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offsite link The Chancellor?s ?Growth Agenda? Is Full of Sound and Fury, but Signifies Nothing Mon Feb 03, 2025 07:00 | Ben Pile
Ben Pile brands the Government's 'growth agenda' as empty political theatre, with wooden actors stumbling through hollow lines, written by someone who has no clue what growth actually is.
The post The Chancellor?s ?Growth Agenda? Is Full of Sound and Fury, but Signifies Nothing appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Mon Feb 03, 2025 01:19 | Richard Eldred
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 Towards Post-totalitarianism in the West: Some Warnings From the East Sun Feb 02, 2025 19:00 | Michael Rainsborough
The West's moral, spiritual and political decay mirrors the post-totalitarianism of Eastern Europe, says Michael Rainsborough. The difference is today's authoritarianism wears a progressive mask.
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offsite link Sky News Scrambles for Survival Amid Exodus of Viewers Sun Feb 02, 2025 17:00 | Richard Eldred
With viewers tuning out, finances in freefall and an industry in flux, Sky News is betting everything on paywalls, podcasts and a political reset to save itself from oblivion.
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offsite link Britain Could Rejoin Brussels? Net Zero Climate Scheme Sun Feb 02, 2025 15:00 | Richard Eldred
Starmer's Brexit 'reset' could see Britain rejoin Brussels' Net Zero scheme, re-enter an EU free trade zone and relax migration rules ? moves his team fears are political gifts to the Tories and Reform.
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offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?118 Sat Feb 01, 2025 12:57 | en

offsite link 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp Sat Feb 01, 2025 12:16 | en

offsite link Misinterpretations of US trends (1/2), by Thierry Meyssan Tue Jan 28, 2025 06:59 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter #117 Fri Jan 24, 2025 19:54 | en

offsite link The United States bets its hegemony on the Fourth Industrial Revolution Fri Jan 24, 2025 19:26 | en

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national / anti-war / imperialism / news report Saturday February 21, 2004 18:47 by Laurence Vize   text 21 comments (last - friday february 27, 2004 17:24)
2 Members ousted in crude takeover read full story / add a comment
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Saturday February 21, 2004 12:47 by s.fleming   text 6 comments (last - tuesday august 31, 2004 04:22)
psychiatry's answer to mental health problems is psychiatric drugs which they believe help to correct the 'patient's' brain chemistry or bio-chemical imbalance. Critical psychiatry seeks a more holistic approach seeing personal/interpersonal, social and environmental contexts as the origins of severe mental distress. Psychiatric drugs with their damaging effects on the individual and the genetic hypothesis that psychiaty operates behind have failed and must be replaced with a new social and holistic model which can truly help people. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / news report Saturday February 21, 2004 11:10 by Australian newspapers   text 1 comment (last - saturday february 21, 2004 18:04)
A quick insight into the underlying causes of the Redfern (Sydney) Aboriginal riots. If you wish to receive this kind of news regularly as email write to Trudy Bray at [email protected] and tell her Diet sent you. read full story / add a comment
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antrim / miscellaneous / feature Friday February 20, 2004 19:58 by Aine - Belfast   text 35 comments (last - sunday march 07, 2004 20:27)   image 2 images
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dublin / eu / news report Friday February 20, 2004 19:06 by redjade   text 39 comments (last - friday june 24, 2005 18:11)   image 5 images
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dublin / consumer issues / news report Friday February 20, 2004 15:38 by redjade   image 1 image
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday February 20, 2004 15:24 by copywhat?   text 14 comments (last - tuesday february 24, 2004 14:37)
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday February 20, 2004 15:12 by redjade   text 13 comments (last - monday february 23, 2004 12:05)   image 4 images
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday February 20, 2004 13:14 by Jean Holmes   text 3 comments (last - saturday february 21, 2004 13:47)   image 2 images
The Iraqi woman scientist Dr. Huda Ammash resarched about the US use of Depleted Uranium during the US Gulf War 1991 read full story / add a comment
international / eu / news report Thursday February 19, 2004 22:24 by Fergus
Britain is pushing for maximum liberalisation.
Germany has already made labour market and social security changes - with last years cuts in jobless benefits, incentives for low-wage jobs and extra health charges.
The French plan to reform the social security system this Autumn but fear fierce public opposition.

Meanwhile, the front page of todays Irish Times claims that Germany, France and Britain were talking about "protecting social welfare systems for future generations". read full story / add a comment
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international / eu / feature Thursday February 19, 2004 21:44 by dapse(r)   text 4 comments (last - tuesday february 24, 2004 21:08)   image 1 image
This Press Release has been written by the citizens group DAPSE (Democracy and Public Services in Europe) which is lobbying for greater scrutiny of the formulation of EU policy on trade in services, particularly in the context of the draft EU Constitution. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / news report Thursday February 19, 2004 20:35 by barry   text 5 comments (last - saturday february 21, 2004 18:55)
On the 17th of January some 50 people who have been active in the anti-war movement in Ireland came together for an informal meeting in Taylors bar in Galway. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / press release Thursday February 19, 2004 16:01 by Dublin Catholic Worker
As we await trial for our nonviolent disarmament of a US Navy war plane, we continue to oppose Irish complicity in this war. We invite you to join us on the streets as we journey through trial and the consequences. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / opinion/analysis Thursday February 19, 2004 15:24 by seedot   text 5 comments (last - sunday february 22, 2004 10:20)
Bin Collection, Aer Rianta, An Post, CIE, FAS, Bord Failte, ESB - all of these bodies have their futures discussed at the Article 133 meetings. When we want to know what's behind 25% of bus routes being introduced, or the push behind service charges we HAVE to think about these meetings. read full story / add a comment
limerick / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday February 18, 2004 18:57 by Edward Horgan   text 8 comments (last - friday february 20, 2004 14:37)   image 1 image
Eoin Rice was back in Court today at Corofin, attempted to represent himself in Court before Judge Mangan, who refused to allow him make any submission on his own behalf, refused to reconsider his bail conditions or to give any reason for the new bail condition of being banned from county Clare. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday February 18, 2004 18:27 by Eoin Dubsky   text 22 comments (last - monday june 14, 2004 19:58)
When searching the internet for for Irish mobile phone "location based services", I perchanced upon a webpage on the "02" site offering spying services to employers (http://web.o2.ie/portal/business/enhanced_business_solutions/location_based_services/). Its a shame too that the only function they have found for this technology is for surveillance. read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues / press release Wednesday February 18, 2004 15:27 by President   text 2 comments (last - wednesday february 18, 2004 17:54)
Young Fine Gael President William Lavelle has today asked CIE to introduce a new €5 national travel card for students of 3rd level colleges outside Dublin.

Lavelle states: "CIE are ripping-off students of 3rd level colleges outside Dublin by obliging them, when buying a national travel card, to pay an extra €10 for a discount card for Dublin Bus & Rail services, even though they may never use Dublin Bus or Rail. read full story / add a comment
dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax / opinion/analysis Wednesday February 18, 2004 14:30 by Owen Deere   text 153 comments (last - friday november 26, 2004 10:13)
I've been trying to work out who will be listed as anti-bin tax local election candidates.
I'm not making any comment on whether this is a waste of time, just merely trying to ascertain who is likley to be the candidate in each ward. Below is the list I have compiled. I'm not sure that this is accurate. I'm only going on previous announcements. That's where you come in. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / news report Wednesday February 18, 2004 12:11 by Gearoid O Loingsigh   text 3 comments (last - monday february 23, 2004 08:51)
Here follows an open invitation to go to Colombia and see the situation for yourselves. It is called by the coke workers union and the CUT. read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / news report Wednesday February 18, 2004 11:27 by The European   text 9 comments (last - monday february 23, 2004 13:15)
Yesterday on RTE Prime Time Minister Cullen rejected a call for hardcopies of elertonic votes at future elections as well as giving the project more time to have a proper independent commission prepared to ensure proper conduct of the elections. read full story / add a comment
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