The Un-US Politics Discussion Scenario

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Ireland's abortion law the 8th amendment is officially no more.

President Higgins signed The 36th Amendment into law today. I'm on mobile so no links

Im in an airport so it feels only right and proper to see it off and welcome the new law with a little drop and remember all the women who made those awful journeys outside Ireland for terminations.
No more.

[Babycakes]

Because I'm a winner, I get most of my international news from ONTD posts, and apparently a huge monster names Bolsonaro might get elected in Brazil. He makes Drumpf sound classy:

“if the son gets a little gay he gets beat and changes his behavior, good thing i was spanked, my dad taught me how to be a man ,” “my children were raised right so they’d never date peomiscuous black ppl,” to a female politician, on camera: “i wouldn’t rape you bc you don’t deserve it, you’re too ugly,” “i had 4 sons and on the 5th time i wasn’t strong enough and a daughter came out,” “the mistake in the dictatorship was torturing and not killing. i’m pro torture,” “i don’t discriminate but if i see two men kissing i’ll beat them,” “90% of adopted kids from gay households will without a doubt become prostitutes”

[bluemuna]

W. T. F.

[MrsOldManBalls]

What are the odds he'll win?

[Babycakes]

Sept 20, 2018 7:38:13 GMT -4 MrsOldManBalls said:

What are the odds he'll win?

According the ONTD posters living there, he's crept pass the 50% mark, and into the low 60s.

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In regards to the Brazilian candidate ..WTF!


In other unsurprising news Theresa May/Brexit is having a bad day! to put it mildly.

[Libelle]

I really don't get how anybody can claim that the EU leaders saying May's proposal won't work is unexpected. The EU have been unanimous - for once - in their stance regarding access to the common market, and the fact that for them the "four freedoms" that define it (free movement of goods, capital, services, and labour) are inseparably linked. Great Britain wants to have two of those freedoms (goods and capital) without accepting the other two. That is never going to work, and the media in the rest of the EU have been reporting this ever since the details of her Chequers plan became known.

But then, the cynical side of me thinks that the GB politicians (and large parts of the press over there) are only interested in setting it up so that when the negotiations inevitably fail, GB citizens will blame the big bad EU, instead of the Brexiteers who lied to them about how easy it would be to get everything they want from the EU.

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MP and Shadow Minister for Northern Ireland on what's at stake for The Irish Border potential issues post Brexit. He gets it an MP who gets it why can't the rest of them. Peace is precious that's why we are being difficult.

Then there is this beautiful written and filmed piece featuring actor Stephen Rea ‘Jacob Rees-Mogg you're right. You don't need to visit the border... you need to have lived here.’
Its about 8mins long but worth a look.



Edit Oct 2nd
Fury. They don't care, never have and never will. Genuinely fearful for the future peace and stability and economy on all of this small Island.

Good Friday Argeement is not untouchable .DUP Arlene Foster
The document that was our road map to peace, stability and prosperity. They want division and discord again.

Tory Philip Hammond says UK would impose Hard Border if No Deal Brexit happens.

[chonies]

Catalan independence back in the news. I still don't entirely understand what's driving this, but it's been a year, so whatever I knew I've probably forgotten beyond language and culture issues. I'm not sure what they all ~mean in the bigger sense.

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This is my Ireland. These teenagers are wonderful

A bit more about Nonso and the campaign to halt his deportation

From the article
"It was one the greatest lessons that our students learned last year and this year, that they can make an impact, that a simple thing, if you follow it through that you have a voice, that’s a life lesson for our kids."