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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

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Public Inquiry
Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

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

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offsite link Why Do Experts Think That Talking About Racism a Lot is Going to Reduce Rather Than Increase Racism? Wed Feb 05, 2025 07:00 | James Alexander
How are we going to get rid of racism when we have expects and intellectuals paid to find us guilty of racism at all costs? The answer is never, says Prof James Alexander.
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offsite link News Round-Up Wed Feb 05, 2025 01:58 | 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 Starmer Hands Prisoners 6.6% Pay Rise at Cost of ?4.4 Million Tue Feb 04, 2025 19:00 | Will Jones
Keir Starmer has handed prisoners a 6.6% pay rise at a cost of ?4.4 million despite depriving 10 million pensioners of their winter fuel allowance because money is so tight.
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offsite link EU Plans to Let States Deport Failed Asylum Seekers and Criminals in Reform to Refugee Convention Tue Feb 04, 2025 17:00 | Will Jones
The EU is drawing up a plan to overhaul its 1951 Refugee Convention that prevents countries from rejecting asylum seekers at their borders in a belated effort to address Europe's exploding migrant crisis.
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offsite link How Afraid Should we be About the Government?s Plan to Come up With a Legal Definition of ?Islamopho... Tue Feb 04, 2025 15:00 | Sam Bidwell
The prosecution of a man for burning the Qur'an shows how Islamic blasphemy codes are becoming embedded in criminal law. Coming up with a legal definition of 'Islamophobia' will accelerate this process, says Sam Bidwell.
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international / sci-tech / other press Monday July 25, 2005 12:18 by compiling   text 1 comment (last - monday july 25, 2005 15:59)
"in the UK The Association of Chief Police Officers has asked for new legislation giving the security services "powers to attack identified websites". The proposal, along with one for a new offence covering "use of the internet to prepare, encourage, facilitate acts of terrorism" was part of the terror law 'shopping list' presented by ACPO at the Prime Minister Tony Blair's meeting with law enforcement agencies on Thursday 21 July." read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Monday July 25, 2005 02:28 by karlito   text 9 comments (last - thursday july 28, 2005 18:17)
Much to the dismay of establishment Britain, listeners to the BBC’s In our time radio programme convincingly voted for Karl Marx as the greatest ever philosopher. The show, presented by Lord Melvin Bragg and currently the most popular Radio Four programme on the internet after The Archers, ran an online poll for five weeks, presenting the voters with a short list of 20 eminent thinkers.

http://www.cpgb.org.uk/worker/586/marx.htm read full story / add a comment
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Sunday July 24, 2005 22:53 by Ed
Discovery of documents to be agreed today. read full story / add a comment
cork / environment / event notice Sunday July 24, 2005 21:09 by james
Public meeting in support of the Rossport five and Shell to Sea campaign August 4th, 8pm Metropole Hotel, MacCurtain Street Cork read full story / add a comment
dublin / crime and justice / other press Sunday July 24, 2005 13:40 by mm
VIVA O POVO BRASILEIRO!!!

A Brazilian man, 27 years old, working as an electrician in London, from the State of Minas Gerais in Brazil, innocent person
A sad day for a citizen on the way to work and the government with their laws take from him his life.
Myself as a citizen who loves Brazil express my solidarity for the victims of this State terrorism. Bring back a Social and Pacific Europe, And countries like Brazil showing us how to love the life but they took from us the hope and dreams of "Another World is possible", the message I learn from Porto Alegre! read full story / add a comment
national / environment / other press Sunday July 24, 2005 07:02 by Elaine
SHELL has welded together more than 2,000 metres of high-pressure pipe on the controversial €300m Corrib Gas pipeline in Co Mayo in a shocking breach of its agreement with the Government.

The unauthorised work, discovered in the last few days, has soured relations between Government and the multi-national consortium led by the British-owned oil and gas company and will inevitably lead to sanctions. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Sunday July 24, 2005 03:26 by Terry   text 7 comments (last - friday february 09, 2007 11:23)
Microwave beam weapons have now been developed by the US military for use in war and when the weapon is set to a lower setting it can be used against those trying to enforce democracy, such as at demonstrations and protests. However these are often referred to as riots by those in power. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Sunday July 24, 2005 01:24 by Encuentro Latino Americano
Concert Tour by Brazilian Guitar Duo, Cecilia Siqui read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech / other press Saturday July 23, 2005 15:39 by -   text 2 comments (last - monday july 25, 2005 20:23)
40 grammes of pig sperm from the rare Chinese breed Rong Chang will be sent into space on the Shenzou VI orbiter to be launched in October 2005.

This latest innovative and exciting experiment of the Chinese National Space Agency shall see studies on the effect of microgravity on sperm. read full story / add a comment
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Silvio Berlusconi has issued a book of insults compiled over the years from people who don't like him. read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Saturday July 23, 2005 14:27 by Ivan   text 11 comments (last - tuesday july 26, 2005 19:02)
"News just in" on RTE radio one: Minister for Marine Noel Dempsey has announced that an inspection in Rossport by his Department this week has found that Shell breached ministerial consent on its pipeline work. read full story / add a comment
sligo / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday July 22, 2005 23:21 by R Ellis   text 6 comments (last - tuesday july 26, 2005 01:35)
Letter published in this weeks Sligo Champion & Sligo Weekender by Labour Party Local Election candidate (1999 & 2004) and former Sligo/Leitrim Constituency PRO, Mr. Tim Mulcahy

http://www.labour.ie/timmulcahy/ read full story / add a comment
national / environment / press release Friday July 22, 2005 17:47 by caf   text 1 comment (last - wednesday july 27, 2005 10:35)
Broughan demands recall of Dail to deal with Corrib impasse and Dublin Port Lands. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Friday July 22, 2005 17:27 by Åke Tyvi
According to Indemin’s study annual sum in bribing is 316 milliard USD, and corporations bribed officials 244000USD on average, where as in 2001 the sum was 23000USD. According to Indemin’s study annual sum in bribing is 316 milliard USD, and corporations bribed officials 244000USD on average, where as in 2001 the sum was 23000USD. read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues / news report Friday July 22, 2005 16:50 by Tracy Donegan   text 4 comments (last - sunday october 14, 2007 20:06)
Mothers in Ireland continue to have their choices in childbirth challenged by the Irish maternity system. Doula services which are now available in Ireland and gaining popularity are being prevented from entering many hospitals. read full story / add a comment
cork / environment / event notice Friday July 22, 2005 15:57 by Claire Porter   text 1 comment (last - sunday july 24, 2005 12:26)
Cork Greenmap have a walk organised this Sunday to celebrate the green spaces of Cork. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / opinion/analysis Friday July 22, 2005 15:51 by Baywatch   text 2 comments (last - tuesday july 26, 2005 17:37)
A company in Cork has allowed over 250 tonnes of Caustic Soda to spill onto the foreshore of the harbour. Nobody thought the public needed to know. read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / other press Friday July 22, 2005 15:47 by John McDermott
Rewarding times for an old flame. read full story / add a comment
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