Rotating taoiseach?

Discussions on forming a new Irish government were said to have begun yesterday. It is undecided whether former talk of a rotating taoiseach has reached fruition. Fine gael are believed to be insistent in leading for the first eighteen months, but on what criteria? They came second in the polls.

In one sense the situation might be equated to Israel. When the Blue and White party won last year a government couldn’t be formed and more elections were accrued. Benjamin Netanyahu, accused of taking bribes has reportedly recently been exonerated by the as called Supreme Court of Israel. It is not known whether they still have Israel’s interests at heart. Netanyahu, Israel’s longest running prime minister is now free to form a government. Looking back, the Likud party under Netanyahu would not back Ariel Sharon in trying to change controversial policies in Samaria, otherwise known as the west bank, which were said to amount to squeezing the inhabitants from their homes; the idea has been reported to have been the subject of an agreement between Ariel Sharon and the u.s. government.

Sharon was prime minister during the Israeli withdrawal in Gaza which many believe has been a disaster for Gaza, and has made way for hamas; believed to be Saudi contingents. Western contingents may be working in Samaria. They appear to be backing Samarians. Sharon was reportedly planning to clear Israel out of most of Samaria. According to documentation, a rift concerning his plans resulted in the formation of a new party, Kadima in late 2005, which was expected to win the next election. He reportedly had a stroke on 4 January 2006, and was said to have remained in an as called permanent vegetative state until he passed away in January 2014.

Is Ireland still a republic?

As called official homeless figures in Ireland, currently around 10,000, have been regularly criticised as not being accurate. According to a national report which recovers data fed from each locality, the figure of 10,000 only includes those living in state funded emergency accomodation which usually consists of a hotel room with no cooking or washing up facilities, and is not available to everyone. Some have been told there are no homeless services in their area and no council houses. There have been no offers of social housing. It is believed to be government policy that dictates the situation.

One consequence of the lack of suitable housing besides rough sleepers, those living in tents and those availing of temporary hostel accomodation are that those young Irish who can, go abroad. The housing situation and employment are said to be the main factors of migration. Newspaper reports have discussed the demographics of newly qualified Irish nurses who reportedly have to go abroad to work. Meanwhile, mainly British nursing staff are getting employment and relocating. Thought to be a consequence of government policy, which leads to the question; Is Ireland still a republic?

Covid 19 statistics

According to a report, men are hardest hit when it comes to covid 19. Two thirds of deaths are believed to have occurred in men. According to figures, by profession; security guards, chefs, taxi drivers, bus drivers, sales assistants, construction workers and workers in the leisure industry were estimated to have had the highest death rates from the disease. Health care workers did not have a significant death rate when compared to the general population but both male and female care workers and home care workers were reported as having significantly higher death rates.

Autism in communication

According to a report a symptom of autism in adults who may find communication with others problematic is that the reading of books might be more useful with regard to absorbing detail and thinking intrinsically, for instance thinking about the intentions behind the characters etc. The can be also true of other children, particularly those who might find it difficult to think intrinsically. Problems are that children can take on the characters of the book. Could be escapism and leaves the child isolated.

According to a communicator in autism, problems with communication sometimes occur because the individual can be needlessly intricate, not only with regard to communicating, but in their interpretation of what others are saying instead of taking people’s remarks at face value. According to one sufferer, her real self is only revealed in a so called crisis, when she runs the risk of over communication and deviating from the original subject again and again. It may appear to take a long effort in order to arrive at a similar answer to that which might occur to a non-autistic person.

Iraqi government

As called Popular Mobilization Units are believed to have taken over the Iraqi government. This follows a thought to be u.s. airstrike in December which reportedly killed 25 members of the Iraqi government, followed, a month or so later by a reported drone strike on the Baghdad airport which killed Iranian general, Soleimani. Shi-ite forces are believed to still occupy Jurf al-Sakr, believed to be backed by Iran who are thought to be present in other western dominated areas such as Syria and unpopular with the west because of this, resulting in all sorts of sanctions. Also according to various reports, being the subject of a somehow mandatory sale of enriched uranium. Enriched uranium is believed to heavily deplete the soil of uranium, reportedly necessary for the right conditions for food to grow.

Many rural dwellers said to be waiting for good internet

With regard to the use of technology in order to continue to educate students during covid 19 restrictions, according to a news report 53% of teachers in one locality said they are being hampered by a bad internet connection in their home. For those having problems, as called Fibre broadband is advertised as a connection that won’t play up. It uses fibre optic cables of the sort used for tv’s and telephones rather than other means such as a satellite dish or so called ASDL, asymmetric digital subscriber line which uses an existing telephone line. In Ireland, sky, virgin media, vodafone, digiweb, pure telecom and others are believed to offer broadband, which has to be a multi-billion dollar industry and might be something of a monopoly.

Rural areas have been promised a reliable internet connection for some years but by all accounts are still waiting. Satelite broadband is believed to be excellent by some users and may be the best option for rural areas, as a satellite dish can be fixed anywhere. Propaganda is to wait for as called new, super-fast fibre broadband when a satellite dish does the same.

Mary MacKillop and Eileen O’Connor

Beautification is a recognition of a deceased person’s entrance into heaven and belief in the individual’s capacity to intercede on our behalf. From the Latin, beatus meaning blessed and facere, to make. Much criteria is talked about, but mainly they had to do good, so being a good example, and have a good be attitude. Reportedly there is currently a case for the beautification of Eileen O’Connor who was born in Victoria, Australia in 1892 of Irish born parents.

There was no publicly funded healthcare at the time according to a news source. She is said to have co-founded the religious order of the as called Our Lady’s Nurses of the Poor with parish priest Father McGrath, which she is believed to have administrated. At just 115 cm or 3 foot 8 inches tall, she was known as ‘Little Mother’. The order was said to be dedicated to caring for the sick and dying poor in their homes.

At the age of three Eileen reportedly broke her spine. She was diagnosed with tuberculous osteomyelitis, an infection that developes, said to be secondary to lung disease, as a result of cross infection via infected blood. Probably the result of a fall. At the age of 10 the family moved to Waterloo, Sydney. Her father is believed to have died while she was young. Eileen died a month short of her 29th birthday. If beautified she will be Australia’s second saint.

Mary MacKillup was beautified in 2010. She was born in the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was of Scottish descent. Her father reportedly left, at least for a while, and her mother, Flora MacDonald may have brought the family up. Mary became a governess, got a job teaching in Portland, Victoria and sent for her family. She was said to have worked with neglected children, girls in danger and the aged poor.

She was involved in the founding of the as called Josephites who reportedly expanded quickly. By 1871 according to official sources, 130 sisters were documented as working in more than 40 schools and charitable institutions across South Australia and Queensland.

A clash with a priest which may have been a power struggle resulted in her leaving the diocese in 1879. Changes in administration enabled her to return to teaching in 1882 in Clarmont and other places. Still, there was believed to be rumours and innuendo as a result of the rift.

Mary reportedly repeated a rumour to administration that friends of the accused believed to be untrue; the reason given for the sisters being asked to leave and becoming discommunicated. There is still believed to be a shrine dedicated to Mary in Roybridge, Inverness. An ancestral home.

George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four

George Orwell’s final book. ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’ was published in 1949. A talked about and futuristic theme, it is the story of a totalitarian government regime, as described. A centralised dictatorship that was said to rely on high surveillance and control.

A previous book said to have had a pronounced effect on Orwell was ‘The Managerial Revolution’ written by as called ex-communist James Burnham in 1941. Described as prophetic, the book is believed to depict a revolution of managers and beurocrats.

Orwell is said to have believed that totalitarianism was beginning to look attractive to many beurocrats in the political scene of the 1940’s and roundabout. The book is believed to have described an insiduous and creeping authoritarianism which ultimately results in the extinction of individual freedom.

The ultimate aim of Orwell’s government in ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’ was said to be to teach citizens to self regulate their thoughts, which Orwell was said to have believed was the highest form of totalitarian control. This might be done over time. A process of hegemony and conditioning with the aim of a change of heart, resulting in an individual’s refusal to challenge the tyranny of the day, and become willing accomplices.

Themes are the thinking of forbidden thoughts, as called thought police, mass surveillance and the response of so called Crimestop; may be described as a victim’s ability to rid him or herself of thoughts that don’t align to the regime’s order. Crimestop is described in the book as a faculty or a blind spot, which instinctively stops short at the so called threshhold of a dangerous thought.

The government department responsible for the monitoring of thoughts in the novel, ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’, believed by some to be prophetic, was the as called ‘Ministry of Love’. Propaganda being that the state is always working in everyones’ best interests.

Hearing challenges covid 19 measures

Two individuals have challenged as called Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act Covid 19 Act, and other emergency measures outlined in various acts listed in a report published this afternoon. Aimed at the temporary restrictions legislation, it is claimed the new emergency covid 19 restrictions are unconstitutional, amounting to a suspension of constitutional rights. The as called legislation was likened to a coup situation, and living under military control.

The hearing which was brought forward by two journalists who are believed to be seeking a judicial review, and who say they are acting in the interests of the people, was reported to have been heard this afternoon. The pair seek to have recently enacted legislation which involves restrictions on movement, particularly severe for the elderly, and many other restrictions believed to prohibit business transactions, quashed by a judge of the High Court. The as called preliminary application is said to be ongoing, although the judge who has reserved his decision according to news published, was reported as saying that the verdict would be given electronically; being emailed to the parties concerned, apparently inline with pandemic restrictions.

Covid 19 statistics

According to some statistics, the u.s. is the most significantly hit by the new corona virus which is estimated as affecting approximately 0.38% of the population. This being marginally more than the u.k. where figures for those affected by the virus have been estimated at 0.3%. According to the same report, In the u.k. 60.45% of those affected did not survive. Figures for those who have passed away in the u.s. as a result of the virus are estimated at 0.2% of the population or nearly half of those affected. Must be a reflection on the healthcare systems in these superpowers, especially with regard to looking after the poor. In Italy, believed to also be a trouble spot, similar figures to the u.k., except that according to the report 68.6% of those affected by the virus have survived.

Looking after the vulnerable might be the key to curtailing the virus, and covid 19 statistics could be a good indicator of the effectiveness of each countrys’ health and social care systems.