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Merry Xmas 2021

Merry Xmas 2021 to all our readers @ The Pensive Quill. BLESSINGS  FROM  PASTOR  ANTHONY ➖ SHARE  SOME  HOLY  WATER  FROM  THE   GOOD  BOOK  AND  FEEL  THE  PRESENCE  OF  THE  SPIRIT  RIPPLE  THROUGH  YOU.  GOD  IS  NOT  GREAT  -  WHISKEY  IS.

Paddy McIntyre

Anthony McIntyre ✒ recalls a fellow blanket man who died last year.Paddy McIntyreThe H-Blocks during the blanket protest was the type of place where not everybody involved ever got to meet each other. It depended on the wing or block location and the chance of paths fortuitously crossing on visits. Some people left the prison without ever having met some of those they were on protest alongside

This Week In Terrorism History ✏ Oct. 24-30

Pete Trumbore ✒ White middle-class revolutionaries you say? Welcome to 1972!25-October-2021Both of the incidents described below comfortably fall into the category of New Left revolutionary terrorism, which I mentioned last week. Generally speaking, leftist terrorism of this sort was intended by its perpetrators to be a means to reform (if possible) or destroy (if necessary) an existing social or

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Hundred And Fourteen

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Let Us At Least Be CuriousMichael O’Leary Calls For Extreme Measures For ‘Lunatic Anti-Vaxxers’The Asylum-Seeker Bomber Who The Media Neglects To Say Was An Asylum Seeker'F*ck

TPQ’s Books Of 2021

Christopher Owens 🔖 Here’s my list of the best books that were published in 2021. Most have been reviewed on here by me, but everyone loves a good list, especially at this time of the year.10. Several People are Typing: Calvin Kasulke Writing a book based around Slack group chats and making them engaging is no easy feat, so Kasulke must be commended for this and making it look so easy. The

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Liz King

Anthony McIntyre ✒ remembers a colleague from Drogheda Local Voices.Liz KingLiz King who died in October of last year was one of two stalwarts from the Millmount Tower complex to have sadly joined the ranks of the departed, faithful or not. The other, Sean Corcoran, died earlier this year. It was through Sean that I first met Liz. He was President of the Old Drogheda Society and through its

The Hooded Men Win Victory In Supreme Court

Matt Treacy ✒ This morning the United Kingdom Supreme Court ruled that the Police Service of Northern Ireland had been wrong in deciding in 2014 not to investigate the treatment of the so-called “hooded men,” who were tortured by the British Army following their arrest during the introduction of internment in 1971.15-December-2021The court ruled that the decision had been “unlawful” and that the

The 1984/85 British Coal Miners' Strike ✏ NACODS

Caoimhin O’Muraile ✒ seeks to dispel the myth which in the eyes of many still exists that the NUM should have held a national ballot during the year-long pit strike of 1984/85. There was no need for a ballot and even if the leadership of Arthur Scargill, Peter Heathfield and Mick McGahey had wanted a ballot there was no way they could have forced one through as the delegates from every coalfield,

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