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Last Notes npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney "I truly believe germans are good people but brainwashed. So they have no idea what is happening in Palestine." npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney My nine year old child is more aware of the significance of boycotting an event that enables a propaganda opportunity for a regime that murders children on a daily basis than the fucktards here supporting #Eurovision. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney This has to happen everywhere now. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney I genuinely believe that the biggest political mistake the UK has ever made was to reject proportional representation. The current system makes coalition almost impossible and helps to sustain the two party system. People are fed up with the status quo and in these cases, they will always choose the easy option which is far right populism. It doesn't help that Labour is left wing only in name. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney Foolishly, Ukraine has showed unwavering support for the Israeli military regime and yet again, Tel Aviv shows that it does not give a flying fuck about anyone else bar itself. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney What pisses me off about these people is that their gripe with fuel costs, which by the way is extortionate here in Ireland, isn't about taking a stand at a social level to try and introduce better government at a state and rural passage. It's not even about their care for fellow humans. It's just personal and they all happen to be affected by the same issue. None of these protesters will be campaigning for the end of fossil fuels and would be the first to run over #StopOil protesters. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney The ‘silent majority’ argument ignores the reality that silence and compliance in the face of oppression are forms of consent. If Israeli society truly opposed these policies, its collective power to demand change—through protests, votes, or refusal to participate in military actions—would be evident. Until then, the government’s actions reflect the will, or at least the tolerance, of its people. 5) npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney Polls, like the one shared, show substantial public support for actions that violate international law, including the expulsion of Palestinians and the use of extreme military force. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney The current government, the most far-right in Israel’s history, was democratically elected in 2022 with a clear mandate for its approach to Palestine. While there have been protests—such as those against judicial reforms or specific military actions—there has been no mass refusal of conscription, no widespread civil disobedience, and no significant electoral shift away from hawkish policies. 3) npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney These bodies have documented systematic violations, including the blockade of Gaza, settlement expansion, and military actions that disproportionately harm civilians. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney You’re right that the Israeli people have a right to exist in safety and dignity—just as Palestinians and all people do. However, the argument that the Israeli government has broken international law—including prohibitions on genocide, apartheid, and war crimes—is not just rhetorical; it is supported by reports from the UN, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the International Criminal Court (ICC). 1) npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney Some of you are old enough to remember the outcry and vicious response to the snipers during the Balkan wars. Many of them were hunted down and shown no mercy. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney Heinous, disgusting, criminal, and evil. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney I hear you. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney These details have been corroborated by Palestinian journalists, eyewitnesses, and medical reports. Why are we even entertaining these scumbags in our country in any shape or form? It's not as if they are under a brutal regime because they fucking voted in majority to have this society and practically all of them serve in their wehrmacht. It's seems to me that the only thing they have learnt from the Holocaust is how to repeat it. 🔚 npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney A "Western Democracy" did this. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney Boycott Israel, Germany and Italy as much as possible because they supply the weapons. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney This not #Warsaw, #Stallingrad, or #Berlin in 1944. This is #Gaza city in 2026. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney Dear #America and #Germany, thank you so much for unwavering support for #Palestine. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney The largest mass killing of #schoolgirls in modern history. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney are we losing the traditional definition of podcasting in that it's an audio file? I'm also curious about the demographics of video versus audio and what the percentages are out there. I'm not at all keen on doing any videos myself - I have a face for audio only! - and as for when and where I listen, it's either in the car or in bad at night. It's interesting to see where the definition is now. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney in any conversation on the US and Europe, we often discuss the differences in society and I can safely say that the idea of criminalising homelessness is almost impossible to declare in modern Europe. Anything relating to such an action is despicable in most European eyes. It's a perfect example of what separates us from the feudal society in the US. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney 🇦🇺 Holden – A cultural icon in Australia. A revival could focus on performance EVs and rugged utes for global markets. 8) npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney 🇺🇸 Studebaker – Famous for bold designs and innovation. Imagine retro-futuristic electric sedans inspired by the Avanti. 6) npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney 🇫🇷 Talbot – A once-great European brand with racing pedigree. Could return as an affordable, sporty EV brand. 6) npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney 🇬🇧 Rover – A proud British marque with a heritage of solid, refined cars. Perfect for stylish EV family cars and crossovers. 5) npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney 🇮🇹 Lancia – Once the kings of rally and elegant design. A reborn Lancia could dominate electric motorsport and luxury compact segments. 4) npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney 🇺🇸 Pontiac – The heart of American muscle and performance. A revived Pontiac could blend EV power with classic Firebird/TransAm attitude. 3) npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney 🇸🇪 Saab – Known for innovation, safety, and quirky design. A modern electric Saab with aircraft-inspired styling? Yes please. 2) npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney Here's a lighter 🧵 to take our minds off all the nonsense that's going on. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney Name them. Count the days. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney Right now, multiple prisoners linked to Palestine Action are on prolonged hunger strike in UK prisons. Many are on remand — not convicted. Some have gone over 40–50 days without food. Several have been hospitalised. This is not normal. This is deliberate. 3) npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney Watching people on hunger strike in British prisons in 2025 is not abstract. We know this road. Hunger strike is not “protest theatre” — it is what happens when a state closes every other door and waits for bodies to fail. Silence is complicity. 2) npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney As an Irishman, and given our long history of hunger strike as an act of defiance against a British regime hell bent on allowing its own citizens to starve to death for a foreign power, I find the lack of coverage by the media to be utterly abhorrent. 🧵 #NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine #UKGenocide #FreePalestine #FuckIsreal #Ireland npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney Ireland's 1994 #Eurovision winner Charlie McGettigan has said he plans to hand back his trophy in support of last year's winner Nemo, who is returning the 2024 trophy in protest over Israel's continued participation. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney It's looking highly likely that #NorthMacedonia will boycott the 2026 #Eurovision song contest. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney This story is so fucked up. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney I'm only going to write this once. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney Murdering #Israeli fucks are now #kidnapping members of the aid flotilla. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney UK Labour is owned by the Israelis. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney follow @npub1034…8gsu for insight into the history of the use of nuclear and atomic energy and weapons. Check out my conversation with Robert on an episode of The Comfortable Spot podcast. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney So the arms traffickers and genocide enablers are trying to clean up their act two years after fully supporting the mass murder of innocent men, women, and children in #Gaza. Two years later is too late and #Germany must be made to pay at the very least, reparations directly to the Palestinian people. If they really cared, they would send people to the war zone. Help is needed on the ground and nit picking the best children for their PR cleanup will not wash. #GermanGenocide npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney murdering bastards. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney I haven't used YouTube for any of my productions. I'm old school and believe that if it's a video, it's a video show. Just because you have two guys with mic stands wrapped around the side of their heads, that doesn't make it a podcast. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney I enjoyed the #TheOrville, but sometimes, it tended to address social issues half baked - almost afraid to delve deeper for fear of losing its audience. One episode more than any stands out for me in that it had the potential to be brilliant but ended up superficial, rushed and somewhat disturbing. The episode was season three's "Twice in a Lifetime" . Here is a thread on why it failed so miserably because it never addressd the real core of its narrative - The Wanda Maximoff Comparison. 🧵 npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney #Irish President, Michael D Higgins says outlould what other leaders are afraid to. The #UN has the power collectively to stop the #genocide by establishing a humanitarian corridor. We can't go to war against the #Israeli military regime but we can stop them from killing any more #Palestinian children if we want to. Demand your government do something now. Support the #HigginsUNInitiative. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney What were the parents thinking though? npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney If Israel fires on food and medicine: npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney But if Israeli military regime's forces attack those humanitarian convoys? npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney We do not need war. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney Here’s what I’d do immediately: npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney 🧵If I were given the task of saving the people of Palestine, I would act now. Within seconds. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney and I get tremendous abuse for advocation of expulsion of Israeli citizens from our states. We can document it all we want but until we take action at a civil society level, we may as well be complicit. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney what administration? npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney close embassies for a start. Deport any Israeli citizens who are serving or have served in the lastvten years and any citizens currently in employment in any way with the Tel Aviv government. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney So the only question is, why are people not running these murdering bastards out of the embassies? For fuck sake, they're murdering babies live on TV and people still tolerate them. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney #FuckIsreal. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney we Irish have turned complaints on Israeli products to retail managers into a sport. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney Ask yourself this question - would there be the same amount of nonsense if he had been shouting "victory for Ukraine, death to the Russian army" ? npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney Peace president my arse. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney it's hilarious how full of bullshit this court case is. The prick will never step down as long as his cabal of generals are alongside him. The Israeli suckers are in a dictatorship but they just don't know it yet. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney if anything happens to those people, I promise to do everything I can to make Israelis regret their actions. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney Isreali military regime at it again withn#Irish peacekeepers in #Lebanon. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney This didn't age well did it? npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney Please share this Joint statement from 🇮🇪 🇮🇸 🇱🇺 🇲🇹 🇳🇴 🇸🇮 🇪🇸 on Gaza: to fight against the continuing slaughter of the Palestinian people. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney The #Israeli military regime commit acts of mass #murder and #genocide while Europe votes them into the final of the #Eurovision. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney Absolutely shocking. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney Over 70 former Eurovision contestants, including #Ireland's 1994 winner Charlie McGettigan, have signed an open letter urging the event's organisers to kick Israel and its national broadcaster, Kan out of the #Eurovision. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney Change the #Palestinians to the #Irish and #Israel to the #British and it's 1845 again. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney #Americans npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney #Ireland has been on the receiving end of a torrent of abuse from #Israel due to our our long standing solidarity with the #Palestinian people. Some ask why this small country on the western edge of #Europe speaks so loudly for them. The answer lies deep in our history—and in our understanding of what it means to live under occupation and to fight for dignity. Here’s a 🧵on why I think this is the case. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney There is absolutely no reason why we need to tolerate Hungary as a member of the #EU and #ICC anymore. We've effectively a rogue state that can do what it pleases without repercussions. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney I just cannot comprehend how people like @_jwhittall continue to be the adults in the room. I know I could not have that level of restraint. Maybe it's because I am Irish and deep down, I have a desire for resistance against an immeasurable force. Either way I would have cracked and joined whatever resistance I could find. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney He's not French, he doesn't live in France, and he's not a fucking French politician so why is RTE printing this bullshit. I thought I'd never say it but mainstream media is a massive guilty party in all this and as direct funders, we should be able to tell them to stop. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney This is probably been in place for a while but good to see that the slave connotations are gone. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney Well, as much as I am against it, the situation in the US has forced the EU's hand. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney The only fact worth noting at this point is that when it came to the safety of the people of #Palestine, no one in US politics had their back. The US will always have the Israeli military regime's back. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney 🧵Persuading others who support the right wing extremist views can be challenging, but it's possible through thoughtful, empathetic communication and evidence-based arguments. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney could it be because the accusations listed are not verified by the create of the flyer? npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney ah well. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney what Biden is doing has absolutely nothing to do with Trump, Putin or anyone else. He is solely responsible for the vast War chest the Israeli military regime has and he's hell bent on filling it with 8 billion dollars more. Trying to associate him with other despots is not going to diminish his crimes. He's a gun runner and a genocide and famine enabler. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney what is BeaconDB? npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/690/016/214/518/619/original/f84c49bc665e3314.png npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney President of Ireland Michael D Higgins delivers a Christmas message focusing on the horrific mass murder of Palestinian people. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney more mess up there. npub1f20ch2hyp579893j4c06ep6402nlmckc6cfu989v37rlw84d8essd248kv Ken M Sweeney If people truly believe that football is the people's game then they need to stage an international coup against #FIFA. They are not a country, empire or state so they could be boycotted, overturned or simply hijacked. Otherwise, we will continue to see the game being used as a tool to make horrendous profit at the expense of human rights. http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2024/1212/1486049-sadlier-fifa-only-concerned-with-bottom-line/
