{"id":27244,"date":"2026-02-09T17:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T22:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/?p=27244"},"modified":"2026-02-16T18:02:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T23:02:51","slug":"the-daily-donnybrook-and-other-fine-things-62","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/the-daily-donnybrook-and-other-fine-things-62\/","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Donnybrook, and other fine things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Ye Aulde Colde Furye Blogge\u2019s shiny new open-comments thread, where y\u2019all can have at it as you wish, on any topic you like. New posts will appear below this one. There will be blood\u2026<\/p>\n<h3>Mike @Substack<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikehendrix.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/coldfury.com\/CF-IMGS\/Substack-hed-sm.png\" width=\"250\" height=\"169\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nNew Eyrie posts go up every Monday and Friday, although the time of day may (and most likely will) vary. Mike\u2019s latest Eyrie offering is available for perusal here: <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/mikehendrix.substack.com\/p\/the-unbridgeable-divide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The unbridgeable divide<\/a>.&#8221;<\/strong> Links to archived Golden Oldies are findable down at the bottom of each post.<\/p>\n<p>Please do consider subscribing to The Eyrie, gang; it&#8217;s free, unless you&#8217;re feeling big-hearted enough to pony up for a paid sub. 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Thanks, everybody!<\/p>\n<h3>Recent Comments<\/h3>\n<ul id=\"better-recent-comments\" class=\"recent-comments-list\"><li class=\"recentcomments recent-comment\"><div class=\"comment-wrap\"><span class=\"comment-author-link\">Henry Cybulski<\/span> on <span class=\"comment-post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/if-you-dont-know-you-are-not-paying-attention\/#comment-28104\">If you don&#8217;t know, you are not paying attention&#8230;<\/a><\/span>: &ldquo;<span class=\"comment-excerpt\">The best Halloween costume: https:\/\/x.com\/iAnonPatriot\/status\/2116573473308909578<\/span>&rdquo; <span class=\"comment-date\">Nov 1, 03:54<\/span><\/div><\/li><li class=\"recentcomments recent-comment\"><div class=\"comment-wrap\"><span class=\"comment-author-link\">kennycan<\/span> on <span class=\"comment-post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/just-another-cheap-lie\/#comment-28103\">Just another cheap lie<\/a><\/span>: &ldquo;<span class=\"comment-excerpt\">They made things Unaffordable. Their whole 4 years if Biteme was making things less affordable<\/span>&rdquo; <span class=\"comment-date\">Oct 26, 18:22<\/span><\/div><\/li><li class=\"recentcomments recent-comment\"><div class=\"comment-wrap\"><span class=\"comment-author-link\">Barry<\/span> on <span class=\"comment-post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/just-another-cheap-lie\/#comment-28102\">Just another cheap lie<\/a><\/span>: &ldquo;<span class=\"comment-excerpt\">And they want power to do evil things.<\/span>&rdquo; <span class=\"comment-date\">Oct 25, 21:55<\/span><\/div><\/li><li class=\"recentcomments recent-comment\"><div class=\"comment-wrap\"><span class=\"comment-author-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wilderwealthywise.com\" class=\"url\" rel=\"ugc external nofollow\">John Wilder<\/a><\/span> on <span class=\"comment-post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/just-another-cheap-lie\/#comment-28101\">Just another cheap lie<\/a><\/span>: &ldquo;<span class=\"comment-excerpt\">They want power, they want revenge.<\/span>&rdquo; <span class=\"comment-date\">Oct 25, 17:34<\/span><\/div><\/li><li class=\"recentcomments recent-comment\"><div class=\"comment-wrap\"><span class=\"comment-author-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inspectedbypat.com\/\" class=\"url\" rel=\"ugc external nofollow\">Himself<\/a><\/span> on <span class=\"comment-post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/why-i-love-elon-alll-to-pieces\/#comment-28100\">Why I love Elon all to pieces<\/a><\/span>: &ldquo;<span class=\"comment-excerpt\">Yet another Harvey BuzzKill. Many such cases. FFS. It was a cool stunt. Everyone knows that&#8217;s not a car they&#8217;re&hellip;<\/span>&rdquo; <span class=\"comment-date\">Oct 21, 16:07<\/span><\/div><\/li><\/ul>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<div class=\"remoji_bar\"><div class=\"remoji_add_container\" data-remoji-id=\"27244\" data-remoji-type=\"post\"><div class=\"remoji_add_icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"remoji_error_bar\" data-remoji-id=\"27244\" data-remoji-type=\"post\" style=\"display: none;\">Error happened.<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Ye Aulde Colde Furye Blogge\u2019s shiny new open-comments thread, where y\u2019all can have at it as you wish, on any topic you like. New posts will appear below this one. 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