The Village Oak Tree

T Ó Domhnaill
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The Village Oak Tree is where the Irish storyteller comes to your digital village to bring you stories from the outside world. Join me every Wednesday as I try my best to find topics that are not plastered all over the main stream news pages everywhere you look. I research news from around the world, that despite not being in all over the front pages, may be important to regular people nonetheless. To wrap things up, I try to add a little imagination to your visit with a short story that might make you think. Sláinte

  1. 5d ago

    Samhain or Halloween, A Little Personal History and Plans for the Future

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Fáilte Welcome to The Village Oak Tree I’m your host, Terrance Ó Domhnaill. Thank you for joining me again this week. I struggled a lot this week, to come up with a topic that didn’t involve politics, or wars, and it was hard. I also had some personal things to take care of, which is why I’m a day late. It’s Thursday, October 29th, a couple days away from Samhain, by the Roman calendar. All of the little, and not so little, kids around the western world will be going out in their costumes to celebrate what they call All Hallows Eve, or Halloween, in English. I decided this year, to keep my celebrations a little more low key. I will still set up and light my bon fire in my brazier on the back patio, and offer a prayer to my ancestors, and those friends I was closest to when they were alive. I will also acknowledge the nature spirits in all of the creatures of the wild in my backyard, such as the squirrels and chipmunks, butterflies and others that make up the world around us everyday, that most people take for granted. Because I felt the need to turn away from all of the antics of Trump, and the wars abroad for a bit, I thought I would change the subject this week, and just offer some insights about this holiday, not holiday, coming up this weekend. So, gather round, sit you down somewhere comfortable for a bit and let’s talk about Samhain, by me telling stories for a bit, then I’ll read the next chapter in the series I’ve been bringing to you. Visit me at https://crann-na-beatha.com for more about me, and so much more.

    Samhain or Halloween, A Little Personal History and Plans for the Future

  2. Oct 21

    Is the United States being Turned into a Russian Twin?

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Fáilte Welcome to The Village Oak Tree I’m your host, Terrance Ó Domhnaill. Thank you for joining me again this week. I’m back with more uncomfortable news stories that I’ve gleaned from not main stream U.S. media. In keeping with my latest theme of putting Trump and Putin in the same bucket, I have a story from an independent writer, Mark Timberlake, who writes about Trump’s Russian mafia connections going back decades, a DW new story about how south Afrikaner tech billionaires Peter Theil and Elon Musk, want to do away with democracy across the world, and institute a tech fascist style planetary government utterly controlled by them. So, gather round, sit you down somewhere comfortable for a bit as I try to put all of this together for you and more. Visit www.crann-na-beatha.com for more

    Is the United States being Turned into a Russian Twin?

  3. Oct 14

    Trump’s Vision of What the U.S. Should look like

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Fáilte Welcome to The Village Oak Tree I’m your host, Terrance Ó Domhnaill. Thank you for joining me again this week. I’m going to keep this real short this week, as we’re preparing to go on holiday for a couple of days. Something we haven’t done all year because of the economy, and a bit of fear of the ICE-Gestapo agents roaming the country. I want to spend some more time with this business of Trump trying to imitate Putin and turn the U.S. into an American version of the Russian Federation. The signs are all there, if you know anything about Russian history, and are paying any bit of attention to what Trump is trying to get away with. So, gather round, sit you down somewhere comfortable for a bit as I spend a few minutes this week attempting to lay it all out for people. Visit www.crann-na-beatha.com for more

    Trump’s Vision of What the U.S. Should look like

  4. Oct 7

    Who’s the Toughest Guy on Block, Putin or Trump?

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! The podcast is a bit longer than usual because the reading of this week’s story chapter was a bit longer than usual. I hope everyone enjoys, nonetheless. Fáilte Welcome to The Village Oak Tree I’m your host, Terrance Ó Domhnaill. Thank you for joining me again this week. This week, I have the third and last part of my series on Putin and Trump. Today, I put things in perspective as I compare Trump to Putin. I outline the things they’ve done to gain and retain their power. Both of them have traveled a different road to get them were they are in 2026, mostly because of the cultural differences between Russia and the United States. So, gather round, sit you down somewhere comfortable for a bit. Let me compare these two men, and offer a little on why Trump is such a fanboy of brutal dictators. (Hint: I’m leaning towards their childhoods, which likely shaped them into who they are) Visit with me at www.crann-na-beatha.com to learn more, see more and do more.

    Who’s the Toughest Guy on Block, Putin or Trump?

  5. Sep 30

    The U.S.S.R. vs. the U.S. Part 2

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Fáilte Welcome to The Village Oak Tree I’m your host, Terrance Ó Domhnaill. Thank you for joining me again this week. As promised, I have part 2 of my discussion about the parallels between the old U.S.S.R., and the U.S. in 2026. I left off last week with what happened to the Soviet Union in December of 1991, and a taste of what happened to them until Putin came to power in 1999. Today, I’m going to get deeper into the weeds about what that could look like if the United States should follow in Russia’s footsteps. I will also beg your indulgence for this lengthy podcast, as there is a lot to say about today’s topic. Please bear with me. So, gather round, sit you down somewhere comfortable for a bit as I continue with part 2 of the collapse of the old Soviet Union, and compare that event to the United States today. For more about me, or for more in general, visit www.crann-na-beatha.com

    The U.S.S.R. vs. the U.S. Part 2

  6. Sep 25

    The Old Soviet Union vs. The Current United States Part 1

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Fáilte Welcome to The Village Oak Tree I’m your host, Terrance Ó Domhnaill. Thank you for joining me again this week. I’m about two days behind schedule this week because of other more pressing issues, but I have managed to carve out some time to talk about the United States, and how it’s starting to mirror the old Soviet Republic right up to when it finally came to it’s inglorious end by December 25th, 1991. I will try hard to map out the parallels between the U.S. right now, compared to Russia back in the late 1980’s right up to the day they took the old hammer and sickle down at the Kremlin, and raised the new federation flag in its stead. So, gather round, sit you down somewhere comfortable for a bit as I walk people through a little history in today’s podcast. Next week, I’ll bring it all together to show how everything is starting to fit together towards the day that someone raises a different flag in Washington D.C after the collapse of the United States. Visit me for more at www.crann-na-beatha.com for more.

    The Old Soviet Union vs. The Current United States Part 1

  7. Sep 16

    Glaciers and the Future of the Planet in the Next Hundred Years

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Fáilte Welcome to The Village Oak Tree I'm your host, Terrance Ó Domhnaill. Thank you for joining me again this week. As I've said repeatedly here, I do these weekly videos and commentaries because I want to talk to people about what I'm thinking about. These seemingly random topics are largely based on articles that got my attention throughout the past week. This week is no different. Most of us have seen some of the viral videos posted about the horrific flooding from the Hindu-Kush mountains in Nepal and Tibet, where the glacier let go, and wiped out whole villages when the wall of water went down the valleys, on it's way to the ocean. That struck me, then I started thinking about what if. And that is the subject of this week's video. Not so much what if, but when. When will the world see another one of these glaciers let go because of global warming? So, gather round, sit you down somewhere comfortable for a bit as I bring you some facts that might scare a few people, and. maybe, what to expect over the next few years, as the planet continues to warm up. For more content about me, visit www.crann-na-beatha.com. Look at old photos, buy a book, and more

    Glaciers and the Future of the Planet in the Next Hundred Years

  8. Sep 9

    The Misadventures of AI Tools. Plus, a bit about Israel’s Illegal Settlers.

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Fáilte Welcome to The Village Oak Tree I’m your host, Terrance Ó Domhnaill. Thank you for joining me again this week. I’m back, after a couple of week layoff. During my online absence, I’ve been very hard at work rebuilding my domain network infrastructure, after having to replace a failed hard drive in my primary server. It all went down hill from there for a couple of weeks, where at one point, I didn’t have any internet access at all for several days. Didn’t that make my family mad. It’s all back up and running again. Everyone in the family is happy, especially my step-daughter and their oldest son. I have been steadily tweaking things as I see errors crop up, but it’s all good for now. Meanwhile, while I was out of action (causing me a lot of lost sleep while working hard to fix everything), the world continued to head towards more chaos. I missed several days worth of news, but I finally got caught up by yesterday, for the most part. I’m not here today to talk about the bad news everywhere. We already know about that. What I do want to talk about, was my recent experiment with the free AI tools now imbedded in all of our browsers. I also received a news article from Kit Klarenberg, who writes in a Substack called Global Delinquents, about how the German government, still feeling sorry for the holocaust in the 20th century, is enabling the illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank. So, gather round, sit you down somewhere comfortable for a bit as I tell you of my adventures in IT as a network and systems administrator, and how AI played a large part in my many sleepless nights because they are very faulty. Come visit me at www.crann-na-beatha.com to read my blog, view my photos, buy a book and more

    The Misadventures of AI Tools. Plus, a bit about Israel’s Illegal Settlers.
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The Village Oak Tree is where the Irish storyteller comes to your digital village to bring you stories from the outside world. Join me every Wednesday as I try my best to find topics that are not plastered all over the main stream news pages everywhere you look. I research news from around the world, that despite not being in all over the front pages, may be important to regular people nonetheless. To wrap things up, I try to add a little imagination to your visit with a short story that might make you think. Sláinte

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  • Creator
    T Ó Domhnaill
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    171
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Terrance O'Donal 2023
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    The Village Oak Tree