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If only the former realized it's the latter (equally bigotted bunch) who are their real adversaries!

I don't think lacking awareness is the key here as much as it's the latter deliberately misrepresenting the former every time. I would have just called it plain own hypocrisy.
 

At that protest, all the people of Coolock, Finglas, Crumlin etc that have an issue with IPAS centres are filthy far-right scum and have no right to complain.

But all the lawyers, media figures and politicians who live in D4 that successfully blocked an IPAS centre for the Sachs hotel last week are just "concerned residents" and entitled to their say.

Some interesting points there lads, great to hear what motivates ye. It's definitely important to actually enjoy activity otherwise why bother but I would add if people instead of thinking of it as a hobby and more of a duty, it might motivate the person in the right direction too if they don't see a point. You you can give a hobby a break but you can never give having a body a break. It's a constant journey. As Ducky mentioned, it's a permanent consideration now because of the dietary restrictions.

Nice to hear Naraka you've got the ball rolling, low to medium intensity swimming is a great choice.
If you fancy it I would recommend adding resistance training to the mix even once a week as weight loss and weight training go hand and glove.
Muscle is metabolically active and the more of it you put on your body the more energy it will demand so someone with more muscle will burn more calories sitting on a sofa than someone with less.
Just do any exercise with good form to failure (5-30 reps depending on weight) for 5-10 sets per week and you'll be setting your body up to build muscle and prioritise losing only fat if you do drop weight.
Diet wise, try to think about carb intake relative to your exercise. Some people are consuming enough carbs every day for a marathon. But, if you do nothing else definitely consume 1.5gm of protein per kilo of target body weight to aid growth and recovery. It also preserves muscle and  the weights won't just increase strength and hypertrophy, they'll improve bone density and actually strengthen tendons, ligaments and cartilage provided the exercise is performed well. Best of luck.

Has anyone here used Ben Dunne gyms? I'm seriously out of shape and at 45 years old I don't want to let it slide any further. I was thinking about joining a gym and the closest to me is a Ben Dunne gym. I was wondering if they're decent?

Only noticed this thread now. I haven't used that gym, but from what I can see online they seem well equipped.
When you say out of shape do you mean your cardio is terrible or you're carrying a lot of unwanted weight?

I honestly wouldnt get hung up on gym membership, if you can find any leisure centre near you that have free weights and decent cable machines where you can pay as you go with no commitment, you're laughing. Start with that and go whenever it suits you. Then when you get momentum try to commit to a set day, then 2 days and so on.

Thinking back to their Hyde Park show in 2014 when Donal walked away from a tout offering him a ticket for £15 before eventually selling for a tenner. How did we get here with ticket prices?!

Now that's more like it. But to answer your question, it's because people keep paying it pure and simple.
€150 is my max, I don't care who the cunt is.

Dauþuz - Uranium

Got my ticket, looking forward to this now. Thanks for putting it on Evan and gang.

I agree with pretty much all of your contributions there lads. Astfgyl, when's the new stand-up show or podcast? Some great one liners! 😜

Id love to see a shake up as Shepherd said but realistically I can see FF/FG doing well for several reasons. One being a lot of voters across different age groups but mostly older, not having read a line of any manifestos will vote FF/FG as if the candidate is an independent because "Ah he's a grand fella". There's Nimbyism and also someone mentioned a great point earlier in the thread, that some people are secretly delighted with their lot and want this to continue. I think that's definitely true.

Long story short:
More of the same with Labour/Aontú in place of greens.

Krypts. The album Remnants of Expansion springs to mind.

Glad ye enjoyed it. Got placed in the upper Hogan stand side of stage. There were no vocals, echoing drums and muddled guitar. I feel bad for the 30 or so rows of people to the left of me because I couldn't hear a thing and couldn't see most of the stage so I could imagine what they got. Total joke. Had to leave and watched by an exit more toward centre so I got some of it by the end thankfully. Show was stellar though, lights and fireworks, class. On the upside, went for a drive through the Wicklow mountains the next day which was lovely 😄

https://x.com/AbolishDirect/status/1799151093324063161?t=YYnPqfZKr8XB7tyhQACQyQ&s=19

Then there's this "to make sure they voted correctly"

Some scam

Is this a joke?! 😅, that's fairly bad jesus.

There's videos from all over of lads bussing in migrants to voting centres and it's not going to make people any happier even if it works in the locals it's going to be felt at the GE. Don't forget the migrants can't vote in that one so today's results are not going to be a good indicator of what's to come at the next vote and government parties who gain from it would do well not to be too emboldened by any of it

Yah jesus, I'm seeing a few bits there now. Why am I not surprised, I knew they were being coached but ffs. Just saw there was a group of migrants dropped off at a Sligo polling station in a Fine Gael campaign van for a local candidate, Thomas Walsh if I'm not mistaken. I wonder who they voted for?lol. Jokes aside,the whole election is compromised in my view and you're right they should hang their heads but all the main party candidates were all strutting around my constituency like the march referendum never happened so i dunno.

https://x.com/AbolishDirect/status/1799151093324063161?t=YYnPqfZKr8XB7tyhQACQyQ&s=19

Then there's this "to make sure they voted correctly"

Some scam

Is this a joke?! 😅, that's fairly bad jesus.

I hear your points lads and no snare I haven't seen but I'll take your word for it as what I was talking about would have been well over a year ago and if that is the case we'll he's fucked himself rightly hasn't he because that's awful behaviour. And I'm unaware of his brother so again I'll take your word for it. I understand he has said and done a lot more since then, but I was just making the point I think he had the right idea at the start of the Ukrainian migration to at least have a conversation about but to respond to Astfgyl's point I agree and think certainly lads have come to this conclusion but for all the wrong reasons, jumping to hatred of the person rather than the system and it doesn't help anyone. And Snare, I wouldn't be surprised if he is a scut, I was just separating the man from the argument and seeing was there something to consider.

Astfgyl, do you mean Derek Blythe? Tbf, I do agree with you mostly but if you are talking about Derek Blythe, that's not correct. If I'm wrong, point it out but I'm certain Derek has only campaigned for helping Irish people in need first, then any genuine asylum seekers and wanted to highlight why there is blatant preferential treatment. Over a year ago in Mitchelstown I believe, vacant property belonging to the church were being refitted for Ukrainians and Derek offered to do the work for practically nothing with his team if half of the six houses were reserved for Irish families, the authorities said no so he again offered finally to do the work as long as just one house was reserved for an Irish lad who lost his house and was living in his car in the town and they said no. Why because, it's not about humanity it's all about money, money and more money. You've heard them say "we have international obligations" the lad in the car doesn't qualify. I've have never heard anyone say get Ukrainians on the first plane out of this country as a campaign. What I have heard is deport any migrants claiming asylum who have no documents and are proven to be either rejects from other EU countries or economic migrants from safe countries looking to bypass the legal route as they would be rejected any other way. I completely agree with this, who wouldn't? Honestly.
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Anyone see the headlines from the German stabbing incident actually? Very misleading indeed.

I did, makes my piss boil. The most benign headlines like "Man stabs multiple people at anti islam protest", no indication of who was doing the stabbing but of course had to mention they were "anti-islam" ie; racist? or anti immigration in general one might think?

instead of what actually happened, here's a better headline :

"Jihadist thug who targeted extremist Islam protesters in a frenzied knife attack stabs 5 people killing one police officer."