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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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offsite link News Round-Up Fri Feb 07, 2025 19:31 | Toby Young
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
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offsite link The Censorship Only Goes One Way Fri Feb 07, 2025 17:02 | Dr James Allan
Our new censors tried to ban a video of a Christian bishop being stabbed by a Muslim extremist. But would they have done the same if it was a far-Right assailant attacking a Muslim? Of course not, says Prof James Allan.
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offsite link Miliband?s Net Zero Plans Torpedoed by UK?s Top Offshore Wind Developer as ?rsted Axes Major Project... Fri Feb 07, 2025 15:14 | David Turver
Ed Miliband's Net Zero plans have been torpedoed by the UK's top offshore wind developer as Danish company ?rsted axes a number of major projects as part of a 25% cut to its investment plans.
The post Miliband’s Net Zero Plans Torpedoed by UK’s Top Offshore Wind Developer as ?rsted Axes Major Projects appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Democrat Lawmaker Gets Sterilised Because of Trump Presidency Fri Feb 07, 2025 13:13 | Will Jones
A Democrat lawmaker in Michigan has undergone a sterilisation procedure to avoid becoming pregnant while Donald Trump is in office. Because nothing says "I'm not a hysterical woman" quite like ripping out your womb.
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offsite link Former Royal Marine Cleared of Race Hate Charge Over Southport Protest Video Fri Feb 07, 2025 11:00 | Dr Frederick Attenborough
In a victory for free speech, ex-Royal Marine Jamie Michael has been cleared of racial hatred after posting a video calling for peaceful protest following the Southport attack. The jury took just 17 minutes to acquit him.
The post Former Royal Marine Cleared of Race Hate Charge Over Southport Protest Video appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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national / miscellaneous Friday March 21, 2003 - 14:25 by as do many other journos
Sy Hersh, at Harvard, explains how many commercial journalists trade access for truth By Mark Jurkowitz, The Boston Globe ... read full story / add a comment
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national / miscellaneous Friday March 21, 2003 - 14:18 by redjade   text 2 comments (last - friday march 21, 2003 - 15:55)   image 1 image
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national / miscellaneous Friday March 21, 2003 - 14:05 by Joe   text 22 comments (last - wednesday march 26, 2003 - 18:09)   image 2 images
More to follow but here are a couple of pictures of Gardai attacking the direct action protest at the Dail yesterday. One protester was taken unconscious in an ambulance to hospital after the Gardai attack, ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday March 21, 2003 - 14:03 by Cleo shoukri   text 2 comments (last - friday march 21, 2003 - 15:37)
Community road blocks against the war, are the latest protest weapon. Coming soon to a traffic jam near you. Working class protestant and catholic community workers are considering community road blocks against the war. As seen in the Markets area last month, when residents sucessfully blocked entrance to their area. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday March 21, 2003 - 13:56 by Media Watcher
national / miscellaneous Friday March 21, 2003 - 13:45 by JJ McGarrity   text 2 comments (last - friday march 21, 2003 - 15:20)
The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Treachery, Brian Cowen TD will meet the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland of the UK warmongers at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Iveagh House, St. Stephen's Green on Monday, 24th March. Amazingly the media has been notified of a "Photo Opportunity" on the steps of Iveagh House at 11.15am. Sounds like a Protest Opportunity to me. Beir Bua, JJ McGarrity ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday March 21, 2003 - 13:28 by Smedley Butler   text 3 comments (last - friday march 21, 2003 - 15:59)
WAR IS A RACKET WAR is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of the people. Only a small "inside" group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few, at the expense of the very many. Out of war a few people make huge fortunes. In the World War [I] a mere handful garnered the profits of the conflict. At least 21,000 new millionaires and billionaires were made in the United States during the World War. That many admitted their huge blood gains in their income tax returns. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday March 21, 2003 - 13:25 by T Dillon   text 4 comments (last - sunday march 23, 2003 - 22:07)
Tony Blair looks like a man in the last stages of cancer. During his speech to inform his unwilling helpers that he had committed their sons, daughters, brothers and children into Iraq to fight and possibly die for Corporate America and the resulting scraps for poor old England, he looked like a man that is on his last legs. What has happened to Mr. Blair? Where is the boyish energy and quick, dare I say sincere smile, that endeared him to so many people in his early days before this devil's pact he has made with Bush and administration? ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday March 21, 2003 - 13:16 by Graham Caswell   text 12 comments (last - saturday march 22, 2003 - 02:15)
Green Party Leader, Trevor Sargent TD, will be seeking agreement among Green Party leaders that airspace and refueling facilities of all neutral EU states should not be available for military operations during the Iraq war. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday March 21, 2003 - 13:11 by iosaf
it is dangerous because of climate conditions. ... read full story / add a comment
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national / miscellaneous Friday March 21, 2003 - 12:57 by Matthew   text 1 comment (last - friday march 21, 2003 - 13:23)   image 5 images
Protests outside US/UK embassies, Dublin 4, Mar 20 2003. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday March 21, 2003 - 12:55 by as do many other kids
The Following is a first hand account by 'G' a fifteen year old scottish school pupil of the protests in edbinburgh yesterday. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday March 21, 2003 - 12:43 by Uncle Samuel
Invasion force pushes into Iraq US and British troops have been trying to secure Iraq's southern oil fields US and British troops advanced deep into Iraq early on Friday. US Marines have reached Iraq's only deep-water port at Umm Qasr in the south-east, having overcome some early resistance as they crossed the border from Kuwait. British troops also say they have taken control of key oil installations on the al-Faw peninsula. Fierce fighting has been reported around the big oil fields in northern Iraq, which US special forces are trying to secure, according to Western intelligence. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday March 21, 2003 - 11:19 by Bradley Burston   text 3 comments (last - friday march 21, 2003 - 16:21)
Even if the Iraqi president is killed or captured, could the American people still be facing years of war, in Iraq or elsewhere? The issue was raised in Israel well before the assault began, prompted by remarks earlier this week by former prime minister Shimon Peres. "The war in Iraq is just the beginning," Peres told Israel Channel One Television. "Problems of the first magnitude can be expected therafter, as well: Iran, North Korea, and Libya. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday March 21, 2003 - 11:14 by the guardian
America's $400bn war bill The US is spending more on this war than it raises in taxes, paving the way for a nasty surprise for its taxpayers, writes Randeep Ramesh Thursday March 20, 2003 War costs, but it is unclear who will pick up the tab. George Bush is not financing this campaign through taxation. Instead the president is cutting taxes - sending a welfare cheque to the wealthy - and raising military spending. The slowdown in the American economy has seen many states, who have to balance their budgets, cut back on social spending. The White House made it clear that there would be no federal bail out for these programmes. The president is reheating Reaganomics - cutting back on welfare, overcompensating with defence spending and offering big tax cuts to the rich at the expense of the poor. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday March 21, 2003 - 10:53 by black frank   text 4 comments (last - friday march 21, 2003 - 13:16)
Over a thousand arrested in San Fransisco anti-war actions. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday March 21, 2003 - 10:37 by Uncle Samuel   text 1 comment (last - friday march 21, 2003 - 10:50)
Region braces for red alert, war Plans: Agencies anticipate possible terror; ports, other facilities to be guarded. By Bill Hillburg From our Washington Bureau WASHINGTON Should war with Iraq erupt, Southern Californians could find themselves living in a world of restricted travel, constrained trade, closed schools and public buildings, canceled events and hypersecurity. "It certainly would be incumbent upon us to take into consideration military involvement as we determined the level of protection we needed for homeland security. We'd be foolish if we didn't,' said Homeland Defense Secretary Tom Ridge. The nation Monday moved to condition orange (a high threat of terrorist attack) shortly after President Bush gave Saddam Hussein 48 hours to leave Iraq or face U.S. military action. A move to condition red (severe risk of attack) is not being ruled out. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday March 21, 2003 - 10:33 by CNET News   text 20 comments (last - friday march 21, 2003 - 13:07)
Israel's top government censor has warned Web sites in her country not to publish sensitive information about the war with Iraq. Chief Censor Rachel Dolev sent a letter on Wednesday to "scoop" news sites, instructing editors to seek government permission before publishing information about "materials that could pose a threat to the security of the State of Israel and its residents." Dolev's letter warned the sites, including Rotter.net and Fresh.co.il, not to publish the locations of any missile strikes, information about Israeli Cabinet deliberations or information about Israeli wartime cooperation with other governments such as that of the United States. Israel has ranked poorly in a press-freedoms index created by advocacy group Reporters Without Borders, ranking below the Palestinian National Authority, Zambia and Cambodia. Last year, the Committee to Protect Journalists condemned what it called "attempts by the (Israel Defense Forces) to intimidate the press from covering the IDF's widening military ... read full story / add a comment
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