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Government "Transparency" Bike shelter €334,000 Security shed €1.4million National Children's hospital first touted 1993, still not built, €2.2billion and rising. And they won't own up to who signed off on them, or who got the contract and why? No of course not. OPW, afuera!

https://www.ftm.eu/eu-misconduct# Looks like its subscription based though, mmm :confused: "25% of MEPs tainted by a scandal of some type" From https://www.thejournal.ie/mep-scandal-investigation-6280642-Jan2024/

Qatar-gate "Eight arrests, 19 addresses raided", "Greek socialist MEP stripped of EU vice-presidency (14 of them, kerching!) after Belgian raid finds €600,000 under her bed! 'It was just resting...' " :cool: "€150,000 found at home of (another) one suspect" " and several thousand in a...

Quite right The money was just "resting in his account" Like 'Father Ted :) '

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_Monster_Raving_Loony_Party https://www.loonyparty.com/ No more Loony than the others? :p

https://www.dutchnews.nl/2024/11/the-dutch-are-cycling-more-and-buying-more-e-bikes/ It's not all bad news though, yay.. they have the Pirate Party PPNL, and the Party Party DFP literally a Joke party. :)

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/eu-climate-chief-holds-firm-co2-deadlines-cars-2024-11-07/ "Many of the car company CEOs I talk to have said that they can deliver on the targets," Hoekstra said, *without naming specific companies*. So they probably didn't, seeing as...

Exactly, there were no other candidates, hence no *real* vote comrade, da? (Edit: just my spelling) (Edit edit: Wikipedia seems to have primary voting results, mm) Why would Redacted make a silly claim that could be so easily refuted? Double tut? So both sides are clowns. As I originally...

'Redacted' says the *D e m o c r a t s* have Not had a Vote in their Own primaries since 2008! Is that true? Edit: and the Clinton & Obama admins poured bleach on their computers/servers as they left? Wow, tut tut, say no more, nothing to see here, move along comrade :cool:

Educational, but unintentionally funny, says "people can vote out plutocrats". Err, not if All the politicians are bought & paid for! Poly = many, so many! Tics = blood sucking parasites Shun = how they should be treated? :)

US is a Constitutional Republic, as is Ireland. While the UK is a Constitutional Monarchy. Neither are a Democracy in the true sense, though both ascribe to 'one man, one vote, representative plutocracy? Switzerland appears to be considered the most democratic Constitutionally governed country...

https://youtube.com/shorts/t4hfSD4qm2E?si=p22pYO9_5UlL8jky

https://www.techradar.com/pro/microsoft-is-building-wooden-data-centers-in-its-latest-push-to-cut-emissions-could-this-be-the-future-of-ai-power Of course, it only really "green" if they plant the trees and wait for them to grow. Otherwise they're cutting down carbon capturing beauties to build...

https://www.thejournal.ie/electric-vehicle-sales-fall-6530107-Nov2024/ Going down for the third time?

https://road.cc/content/news/cycling-live-blog-5-november-2024-311115 " Meanwhile, Gav Marten argued that some bike lights can do more harm than good. “I’ve still got spots in my vision from an inconsiderate cyclist and his night-sun light,” he wrote. “Car headlights are designed with a beam...

https://interestingengineering.com/energy/tree-species-to-generate-clean-electricity And what are very flammable trees known for? Yes, burning "wild (nothing to do with a r s o n) fires" Genius! :oops:

https://www.thejournal.ie/dynamic-pricing-supermarkets-6529138-Nov2024/ Sorry sir, the price of that balloon has risen since you entered the store! :rolleyes:

Solar going down again, must be sunset!? https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/national-news/1647009/blow-for-homeowners-with-solar-panels-as-electric-ireland-confirms-rate-cut.html

Yeah, the Solar and wind is going so well they're putting in gas fired power stations, yeeha! :p https://www.meathchronicle.ie/2024/11/04/plans-submitted-for-gas-fired-power-plant-near-kentstown/

"The European Commission recently launched a legal challenge against Hungary over it’s Russian-like ‘foreign influence’ law, which would ban domestic media companies and N*Government*alOs receiving international investment." 'The Journal' (irish) Yes, stop foreign paid interference, as is their...