Yus!

Yeah I agree but it’s such a tiny amount we’re spending and it’s one of those things that takes a long time to ramp up.

Seems you’re correct. There are 6 Transatlantic to Ireland and lots from Ireland to the UK but more transatlantic go to the UK which is news to me.

They were willing to settle for less

Why? Their goal was total capture of Ukraine. What stopped them? Only armed resistance that they were unable to overcome. They would happily be in full control of Ukraine if they were able to so it’s entirely relevant to the discussion. That was their aim. They just failed.

Any terrain will do if it allows them to participate in the Asian economy.

Again I don’t think you have any idea how shit that land is. Population density in the bulk of Russia is under ten people per square kilometer. There’s a reason for that and it’s not lack of desire to be closer to the east.

Ah sure fuck the internet cables and autonomy. That 0.2% of GDP on defence is the issue.

All of Europe or just Ukraine and maybe the Baltics?

Ah sure that’s grand so.

Russia was willing to settle for east Ukraine

Yeah that’s why they made a grab for the whole country. The state of you trying to defend their imperialist bullshit.

Their country stretches till North Korea.

Yeah and there’s a reason nobody lives there in the 21st century. It’s shit land.

Why would Russia conquer Europe

What? They’re obviously in the thick of attempting it right now.

when they can expand their cities in the east where the future center of the world will be?

What? Have you seen the geography of Russia?

Is Russia sponsoring fascists in Ireland like elsewhere?

Of course. There have been all sorts of shenanigans related to Russia.

Most of Europe’s internet connection from the US goes through Ireland.

Ireland isn’t a neutral country

It is yeah. I’m not necessarily a fan of it myself but that’s where we are. We have a defence force, not an army. We have never been involved in a war (directly) though we do take sides, Ukraine being an example where we delivered non lethal aid for the first time in our history.

it’s a EU member state and the EU has a common defense agreement.

The wording in that clause is partly to accommodate our neutrality.

So why does Kallas (who is not representing NATO but the EU) call Ireland out for not being a NATO member?

I didn’t see that anywhere. Our defence spending has been tiny compared to other nations and with hybrid attacks on the rise across Europe we can’t afford to rely on our larger neighbours any more, especially with many transatlantic internet cables coming aground in Ireland.

Some of the larger disposables do have a charging port. I guess it allows them ship a smaller battery which is good

If you insist.

Someone decompiled it and there’s now versions of it available on the play store and other places. It is a real blast from the past.

No they don’t provide weapons. They’re selling weapons to Europe who provide weapons.

That’s like saying the supermarket provides food to the poor instead of the soup kitchen.

The Riva line were absolute bangers tbh. Mad props to the driver developers who were always playing catch-up on the hardware (mad props to the hardware designers implied) but always delivered the goods. I honestly hope they’re rich AF.

Holy cow that first camera is just so full of genius engineering.

Nail on the head. I know I’m gonna enjoy a Tom Hanks movie, and he was really great in some roles, but if Frances McDormand is on the ticket my socks are gonna be blown off. That woman is art to watch.

Edit: Willem Dafoe and Olivia Coleman also. There are obviously loads more but they all really excite me to see in a movie.

Ireland has Gaelic football too so you have to figure out from context which football is being referred to.

We even play against the Aussies at a mix of the two football types occasionally which is called international rules.

Their lads are fucking massive as they play it professionally while Gaelic football is strictly amateur (all the money gets pumped back into local clubs which generally end up being very nice as a result).

It must be the 1% of the 1% of many fanbases.

Whenever Ireland are in a world cup, people start saving from the qualifiers so the rich are definitely there but it’s die hard footie fans that make up the bulk traveling.

It’s hard to overestimate just how much some people love the beautiful game. I remember the 2002 world cup which was in Korea / Japan and myself and my mates were getting up at unholy hours to watch all while murdering beers and screaming at the TV and I’m not even that into football.

leaving it behind isn’t as easy as they say it is.

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