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A triple fatal shooting has occurred in Co. Louth, towards Carrickmacross in the Annaghminnon Drumgowna area. According to the reports, its said to be a domestic dispute where two parents and their adult son have been shot dead and a person in their 30s is now in custody.

Anyway I am possibly reading too much into some of this but if so I am not the only one, many people are now saying that Shakespeare has included a lot of secret Catholic innuendos or clues in his text, including in this play. For example this is from the Guardian referring to the well known...

Catholicism possibly causing offence Another controversy at issue between Phillips (allied to the Commissioners) and the Londoners in Coleraine, and related to the above, would be religion. These Londoners were said to be weak in stamping out Catholicism like Phillips and the Commissioners...

Irishness possibly causing offence Arguably the main complaint of Phillips all along in his criticism of the London Companies is that they weren’t playing ball in excluding the native Irish, as was always envisaged by the planners of this Plantation. As with all these things, it was of course...

What is in the Manuscript The Manuscript includes whatever was among the papers of Phillips at the time he died relating to the Derry Plantation, including his various petitions to the King complaining about the London Companies, the reports of the Commissions that the King convened to examine...

Historical Background A little history might be necessary here. Nearly all the great towns and cities of Europe in the Middle Ages, say the 1300s and 1400s at least, had guilds therein. These were kind of trade associations and unions of the various crafts and manufactures that were going on in...

Sounds like a great idea. Actually I often thought it would make a great short play, just playing out the interrogation?

I am certainly not talking about the big intercontinental ballistic nuclear weapons, remember there are also smaller tactical ones and I think they will be used.

But why is that statement such a surprise? The world is bristling with nuclear weapons and its also very tense between countries with them? War came as a great shock to those in 1914, why would you assume we will dodge that bullet?

I am convinced the plan is to have a war and probably nuclear, but how extensive or how long I have no idea. They need a war, as an excuse to introduce wartime powers, but also so that at its end they can portray their new world government apparatus as necessary for world peace.

You can count me as one of the sceptics about Steen. Anything that's played out on RTE is a contrived Punch and Judy show, I don't think anybody should trust it.

Yes but there has been a war atmosphere now for a while. Unfortunately if we are talking about the US going to war the invariable pattern is to have some high casualty false flag event, maybe not till December though.

Venezuela looks the most likely target, but it is quite closely allied to China so who knows if an attack there could escalate.

Sure, famous Westmeath patriot.