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Saudi Arabia opens it's first alcohol store today and the meltdowns have ensued.
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Originally posted by Green Cockade Green Cockade wrote:

Plenty of theories about that. I incline to the view that there were bad actors within the State bodies directing and protecting the various loyalist murder gangs who did not want peace and were more in tune with the politics of Willie McCrea and his like than they were with the government elements who were trying to end the conflict.

I think I read about David Ervine warning people to that effect.
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Plenty of theories about that. I incline to the view that there were bad actors within the State bodies directing and protecting the various loyalist murder gangs who did not want peace and were more in tune with the politics of Willie McCrea and his like than they were with the government elements who were trying to end the conflict.
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Originally posted by Green Cockade Green Cockade wrote:

I saw the Stephen Irwin incident at Windsor, it was at an Irish Cup final I was at between Linfield and Glentoran. He was in the Glens end where he slashed a UVF member with a Stanley knife and sparked off a vicious loyalist feud over it. Torrens Knight was indeed a paid informer who was getting £50,000 a year for his services. The murder of Sean Brown by the LVF was sanctioned and aided by the State and if the full truth ever comes out about it, it will be devastating in the extreme.
What would be their motivation for it when the troubles were finally dying down?
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I saw the Stephen Irwin incident at Windsor, it was at an Irish Cup final I was at between Linfield and Glentoran. He was in the Glens end where he slashed a UVF member with a Stanley knife and sparked off a vicious loyalist feud over it. Torrens Knight was indeed a paid informer who was getting £50,000 a year for his services. The murder of Sean Brown by the LVF was sanctioned and aided by the State and if the full truth ever comes out about it, it will be devastating in the extreme.
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Originally posted by horsebox horsebox wrote:

Knight was a paid British state agent. 

And Stephen Irwin, like many in the UDA, had links to Combat 18 and other white supremacist groups. Went back to prison for stabbing someone with a stanley knife at Windsor Park.

While we're talking about state agents, the Sean Brown news is making my blood boil.
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Knight was a paid British state agent. 
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In the infamous clip where Greysteel Massacre killers Torrens Knight, Stephen Irwin and Geoffrey Deeney are being led in to court in front of a baying crowd, getaway driver Knight taunts the crowd with shouts of "What about Kelly?", and "Up the UFF!" They all agreed beforehand to taunt the crowd but Irwin and Deeney got cold feet leaving Knight with his arse hanging in the wind.
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Originally posted by eireland eireland wrote:

Having quite the bubble bath today and I've noticed the farts don't smell as bad when they emerge from underwater.
Always thought they are far worse in a shower for some reason
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Having quite the bubble bath today and I've noticed the farts don't smell as bad when they emerge from underwater.
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The actor who played Hodor in Game of Thrones is gay.

The actor who played Hodor in Game of Thrones witnessed the INLA murder of gay RUC officer Darren Bradshaw in Belfast's Parliament Bar in 1997.
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Conan O'Brien is going to be in Ros na Run.
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Never heard of that - I know cornhole is a game they play in the US.
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People used to wipe their arses with dried corn cobs in the days of the outhouse, hence the word "cornhole".
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Originally posted by Shedite Shedite wrote:

Originally posted by irishmufc irishmufc wrote:

Guayaquil is the largest city in Ecuador. 

Always assumed it was the capital Quito. 

Cracking football stadium there if you ever get to go, did a lot of football on my SA backpacking trip and this was one of the best - their team is Barcelona




I'd go just to admire those fantastic goal stanchions.  USA 94 type jobHeart
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Originally posted by irishmufc irishmufc wrote:

Guayaquil is the largest city in Ecuador. 

Always assumed it was the capital Quito. 

Cracking football stadium there if you ever get to go, did a lot of football on my SA backpacking trip and this was one of the best - their team is Barcelona
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Guayaquil is the largest city in Ecuador. 

Always assumed it was the capital Quito. 
Wings? They're only the band The Beatles could have been.
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