High Noon with George Hook.

PeterTheNinth · 19-09-2017 09:41PM

Swanner wrote: »

Would have to agree.. A bit like comedy... Most women just aren't all that good at it in my experience..

But if you think about it, it's only natural that men should be better at comedy than women. If you look at where the sexes have evolved with the passage of time, women have won men's affection with their looks, and men have won women's affections with their humour and personality. So men, particularly ugly ones like me, have had to work on their personalities and humour in order to try to win the hearts of the women they desire. I mean it's not anybody's "fault", it's just evolution.

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meeeeh · 19-09-2017 10:42PM

I did know that Darwin the Second is posting on Boards.

monstermag · 19-09-2017 10:59PM

I'm still hoping that George gets back on air, but if worse comes to worst, just to put a rocket up the asses of the hacks from the Irish Times and the Journal.i.e, how about giving the slot to John Waters, that would cause Twitter to meltdown. Fintan O'Toole would have a breakdown. John would last about 6 months before been hounded out of it, but wouldn't it be 6 glorious months.

Lady Chatterton · 19-09-2017 11:20PM

monstermag wrote: »

I'm still hoping that George gets back on air, but if worse comes to worst, just to put a rocket up the asses of the hacks from the Irish Times and the Journal.i.e, how about giving the slot to John Waters, that would cause Twitter to meltdown. Fintan O'Toole would have a breakdown. John would last about 6 months before been hounded out of it, but wouldn't it be 6 glorious months.

Just imagine what would happen to Twitter if Newstalk announced their new lunchtime line-up as - David Quinn & Breda O'Brien

sligojoek · 19-09-2017 11:23PM

Lady Chatterton wrote: »

Just imagine what would happen to Twitter if Newstalk announced their new lunchtime line-up as - David Quinn & Breda O'Brien

Ah now Ted. Come on.

Lady Chatterton · 19-09-2017 11:28PM

sligojoek wrote: »

Ah now Ted. Come on.

Wouldn't it get the Twitterati all hot and bothered, Joseph

sligojoek · 19-09-2017 11:32PM

What's John Watters up to these days? He had a column in the sindo for a few weeks and then he seems to have evaporated

Lady Chatterton · 19-09-2017 11:33PM

sligojoek wrote: »

What's John Watters up to these days? He had a column in the sindo for a few weeks and then he seems to have evaporated

I'm pretty sure he is posting on Boards these days.

monstermag · 19-09-2017 11:47PM

John Waters gave a fascinating talk awhile back called 'End of Debate' . You can find it on You Tube if your interested. Whatever you think of John, you'd have to respect him for sticking his neck out and a bit like George he got hung out to dry, I would pay good money to see John debate some of the so called intellects like Fintan O'Toole, Una Mullally, Collette Browne. Box office baby.
In fairness Fintan would give him a good run for his money, but Una and Collette would be destroyed.

foxtrot101 · 19-09-2017 11:50PM

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

But if you think about it, it's only natural that men should be better at comedy than women. If you look at where the sexes have evolved with the passage of time, women have won men's affection with their looks, and men have won women's affections with their humour and personality. So men, particularly ugly ones like me, have had to work on their personalities and humour in order to try to win the hearts of the women they desire. I mean it's not anybody's "fault", it's just evolution.

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I think you just have issues with women in general, tbh Peter.

sligojoek · 19-09-2017 11:54PM

Lady Chatterton wrote: »

I'm pretty sure he is posting on Boards these days.

Under the name peter the ... something

Lady Chatterton · 20-09-2017 12:01AM

sligojoek wrote: »

Under the name peter the ... something

Ha Ha...

Unfortunately, I couldn't possibly comment on the above statement because he made me sign a confidentiality agreement

foxtrot101 · 20-09-2017 12:33AM

monstermag wrote: »

John Waters gave a fascinating talk awhile back called 'End of Debate' . You can find it on You Tube if your interested. Whatever you think of John, you'd have to respect him for sticking his neck out and a bit like George he got hung out to dry, I would pay good money to see John debate some of the so called intellects like Fintan O'Toole, Una Mullally, Collette Browne. Box office baby.
In fairness Fintan would give him a good run for his money, but Una and Collette would be destroyed.

I remember him been on a LLS election debate in 2007(I think) with Eoghan Harris and Dunphy. He was terrible.

martingriff · 20-09-2017 01:21AM

Can't listen to the show as in work with no radio is Ciara getting any bit better or has Michael Graham been on

PeterTheNinth · 20-09-2017 07:31AM

monstermag wrote: »

John would last about 6 months before been hounded out of it, but wouldn't it be 6 glorious months.

But there's a pattern emerging over the last few years. All of the journalists with conservative (or so called right wing) views are being hounded out of the profession. John Waters is gone, Kevin Myers is gone, now Hook is gone. The same people that waited for an opportunity to silence Hook, will probably do the same to Ian O'Doherty and anybody else who says anything that does not subscribe to the liberal agenda. The opinions of journalists with a different ideology will be confined to youtube videos from their basement, and will not be aired on mainstream media.

PeterTheNinth · 20-09-2017 07:38AM

foxtrot101 wrote: »

I think you just have issues with women in general, tbh Peter.

I'm equally offended by everybody on the left.

And thanks for the personal abuse. I will exercise my right in the future to make comments about you personally, and expect that the moderators to overlook my remarks in a similar fashion to the way that they have overlooked yours.

monstermag · 20-09-2017 07:44AM

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

But there's a pattern emerging over the last few years. All of the journalists with conservative (or so called right wing) views are being hounded out of the profession. John Waters is gone, Kevin Myers is gone, now Hook is gone. The same people that waited for an opportunity to silence Hook, will probably do the same to Ian O'Doherty and anybody else who says anything that does not subscribe to the liberal agenda. The opinions of journalists with a different ideology will be confined to youtube videos from their basement, and will not be aired on mainstream media.

I'd urge people to have a look at his 'end of debate' talk. You tube John Waters (journalists) you'll find it there. He is pretty scating of the hacks at the Irish Times and the media in general.

VinLieger · 20-09-2017 08:44AM

monstermag wrote: »

I'd urge people to have a look at his 'end of debate' talk. You tube John Waters (journalists) you'll find it there. He is pretty scating of the hacks at the Irish Times and the media in general.

The difference between waters and all the other examples is a chimpanzee can write with more coherance than john waters.

Whatever about his views he was a piss poor writer and congrats to anyone who could wrap their heads around the mindless directionless diatribes he used to put out.

PeterTheNinth · 20-09-2017 08:49AM

Deedsie wrote: »

You are offended by every single person with left leaning politics?

I guess the point is that there are a lot of minority groups that are portrayed in the media as being "victims" or being oppressed, when it really is just lobbying for preferential treatment, and should be treated like any other lobby group. My argument is singularly targeted at the media in this, and I generally take people as I meet them in real life.

To bring it back to Hook, my concern is that with Hook now gone, who will be prepared to stand up to Dil with her Gender Neutral nonsense.. Everybody sitting at home listening to it will be saying "That's a load of nonsense". But because there will be no presenter or reporter prepared to tackle her (because she is from a minority group and they will risk a liberal mob attacking them), then she will be allowed to say what she likes as if it were the truth.

kunst nugget · 20-09-2017 09:06AM

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

I guess the point is that there are a lot of minority groups that are portrayed in the media as being "victims" or being oppressed, when it really is just lobbying for preferential treatment, and should be treated like any other lobby group. My argument is singularly targeted at the media in this, and I generally take people as I meet them in real life.

To bring it back to Hook, my concern is that with Hook now gone, who will be prepared to stand up to Dil with her Gender Neutral nonsense.. Everybody sitting at home listening to it will be saying "That's a load of nonsense". But because there will be no presenter or reporter prepared to tackle her (because she is from a minority group and they will risk a liberal mob attacking them), then she will be allowed to say what she likes as if it were the truth.

Seriously, she has a one hour show tucked away in the evening schedule on a Saturday when no one listens to the radio. You're really exaggerating her influence here.

meeeeh · 20-09-2017 09:48AM

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

To bring it back to Hook, my concern is that with Hook now gone, who will be prepared to stand up to Dil with her Gender Neutral nonsense.. Everybody sitting at home listening to it will be saying "That's a load of nonsense". But because there will be no presenter or reporter prepared to tackle her (because she is from a minority group and they will risk a liberal mob attacking them), then she will be allowed to say what she likes as if it were the truth.

If someone on the prime radio slot rebukes her arguments suddenly she has a lot bigger reach than she has with her show. Once you start talking about every fringe opinion you give it more credence than it deserves.

Tony EH · 20-09-2017 10:17AM

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

I'm equally offended by everybody on the left.

Deedsie wrote: »

You are offended by every single person with left leaning politics?

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

I guess the point is that there are a lot of minority groups that are portrayed in the media as being "victims" or being oppressed, when it really is just lobbying for preferential treatment, and should be treated like any other lobby group.

Plenty of single issue victim lobbyists would be quite conservative in their views too.

It's not the sole provision of "the left" and it's a sorry attempt at argument when one sees it reduced as such.

Also, the reality of the Hook situation is thus. Hook made a living shooting his mouth off and finally one of the rounds has gone off in his face. It's practically inevitable when one makes a living spouting shite across the airwaves or in print, that eventually you'll make an ass of yourself, which is essentially what Hook has done here.

But, the vultures circling his corpse aren't "left wing". They are merely opportunists waiting to see what scraps they can rip from the body. It's people (journos mainly) and organisations (like Safe Ireland) who wish to make some capital out of a story that doesn't really deserve the amount of oxygen its received.

There isn't anything "left wing" about it.

southstar · 20-09-2017 12:25PM

VinLieger wrote: »

The difference between waters and all the other examples is a chimpanzee can write with more coherance than john waters.

Whatever about his views he was a piss poor writer and congrats to anyone who could wrap their heads around the mindless directionless diatribes he used to put out.

Yes I find his style was akin to convoluted undergraduate rambling....all fur coat and no knickers.

Morgans · 20-09-2017 12:34PM

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

But there's a pattern emerging over the last few years. All of the journalists with conservative (or so called right wing) views are being hounded out of the profession. John Waters is gone, Kevin Myers is gone, now Hook is gone. The same people that waited for an opportunity to silence Hook, will probably do the same to Ian O'Doherty and anybody else who says anything that does not subscribe to the liberal agenda. The opinions of journalists with a different ideology will be confined to youtube videos from their basement, and will not be aired on mainstream media.

http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2017/09/20/five-george-hook-supporters-arrested-in-dawn-raids-by-thought-police-unit/?utm_source=WWN_Facebook_Page&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=Social_Link&utm_content=Article

Why cant we go back to the good old days where you can point out the common sense that women because of their biology can be good broadcasters, that women are in some way responsible for being raped, and that Jews are great at minding their money. EVERYONE is thinking it but only the noble have the strength of character to say it in this environment of liberal suppression.

The most boring of all the boring cliches.

southstar · 20-09-2017 12:37PM

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

I guess the point is that there are a lot of minority groups that are portrayed in the media as being "victims" or being oppressed, when it really is just lobbying for preferential treatment, and should be treated like any other lobby group. My argument is singularly targeted at the media in this, and I generally take people as I meet them in real life.

To bring it back to Hook, my concern is that with Hook now gone, who will be prepared to stand up to Dil with her Gender Neutral nonsense.. Everybody sitting at home listening to it will be saying "That's a load of nonsense". But because there will be no presenter or reporter prepared to tackle her (because she is from a minority group and they will risk a liberal mob attacking them), then she will be allowed to say what she likes as if it were the truth.

Nobody listens to Dil for Gods sake...its marooned in a backwater in the schedule and lets face it its targeted at minority audiences in the first place.By the way many so called liberals (who knows what that means anymore given our propensity to ape the dysfunctional American charade that passes for debate)were defensive of both Hook and Myers and argued in their favour ...seems good(bad) old capitalism won through ...the irony of it.

Ol' Donie · 20-09-2017 12:52PM

Truth is I'd like to hear George have a rant about bleedin selfies.

Grolschevik · 20-09-2017 01:20PM

Morgans wrote: »

http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2017/09/20/five-george-hook-supporters-arrested-in-dawn-raids-by-thought-police-unit/?utm_source=WWN_Facebook_Page&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=Social_Link&utm_content=Article

Why cant we go back to the good old days where you can point out the common sense that women because of their biology can be good broadcasters, that women are in some way responsible for being raped, and that Jews are great at minding their money. EVERYONE is thinking it but only the noble have the strength of character to say it in this environment of liberal suppression.

The most boring of all the boring cliches.

This hits the spot, too:
http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2017/09/12/jesus-you-cant-say-anything-these-days/

UsedToWait · 20-09-2017 01:28PM

I was grumbling about High Noon when it started but must admit I still listened most days.

Dr Ciara's personality is really coming to the fore now that she seems to have grabbed the hot seat for herself..
Maybe I'm being over sensitive, but there's a smugness there that I can't abide, which wasn't so prominent when she was filling in.

I've switched back to Spotify 12-2

Brian Scan · 20-09-2017 01:31PM

VinLieger wrote: »

The difference between waters and all the other examples is a chimpanzee can write with more coherance than john waters.

Whatever about his views he was a piss poor writer and congrats to anyone who could wrap their heads around the mindless directionless diatribes he used to put out.

Oops.

EarlyStorms · 20-09-2017 01:40PM

High Noon with Ciara Kelly is utterly boring, bland radio that goes in ear and out the other. I may not have agreed with the majority of what Hook used to come out with but at least he made for entertaining radio. I'll be changing stations from tomorrow during this slot.

High Noon with George Hook.

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