Quote from: Béal Feirste on February 16, 2017, 03:01:46 PM
Personally I have dual citizenship so it won't effect me that much but it's less Brexit and more specifically leaving the single market, the customs union is rather beneficial to businesses and northern ireland was about ready to lower tax rates to harmonize them with the rest of the island. Plus when filling out paperwork you only have to fill out one set of forms, now any trade outside the UK will mean paperwork for UK regulations AND different paperwork for EU regulations. More generally there's fear among the nationalists that its going to cut us off from the republic with a closed border.

Why so much paperwork?  That sounds stupid.  Just run your business.

Quote from: taxed on February 16, 2017, 03:04:16 PM
Why so much paperwork?  That sounds stupid.  Just run your business.

That would be wonderful. But the UK loves their paperwork.

The second half of this post was directed at me.

Quote from: Béal Feirste on February 16, 2017, 05:59:44 AM
 
What? Suddenly you care if Northern Ireland is overrun by paramilitaries? Wasn't there a nice long period where it wasn't your problem?

It still isn't. Terrorists are terrorists. Some call themselves paramilitary. Some say Provo, or black or tan. It's your country. Enjoy what Irish recalcitrance has wrought from resistance to your British betters.

QuoteWhere was your precious, freedom-loving army when Irish were being shot, blown up, and interned without trial?

I'm American and had no army in that lawful restraint of Irish rebellion.

QuoteLots of schemes to turn northern Ireland into a socialist state, or a protestant state but first I've heard of anyone trying to turn it into an islamic state. Frankly I'd be impressed if some 4,000 muslims managed to do that, it'd be quite resourceful of them. If they try though fear not, for us Irish love a good fight! We'll stop them here and save America!

You did get the fighting part right. Brawling and boozing are your nation's greatest skills.

Our western railroads weren't built by Irish. The Chinese were far less aggressive, and did not earn the widespread reputation enjoyed by drunken Irish on the railroad's eastern end. But THAT was where the Irish-as-brawler got its start.

Clearly you aren't paying attention to ISIS and other Islamic terrorism. I'll leave you to your Bushmills Diplomacy. It'll hurt less when the mussies rape your women and burn your churches for the idolatry against a 9th-century pedophile which they represent.

Quote from: Béal Feirste on February 16, 2017, 02:04:58 PM
Sorry, couldn't resist.
In the last year? I honestly couldn't say. Not a question I ask, and not one I consider relevant to the hiring process. Visas have to be confirmed but if a person is given refugee status they only come up as a Tier 2 on the computer, I can say I have been involved in the hiring of a single Tier 2 from Indonesia, it's possible she's a refugee but I don't know. Had another a guy from Slovenia of all places a few months back but he didn't stay long (probably not a refugee but only other foreign hire). If a refugee came in with a sign saying "I'm a refugee HIRE ME" that would probably be a point against them but for non-refugee related reasons. If anybody is wondering why I haven't gone out of my way to SPONSOR a refugee, well that isn't legal, it isn't solely my decision, and we haven't the resources, we're not Starbucks.

Right, you don't hire "refugee's" because you "can't" .........

Yeah I think we're done here.

Quote from: quiller on February 17, 2017, 04:05:37 AM
The second half of this post was directed at me.
It still isn't. Terrorists are terrorists. Some call themselves paramilitary. Some say Provo, or black or tan. It's your country. Enjoy what Irish recalcitrance has wrought from resistance to y.
our British betters
I'm American and had no army in that lawful restraint of Irish rebellion.

You did get the fighting part right. Brawling and boozing are your nation's greatest skills.

Our western railroads weren't built by Irish. The Chinese were far less aggressive, and did not earn the widespread reputation enjoyed by drunken Irish on the railroad's eastern end. But THAT was where the Irish-as-brawler got its start.

Clearly you aren't paying attention to ISIS and other Islamic terrorism. I'll leave you to your Bushmills Diplomacy. It'll hurt less when the mussies rape your women and burn your churches for the idolatry against a 9th-century pedophile which they represent.

Hmmm, you know it's comments like that which almost make me wish the British had been a bit more on point in 1776 with their "lawful restraint" of a certain colonial rebellion. Do your schools even mention the (rather inconvenient) fact that you got over 90% of your gunpowder from the French? Or that you had any help at all from the Spanish and the Dutch? I seriously doubt it, no it was you love of freedom that won the day! 'Murica!
However, I must agree with your "terrorists are terrorists" comment...I wonder how many women and children your drones have terrorized over the years? What should I call the people who commit such atrocities? There's this "t" word I can't quite remember...but I should certainly give those people my undying gratitude while they collect their taxpayer money and demand their jobs!
And I must disagree about the brawling, you see the only reason the Irish fight each other is because the only worthy opponent to an Irishman is another Irishman, and of course we don't need to cower behind our guns. A pathetic little man such as yourself is most certainly not worthy.
Still it is unfair for me to start attacking all Americans, it really is a beautiful country and almost everyone I met was perfectly nice to me...and your girls love the Irish accent (always a plus) and the orange cheeto god of a president wasn't fully America's fault due to that tyranny-by-minority-"republic"-not-democracy system of government you have (most Americans did vote against him after all). So, I promise I'll quit this place before somebody finds an excuse to ban me and you can tell yourself that you won the argument against the Irish free-market Marxist (which is totally a thing that can exist). You can pat yourself on the back and go back to collecting your taxpayer money in peace until some other poor sap wanders in. As for me the only thing I will take is a screen shot of your anti-Irish rant, the Internet has put forth a lot of Trump supporters making disparaging comments against a lot of racial, national, and religious groups but this is the first one I've seen that against the Irish.

Quote from: Béal Feirste on February 17, 2017, 11:08:56 AM
Hmmm, you know it's comments like that which almost make me wish the British had been a bit more on point in 1776 with their "lawful restraint" of a certain colonial rebellion. Do your schools even mention the (rather inconvenient) fact that you got over 90% of your gunpowder from the French? Or that you had any help at all from the Spanish and the Dutch? I seriously doubt it, no it was you love of freedom that won the day! 'Murica!
However, I must agree with your "terrorists are terrorists" comment...I wonder how many women and children your drones have terrorized over the years? What should I call the people who commit such atrocities? There's this "t" word I can't quite remember...but I should certainly give those people my undying gratitude while they collect their taxpayer money and demand their jobs!
And I must disagree about the brawling, you see the only reason the Irish fight each other is because the only worthy opponent to an Irishman is another Irishman, and of course we don't need to cower behind our guns. A pathetic little man such as yourself is most certainly not worthy.
Still it is unfair for me to start attacking all Americans, it really is a beautiful country and almost everyone I met was perfectly nice to me...and your girls love the Irish accent (always a plus) and the orange cheeto god of a president wasn't fully America's fault due to that tyranny-by-minority-"republic"-not-democracy system of government you have (most Americans did vote against him after all). So, I promise I'll quit this place before somebody finds an excuse to ban me and you can tell yourself that you won the argument against the Irish free-market Marxist (which is totally a thing that can exist). You can pat yourself on the back and go back to collecting your taxpayer money in peace until some other poor sap wanders in. As for me the only thing I will take is a screen shot of your anti-Irish rant, the Internet has put forth a lot of Trump supporters making disparaging comments against a lot of racial, national, and religious groups but this is the first one I've seen that against the Irish.

Don't be jealous.  It makes you look desperate.  Be proud of where you're from.

Quote from: Béal Feirste on February 17, 2017, 11:08:56 AM
Hmmm, you know it's comments like that which almost make me wish the British had been a bit more on point in 1776 with their "lawful restraint" of a certain colonial rebellion. Do your schools even mention the (rather inconvenient) fact that you got over 90% of your gunpowder from the French? Or that you had any help at all from the Spanish and the Dutch? I seriously doubt it, no it was you love of freedom that won the day! 'Murica!
However, I must agree with your "terrorists are terrorists" comment...I wonder how many women and children your drones have terrorized over the years? What should I call the people who commit such atrocities? There's this "t" word I can't quite remember...but I should certainly give those people my undying gratitude while they collect their taxpayer money and demand their jobs!
And I must disagree about the brawling, you see the only reason the Irish fight each other is because the only worthy opponent to an Irishman is another Irishman, and of course we don't need to cower behind our guns. A pathetic little man such as yourself is most certainly not worthy.
Still it is unfair for me to start attacking all Americans, it really is a beautiful country and almost everyone I met was perfectly nice to me...and your girls love the Irish accent (always a plus) and the orange cheeto god of a president wasn't fully America's fault due to that tyranny-by-minority-"republic"-not-democracy system of government you have (most Americans did vote against him after all). So, I promise I'll quit this place before somebody finds an excuse to ban me and you can tell yourself that you won the argument against the Irish free-market Marxist (which is totally a thing that can exist). You can pat yourself on the back and go back to collecting your taxpayer money in peace until some other poor sap wanders in. As for me the only thing I will take is a screen shot of your anti-Irish rant, the Internet has put forth a lot of Trump supporters making disparaging comments against a lot of racial, national, and religious groups but this is the first one I've seen that against the Irish.

Ban you? Hell, we keep your kind around as an example of a liberal press suppressing independent thought.
The ignorance isn't your fault, now stupid and thin-skinned? Well that's another subject altogether.

Quote from: Solar on February 17, 2017, 11:23:18 AM
Ban you? Hell, we keep your kind around as an example of a liberal press suppressing independent thought.
The ignorance isn't your fault, now stupid and thin-skinned? Well that's another subject altogether.

I'm trying to house train him, but he just peed on the hall carpet.

Quote from: taxed on February 17, 2017, 11:25:54 AM
I'm trying to house train him, but he just peed on the hall carpet.

You actually let it in the house? We've discussed this, it's why we have a grass courtyard and poop bag dispensers every 10'.

Quote from: Solar on February 17, 2017, 11:35:42 AM
You actually let it in the house? We've discussed this, it's why we have a grass courtyard and poop bag dispensers every 10'.

I know, but he looked at me with those big beautiful eyes....

Quote from: taxed on February 17, 2017, 11:36:58 AM
I know, but he looked at me with those big beautiful eyes....

Quote from: Solar on February 17, 2017, 11:56:41 AM

That's him!!  I have him back in his cage now.

Quote from: taxed on February 17, 2017, 11:58:11 AM
That's him!!  I have him back in his cage now.

Lined with the NYTimes? it just seems to attract excrement better than most rags.

Quote from: Béal Feirste on February 17, 2017, 11:08:56 AM
Hmmm, you know it's comments like that which almost make me wish the British had been a bit more on point in 1776 with their "lawful restraint" of a certain colonial rebellion. Do your schools even mention the (rather inconvenient) fact that you got over 90% of your gunpowder from the French? Or that you had any help at all from the Spanish and the Dutch? I seriously doubt it, no it was you love of freedom that won the day! 'Murica!
However, I must agree with your "terrorists are terrorists" comment...I wonder how many women and children your drones have terrorized over the years? What should I call the people who commit such atrocities? There's this "t" word I can't quite remember...but I should certainly give those people my undying gratitude while they collect their taxpayer money and demand their jobs!
And I must disagree about the brawling, you see the only reason the Irish fight each other is because the only worthy opponent to an Irishman is another Irishman, and of course we don't need to cower behind our guns. A pathetic little man such as yourself is most certainly not worthy.
Still it is unfair for me to start attacking all Americans, it really is a beautiful country and almost everyone I met was perfectly nice to me...and your girls love the Irish accent (always a plus) and the orange cheeto god of a president wasn't fully America's fault due to that tyranny-by-minority-"republic"-not-democracy system of government you have (most Americans did vote against him after all). So, I promise I'll quit this place before somebody finds an excuse to ban me and you can tell yourself that you won the argument against the Irish free-market Marxist (which is totally a thing that can exist). You can pat yourself on the back and go back to collecting your taxpayer money in peace until some other poor sap wanders in. As for me the only thing I will take is a screen shot of your anti-Irish rant, the Internet has put forth a lot of Trump supporters making disparaging comments against a lot of racial, national, and religious groups but this is the first one I've seen that against the Irish.

Surprise Many of us have an Irish heritage, like  me'self....both sides...that just proves that we are fair and balanced, when you attack,insult and degrade America it doesn't matter where you are from or what ancestry we share. WE are AMERICANS, And most of us will stand together against you. We have proven that through history, thank God we did or you'd be baking Apple Streusel and goose stepping.

Since you are now giving History lesson perhaps you should research the subject better , perhaps even learn a thing or two about your OWN HISTORY.

"Murica" won because of George Washington's use of Non conventional tactics which today we would call "guerilla warfare" learned from the "Indian" (Oops Native American") style of fighting he experienced during the French and Indian war. The British simply had no clue how to fight such war.

The reason you need to take note of that is because later, Dear old Mick Collins used this style of urban guerilla warfare against the British. Technically, Micheal Collins and his IRA were the first urban inner city terrorists. Oh, And Big Mick used guns, usually bought with money supplied by all those good AMERICAN Irish-American folks in Boston, New York, Philadelphia etc etc.

We both know what happened to Big Mick....he was betrayed and assassinated by other Irishman, shot from Ambush while on his way to some sort of parley...rather cowardly don't you think. (Cowering behind guns indeed)...I know about the guns and the terrorism because my Paternal Grandfather who was involved in that mess before coming to the US in disgust told me so.

And as my dear old Gramaw used to say in her delightful brogue, An Irishman reserves his greatest cruelty for his fellow Irishmen

So spare us the romantic blarney and since you show your true leftist colors blathering about drone strikes, know that the IRA in the past 40 years did a great deal to spread their terrorist tactics over the world, showing up in some strange places Like Columbia and Indonesia to teach bomb making. My money says they are responsible for more deaths over the years than all our drone strikes combined.

Quote from: Billy's bayonet on February 17, 2017, 06:06:38 AM

Right, you don't hire "refugee's" because you "can't" .........

Yeah I think we're done here.

I think he needs to go check with daddy and see if they do hire refugee's.   You would think a assistant manager would know everything about what going on under him.