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To: ransomnote

“the Irish Potato Famine, a famine, remember, that Britain’s own policies caused, not a potato blight.”

Why would I remember that? Why would anyone?

The issue here is White House privilege to restrict entry.


2 posted on 09/22/2026 11:23:22 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

There was a potato blight, but a deliberate British policy forced the continued export of the food the Irish needed to make up for the shortfall of the potato harvest. Thus, widespread starvation. Some say that this was as an attempt to eliminate a portion of the Irish population.

The point of talking about it is to give an example of what the “empire” was willing to do to control the population. Some say that “covid” was the same sort of thing.


4 posted on 09/22/2026 11:37:59 AM PDT by jimtorr
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To: BenLurkin

the Irish Potato Famine, a famine, remember, that Britain’s own policies caused, not a potato blight.”


We were always taught, even back in the good old days, that the potato failure was a mystery, that the potatoes would be fine when dug up, then after a few hours, would turn black and inedible, for an unknown reason. Why, I’ve even heard Ken Burns repeat that!


7 posted on 09/22/2026 12:09:10 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: BenLurkin

I remember reading about it, but you didn’t? Policy, not blight, starved the population. The fake news has been in schools for decades. And here we have proof.


15 posted on 09/22/2026 2:56:19 PM PDT by Donbue
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