to begin charging for funeral listings
thejournal.ie/state-run-deat…
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Ireland, whose safety is de-facto guaranteed by NATO, and which not only rides for free but also grandstands lecturing others who, unlike her, don’t have the luxury of being an island off an island off the safe side of Europe and today face an existential threat.
Dan Barry retweeted
How long did it take the massive waves of Irish migrants to economically integrate into England over the past two centuries?
It took a while.
Dan Barry retweeted
The Enoch Burke contempt of court fund will end up being bigger than the Apple Tax Case yet.
