Gript Media Podcasts

TRSI 288 - More of a novena than a plan

Ireland has "robust" safeguards in place to ensure public money doesn't go to Terrorist groups, but the Government will not be accepting further questions at this time; and the new climate plan consists mostly of punching ourselves in the face and telling ourselves it's what we deserve.

 

Israeli document on Addameer - https://4il.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/blood-money-European-funding-palestinian-ngod-A-case-study-Addameer.pdf
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aax0848
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2021-11-03/3/#spk_9

TRSI 287 - Less broad, more blanket

RTE's relationship with the climate advocacy group Covering Climate Now remains unclear, but RTE are refusing to release any information which might clarify the matter; and the Press Ombudsman considers if the IFP are far-right and makes a fool of itself and its office.

 

https://www.presscouncil.ie/Decided-by-the-Press-Ombudsman/9722021-mr-hermann-kelly-and-the-journal
https://gript.ie/editorial-on-the-irish-freedom-party-the-press-ombudsman-has-gotten-it-badly-wrong/
https://gript.ie/ben-scallan-why-is-rte-a-member-of-a-climate-change-activism-group/
https://www.orwell.ru/library/articles/As_I_Please/english/efasc - What is fascism?

Sunday Reflection 68 - The Sermon on the mount

Father Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he discusses the sermon on the mount.

TRSI 286 - Zero Tolerance for Zero Tolerance

Zero Tolerance for FG apparently means telling people what they are doing is morally wrong; more energy alerts; Irish charities cannot be expected to fund their own PR campaign; and 1/3 degrees may be financially worthless.

 

https://www.eirgridgroup.com/site-files/library/EirGrid/Winter-Outlook-2021-2022.pdf
https://freopp.org/we-calculated-return-on-investment-for-30-000-bachelors-degrees-find-yours-1f2f3c5e6dac

TRSI 285 - We‘re going all the way

It appears we correctly predicted that the claims of injection spiking in England and Scotland would cross over to Ireland; and we finally review Dave Chappelle's new comedy special - it's not funny, but the problem is not the politics.

 

George Carlin - Saving the Planet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rksKvZoUCPQ

TRSI 284 - You can‘t stop death

There is an acceptable number of deaths from COVID-19, and it's simply dishonest to tell people otherwise; the Cabinet is briefed on the possibility of blackouts this winter; and Sinn Fein are polling at 33%, which suggests the Government's policy of deliberately increasing the cost of living may not have been a terribly good idea.

 

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/health-pharma/let-s-talk-about-acceptable-covid-death-rates-before-restrictions-kick-in-1.4707096
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/respiratory-virus-puts-more-pressure-on-hospitals-38mc3gqw2?t=ie
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210913-the-little-known-virus-that-surged-in-children-this-summer
https://www.businesspost.ie/ireland/rise-in-cost-of-living-alarms-94-of-voters-red-c-poll-finds-53657482

Sunday Reflection 67 - Son of God, have pity on me

Father Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he discusses the blind man who askes Jesus to let him see.

TRSI 283 - Look out, he‘s got a weapon

The British press is filled with stories of women being drugged, but the stories have all the characteristics of a panic; and the Associated Press made the mistake of lying before checking to see if there was video that showed what actually happened.

 

https://metro.co.uk/2021/10/21/needle-spiking-everything-we-know-after-women-targeted-in-nightclubs-15461751/
https://www.wsj.com/articles/teen-girls-are-developing-tics-doctors-say-tiktok-could-be-a-factor-11634389201?
Shot - https://twitter.com/VitoGesualdi/status/1451071305789292548
Chaser - https://twitter.com/VitoGesualdi/status/1451311741233610764
Family Guy: Joe's New Surveillance Van

"How Did They Catch You in 4K?!" but it's in 4K.

TRSI 282 - Gently swaying should count as dancing

The ICCL has found another horrible, civil liberty limiting bill to fully support; the government brings in antigen testing, in the most cack-handed fashion imaginable; and maybe the real solution to online misinformation is simply acting in a trustworthy fashion. 

 

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(20)30388-0/fulltext

Sunday Reflection 66 - You know not what you ask

Father Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he discusses the request of James and John to sit at Jesus' right and left hand.