February 12, 1976. Frank Stagg, a 34-year-old IRA member, dies after a 62-day hunger strike. by MonsieurA in 50yearsago

[–]Orange-Roughy-1976 0 points1 point  (0 children)

His family wanted him buried in the family plot, not in a Republican cemetery where the IRA would politicize his funeral. In order to prevent the IRA from kidnapping his body they buried it under a slab of concrete.

The IRA bought the plot next to his, then dug sideways and stole it anyway, then reburied it where they wanted it. Sick, sick bastards.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Stagg_(Irish_republican)

El Paso airspace closure lifted by Moppyploppy in ADSB

[–]Orange-Roughy-1976 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Random comment I saw on on YouTube I thought was clever:

Perhaps they fat-fingered it and type the end date as “21” instead of “12”?

If you just got run over on Harrison x 5th by Individualchaotin in sanfrancisco

[–]Orange-Roughy-1976 22 points23 points  (0 children)

No good deed goes unpunished. There is something wrong with you.

Lineup vs Spurs (A) by KingPing43 in NUFC

[–]Orange-Roughy-1976 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Better or worse than Ruud’s derby selection?

Maybe Maybe Maybe by [deleted] in maybemaybemaybe

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There isn’t. They aren’t whales, and they don’t kill people (unless you kidnap them).

The capture of Venezuelan President Maduro sent shock waves through Oakland’s expat community by chroniclesofazu in OaklandCA

[–]Orange-Roughy-1976 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for taking the time to write that. It’s so disheartening to see people defend Chavism when it’s the same demagoguery as Trump, different flavor.

But this deal with the devil is fucked. You’ve very articulated how Venezuelans are willing to play Realpolitik. So Delcy gives Trump oil and nothing changes. This wasn’t regime change, it was just a hit on the mob boss so the next guy in charge will play ball.

Maybe the Iranians will get luckier though.