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Wanting England to always lose in sports? — DJP (2026)
I remember (checks ChatGPT to make sure I have the game right) watching England play Argentina in
the 1998 World Cup and I was so emotionally involved in the game and wanting England to lose and
had huge joy/huge relief when Argentina won.
Some people in Ireland (and I was one of them) have a bit of a unhealthy thing about wanting England
to always lose in my opinion. I wouldn't call the overall camp – wanting England to lose – unhealthy
but I think that a good few people in the camp have a bit of a unhealthy attitude to England.
I think it is just an immaturity thing. I was 17 years old in 1998. In more recent years my biggest
preference in watching football including Gaelic football is to see a good game. I haven't thought much
about whether I want England to win the World Cup (I probably wouldn't want them to because we in
Ireland would be saturated with the victory for years watching UK media and much UK media is big in
Ireland) but I don't begrudge them doing well.
Jiddu Krishnamurti (525) — DJP (2026)
Been there – generally when I was a teenager and a bit older but still young – never again. I think it is a
lesson that people should not really have to be put through especially young people. That said a lot of
people don't seem to be into creativity much so may not mind. I couldn't work in a non-creative
environment again – and the job would have to be in an area I was passionate about.
Eckhart Tolle (192) — DJP
Sometimes I worry about the future of mankind in terms of spirituality as being interested in spirtuality is
for a long time in the West I believe a niche interest – and even within the area there are a lot of quacks
and people who are not really serious about the area.
This truth by Eckhart though will prevail. I would further add that meditation, at the times it truly works
and I find I often don't enter much of a meditative state when I try to meditate although I do of course
enter one at many other times, is even better for building on inner power and I believe that what Gary
Zukav teaches about authentic power is brilliant too if you are serious about creating it.
#Meditation
03/07/26
Why isn't the National Lottery including scratch cards treated as forms of gambling? Frank Houghton, TUS @ Near FM (July 2026)
🔊 Amending the Gambling Regulation Act 2024 to bring the National Lottery under it?
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Westmeath County Council have an excellent opportunity to deliver big for Mullingar — Near FM (June 2026)
Jason McKevitt (Photo – Westmeath Topic)
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Sound therapy — DJP (2026)
I saw a couple of ads on Facebook recently for this guy's Banah Winn sound therapy or "Golden Ratio
Frequencies" sounds and I bought a one-off subscription for $37 and it is a great investment I believe.
Listening to the tunes though had me wanting to listen to other tunes as well and I found out that there are
probably unsurprisingly sound therapy videos to listen to on Youtube for free. See the video below
as a good example. Sound therapy is great a mon avis. :)
Update – Check out this excellent channel incl. the playlists. It's fantastic for meditations:
#Meditation
25/06/26
Gaelic speakers in the Scottish Parliament? — DJP (2026)
This news goes back around six weeks but I only found out about it tonight after a Google and ChatGPT
search.
Yikes!
The Irish Dáil has a good few Irish speakers. The proportion of Irish-speaking councillors is a lot smaller
and I believe more indicative of the true proportion of Irish speakers in Ireland. I don't pay as much
interest to the Seanad so am not sure about it off the top of my head in relation to cainteoirí Gaeilge but
the proportion of Irish speakers elected to it has been traditionally a lot less than in the Dáil I believe.
I think it is great the way Irish-speaking politicians can contribute to the Irish-language media.
Update – I interviewed Andreas G. Wolff again to talk about the state of Scots Gàidhlig
including in terms of the Scottish Parliament:
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J. Krishnamurti (517)
This is a radical statement I believe! Maybe sorrow and pain don't mean the same thing.
Shameful racist group behaviour in Belfast — Near FM (June '26)
🔊 Giotán cainte (soundbite) – Eoghan Ó Néill, Raidió Fáilte
Lassane Quedraogo, The Africa Centre Ireland (Dublin)
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