khannie

Are you assuming there were any messages prior to the group chat?

It's not fuzzy at all. He was accidentally invited to a group chat. They thought he was someone else.

If you've ever used signal, the detail in the article would be more than enough to understand the sequence of events.

I'd say Khabib would do it for free.

Oh I firmly believe it is one. I'd say his goal would be to whip up some crazies and cause some damage.

Thankfully not many people listen to him any more. He's a bit of a national embarrassment.

Yeah that part did stick with me too. For what it's worth I'd say most Irish adults have been to the US at some point and had a great time so it's all quite a bit of confusion and horror.

We know right well that there are lots of really good folks there too though and Michael does a great job of portraying that in the clip.

He's a good lad. We're all very fond of him.

He's a super lad but you wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of him. This is one of my all time favourite bits of radio where he absolutely eviscerates someone against Obamacare at the time.

It's from 2010 and 4 minutes long. Honestly couldn't recommend enough that everyone who reads this gives it a listen.

Some light swearing at the end.

"I take him at his word in this sense"

That's the problem right there. Dope. His word is worth less than the air used to create it. His MO is literally to lull people into a false sense of security then rob or kill them.

Look, I've been to the states a good 7 or 8 times and I'm really very fond of the place and the people generally. That includes the, hands down, best summer of my life on a college visa.

I will not be going back there until shit calms down. I just can't gamble on the notion of spending weeks in a cold, overly bright shithole cell on the whim of anyone on the way through just for a holiday when I can spin over to any country in Europe and just get a smile and a "Welcome" from the border security on my way in.

It just wouldn't be a rational choice.

edit: I just want to add in that the EU pumps an enormous amount of money on the Erasmus scheme. If you're not in the know the idea is to get kids in college in one country to do a year of the course in another country in Europe. The only real goal of this is to make people realise that they're just like everyone else in Europe so we never have an internal war again and it is (along with a few other bits) the best money the EU spends IMO.

Thanks for the response. That's the thing - I feel like they're big enough personalities on their own to get elected. AOC did it initially on a shoestring is my understanding and she's well past the point of having voter recognition.

Genuine question to our American friends:

How come Bernie, AOC, Crockett etc. don't start their own party? They can pledge to vote with the dems where it makes sense and they have enough political capital to continue getting elected. Seems like an ideal time to create a 3rd (actual alternative) party, no?

It might force the republicans to create an alt right and centre right party too which I feel would erode some of the alt right because from experience most Americans are not that alt right.

He's not far off my mother's age and she's doing great so I have that to compare to but jaaayyysus.... I would not want to be fighting as hard as he is at his age. Man deserves some rest.