The International Lesbian Conspiracy To Sap My Precious Bodily Fluids
Here is a warning to all true Irishmen, one that we disregard at our peril, from Tom Finnegan, a legal advisor toContinue Reading
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Rachel Maddow On The Plutocratic Oversight
Very few people in Ireland will have heard of Rachel Maddow, a centre-left American journalist and author who presents aContinue Reading
The Continuity IRA’s Hollow Show Of Strength In Lurgan
So the (Continuity) Irish Republican Army is making minor headlines again following the publication of several rather indistinct photos on theContinue Reading
The British Extreme Targets The Centre
Finally, someone in the UK press has recognised the shameful political scheming by the Tories (and Labour) which could giveContinue Reading
The New Scramble For Africa Spawns More Human Misery
If you remember your late 19th and early 20th century history you will surely have heard or read about the geo-political phenomenonContinue Reading
Greater England Is At Ease With The European Tea Party
The Scottish National Party is a popular, mainstream, democratic, left-of-centre European political group which has managed the devolved government of Scotland since 2007. It’sContinue Reading
The BBC Challengers Election Debate 2015
Did Nicola Sturgeon, the formidable SNP leader and current First Minster of Scotland, emerge as the winner from last night’s televisedContinue Reading
The So-Called Irish Press
The meaning of the English idiom “so-called” is generally given as, “So named; called by such a name, with a veryContinue Reading
9/11 Or The Saudi Arabian Terrorist Attack That Wasn’t
The New York Post newspaper carries more information on the investigations carried out by the FBI in the wake of theContinue Reading
The Bloody Demonisation Of Political Opponents By Fine Gael And Labour
This is what happens when members of the political establishment, the governing coalition parties and the sycophantic right-wing national press, conspire together toContinue Reading
Seanad Éireann, A Legislative House For All Of Ireland
Seanad Éireann, the quasi-democratic upper house of the Oireachtas, has an unenviable record for cronyism and patronage, serving downContinue Reading
How The United States’ Both Destroyed And Saved The Taliban
In the latter half of 2001 the United States of America, supported by Britain, and later in co-operation with a resurgent United IslamicContinue Reading
The Paramilitary Wing Of The CIA And The Russian Cybermilitary
Here is an interesting peek at the increasing militarisation of the Central Intelligence Agency or CIA, the premier espionage service of theContinue Reading
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Hugogate Or The Hugo Awards, Sad Puppies And Rabid Puppies
When I was growing up in Ireland during the 1980s and ’90s possessing a passion for Science-Fiction almost inevitably led one toContinue Reading
Channel 4 News On The Kincora Boys Home Scandal
I’ve used the platform presented by An Sionnach Fionn to discuss the Kincora Boys Home scandal on many occasions in theContinue Reading
The Rump British Colony In Ireland Goes Into Monty Python Mode
So the regional political parties in the north-east of Ireland, the last administrative rump of the British colony on this islandContinue Reading
Gene Kerrigan’s MediaBite Interview
MediaBite, a website founded in 2007 by David Manning and Miriam Cotton to analyse the intellectually incestuous group-think of Irish journalism, has an excellent interviewContinue Reading
American Reporting On Ireland Plays Like An Episode Of The Sons Of Anarchy
As feared the short piece on the Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams by 60 Minutes, the primetime current affairs show for the CBSContinue Reading
The Mexicanisation Of Irish Policing
For at least four decades allegations of systemic corruption have swirled around sections of An Garda Síochána, Ireland’s nationalContinue Reading
Gerry Adams, CBS’ 60 Minutes And The Journalism Of Stereotype
I’ve stated before on ASF that the vast majority of “Western” career journalists don’t know their arse from their elbow whenContinue Reading
The War Nerd On The Conflict In Yemen
The War Nerd, the nom de guerre of the military blogger Gary Brecher (who in turn is the alledged nom de plumeContinue Reading
The 2016 Proclamation Of The Irish Republic Inc.
In light of Enda Kenny’s suggestion of a “new proclamation” for 2016, comes this leaked government draft: THE FINE OIBREContinue Reading
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