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Martin Callinan is a perfect example of the phrase ‘when the going gets tough, the tough gets going’.

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Louise O’Keeffe is remarkable; her innocence was destroyed by an agent of the Irish State, yet her naivete regarding a politician’s apology remains undimmed.

Sat, 08 Feb, 2014

US should spend at home

Has it occurred to anyone in the US that instead of spending trillions on fighting unholy wars in other countries, the money could be used to update its own infrastructure, such as roads, bridges, hospitals, schools, etc, and the place would not be falling down around their ears, as it is now?

Wed, 05 Jun, 2013

Where’s our apology?

I see that some holier than thou US politicians are saying that our government (and by extension, the citizens) is enabling companies such as Apple to avoid paying their fair share of tax.

Tue, 28 May, 2013

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Regarding all those hagiographic eulogies, Maggie Thatcher must be spinning in her grave that she never faked her conversion to Catholicism; by now, she would surely be a shoe-in for sainthood.

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