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offsite link The Saker blog is now frozen Tue Feb 28, 2023 23:55 | The Saker
Dear friends As I have previously announced, we are now “freezing” the blog.? We are also making archives of the blog available for free download in various formats (see below).?

offsite link What do you make of the Russia and China Partnership? Tue Feb 28, 2023 16:26 | The Saker
by Mr. Allen for the Saker blog Over the last few years, we hear leaders from both Russia and China pronouncing that they have formed a relationship where there are

offsite link Moveable Feast Cafe 2023/02/27 ? Open Thread Mon Feb 27, 2023 19:00 | cafe-uploader
2023/02/27 19:00:02Welcome to the ‘Moveable Feast Cafe’. The ‘Moveable Feast’ is an open thread where readers can post wide ranging observations, articles, rants, off topic and have animate discussions of

offsite link The stage is set for Hybrid World War III Mon Feb 27, 2023 15:50 | The Saker
Pepe Escobar for the Saker blog A powerful feeling rhythms your skin and drums up your soul as you?re immersed in a long walk under persistent snow flurries, pinpointed by

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Public Inquiry
Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

offsite link RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony

offsite link Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony

offsite link Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony

offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

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The Daily Sceptic

offsite link ?Trump Peace Plan for Ukraine Leaked?: Ceasefire by Easter, Territory Ceded and No NATO Membership Thu Feb 06, 2025 15:48 | Will Jones
A document reported by Ukrainian media to be Trump's 'Peace Plan for Ukraine' has been leaked and includes a ceasefire by Easter, the ceding of land to Russia and no NATO membership.
The post ‘Trump Peace Plan for Ukraine Leaked’: Ceasefire by Easter, Territory Ceded and No NATO Membership appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Birbalsingh Blasts Phillipson: ?You Don?t Know Your Own Bill? Thu Feb 06, 2025 13:35 | Will Jones
Katharine Birbalsingh, the head of one of Britain's best state schools, has written an excoriating letter to Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson after a meeting where Phillipson exposed her ignorance of her own bill.
The post Birbalsingh Blasts Phillipson: “You Don’t Know Your Own Bill” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Germans Underestimate Number of Asylum Seekers in Germany, Study Finds Thu Feb 06, 2025 11:00 | Noah Carl
A new study shows that Germans substantially underestimate the number of asylum seekers in Germany. This contradicts the Left-wing narrative according to which people oppose immigration because they're misinformed.
The post Germans Underestimate Number of Asylum Seekers in Germany, Study Finds appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link BBC Rides to the Rescue as Scientists Inconveniently Find the Gulf Stream Isn?t Getting Weaker Thu Feb 06, 2025 09:00 | Chris Morrison
After a science paper in Nature found the Gulf Stream isn't getting weaker, the BBC couldn't allow such a reassuring fact to stand. When will the media let the truth get through, asks Chris Morrison.
The post BBC Rides to the Rescue as Scientists Inconveniently Find the Gulf Stream Isn’t Getting Weaker appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Blob Rule: The Labour MPs Revolting Against Jobs, Wealth and Industry Thu Feb 06, 2025 07:00 | Ben Pile
Keir Starmer faces a backlash of Labour MPs against the approval of a new oilfield. Who are these MPs in revolt against wealth and industry, asks Ben Pile. When you scratch the surface you always find the same Green Blob.
The post Blob Rule: The Labour MPs Revolting Against Jobs, Wealth and Industry appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday December 20, 2008 - 14:42 by TD   text 2 comments (last - thursday december 25, 2008 - 13:38)   image 6 images   video 2 video files
Yesterday, in the relentless resistance against the construction of the Annexation Wall and the illegal Israeli colonising “settlements” of Kfar Rut, Shilta, Mattityahu, Makkabim, Hashmonaim, Lapid, Modi’in Illit (Qiryat Sefer) and Menora on the expropriated Palestinian lands of Bil’in and Saffa, villagers from Bil’in, their numbers augmented by Internationals and Israeli Anarchists Against the Wall marched, as they have done for the past four years after Friday prayers, in protest to the Wall. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday December 19, 2008 - 22:21 by newsmedia   text 7 comments (last - thursday december 25, 2008 - 00:39)   image 1 image
The Irish government has again turned to taking money off the poor to fund the rich. ... read full story / add a comment
A heavy drinker, he edited the Observer newspaper in Britain
national / rights, freedoms and repression Friday December 19, 2008 - 01:29 by weight lifted   text 74 comments (last - thursday january 15, 2009 - 16:14)   image 3 images   video 1 video file
Long time supporter of Israeli Zionism, British power in Ireland, censor, bully, anti-Republican and self publicist dies at age 91.

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international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday December 17, 2008 - 18:35 by dissident   video 1 video file
The United Nation's top human rights official has condemned Israel's expulsion of Richard Falk, the UN's special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian Territories, from the country, calling it "unprecedented" and "deeply regrettable. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday December 17, 2008 - 15:00 by pat c
Samir Adil, leader of the Iraq Freedom Congress (IFC) was among those injured in an indiscriminate terror bombing of a restraunt in Kirkurk on Friday, 11 December. 55 people were killed and 100 were wounded. The IFC has been working across ethnic divides in Kirkuk to unite local communities against the US occupation and sectarian militias.

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international / animal rights Wednesday December 17, 2008 - 00:20 by Bernie Wright   text 3 comments (last - friday december 19, 2008 - 02:20)
LATEST GA NEWSLETTER NOW AVAILABLE ON-LINE
Running for their Lives! - December 2008

Contents:-
A Greyt 2008! - Best year ever for our campaign
More good news from the USA - Greyhound racing banned in MA, Guam track closes
Financial crisis for William Hill - Soaring debts/falling shares for greyhound killers

The latest issue (December 2008) of our bi-monthly newsletter, Runnning for their Lives!, is
now available on-line.

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Omagh
national / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday December 16, 2008 - 17:22 by Saoirse   text 9 comments (last - saturday january 03, 2009 - 17:43)   image 5 images   video 2 video files
Ógra Shinn Féin got active across Ireland in the past weekend to demand the immediate release of IRA Prisoners of War, some of whom qualify under the terms of the GFA for release and all because the leadership of Óglaidh na hÉireann formally called an end to their armed campaign over 3 years ago.

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Dec 11 th Peoples Mouvement and members of Cap - Onzezeg
international / anti-capitalism Tuesday December 16, 2008 - 14:13 by Valentine   image 1 image
On Dec 8 th 2008 the Belgian campaign Notre mot à dire/Onze Zeg ("Our Voice", aiming at a democratic referendum on the EU Lisbon Treaty ) addressed the Constitutional Court of Belgium. In a first request, they demand the cancellation of the Flemish ratification.

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national / education Tuesday December 16, 2008 - 12:57 by People Before Profit Alliance
Rory Hearne, who recently completed a PhD on PPPs in Trinity College Dublin and who is a candidate for the People Before Profit Alliance in the upcoming local elections in Dublin South East, has criticised the decision to develop another bundle of schools through the PPP mechanism.

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dublin / animal rights Monday December 15, 2008 - 21:56 by Stephan Wymore   text 1 comment (last - saturday january 10, 2009 - 03:21)   image 1 image
On December 10th during ‘International Day for Animal Rights 2008’ a huge 10ft ‘elephant’ led a peaceful demonstration outside the Department of Agriculture in Dublin on behalf of Animal Rights Action Network and Animal Defenders International as our campaigners geared up for an important meeting to discuss the new upcoming revised Irish animal welfare bill which is due to be published during 2009. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Monday December 15, 2008 - 03:21 by Contaminated Crow
Waste,a quarry, waste, a powerplant, waste, a missing planning file and more waste ... read full story / add a comment
A journey...
mayo / environment Sunday December 14, 2008 - 14:59 by Pooka McFee   text 10 comments (last - thursday january 01, 2009 - 23:59)   image 7 images
Over the last week/ten days, local people in what Shell and the government like to style as the 'receiving communities' of Rossport, Glenamoy and Pullathomas (as if a dirty big refinery, a dangerous experimental pipeline and a gombeen-facilitated Gas Robbery were gifts beyond price!) joined with solidarity activists from elsewhere in Ireland to pursue a project more sustaining and sustainable than Corrib - the gradual re-afforestation of magnificent beautiful Erris with appropriate species of trees!

Photos and additional reporting courtesy of FSB!
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cork / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday December 13, 2008 - 19:59 by Joe Moore   text 3 comments (last - monday december 15, 2008 - 12:54)
December 10th 2008 marked the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) This event was marked across the globe last Wednesday. The anniversary was also marked by numerous events around Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment
kildare / miscellaneous Saturday December 13, 2008 - 08:27 by saoirse
Picket in support of Republican prisoners in the Six Counties ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Saturday December 13, 2008 - 01:33 by sdv   text 10 comments (last - thursday june 03, 2010 - 05:49)
"Gunned down by idiot cops. That's life hey?" the message left on the myspace page of a 15 year old boy killed by police in Australia. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday December 12, 2008 - 18:39 by Seano   text 1 comment (last - saturday december 13, 2008 - 10:43)
Businessmen don't like the result of first ever election in Sark and fire 140 people. ... read full story / add a comment
Judge Devins never addressed how these injuries came about
mayo / crime and justice Friday December 12, 2008 - 16:11 by Rudiger   text 8 comments (last - saturday december 13, 2008 - 02:39)   image 2 images
Last Wednesday, the 10th December 2008, in Belmullet District Court, Judge Mary Devins showed, in my opinion, her clearest example so far, that she has no interest in the notion of proper and real justice. ... read full story / add a comment
Fur Industry at work
international / animal rights Friday December 12, 2008 - 14:58 by ALiberation   text 1 comment (last - saturday december 13, 2008 - 03:17)   image 2 images   video 1 video file
Fur Free Activists asked Naomi Campbell some choice questions about her questionable choices in Dublin on Wednesday. She didn’t comment.
She did look briefly at the poster of a mutilated fox with the words “Ban Irish Fur Farms”.
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limerick / rights, freedoms and repression Friday December 12, 2008 - 09:06 by John Lannon   image 5 images
On Thursday, just after 10.30am, Limerick’s Congolese community along with Irish friends and supporters marched from Arthur’s Quay in the city centre, up O’Connell St., to O’Connell Avenue. There, a memorandum to the Irish Government and the International Community was read, calling their attention to the ongoing tragedy taking place in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It noted that over the last decade the world has allowed the deaths of 5 million people in Congo, and that in the eastern part of the country sexual abuse of women, forced recruitment of child soldiers and displacement from villages and homes are once again part of everyday life. ... read full story / add a comment
The 3 issues of RAG
national / gender and sexuality Thursday December 11, 2008 - 20:47 by Andrew   text 1 comment (last - friday december 12, 2008 - 12:45)   image 1 image   audio 1 audio file
Audio of a 45 minute talk/discussion given at the Dublin Independent Zine fair last Sunday in New Square about RAG, the magazine of the Revolutionary Anarcho-Feminist Group. ... read full story / add a comment
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