It’s also ok to bitch about American No campaigners tbf, you know, seeing as they’re actively trying to deprive people of rights in their own countries. Like, nobody meant all Americans so we don’t need to #notallamericans
Considering Ireland has been begging the US for handouts for years, I can't get as "Americans should butt out of Irish affairs" about these awful dead-eyed youngsters as other people might. It's just payback for all that "please invest in little Ireland, sure look, here's a cardboard cutout of President Bartlett" guff that goes on at the US gates in Dublin Airport, which makes me cringe every time I go down those escalators.
Anyway, who had "teatime surge" in the bingo? Because I think we've had that from the Irish Times now.
― trishyb, Friday, 25 May 2018 17:09 (six years ago) link
Trying to get fdi means we have to look the other way at almost certainly illegal behaviour from pressure groups outside the state aimed at depriving women of human rights? Huh, who knew!
― gyac, Friday, 25 May 2018 17:19 (six years ago) link
Ah yes, you are right. Thanks. I am schooled now.
― trishyb, Friday, 25 May 2018 17:28 (six years ago) link
note: I made the americanize comment above because F and darraghmac often lament that the board is too american.
― Yerac, Friday, 25 May 2018 17:34 (six years ago) link
Considering those antis are sending their flying monkeys to Ireland, the UK (where they’re financing interventionist foetus bullshit outside clinics) and most poisonously, to carry out ‘missionary work’ in Africa, fuck them trying to interfere while pretending to the US that they are not interventionist at all (unless they’re passing the basket in church).
― suzy, Friday, 25 May 2018 17:35 (six years ago) link
68% yes according to Irish Times exit poll...
― Blandford Forum, Friday, 25 May 2018 21:08 (six years ago) link
I just saw. How accurate is that exit poll? They only surveyed 4000. Is that enough? I so badly want that to be true.
― gyac, Friday, 25 May 2018 21:10 (six years ago) link
have IPSOS fucked up any exit polls recently?
― calzino, Friday, 25 May 2018 21:13 (six years ago) link
hope to fuck that the exit poll is accurate
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Friday, 25 May 2018 21:15 (six years ago) link
If, and I stress if, those exit poll stats are true, it’s incredible.
Even Connacht-Ulster, expected to be the bulwark of the anti-repeal vote, voted in favour of the constitutional change by 59 per cent to 41 per cent, the poll finds.
Christ.
Among the youngest voters, support for the change was overwhelming – the poll finds that 87 per cent of those aged between 18-24 voted for repeal.
Unreal.
Please!
― gyac, Friday, 25 May 2018 21:30 (six years ago) link
Clearly so moved I posted the same stat twice.
― gyac, Friday, 25 May 2018 21:31 (six years ago) link
They'll be telling us Roscommon voted Yes next.
― Poisoned by Johan's pea soup. (Tom D.), Friday, 25 May 2018 21:34 (six years ago) link
evenin all
― laurel or hardyhearin (darraghmac), Friday, 25 May 2018 21:43 (six years ago) link
So you're here in SF, you say.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 25 May 2018 22:03 (six years ago) link
what a time to be alive
― i am fast and full of teeth. i willl die in a barn fire (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 25 May 2018 22:05 (six years ago) link
i am home in dub ned
tomorrow is another day
― laurel or hardyhearin (darraghmac), Friday, 25 May 2018 22:11 (six years ago) link
Clarity. (I will not be here tomorrow, sadly, but if you're around past Tuesday, drop a line.)
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 25 May 2018 22:14 (six years ago) link
off towards oregon!
she has a tight tour schedule this time else youd have gotten a mail weeks ago, rest assured
― laurel or hardyhearin (darraghmac), Friday, 25 May 2018 22:25 (six years ago) link
All good. Back to the referendum news.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 25 May 2018 22:26 (six years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DeEu6-wWkAMig-I.jpg
― piscesx, Friday, 25 May 2018 22:27 (six years ago) link
RTE EXIT POLL: YES 69.4% #8thRef— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) May 25, 2018
― gyac, Friday, 25 May 2018 22:28 (six years ago) link
thw hateful 8th indeed
― laurel or hardyhearin (darraghmac), Friday, 25 May 2018 22:29 (six years ago) link
my mate has been heavily involved in the campaign, so pleased for her. cilliam murphy sent the campaign office a cake. good lad.
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Friday, 25 May 2018 22:31 (six years ago) link
* cillian
https://twitter.com/ellenmcoyne/status/10001278646987366This is such an interesting point
― gyac, Friday, 25 May 2018 22:36 (six years ago) link
The citizens assembly was 64%, it was portrayed as an unrepresentative anomaly.— Ellen Coyne (@ellenmcoyne) May 25, 2018
69.4%
sorry but
NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICE
― Simon H., Friday, 25 May 2018 22:44 (six years ago) link
The AMOUNT of replies to that last tweet simply saying ‘nice’. Trey Parker and Matt Stone have a lot to answer for…— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) May 25, 2018
― gyac, Friday, 25 May 2018 22:47 (six years ago) link
Thank you Ireland for voting well.
― Yerac, Friday, 25 May 2018 22:57 (six years ago) link
well 8th you brought me a very nice half-sister, conceived when my mum was 14, in what would be considered an incident of statutory rape and child abuse under current UK laws, so yeah you can fuck right off forever now, please!
― calzino, Friday, 25 May 2018 23:39 (six years ago) link
I love my stupid country
― Number None, Friday, 25 May 2018 23:49 (six years ago) link
Well done folks
― sleeve, Saturday, 26 May 2018 00:07 (six years ago) link
Good.
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 26 May 2018 00:12 (six years ago) link
oh it gets better and better
As reported by @morningireland,Yes vote: Fine Gael - 74%, Sinn Fein - 74%, Labour - 80%, Greens - 88%, Fianna Fail - 49% #RepealedThe8th— Delna (@Delna_42) May 26, 2018
may it crush them again
― laurel or hardyhearin (darraghmac), Saturday, 26 May 2018 07:29 (six years ago) link
58% Yes in Roscommon.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Saturday, 26 May 2018 09:42 (six years ago) link
It's nice to wake up to a referendum result that isn't complete shit. Good work Ireland.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 26 May 2018 09:44 (six years ago) link
I love my stupid county
― Number None, Friday, 25 May 2018 23:49 (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
tsk
― laurel or hardyhearin (darraghmac), Saturday, 26 May 2018 10:49 (six years ago) link
Good man yourself, Ireland
― Spiderman pointing at himself.img (Bananaman Begins), Saturday, 26 May 2018 11:38 (six years ago) link
Took you till 18 years into the 21st century mind you.
― Poisoned by Johan's pea soup. (Tom D.), Saturday, 26 May 2018 11:41 (six years ago) link
Glad to hear the referendum went the right way. Hope there isn't anything that the committed No people can do to undermine this first step.Do know that the Yes movement do view it as the first of several steps that need to be taken before they see things as just.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 26 May 2018 11:48 (six years ago) link
Donegal trying to spoil the party, count still going on.
― Poisoned by Johan's pea soup. (Tom D.), Saturday, 26 May 2018 11:53 (six years ago) link
Hope there isn't anything that the committed No people can do to undermine this first step.
Because of the size of the margin, the government is going to move quickly on this. Opposing TDs have already indicated they will support the legislation.
No crowd could mount a legal challenge but it’s going to look desperate given how soundly they were beaten. It would take a substantial effort to have public opinion reverse on this now to the point they ever decided to have a vote on it again. The 8th was successful for so long because the right organised and planned for it, knowing that the level of constitutional protection would be difficult to overturn.
Thinking of Mary Robinson today. She opposed the original referendum in 1983, and she was David Norris’s counsel. So ahead of the times.
― gyac, Saturday, 26 May 2018 12:29 (six years ago) link
Donegal has a higher % of young people leave home than any other and it is cut off from the rest of the country (no rail connections). They will have had a higher percentage of elderly voters as a result. I read also that part of the country is now part of Sligo-Leitrim after boundaries changed.
― gyac, Saturday, 26 May 2018 12:35 (six years ago) link
Attn journalists ! When you're talking about Donegal as a county do add in the 63% of South Donegal that has voted Yes that was taken out of our constituency #justiceforDonegal #Donegal #RepealedThe8th— Daithí for Yes (@Daithionaroll) May 26, 2018
― gyac, Saturday, 26 May 2018 12:39 (six years ago) link
how did Kerry vote?
― calzino, Saturday, 26 May 2018 13:48 (six years ago) link
that question could be about the cognitive ability or voting results.
― calzino, Saturday, 26 May 2018 13:49 (six years ago) link
Their official count isn’t in yet but Yes. Saw reports of people putting miraculous medals in with the ballot papers - hope that counts as a spoiled vote.
― gyac, Saturday, 26 May 2018 14:00 (six years ago) link
Miraculous medals and novena prayers amongst ballot papers in one of the boxes from Killarney.#Kerry #8thRef pic.twitter.com/vPNU7PLttv— Seán Mac an tSíthigh (@Buailtin) May 26, 2018
― gyac, Saturday, 26 May 2018 14:02 (six years ago) link
lol!
― calzino, Saturday, 26 May 2018 14:05 (six years ago) link
http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/296/006/e90.gif
― i am fast and full of teeth. i willl die in a barn fire (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 26 May 2018 14:09 (six years ago) link