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Eliot, from an Irish nationalist point of view, Diarmuid McMurrough had no right under Irish law to promise his kingdom to Strongbow or to anyone else. Irish kings were elected from among the eligible male members of the tribe (like the Anglo-Saxon kings). You rightly refer to the problems with relying on the Bull Laudabiliter. Your analysis of Putin's performance and Carlson's pathetic failure to challenge him is spot on.

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