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Giuliani's Defense of Trump Is a 'Death Spiral of Stupid,' NYU Law Professor Says - Newsweek

Melissa Murray, a law professor at New York University (NYU), slammed Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani’s defense of the president in a Sunday interview with MSNBC.

Giuliani, who was also previously the mayor of New York City, gave a series of Sunday interviews to defend his client against the latest allegations in connection with ex Trump lawyer Michael Cohen’s guilty plea and sentencing, as well as the immunity deal given to American Media Inc.

Trump’s current lawyer downplayed the significance of these developments, arguing that prosecutors have nothing substantial to bring against the president. Murray, however, dismissed to the former mayor’s defense with biting criticism. The legal scholar pointed out that Giuliani’s representation of the campaign finance violation case against Trump as “weak,” because it involved relatively small amounts of money, was incorrect.

“Is that really the issue?” Murray asked. “I mean, we have a representative of the president of the United States basically admitting to paying women money to not disclose the fact that they have been in some kind of untoward [relationship] with the president,” she said.

Donald Trump meets with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani at the clubhouse of the Trump National Golf Club on November 20, 2016 in Bedminster, New Jersey DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images

“And his response and his defense is that if it had been more money, it would have been more serious,” the NYU professor continued. “We are living in strange times. I mean, we are in a death spiral of stupid. This is insanity,” she added.

Murray then turned her attention to Giuliani’s and Trump’s defense in the ongoing investigation into alleged “collusion” with the Russian government. Trump and his lawyer have frequently said that “collusion” would not be a crime, while also maintaining that none took place.

“Giuliani is correct that collusion [with Russia] is not a federal crime writ large,” the legal scholar said. “But all of the activities that go into collusion — misleading statements, collaborating with a foreign government, directing payments from a foreign government to a campaign — all of those things are federal crimes and the conspiracy to engage with others to do this is also a crime,” she pointed out.

In his Sunday interview with Chris Wallace on Fox News, Giuliani attempted to discredit Cohen as untrustworthy. “He did something I’ve never heard a lawyer do—taped his own client. The man is a complete pathological liar,” Trump’s current attorney said.

During his sentencing last week, Cohen said that “blind loyalty” to Trump led him to “choose a path of darkness over light.” He was sentenced to three years for his admitted crimes.

Lanny Davis, who has served as Cohen’s attorney, said during a Sunday interview with CBS News’ Face the Nation that his client had decided to take “ownership” of his illegal actions because “he feared for his country and his family.” He also insisted that his client has “corroborating evidence” as does Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is leading the probe into the president’s and his associate’s alleged crimes.

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Holiday Fun at the Indian Creek Zoo - 13abc Action News

LAMBERTVILLE, Mich. (WTVG) – If you’re looking for something fun to do with your family this holiday season, look no further than the Indian Creek Zoo.

There will be pictures with Santa today from 12-3:30, one-on-one experiences with some of the animals and half price zoo admission.

13abc’s Madison Humphrey was live this morning with a look at all of the fun.

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We weren't stupid, say drivers stranded in floodwater - Walcha News

VicRoads will investigate why workers holding a “slow down” sign guided motorists onto the Hume Freeway, only for them to get trapped in floodwater a short time later. Water had flooded the road north of Wangaratta after a heavy downpour of 80mm of rain on Thursday morning. Angry motorists who had been forced to abandon their cars after getting rescued attended a community meeting on Friday. They were not happy that Emergency Management Commissioner Andrew Crisp said driving on the freeway was “a dumb thing to do”. “There is a certain degree of frustration, when people after many warnings continue to make those poor, foolish decisions to drive into floodwaters,” he said on Thursday. But the motorists all said the same thing: they were only following the advice of people directing traffic at the Wangaratta on-ramp, with one man saying the attempt to make them look like fools with public shaming was “bulls—”. VicRoads liaison officer Rowan McEwan said he was not aware of who approved the people with the “slow” sign to allow cars onto the freeway. “We know the water rose incredibly quickly. In a perfect world, you would not have been directed in there,” he said. “The guys who waved you through, they were doing so under the impression it was safe to drive through and they would not have been aware the water was rising so quickly. “I can only apologise for that occurring. “We haven’t got the details of who they were.” Mr McEwan tried to calm people as the meeting became heated, asking them to work together so the abandoned cars could be moved safely off the freeway. “The vehicles were bobbing around a bit in the water and we thought they might have gone to the downstream side, but no,” he said. “Very surprisingly at 1.50am this morning, the water had receded, which no one expected. “We thought like in 2012 the road would be underwater for 48 hours.” VicRoads and the SES started work yesterday afternoon to tow the abandoned cars to the nearby Benton Hill rest area, where they could be picked up by their owners. The southbound lanes on higher ground were reopened yesterday morning, but SES incident controller Bruce Weiner the northbound lanes took longer – eventually reopening at 4.30pm – because of the debris which needed to be cleared from the road. “It is highly recommended you get your vehicle cleared as safe to drive before you drive, as aspects such as power steering and electrics may be affected,” he said. “Yesterday I appreciate was a very stressful day for as and I appreciate it would have been a very stressful day for you people. “Heartfelt feelings go out from us to you, it would have been a pretty tough day for you all.” Kate Reid was one of the motorists stuck on the freeway on Thursday and had her two-year-old and five-month-old children with her in the car. Luckily she had packed snacks for the day, so aside from being a little restless, the children were safe and comfortable. “Obviously fate was looking out for us and we were all organised to sit in the water for two hours,” she said. Mrs Reid was was of the lucky motorists who was only 200 metres from an emergency u-turn point and was eventually able to get to the southbound lanes. She said she was very grateful to the truck driver behind her who returned and drove her car to safety, as she held her restless baby in her arms. He also checked it was safe to drive home and got rid of a huntsman spider crawling inside. “Everyone rallies together and that’s what’s reassuring,” Mrs Reid said. “He said he had children and grandchildren and would like to think that someone would do it for them.” But like many of the other frustrated motorists, she said the wire rope barriers had the unintended consequences of trapping the cars in the floodwater, with no way to escape. “It wasn’t actually avoidable, it was the barricades that caused the most hazard,” she said. “It started off mild, just like you were driving through a bit of road water, then it just all of a sudden got quite deep to the point where you slow down to a crawling pace and then the traffic just stopped completely. “It’s because of the (wire-rope) barricades – no one could go anywhere, everyone was trapped.” Once the motorists followed the instructions of the person with the “slow” sign, there was nowhere for them to go but into floodwater. “Even though they’re in place for certain other measures, that’s the reason why everyone was so stuck,” Mrs Reid said. Mr McEwan told yesterday’s meeting that not everyone would have been able to reach the southbound lanes. “Because of the configuration of the road, you wouldn’t have been able to cross that road with the southbound carriageway being so much higher, you couldn’t have driven from north to south anyway,” he said. Euroa MP Steph Ryan has called on the impact of wire rope barriers on motorist safety during emergency events to be reviewed. “Considerations such as access for emergency services or the ramifications in flood events like those of the last 24 hours haven’t been properly thought through,” she said. “Because of the barriers, motorists had nowhere to go. “They did not have the option to cross the median strip to the south bound lane which sits on higher ground than the north bound lane and a number of people had to be winched out by helicopter to safety. “Emergency service workers did an outstanding job ensuring nobody was hurt, however I have grave concerns that if this event had been a bushfire people would have been trapped with no escape.” Wangaratta mayor Dean Rees has described the incident as a “freak rainfall event”, which had been unprecedented. “We know there’s been at least 23 residences and the Everton Community Hall experience floodwaters above floor level,” he said. “Council played a role in setting up the emergency relief centre at the HP Barr Reserve, which accommodated about a dozen people on Thursday night and had about 100 people come through the doors.” Council crews have also been out inspecting closed roads to assess if they are safe to open again. “Many roads have started to re-open but we know there is significant damage in some areas, and this will take some time to firstly assess, then repair,” Cr Rees said. 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VicRoads will investigate why workers holding a “slow down” sign guided motorists onto the Hume Freeway, only for them to get trapped in floodwater a short time later.

Water had flooded the road north of Wangaratta after a heavy downpour of 80mm of rain on Thursday morning.

Angry motorists who had been forced to abandon their cars after getting rescued attended a community meeting on Friday.

They were not happy that Emergency Management Commissioner Andrew Crisp said driving on the freeway was “a dumb thing to do”.

“There is a certain degree of frustration, when people after many warnings continue to make those poor, foolish decisions to drive into floodwaters,” he said on Thursday.

But the motorists all said the same thing: they were only following the advice of people directing traffic at the Wangaratta on-ramp, with one man saying the attempt to make them look like fools with public shaming was “bulls—”.

VicRoads liaison officer Rowan McEwan said he was not aware of who approved the people with the “slow” sign to allow cars onto the freeway.

“We know the water rose incredibly quickly. In a perfect world, you would not have been directed in there,” he said.

We know the water rose incredibly quickly. In a perfect world, you would not have been directed in there … I can only apologise.

VicRoads liaison officer Rowan McEwan

“The guys who waved you through, they were doing so under the impression it was safe to drive through and they would not have been aware the water was rising so quickly.

“I can only apologise for that occurring.

“We haven’t got the details of who they were.”

Mr McEwan tried to calm people as the meeting became heated, asking them to work together so the abandoned cars could be moved safely off the freeway.

“The vehicles were bobbing around a bit in the water and we thought they might have gone to the downstream side, but no,” he said.

“Very surprisingly at 1.50am this morning, the water had receded, which no one expected.

“We thought like in 2012 the road would be underwater for 48 hours.”

MAJOR DAMAGE: Kays Road bridge at Tarrawingee.

VicRoads and the SES started work yesterday afternoon to tow the abandoned cars to the nearby Benton Hill rest area, where they could be picked up by their owners.

The southbound lanes on higher ground were reopened yesterday morning, but SES incident controller Bruce Weiner the northbound lanes took longer – eventually reopening at 4.30pm – because of the debris which needed to be cleared from the road.

“It is highly recommended you get your vehicle cleared as safe to drive before you drive, as aspects such as power steering and electrics may be affected,” he said.

“Yesterday I appreciate was a very stressful day for as and I appreciate it would have been a very stressful day for you people.

“Heartfelt feelings go out from us to you, it would have been a pretty tough day for you all.”

Kate Reid’s view, trapped in her car on the Hume Freeway.

Kate Reid was one of the motorists stuck on the freeway on Thursday and had her two-year-old and five-month-old children with her in the car.

Luckily she had packed snacks for the day, so aside from being a little restless, the children were safe and comfortable.

“Obviously fate was looking out for us and we were all organised to sit in the water for two hours,” she said.

Mrs Reid was was of the lucky motorists who was only 200 metres from an emergency u-turn point and was eventually able to get to the southbound lanes.

She said she was very grateful to the truck driver behind her who returned and drove her car to safety, as she held her restless baby in her arms.

He also checked it was safe to drive home and got rid of a huntsman spider crawling inside.

“Everyone rallies together and that’s what’s reassuring,” Mrs Reid said.

“He said he had children and grandchildren and would like to think that someone would do it for them.”

But like many of the other frustrated motorists, she said the wire rope barriers had the unintended consequences of trapping the cars in the floodwater, with no way to escape.

“It wasn’t actually avoidable, it was the barricades that caused the most hazard,” she said.

“It started off mild, just like you were driving through a bit of road water, then it just all of a sudden got quite deep to the point where you slow down to a crawling pace and then the traffic just stopped completely.

“It’s because of the (wire-rope) barricades – no one could go anywhere, everyone was trapped.”

Once the motorists followed the instructions of the person with the “slow” sign, there was nowhere for them to go but into floodwater.

“Even though they’re in place for certain other measures, that’s the reason why everyone was so stuck,” Mrs Reid said.

Mr McEwan told yesterday’s meeting that not everyone would have been able to reach the southbound lanes.

“Because of the configuration of the road, you wouldn’t have been able to cross that road with the southbound carriageway being so much higher, you couldn’t have driven from north to south anyway,” he said.

STILL FLOODED: Carraragarmungee Estate Road.

Euroa MP Steph Ryan has called on the impact of wire rope barriers on motorist safety during emergency events to be reviewed.

“Considerations such as access for emergency services or the ramifications in flood events like those of the last 24 hours haven’t been properly thought through,” she said.

“Because of the barriers, motorists had nowhere to go.

“They did not have the option to cross the median strip to the south bound lane which sits on higher ground than the north bound lane and a number of people had to be winched out by helicopter to safety.

“Emergency service workers did an outstanding job ensuring nobody was hurt, however I have grave concerns that if this event had been a bushfire people would have been trapped with no escape.”

Wangaratta mayor Dean Rees has described the incident as a “freak rainfall event”, which had been unprecedented.

“We know there’s been at least 23 residences and the Everton Community Hall experience floodwaters above floor level,” he said.

“Council played a role in setting up the emergency relief centre at the HP Barr Reserve, which accommodated about a dozen people on Thursday night and had about 100 people come through the doors.”

Council crews have also been out inspecting closed roads to assess if they are safe to open again.

“Many roads have started to re-open but we know there is significant damage in some areas, and this will take some time to firstly assess, then repair,” Cr Rees said.

Source: https://www.walchanewsonline.com.au/story/5814135/we-werent-stupid-say-drivers-stranded-in-floodwater/?cs=7

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Day of holiday fun for all at Haywood County's 'Jingle Mingle' - WLOS

WAYNESVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) —

Christmas comes to Haywood County as the county’s arts council hosts a fun day for all.

News 13 photojournalist Sean Braswell takes to the Jingle Mingle held this Saturday.

According to Facebook, the Mingle is an all-day event with happenings in many of the downtown businesses and galleries taking the place of the December Art after Dark this year, with a new partner in the Winter ART: Smokies Style series.

The day began with breakfast with Santa at Firefly Taps & Grill from 9 a.m. -11 a.m. Five dollars got guests pancakes, bacon, juice and hot chocolate.

There was an ornament-making station at Haywood Co. Arts Council and Christmas cookie decorating at ReMax.

The Strand Theater hosted a free showing of “Elf” at 11 a.m.

From 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. was the Harry Potter Christmas with a sorting ceremony.

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Nevada County Police Blotter: Child tells dispatch 'you're stupid' - The Union of Grass Valley

Grass Valley Police Department

Thursday

7:11 a.m. — A caller from the 2000 block of Nevada City Highway reported a man sitting near a pharmacy requiring medical attention. The caller said he had a bag of blood.

7:44 a.m. — A caller from the 200 block of South Church Street reported a vehicle in front of a residence. A man got out of another vehicle with a mask and walked to the first vehicle. A woman also exited and put a beanie on her head and walked over and took a picture of the man and drove away.

8:22 a.m. — A caller from the 1000 block of Plaza Drive reported a baby locked in a vehicle. The caller said the engine wasn’t running.

12:15 p.m. — A caller from the 800 block of Sutton Way reported a 17-year-old boy at a business trying to fight another customer. The caller moved him along but the boy was at tables outside another business and appeared to be on drugs. The boy was advised of trespassing at the business and moved along. He didn’t appear to be on drugs.

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12:29 p.m. — A caller reported fraud. The caller said if she didn’t speak with a detective she would not “survive the interview.”

1:43 p.m. — A caller near the corner of Colfax Avenue and Henderson Street reported theft of a vehicle with a bumper sticker “log it, graze it, or watch it burn.” A possible suspect was a juvenile male smoking a Swisher Sweet. A be-on-the-lookout was issued, the vehicle was recovered and a suspect was in custody.

2:35 p.m. — A caller from the 13400 block of Highway 174 reported an intoxicated person falling down in a parking lot making threats toward employees and customers. The caller said the subject was a former employee. The subject said someone threw him out of a vehicle and left him in the parking lot. The caller said he did have some road rash.

4:57 p.m. — A caller from the 400 block of Henderson Street reported a man stole a box off a front porch. An arrest was made on charges of petty theft.

5:21 p.m. — A caller from the 1700 block of East Main Street reported a suspicious man in some bushes behind a building. The caller said the man was doing something but it was unknown what because it was dark.

6:45 p.m. — A caller from the 1200 block of Main Street reported a man yelling and cussing at people, intoxicated, with his hands down his pants and being vulgar. An arrest was made on charges of public intoxication.

Nevada County Sheriff’s Office

Thursday

5:10 a.m. — A caller from Bitney Springs Road reported a body lying on the side of the road in a parking lot.

5:22 a.m. — A caller near the corner of Idaho Maryland Road and Silk Tassle Circle reported a man sitting in a vehicle tucked in the trees. The caller believed the man was doing drugs because he was in a high drug use area.

9:34 a.m. — A caller from Fairview Drive reported a lost 600 pound, all black steer.

11:13 a.m. — A caller from Alexandra Way reported unknown people pulled up and went through mailboxes.

11:50 a.m. — A caller from Alexandra Way reported people taking mail and the caller had a license plate.

11:59 a.m. — A caller from Tammy Way reported hearing a gunshot. The caller said several people are standing outside and appeared to have heard it.

1:39 p.m. — A caller from Snowline Road reported someone threatening to come up to the residence for the holidays and harm the family.

2:49 p.m. — A caller from Morning Son Lane reported paternal kidnapping. The report was unfounded.

10:26 p.m. — A caller from Lodgepole Drive left the line open. A message was left on callback. Three more calls were received with nothing heard. Another call was received with an unintelligible person on the line, possibly a child. Another call was received from a child saying “you’re stupid” and hung up. Contact was made at the residence and a child was admonished.

11:30 p.m. — A caller from Pleasant Valley Road reported hearing a big boom on the property. The caller sounded as if they were on drugs and didn’t provide anything further before disconnecting.

11:48 p.m. — A person was stopped near the corner of South Auburn Street and East McKnight Way. A person was arrested on charges of failure to appear.

Nevada City Police Department

Tuesday

2:29 p.m. — A person in the Nevada Street lot was arrested on charges of possession of controlled substance paraphernalia and resisting or obstructing a public officer.

Wednesday

8:17 a.m. — A caller from the 100 block of Martin Street reported a man sleeping in a vehicle parked in front of a residence. The caller called back saying no response was necessary, the man is a gardener in a vehicle that wasn’t recognized.

3:32 p.m. — A caller near the corner of Gold Flat Road and Ridge Road reported a fire coming from a tank area at a propane company. Cal Fire reported it’s normal burn off.

3:41 p.m. — A caller from Gold Flat Road reported large flames seen at a propane facility.

Thursday

10:32 a.m. — A caller from the 900 block of Helling Way reported someone who had been stalking the caller for a month had hit and pushed the caller. The caller was contacted and was fine, and advised to call back if the suspect returned.

3:16 p.m. — A caller from the 700 block of Zion Street reported a highly intoxicated person kept falling down.

3:32 p.m. — A caller from Lower Grass Valley Road and Gold Flat Road reported seeing flames from the highway. They were told it was the propane company burning off gas.

4:29 p.m. — A person on the 400 block of Searls Avenue was arrested on charges of possession of controlled substance paraphernalia and failure to appear.

6:11 p.m. — A caller from the 100 block of Argall Way reported saying her on again, off again boyfriend just ran in and grabbed her phone and left. The caller didn’t want to get him in trouble.

— Ross Maak

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Theresa May mocked by Saturday Night Live during Brexit sketch with Matt Damon as David Cameron: 'No one in the world likes me' - Evening Standard

US television show Saturday Night Live has poked fun at Theresa May in a skit mocking her Brexit troubles.

Theresa May played by Kate McKinnon starts the comedic sketch by copying the prime minister’s famed dance moves from her speech at the Conservative Party conference earlier this year.

She then tells the audience: “What a dreadful week it’s been. My Brexit deal is falling apart, I almost got voted out and no one in the world likes me at all.”

Kate McKinnon was also joined by Matt Damon who played David Cameron.

He was introduced by the prime minister as the man who “bounced and left me to clean up this mess.”

Damon then tells her: “You know what’s funny? People hate me but they really hate you. Even though I did Brexit. I mean you’ve got to laugh.”

The sketch then continues with Mrs May introducing her next guest Voldermort. She tells the audience: “He’s the one person in Britain, more reviled than me.”

Matt Damon appeared as David Cameron (Saturday Night Live)

However Voldermort appears to distance himself from her, worried about his public image.

The sketch was popular on social media.

Alexandra De Luca wrote on Twitter: “For once, staying up for SNL was a perfect choice because they had a Brexit sketch in which Voldermort was embarrassed to be associated with Theresa May and all my nightmares have been realised.”

While another user said: “I appreciate not too many Americans know how f***** the UK is under Brexit but I very much appreciated this.”

And Tom Ruzyllo commented: “You know Brexit is going swimmingly when it ends up as a sketch on SNL.

“Theresa May’s dance and Matt Damon as David Cameron is something I need to see more of.”

Hunt: PM’s deal could be passed if EU was more flexible on backstop

Early on Sunday, the prime minister launched a stinging attack at one of her predecessors – accusing Tony Blair of “insulting” the British people and the office of prime minister by “undermining” Brexit talks with calls in Brussels for a second referendum.

In a pointed swipe at the Labour heavyweight, the Prime Minister said a second referendum would amount to Parliament abdicating responsibility.

But the outspoken attack on Mr Blair came amid reports two of the Prime Minister’s most senior allies are making preparations for a possible referendum on the final terms of the deal.

Cabinet Office Minister David Lidington, Mrs May’s defacto deputy, has met Labour MPs to discuss a cross-party consensus on the idea of a new vote, according to the Sunday Times.

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‘Maybe he’s just plain stupid’: Broad Ripple shop robbed for the second time this month - CBS 4 Indianapolis

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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — A Broad Ripple shop was robbed for the second time this month. It’s the latest in a series of suspected armed robberies on Broad Ripple Avenue over the past several weeks.

This was a bold robbery on a Saturday in the middle of a bustling sports bar scene on a game day. The man entered The Shop on Broad Ripple Avenue, indicated to the cashier he was armed and asked for the money in the register.

“Unfortunately, she was shaken,” The Shop co-owner Alex Janeszek said of his employee. “We also had a mother with her daughter here in the store. They were visibly shaken as well.”

Janeszek believes the thief to be the same individual that robbed the store weeks ago.

On social media, The Shop posted to Instagram that night saying the crook had been caught, thanks in part to their employee who snagged the license plate number of the crook. IMPD could not confirm if there was an arrest made, but they are investigating any connection between the two robberies and a third that happened at the nearby Three Dog Bakery just weeks ago.

“It seems like he’s targeting businesses with one female employee working; that seems to be his M.O., which is pretty cowardly,” Janeszek said. “To be scared to go to work and make a living, that’s not fair. That’s not right.”

Moving forward The Shop will no longer be accepting cash for the rest of the year, just in case someone attempts this for a third time. Janeszek would not say how much the crook got away with but called the loss minimal in comparison to his employees’ safety.

“I can’t wait. That would be the best Christmas present just to know that it’s nothing to worry about,” Janeszek said of a possible arrest in the case. “I feel it’s isolated and not that crime is rampant in the city.”

If you know anything about this robbery, call Crime Stoppers at 317-262-8477.

Source: https://cbs4indy.com/2018/12/16/maybe-hes-just-plain-stupid-broad-ripple-shop-robbed-for-the-second-time-this-month/

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Killoe comedian to bring funny home - Longford Leader

Sean Finnerty and Colum Tyrrell, two Irish comedians making huge waves in America, return home this December, bringing with them a hilarious four-date stand-up tour.

The tour will kick off on December 20 in Limerick, and also hits Galway and Dublin, with a Longford gig taking place in John Browne’s bar on Sunday, December 23 set to provide local people with a good belly laugh just before Christmas.

Colum and Sean’s humor is driven by their views on America coming from an Irish perspective.

Americans are all overweight gun-toting nutters… or are they? Do Americans worship Donald Trump? What is it like eating pancakes for breakfast? Come and find out first hand.

After 21 years of growing up in Longford, Killoe native Sean Finnerty decided to move stateside where a series of mature decisions that he failed to make led him to stand up comedy.

Spending his first number of years in comedy based out of Orlando, Sean was selected for Comedy Central’s Up Next competition (2013) and as a semi finalist in Florida’s Funniest Comedian (2014) resulting in him opening for WWE hall of famer Mick Foley.

A breakout year in 2015 saw Sean make his television debut as co-host of Season 9 of Fireball Run on Amazon Prime aswell as being selected to perform at the Boston Comedy Festival.

In 2016, Sean moved to New York where he quickly became known as one to watch, performing at famous venues such as Gotham Comedy Club, Caroline’s on Broadway, The Stand and The Friars’ Club.

Recently, he has also performed at several festivals including Edinburgh Fringe (2018), Laugh Your Asheville Off (2017) and Electric Picnic (2018), along with making it to the semi finals of the nationwide talent search Stand Up NBC.

A keen eye for detail, Sean has also developed a reputation as a roaster and is currently the number one ranked roast comic in New York City.

“In recent years I have been returning to Ireland more to stay in touch with the Irish comedy scene,” Sean explained.

“This will be my first headlining tour of Ireland, co-headlining with Colum.

“Every time I return home, I have to try to remember what Irish people find funny again because I’m so used to performing for Americans.

“American references need to be changed to Irish ones, certain topics I’ll drop because they’re unrelateable to Irish audiences and others I’ll bring back.

“I probably prefer Irish audiences, although it’s a tough generalization to make. American crowds feel tense at the minute like they’re worried you’ll offend. Irish audiences are there to laugh.”

This will be Sean’s first time performing in his home county and it’ll be an unmissable show.

Sean Finnerty and Colum Tyrrell will perform their hilarious show in John Browne’s Bar, Longford town, on Sunday, December 23.

The show starts at 8pm and tickets at €10 are available at the door.

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Brendan Cole gives final Strictly verdict: What a night! - HELLO! Magazine

Congratulations to our new Strictly champions…

December 16, 2018 – 16:49 GMT HELLOMAGAZINE.COM Brendan Cole reveals his thoughts on the Strictly Come Dancing final 2018, including winners Stacey Dooley and Kevin Clifton, in his exclusive column for Hello! Online.

Well it was a big show and we certainly saw everything we’d expect from a Strictly final, apart from that tiff with the judges. Having a go at a judge for not giving a 9 or a 10 is quite a risk and one that I thought may have swayed the public to vote another way. Also, the chap in question ran the risk of showing a perhaps ‘not so squeaky clean’ side to the Strictly viewers. Dangerous stuff in a fluffy final, Kevin!

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But the results are in and it didn’t matter… It’s Kevin who finally lifts the Glitterball Trophy. I think Stacey was there as well, but it seemed that the night belonged to Kevin in his fifth attempt to win the show. Clearly Stacey and Kevin were the people’s champions after finishing bottom with the judges and, as I predicted a few weeks back in my Hello! Magazine column, they were almost a sure thing. I must say, after watching last night’s show, there was a small part of me that thought maybe, just maybe, one of the others would take it, as we saw some outstanding dances from the other three gracious couples (yes I said it – three, even Joe and Diane pulled out a great show dance and for the first time I can almost agree with the score of a 10 for it… call it Final Positivity). Regardless of how anyone danced last night, making the final and putting together a new and exciting show dance and perfecting the other two performances is a massive achievement from all and they must be congratulated on a job well done.

My winners of the night could’ve been Ashley and Pasha or Faye and Giovanni. They all danced out of their skins and demonstrated a master class of how a final should be performed. Ashley and Pasha’s contemporary show dance was risky, clever, exciting, unique and showed incredible skill and artistry, while Faye and Giovanni’s American Smooth style Showdance was beautiful, elegant and classy with proper old school glamour. Both showed how to deliver on the big night and in my eyes were the winners, week after week.

Ashley has come under a lot of criticism for being a trained dancer and I’m often asked my opinion on the subject, so let me tell you where I stand. In any given Strictly show, you need all different levels of talent and abilities. If every contestant was a novice, the show would be boring, if every contestant had dance experience, the show would be ‘dull dull dull darling’. You need the good, the bad and the ugly to make Strictly what it is and as far as I’m concerned, if the BBC have invited someone to take part, they deserve to be there and would be a fool to say no just because they can dance. It is indeed the BBC who should take the flack for these decisions, not the likes of Ashley. Here is why I think she really deserved her place in the show… Last night, she demonstrated another level of precision and ability that simply blew me away. The aim throughout the series is to improve week after week and Ashley continued to do this from start to finish. Ashley and Pasha may not have lifted the trophy last night but their degree of precision and their outstanding performance in the final may never be equalled again. If that doesn’t belong in Strictly then it’s a shame for the show and future contestants that might say no when asked. For me, she shone last night and deserved every cheer and 10 she received.

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Speaking of 10s and potential winners, Faye and Giovanni were sublime last night! Their Showdance was outstanding and magical to watch and their Theatre Jazz was probably my favourite dance of the entire series so I’m glad we got to see that again. She has shown class throughout the series has been beautiful to watch. I say it often but when you get a performance that you wish you could be in, then it’s being done to perfection. I loved the lighting, the costuming, the theming and I loved them. Their Viennese Waltz wasn’t my favourite as the top line was a little funny (mostly from my mate Gio) but it still deserved the marks it received and the praise it got.

Back to the winners and I’m really glad we got to see Stacey and Kevin’s Paso Doblé again in the final. Another highlight of the series for me and last night I do believe it was even better than when they performed it in the series. It must feel weird getting the lowest scores and still winning but I hope for them they can savour the Paso as a fine moment in a big final and one that allowed them to compete with the others. I think Kevin’s choreography has been great throughout the show and, as I said, he played it perfectly in his climb to the top.

I’d like to say congratulations to the team behind the scenes. Hair, costume, makeup, lighting, music, production… all that contribute something to allow the couples to shine week after weeks deserve all the praise in the world. It’s an incredible team and the effort put in is amazing.

In my final paragraph of this column, I’d like to say thank you to all of my readers and Hello Magazine! for your support. In the very beginning, watching Strictly and commenting on it was a little odd for me but your lovely comments (and the odd critical one) have been great to receive and I’ve loved giving you my opinion on the show. So here’s to another fantastic series of Strictly, let’s raise a glass to all who took part, but in particular the winners of 2018! Congratulations Stacey and Kevin the 2018 Champions!