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David McNerney @mcnerneyd.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

I scrolled into this so that the author was not visible at the top - I knew it had to be the Onion... ...but I still had to check 😮

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David McNerney @mcnerneyd.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Genuine question... When he does that, what does he call it? Obviously in his head he's not saying "That's not going in - I'll just cheat this a little." I'd love to know what he does say to himself to justify clear cheating.

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David McNerney @mcnerneyd.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Ted Cruz is a funny guy. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... “You would face a Democrat House, and you might even face a Democrat Senate,” Cruz said. ... because that would mean a return to the "disaster" economics of the last four years.

theguardian.com

Ted Cruz warns of midterm ‘bloodbath’ if Trump tariffs cause a recession

Texas senator’s comments another sign of Republican unease over ‘reciprocal tariffs’ and stock market plunge

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David McNerney @mcnerneyd.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

That I definitely give you. Running away and hiding and not turning an ambiguous message into an unambiguous one is not an option. He just becomes a coatpeg for arseholes to hang their hats on.

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David McNerney @mcnerneyd.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Good for you (genuinely). I'm only defending Garron Noone here. I think what he was saying was mistaken for an anti-immigrant rant. He's saying (IMO), that people are being duped, which is what you are saying. And it's because it correlates ("not causation" ) with their lived experience.

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David McNerney @mcnerneyd.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

The C's are not a minority. They just don't traditionally vote (but that's changing). I'm sorry - but more and more, I am seeing (somewhat) sensible people that I know spouting this nonsense. And we ignore them at our peril. We don't need to agree with them - but we need to deal to their concerns.

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David McNerney @mcnerneyd.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

That is why I would defend Garron Noone. (I think he's actually a B - but he should stay away from the politics). He's calling out the problem - and we need to do something about it. We need to says to the C's, we hear your fears - but they are unfounded - and here's why...

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David McNerney @mcnerneyd.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

It doesn't help that at the same time as this immigration has happened, we've had wars, housing crises, financial crises, pandemics ... four horsemen crap. The D's are pouring poison into the C's ears - and they are buying it. Why shouldn't they? The B's are dismissing their fears.

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David McNerney @mcnerneyd.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

For the last 15 years, I've seen it. The Dickheads in D have been exploiting these fears and working them up. And those of us in B - we have failed them. We haven't reached out and said "You don't need to be afraid". We haven't helped them not to be afraid. Things will be okay.

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David McNerney @mcnerneyd.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

And now to C. This is where the problem, and these are this is what I think Garron was talking about. These people are ordinary people who are afraid - they are worried about their jobs, the safety, their homes. Let's call it what it is, they are afraid because of ignorance.

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David McNerney @mcnerneyd.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

D is for Dickheads: Trump, Musk, McGregor, Hitler, Putin, the KKK, the National Party etc etc The despise anyone that is not like them. The do that because they are insecure and no that they contribute so little to society that if we figured it out we'd have nothing to do with them...

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David McNerney @mcnerneyd.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Me personally, I'm in B. I like immigrants. Primarily I think we have an obligation to help our fellow humans who are suffering. But on top of that, I feel they add to our culture and they provide much needed input to our economy. Some of them are problematic - but sure that's universally true.

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David McNerney @mcnerneyd.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

See this picture, it's a normal distribution curve. I nicked it from Wikipedia and added some letters. We are all in there somewhere - depending on what issue it represents. Most of us (98%) are in B+C. For my purpose here - this represents what we think of immigrants.

Normal Distribution curve with letter A, B, C and D added in blocks of 2 standard deviations.

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David McNerney @mcnerneyd.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

In defence of Garron Noone: follow me on this, it might not be delicious but it's important. And if we don't figure this out, we are literally all screwed. When he made his video - I kinda thought "dodgy" but I think I get where he's coming from. Bear with me on this... including the maths.

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David McNerney @mcnerneyd.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

"Trump says to expect release of more JFK assassination records today" Bread and circuses.

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David McNerney @mcnerneyd.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

"... forever ending the lie that any child is trapped in the wrong body." Well that's demonstrably incorrect. It's quite clear that Trump himself is a toddler trapped in the body of a bloated elderly orange man.

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David McNerney @mcnerneyd.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Musk, Trump & Vance are role models that can teach us important life lessons. Musk shows us that our insecurities cannot be resolved with money. And Trump/Vance show us that just because someone shouts you down doesn't make you less of a hero, or them less of a coward.

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David McNerney @mcnerneyd.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Let's never forget how the last perfect peace deal that Trump negotiated worked out for the women of Afghanistan.

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David McNerney @mcnerneyd.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

I have to say, I think this captures the essence of what happened. Trump/Vance knew peace was "unattainable" because of Russian intransigence and they needed to pick a fight so they could point the finger elsewhere and not look like losers. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

theguardian.com

How JD Vance emerged as the chief saboteur of the transatlantic alliance

Vance snaked his way in first to the row between Trump and Zelenskyy, his second intrusion this month after Munich

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David McNerney @mcnerneyd.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

He has been saying this repeatedly. And he flew to the US to confirm that and Trump/Vance knew this. But that wasn't their plan...

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David McNerney @mcnerneyd.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

... as well as the opportunity to look like the saavy dealmakers and righteous peace brokers that they keep claiming to be (but are clearly not).

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David McNerney @mcnerneyd.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

The whole point of Poker is that you don't have to have the cards to win. A pair of 4s can beat a straight flush. You just have to not fold because the noob clown who has the most chips and is bankrollled by a criminal, tells you to.

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David McNerney @mcnerneyd.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

You could imagine George Washington sitting there in Zelenskyy's place, in his battle uniform - being shouted down while he appealed that his country of right ought to be free and independent.

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David McNerney @mcnerneyd.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Lyndsay Graham is obviously delighted. He's just been waiting for some in, anything that would allow him to maintain his indignation at Trump's latest indiscretion, and then pucker up to kiss ass again. Plus ca change, plus ca meme.

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David McNerney @mcnerneyd.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Zelenskyy is a great man and a genuine war hero. Trump and Vance are a couple of two bit hoodlum scumbags trying to rob him at gunpoint. #slavaukraine

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David McNerney @mcnerneyd.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

In Mr Putin’s Russia, people who disagree with him disappear or die or flee the country, or, at a statistically unlikely level, fall out of high windows somewhere in Moscow.” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

theguardian.com

John Major: Trump’s US isolationism threatens global democracy

Former UK prime minister says US may regret ceding world stage to China and condemns ‘hypocritical’ JD Vance speech

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David McNerney @mcnerneyd.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Well said Mr Major: “It’s extremely odd to lecture Europe on the subject of free speech and democracy at the same time as they’re cuddling Mr Putin. ...

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David McNerney @mcnerneyd.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

22.7% of the U.S.A. voted for Trump. It's enough to win an election.... but it's not a majority.

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David McNerney @mcnerneyd.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Kamala Harris didn't say the "riots must continue", she said the "protests will continue". There's a difference: one is a breakdown of law and order, the other is a fundamental duty of every citizen in a democratic society; standing against oppression. I think Captain America would approve.

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David McNerney @mcnerneyd.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

I wonder if he was in a room, would he shake the hand of an elephant.

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David McNerney @mcnerneyd.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Big congrats to President Donald J Trump for ending the war in Ukraine. He promised, he delivered. An impressive achievement that he will be remembered for.

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David McNerney @mcnerneyd.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Strange notion of "Fiscal Responsibility": If I borrow a wad of cash from the bank and spend it on cocaine, blackjack and hookers - then the bank is fiscally irresponsible, while I remain someone who can be trusted to run an economy.

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David McNerney @mcnerneyd.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d... As an Irish person I am proudly antisemitic - where antisemitic somehow means rejecting the evil and cowardly acts of the Israeli Government masquerading behind the good name of an equally proud Jewish people. We don't need your poxy ambassador.

theguardian.com

Israel to close Dublin embassy after Ireland supports ICJ genocide petition

Israeli foreign minister says move was prompted by Irish government’s ‘extreme anti-Israeli policies’

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David McNerney @mcnerneyd.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

..but here's the thing. I just had a burger from Burger King. And however non exceptional that is, Musk cannot, no matter how much money he has, have a burger that is one million times better than what I just had. Sucks to be him.

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David McNerney @mcnerneyd.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Musk earns a million times what I earn... but it's not because he produces a million times what I do or works a million times harder ... he just doesn't. That is not a thing....

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David McNerney @mcnerneyd.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

It just occurred to me... this is exactly like saying "You shouldn't have an abortion because you have adoption as an option" or "Motherhood is such a life affirming experience." There might be better alternatives, but it is wrong to take away someone else's personal autonomy.

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David McNerney @mcnerneyd.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Ah yes, but he didn't lie. So conservative baby Jesus will shed no tears today.

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David McNerney @mcnerneyd.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Don't knock it. If this is the place we idiots go to, well ... go away, then kudos to Trump. Four years of MTG (and Musk and Vivik) banging on about just efficiency (and nothing else) works for me. It's like the Cabinet in Idiocracy.

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

It was never the price of eggs.

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David McNerney @mcnerneyd.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Meh... he didn't break Twitter. Now, if there's an elonmusk.bsky.app - the gloatiness will be too much to resist.

elonmusk.bsky.app

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David McNerney @mcnerneyd.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

"Sorry, are you with Just Stop Oil or the Farmers Protest? Just need to know whether to drag you off the street or to block the traffic to let you pass."

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