Larry Donnelly

unfairly to a large extent in my view, have a target on our back in certain quarters in the United States anyway.

The good services distinction is immaterial and indeed in commentary in the newspapers on Sunday, the ambassador to Ireland, Ed Walsh, confirmed that.

That distinction means nothing in US law.

It's meaningless.

And the other problem here is

And this is sad for me to say, is what a lot of people who are advocating for the Occupied Territories Bill will say is that it's entirely in compliance.

Indeed, it's mandated by international law.

Here is the sad fact of the situation.

In the United States, international law means absolutely nothing.

And you or I did not create our economic model.

The fact is our big employers, our biggest contributors to the exchequer

They are governed by United States law.

Good morning, Brendan.

Yeah, I have to say I'm kind of embarrassed to do it, but I'll say it anyway.

This is, I suppose, going to host an MMA series of mixed martial arts fighting with a stadium being constructed on, I believe, the south lawn of the White House with capacity for 4,000 people.

And these matches, which I think the late John McCain once appropriately called human cockfighting because it's so brutal and barbaric in its character.

These are going to be held.

And in some way, I believe, I guess the president thinks that they're symbolic or something to celebrate or something that matches the gravitude of the United States at 250.

No, they aren't.

And I mean, a lot of critics will say that these were C-list musicians anyway.