Groovy, strange #Estonia followed by the Irish satanist... Mr Peanut days his friend was going to throw garlic on their TV during her performance XD #Ireland
#Ireland brings a dark goth witch who performs something completely different, both for Eurovision as a contest and for what Ireland usually sends... but hey, we like the quirks!!
I wonder though, those blue-painted dancer men with horns on their forehead... are those common in Ireland? 🤔
(When you enter Ireland a leprechaun greets all under 80s at the border and gives you a lucky charm with immunity to COVID so we only offer the booster to over 80s.)
Note: regarding #Malta, whereas some accounts state that they already recognise #Palestine, they in fact recently made a joint statement in March 2024 together with #Ireland, #Slovenia and #Spain saying that:
"We discussed together our readiness to recognise Palestine and said that we would do so when it can make a positive contribution and the circumstances are right."
One clear sign of how ignorant and immature the college protesters are is how they all don't seem to want to be held accountable for the crimes they committed.
I wish that our U.S. campuses would at least still assign students to read MLK's Letter from a Birmingham jail, and Thoreau's essay on Civil Disobedience.
I think these protesters have failed the guidelines of: collection of the facts to determine whether injustices exist; negotiation; self-purification; and effective direct action.
... "United" in the literal sense only since exactly the start of the 19th century.
It is good idea, though, to revisit this thought (I love the map below :) ), as there have been so many changes over the past milennia.
"Historian #NormanDavies has counted sixteen different states over the past 2,000 years.[1]"
9 May 1641: Charles I consults a small group of bishops about signing the attainder of the Earl of Strafford #otd former viceroy of #Ireland . He went ahead the next day.