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offsite link Alternative Copy of thesaker.is site is available Thu May 25, 2023 14:38 | Ice-Saker-V6bKu3nz
Alternative site: https://thesaker.si/saker-a... Site was created using the downloads provided Regards Herb

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

offsite link Waiting for SIPO Anthony

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Human Rights in Ireland
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Lockdown Skeptics

The Daily Sceptic

offsite link Why All Parents Should Protest the Children?s Wellbeing and Schools Bill Tue Feb 11, 2025 18:14 | Elizabeth Dulley
Any parent can currently withdraw their child from school if they're unhappy. Labour's Schools Bill ends that right for many, giving local authorities a veto. That's why all parents should protest this state power grab.
The post Why All Parents Should Protest the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Trump Signs Executive Order Demanding Return of Plastic Straws Tue Feb 11, 2025 15:39 | Will Jones
Donald Trump has signed an executive order?demanding a return to plastic straws, claiming their impact on marine life is limited and calling paper versions "ridiculous".
The post Trump Signs Executive Order Demanding Return of Plastic Straws appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Covid Inquiry Calling the Vaccines ?Safe and Effective? is Like the Post Office Inquiry Calling ... Tue Feb 11, 2025 13:01 | Ben Kingsley and Molly Kingsley
The Covid Inquiry's presumption that the vaccines were safe and effective is like the Post Office Inquiry presuming that Horizon was reliable, say Ben Kingsley and Molly Kingsley. It compromises the entire enterprise.
The post The Covid Inquiry Calling the Vaccines “Safe and Effective” is Like the Post Office Inquiry Calling Horizon “Reliable” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Donald Trump Threatens to ?Let All Hell Break Out? if Hamas Does not Release All Remaining Hostages ... Tue Feb 11, 2025 11:16 | Will Jones
Donald Trump has threatened to "let all hell break out" if Hamas does not return all the remaining Israeli hostages on Saturday in a potentially game-changing move.
The post Donald Trump Threatens to “Let All Hell Break Out” if Hamas Does not Release All Remaining Hostages on Saturday appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Devastating Ecological Carnage Wrought by Wind Turbines Tue Feb 11, 2025 09:00 | Chris Morrison
Evidence continues to grow that onshore wind turbines are causing heavy ecological carnage, with increasing concern focused on the removal of a vast tonnage of insect life, says Chris Morrison.
The post The Devastating Ecological Carnage Wrought by Wind Turbines appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday August 05, 2003 - 00:03 by Katarina Bangata   text 11 comments (last - wednesday august 06, 2003 - 18:11)
'In 1998 the Swedish Discrimination Ombudsman did a study that showed that 75 % of Sami people feel that the majority are more or less hostile to the Sami and almost 50 % felt that the hostility was growing. The most worrying fact is that racial tolerance is diminishing amongst youngsters' ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Monday August 04, 2003 - 23:20 by Dafydd Meirion   text 3 comments (last - wednesday august 06, 2003 - 21:24)
Two of the groups campaigning for the survival of the Welsh language will join forces to draw attention to the housing crisis in the language’s heartlands. During Wales’ leading cultural festival and one of the biggest in Europe, the National Eisteddfod, which is on from 2nd to the 9th August, Cymuned (Community) and Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg (The Welsh Language Society) will come together for the first time to mount a joint protest on the Eisteddfod field. According to the joint organisers, the purpose of the protest is ‘to draw attention to the housing crisis that is undermining communities across Wales, and to stress certain steps the Welsh Assembly Government could take to get to grips with the problem’. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment Saturday August 02, 2003 - 13:36 by Carrickmines techie   text 4 comments (last - wednesday august 06, 2003 - 16:40)
The Carrickmines Castle Website is now back up.

The alternative plan for the Carrickmines section of the M50 motorway can be found at:
http://www.carrickminescastle.org/CCPG-Alternative-Plan.doc

The plan describes how the road can be built and the castle preserved.
A win-win solution to corruption in the planning process.

Check the site regularly for updates! ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Friday August 01, 2003 - 21:59 by SI
Sustainable Ireland Network Bulletin
Vol. 4 No. 3 August 2003 ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Friday August 01, 2003 - 20:12 by Laurence Vize   text 1 comment (last - sunday august 03, 2003 - 19:14)
Latest update on the boycott Topoil Campaign ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday August 01, 2003 - 16:06 by Ashur Isaac   text 2 comments (last - saturday august 02, 2003 - 21:27)
Today we hear reports of the Assyrian minority being held hostage by various terrorist groups in Iraq. The most prominent of these groups, the Future United Kurdistan, is suspected to have strong historical links to Arab and Turkish agencies. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday August 01, 2003 - 14:11 by Tim   text 9 comments (last - tuesday august 05, 2003 - 22:56)
Iraqis can now have mobile phones, but only from Bush friendly companies. Soon, the people of Iraq and Afghanistan will have airlines again.
They will be the same planes that carried the troops for the war. Guess the troops smashing up the Iraqi state owned aircraft was just "eliminating the competition"? ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Friday August 01, 2003 - 09:06 by Disarm DSEi   text 6 comments (last - friday august 01, 2003 - 17:41)
Week of Actions 6 - 12 Sept 2003
London's Docklands, UK
Accommodation provided!

Main demonstrations on 9th and 10th Sept

S9 Non-Violent Direct Action
S10 No Guidelines

**demos also serve as a european anti-WTO convergence** ... read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections Thursday July 31, 2003 - 22:13 by Billy   text 10 comments (last - friday august 08, 2003 - 20:56)
THE gall of Sinn Fein knows no bounds. A member of that party was to meet the police in Banbridge in relation to the flying of loyalist paramilitary flags. ... read full story / add a comment
cork / miscellaneous Thursday July 31, 2003 - 20:22 by Nazi-watch   text 34 comments (last - friday december 29, 2006 - 23:45)
Cork neo-nazi Brian Wallace advertised a public meeting to be held at 3pm in Patrick Street in Cork today. In the event, he was the only neo-nazi to show up, but he was soon joined by about 16 or 17 anti-nazi protesters who effectively shooed him off the street - he eventually hid in a bookies office in Coburg Street. Below is his own view of this event, taken from U.S. neo-nazi site Stormfront.org ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday July 31, 2003 - 18:36 by ollie   text 9 comments (last - thursday august 07, 2003 - 10:30)
Lifted from Eircom.net's breaking news:

GAZA (Reuters) - Israel says it will issue a tender to build 22 new homes in a Jewish settlement in the occupied Gaza Strip, despite a U.S.-backed peace plan that calls for an immediate halt to construction at settlements. ... read full story / add a comment
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dublin / miscellaneous Thursday July 31, 2003 - 18:02 by Oisín Breatnach   text 7 comments (last - saturday september 20, 2003 - 11:45)   image 1 image
Obituary: Eugene Downey { photo redjade } ... read full story / add a comment
galway / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday July 31, 2003 - 16:37 by Globalise Resistance Galway   text 9 comments (last - friday august 01, 2003 - 15:15)
GR Galway has called a meeting to organise a campaign to defend our rights to free speech and assembly in Galway is to be held in Java's Coffee house, Galway Thursday 7th of August at 8pm. ... read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday July 31, 2003 - 14:55 by PFC   text 4 comments (last - sunday august 03, 2003 - 21:37)   image 1 image
Colombia's show trial of three Irish patsies concludes. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Wednesday July 30, 2003 - 19:22 by Anthony Perry   text 16 comments (last - friday august 01, 2003 - 18:09)
Minister for Justice for South Dublin, Michael Mc Dowell has today announced the creation of a Garda reserve and the privatisation of security staff policing Government buildings. At the stroke of a pen, McDowell has effectively tripled the number of policing bodies in the State. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous Wednesday July 30, 2003 - 14:50 by Davy Carlin
The Blanket is back online today articles include Seaghan O Murchu on 'Our places in the great wall', Laim O Ruairc on 'Crisis of political Imagination, Davy Carlin {myself}on 'Childhood - West Belfast,Race,Class and 'Irishness' {Part 3}, Anthony McIntyre on 'Island Palestine, and others. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Wednesday July 30, 2003 - 09:33 by Corvuspica   text 3 comments (last - thursday july 31, 2003 - 15:07)
Danish police, having been embarrassed by the presence of the autonomous free town of Christiania for decades, are preparing to attack the town under the guise of ridding it off its thriving cannabis trade. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday July 29, 2003 - 14:59 by Janus   text 2 comments (last - thursday august 28, 2003 - 17:27)
Maybe people know about it already but http://homepage.mac.com/leperous/PhotoAlbum1.html is well worth checking out for anti-war propaganda material ... read full story / add a comment
cork / environment Tuesday July 29, 2003 - 13:00 by Kevin Doyle   text 23 comments (last - friday august 08, 2003 - 16:21)
A loud, stroppy 80 strong gathering of picnickers and protesters made it to the Old Head of Kinsale Sunday to continue the stand-off with the millionaire O'Connor brothers and their loyal servants (!) The Gardai. ... read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday July 28, 2003 - 20:44 by the ipsiphi AKA iosaf mac diarmada the dreaded Mr O'as if   text 4 comments (last - monday april 05, 2004 - 14:29)   image 2 images
The world police and firefighters games, the Olympics for the blue block has just kicked off in Barcelona. Your online intrepid reporter went along for a goo.
Don't worry as Hunter S. Thompson proved whilst recording Fear and Loathing you really can deal with police when off your wondrous head. %-) ... read full story / add a comment
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