NAFO

Donald Trump is accused of betrayal for the second time this week, but this time from a most unlikely source.

And NAFO gets a shout-out in the Irish Parliament.

And as I mentioned football, we end this torrid week with something a bit brighter, a dispatch with Ukraine's number one football team as they start their Champions League campaign.

[upbeat music] Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory.

And finally, Irish Senator Tom Clonan raised the Ogonish alumina issue again.

This is Europe's largest alumina refinery, located in the Shannon Estuary in County Limerick in Ireland, which is at the center of a major geopolitical and economic controversy over its Russian ownership and exports to Russia.

Anyway, Mr. Clonan also gave this shout-out to NAFO.

I also want to acknowledge the work of NAFO.

Oh, see, I was never able to figure this out, actually.

Can the listeners, can we, maybe if we have a guy who's a NAFO guy, who's a listener, first of all, amazing that you're sticking in on this, but tell me if you know, I would love to know any of the NAFO people out there are, is, uh, like is which country is doing the most making the internet worse, Russia or Ukraine? I would like to know what the NAFO people think, because I think it's probably Ukraine, but I'm sure the NAFO people would say Russia.

I'd like to hear why.

I really don't know.

Not strategically effective, but at least you got headlines out of it.

At least all the NAFO cred could cheer about something, which is gross anyway.

Why do they cheer about war? But, you know, that's what these people are like.

Um, you know, that was the whole point of the whole thing.

Tries to take an objective view, won't go along with the, like, you know, Russia should be destroyed stuff.

And so the, the NAFO crowd, or whatever you wanna call them, have now, like, convinced the Latvian government to make him persona non grata, which basically [chuckles] means, like, kick him out of the country, like, not quite legally.

Like, it's very... 'Cause he's got a v- he's got, like, residency and all that.

So kick him.

You know that's coming.

God, somebody says, "Beware of the atomic diaper." [laughs] Nafo Fella Woof.

How are you...

Nafo Fella, I don't wanna hear from you.

You're in Vietnam.

You better be bringing us back some, some dumplings or something.

Uh, Project Constantine, and we've supported multiple, uh, projects.

We've supported, uh, uh, NAFO.

We've supported Cars for Ukraine.

We've supported Project Constantine.

[laughs]

We're not, we're not NAFO people, and I know even saying the word NAFO-

Oh, Christ, I don't think anybody would ever-

Is-

On the next wall is a striking image: a tank surrounded by people holding Ukrainian flags.

Perched on top is a cartoon dog associated with NAFO, with the Brandenburg Gate visible in the background.

Now tell me about this image.

Yes.

So we've got the Brandenburg Gate.

Yes.

And we've got a NAFO fella, right? [laughs]

Oh, yeah.

Illumina exports from Ireland to Russia are getting busy again now with a third such shipment in four days.

Now, this is from a source that's legitimate who follows a NAFO fellow tracking the Russian shadow fleet in Irish waters and Illumina exports.

This is kind of what he spends his time on.

It's not a major newspaper, but there's gradations of what I value and trust.