Gript Media Podcasts

TRSI 293 - The importance of scoundrels

The most interesting part of the Kinzen story is that it's not a story anywhere but Gript; Labour have a new anti-business bill in the pipe, and this one's a doozy; and McEntee's hate speech bill goes before the Justice Committee today.

 

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/far-right-could-use-political-discourse-defence-in-hate-crime-bill-to-justify-prejudice-7zcmlh0vs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NmZlp2XuBw - Jamie Oliver
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh13ch_e3eA - BlackAdder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueyCT8fN64M - The power station money

TRSI 292 - Philip Nolan, the new king of science

A new poll shows SF leading the historical parties by a mile; antigen testing is back on the menu but the man who said the tests were snake oil is getting a promotion; a new report shows that mortgages are cheaper than rents nearly everywhere in Ireland; and there are now 12 houses to rent in Limerick City.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7OV_Oe7KAo

TRSI 291 - It‘s either a threat or a promise

Eamon Ryan says electric cars will shortly be cheaper than petrol or diesel cars; a new bill would allow NGOs to produce or control false government identity documents; and a savage questioning of government policy by RTE.

 

https://www.gov.ie/en/consultation/47e77-consultation-on-irelands-draft-state-report-to-the-un-committee-on-the-rights-of-the-child/
Smuggling Bill - https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/bill/2021/105/eng/ver_a/b105a21s.pdf
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/claire-byrne-challenges-ireland-s-climate-strategy-people-are-being-asked-to-pony-up-a-lot-1.4725869

TRSI 290 - Congratulations are in order

We somehow missed the Journal being recertified as fact-checkers; some more Kinzen stuff; transport delays; and the hilariously revelation that Limerick City only has 9 rental properties left.

 

https://ww1.daft.ie/report?d_rd=1
https://gript.ie/quis_custodiet_ipsos_custodes/
https://gript.ie/reality-of-climate-change-is-your-mother-being-gang-raped-extinction-rebellion-co-founder/
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/finn-mcredmond-no-end-in-sight-to-the-new-age-of-anxiety-1.4718455

TRSI 289 - Four Seasons Total Landscaping Day

The numbers in the government's retrofitting scheme do not make any sense but the programme will certainly screw the elderly and the poor; and a founder of Extinction Rebellion has some thoughts on how and why climate change ends with your mother being gang raped on your kitchen table.

 

https://www.irishexaminer.com/property/residential/arid-40732509.html
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/retrofitting-bill-could-come-to-average-of-56-000-per-home-1.4720943
https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/major-media-brands-sign-up-to-climate-content-pledge-during-cop26-41011663.html
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xlEbMab_dRs4Wx3nESYT0bkFb2LluuBHjA9lOEyeWqY/edit - Extinction Rebellion founder piece

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