Mick86

Arsenal were a disgrace. The only thing worse was the referee who should be relegated to league 2 matches.

That's possibly the most ridiculous take on anything I've ever read.

When you're rich enough to buy the judges they let you do what you want.

What did we eat before the discovery of America with its potatoes and tomatoes?

Anita Anand's mum says there's no such thing as curry powder.

The planets going to be fine. Humans are in trouble though.

Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous punctuation.

After a sleepless night, I finished About Time at 7 am. The series keeps getting better and better.

On to Time Police 5, Killing Time.

Why is the UK appointing a "Brexit negotiator"? The Brexit negotiations ended years ago, and the UK is no longer in the EU. In a similar vein, who are you appointing to the Versailles peace talks? Any thoughts on ending the Hundred Years War?

Ban X, sanction Musk, his companies and business partners.

Slievenamon in Co. Tipperary yesterday crowned with snow and bathed in wintery sunshine. Temperatures plunged to -6C last night.

Commenced book #4 of 2025; Jodi Taylor's About Time - the fourth in the Time Police series. Book 3, Saving Time, was excellent. Matthew's mum and girlfriend save Athens and Paris from annihilation. Jane's love life progresses while two other Time Police begin what may be a romance for the ages.

Just in from mammoth interview session to two bits of news. One that a DV perp got locked up because of something I did and that a vulnerable constituent had a a massive wrongful debt written off after our intervention. This is why I came to politics, this is why I'll just keep cracking on.

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Block X, sanction Musk and his companies. Issue an EU arrest warrant for him and his business partners. Investigate those being financed by him. Musk and his ilk are a problem because our governments are wedded to playing democratic politics with extremists. Let's stop doing that.

And all the post-election think pieces should be be focused on the question of why voters refused to accept that message from Biden and Harris. But that would lead inevitably to an examination of media coverage of Biden and of Harris.

My granny could have scored from there. And she died in 1973.

Snowy day in Ireland. We rarely see this kind of snow these days.

I love ROL. I found this one in an airport bookshop in 2012 and got hooked right away.

I'm just starting the third Time Police novel by Jodi Taylor, Saving Time.

Finished my second book of 2025. Hard Time by Jodi Taylor. I love Jane and her inner dialogues.

My advice is not to post anything even mildly controversial. Posting about what a nice day it is can get you banned.

I remember working out as a child that I'd be 40 in 2001. That seemed really old.

Still in contact with a man i met in 1979.

We are not responsible for the actions of our ancestors. Hold Musk and Trump responsible for what they are, not what their ancestors were.

Paddy Hill, one of Birmingham Six who were framed for IRA pub bombings, dies aged 80 Paddy Hill, one of the Birmingham Six who were framed and wrongly convicted of IRA attacks on pubs in Birmingham in 1974, has died at the age of 80.

Paddy Hill, one of Birmingham Six who were framed for IRA pub bombings, dies aged 80

www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...

This weekend's reading was a re-read of Amongst Our Weapons by @benaaronovitch.bsky.social and started the Time Police series by Jodi Taylor with Book 1; Doing Time. Quarter way in and I'm hooked.

Yet.

It's happened before. The Nazis called it Aktion T4.