Tag Archives: Flegs

Les Miserables (East Belfast Branch)

Posted on January 12, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Personally I have not been to the Cinema in about fifteen years….and yes it was a Star Trek movie. By an odd coincidence two of  my friends living in different places saw Les Miserables on Thursday night. I’m not a … Continue reading →

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Baggott…For God’s Sake Go!

Posted on January 12, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Political Policing….we still have it. It is not necessarily about the old RUC being the paramilitary wing of the old Unionist regime. Political Policing is about following a narrative dictated from Stormont. supporting the prevailing orthodoxy. We have a narrative … Continue reading →

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Flags:The Way Out

Posted on January 11, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

So …what exactly happens next? Well…the nationalist parties do not have to do anything. It’s not really a nationalist problem. Yet there are I think three distinct problems. The Unionists have a problem. The Flags vote is a defeat.And in … Continue reading →

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The Night They Drove Old Ulster Down

Posted on January 8, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

I have been reading a lot about the old Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu recently. Executed….actually pretty much murdered along with his wife after a show trial on Christmas Day 1989….those images of the old despots on the balcony of the … Continue reading →

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“It’s Upside Down”

Posted on January 8, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

If you are interested in the caption contest over on Slugger O’Toole…..it is a cartoon of a protestor with a Fleg. …..you might want to note that the butchers’sapron is actually upside down…..usually interpreted as a sign of distress.

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Willie Frazer

Posted on January 8, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

It is hard to take Willie Frazer seriously. For several years I was just prepared to believe that he was well……..a victim. Not a very nice one. But a Victim. Thats the problem with Victims….especially our Troubles victims. Not much … Continue reading →

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Don’t PSNI Ever Talk To Each Other?

Posted on January 7, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Now here is an odd thing. The PSNI are seemingly not very sure who is behind all this rioting. There MIGHT be paramilitary involvement. Yet the Police Federation which representhe police officers states openly that the UVF is involved. It … Continue reading →

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No……Not An Attack On Democracy

Posted on January 6, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

I never really get the rhetoric that this “is an attack on Democracy”. Democracy is an abstract kinda thing. When politicians refer to attacks on Democracy, they are unwittingly detracting from the fact that violence is directed against PEOPLE….flesh and … Continue reading →

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Ruthie Does It Again

Posted on December 8, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

DUP Councillor Ruth Patterson cannot bring herself to condone or condemn the burning of the Irish National Flag outside the City Hall in Belfast today. Which is par for the course. But her claim that Republicans often burn their own … Continue reading →

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