Paddy Murphy

2 weeks ago | medium.com | Paddy Murphy |Ben Ulansey

A community for readers, writers, poets, satirists, creatives, and thinkers of thoughtsWhat ties New York’s first anti-poverty organization, REITs, Conor McGregor, and Barack Obama drone-striking a wedding procession? No, it’s not the start of some demented Riddle Me This by way of Conan O’Brien’s Twitter account. It’s the question you ask once you’ve finally noticed that the show playing in front of your eyes is less a drama and more a grift, one long, tedious con stitched across centuries.

2 weeks ago | news.paddypower.com | Paddy Murphy

For Monday’s football Acca we’re diving into the Serie A where Bologna host title hopefuls Napoli. In the Premier League, goal-shy Leicester take on Newcastle, and in La Liga, relegation-threatened Leganes face Osasuna. To Portugal’s Primeira Liga then for two games where Rio Ave face Boavista and Sporting entertain Braga.

2 weeks ago | medium.com | Paddy Murphy

Another mad week of shenanigans and whataboutery from overpaid suits on our telebox screens, so here are some things to be happy about…Paddy Murphy·FollowPublished inTreading the line·4 min read·--Photo by Gary Bendig on UnsplashJapan doing mad thingsWhile the rest of the world gets nutjob pretend-rocketship engineers playing at establishing techno fascism, Japan continues to do Japan things, embracing technology the way it’s meant to be embraced: building mad stuff.

2 weeks ago | medium.com | Paddy Murphy |Ben Ulansey

The vassal strategy: Trump’s three-step plan to rule the worldPaddy Murphy·FollowPublished inThought Thinkers·6 min read·--Photo by Maxim Hopman on UnsplashThe great unravellingDonald Trump’s team of financial misfits and miscreants believes that the current international order is no longer in the best interests of the American people. That’s the single most important thing you can take away from this article.

3 weeks ago | medium.com | Paddy Murphy

Member-only storyWhy the most hardcore mystic in history can teach us in an age of indulgence and influencePaddy Murphy·FollowPublished inBackyard Church·5 min read·--Photo by Pixabay on pexels.comWe’re a few weeks into Lent now; I’ll be honest, I don’t put much of a pass on it, which is Hiberno-English for, I don’t care much for it, but each to their own, and sure, there’s no harm in giving up something for a while to appreciate it better when you can get your mits on it again.