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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

offsite link Waiting for SIPO Anthony

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Human Rights in Ireland
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The Daily Sceptic

offsite link German Political Crisis Deepens as Suddenly No Party Wants to Govern with Anybody Else Wed Feb 05, 2025 15:33 | Eugyppius
The breach of the anti-AfD firewall has exploded German politics as mass protests erupt and every party rules out ruling with everybody else. If a Government is to emerge something will have to give, says Eugyppius.
The post German Political Crisis Deepens as Suddenly No Party Wants to Govern with Anybody Else appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Police Force Accused of Risking Safety of Man who Burnt Quran by Publishing His Personal Details on ... Wed Feb 05, 2025 13:05 | Will Jones
A police force has been accused of endangering a man who burned a Quran by publishing his name and address on social media despite the current risks faced by people who criticise Islam.
The post Police Force Accused of Risking Safety of Man who Burnt Quran by Publishing His Personal Details on Social Media appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Trump Unveils Plan to Take Over Gaza, Move the Palestinians and Turn it into the ?Riviera of the Mid... Wed Feb 05, 2025 11:11 | Will Jones
President Donald Trump has outlined an extraordinary new plan for Gaza in which the US will take over the strip and turn it into the "Riviera of the Middle East" while the Palestinian population is moved elsewhere.
The post Trump Unveils Plan to Take Over Gaza, Move the Palestinians and Turn it into the “Riviera of the Middle East” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Why Does George Soros Want Britain to Rejoin the EU? Wed Feb 05, 2025 09:00 | Charlotte Gill
George Soros appears keen for the UK to rejoin the EU, judging by all the projects he funds. Why, asks Charlotte Gill ? and where are the howls from those who complain about Elon Musk's 'foreign interference'?
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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.
The post Why Do Experts Think That Talking About Racism a Lot is Going to Reduce Rather Than Increase Racism? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax / news report Tuesday December 07, 2004 16:02 by Donal Mac Fhearraigh   text 12 comments (last - saturday january 01, 2005 00:16)
The High Court this morning ruled in favour of a case appealed from the
Circuit Court on behalf of the Dublin City Campaign Against the Bin Tax.
In this landmark case, Justice Lindsay found that the City Council illegally
applied bin charges for the years 2001/2002, on the basis that they defied
their own criteria and failed to provide incentives for re-cycling. read full story / add a comment
cork / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Tuesday December 07, 2004 15:59 by Colm OConnor   text 1 comment (last - monday december 13, 2004 23:44)
Cork Anti-War Campaign will host a public meeting next Monday 13th Dec. entitled 'Shannon Airport- A Year On' The meeting will take place in Tigh Fili, MacCurtain Street at 8pm. read full story / add a comment
galway / racism & migration related issues / event notice Tuesday December 07, 2004 15:28 by Terry (reposted by)   text 3 comments (last - saturday december 11, 2004 15:15)
Galway City Hall Dec.13 Monday 6.30-7pm, deputation of asylum-seeking
mothers (some of whose children have been born in Ireland, and who have
been given deportation notices) requesting council to pass a motion
against use of Citizenship Bill to deport families with Irish-born
children. read full story / add a comment
dublin / consumer issues / opinion/analysis Tuesday December 07, 2004 15:07 by Commuter NOT Customer   text 11 comments (last - monday january 24, 2005 22:15)
As a regular commuter from Celbridge it has become apparent that the level of service has gradually deteriorated over the past month. After a series of 1 hour waits at the bus stop I phoned the controller for the 67 route this morning. He informed me that the service is getting progressively worse but there is nothing that can be done about it. Previously when a bus was running so late as to miss its departure time, another bus was sent from the garage to cover it. This is no longer possible, as an application has to be made to the Department of Transport, because running extra buses can be construed as anti-competition. Effectively then, any attempt by Dublin Bus to stick to its timetable is deemed as unfair to private operators! A similar thing happened on No Car Day, when Dublin Bus tried to lay on extra buses.
Can it be merely coincidence that this downgrading of the 67 coincides with plans by Mortons (Circle Line) to introduce a "full" service from Celbridge in the New year? read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues / other press Tuesday December 07, 2004 14:27 by pat c
The Brazilian government has "threatened" to break the patents on as many as five of the 15 antiretroviral drugs it provides to patients through its National STD/AIDS Programme in order to produce less-expensive generic medicines. read full story / add a comment
galway / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday December 07, 2004 13:26 by Martin O'Sullivan

Venue: Town Hall, Galway

Date: Friday 17th December to Saturday 18th December

Tickets €5/€3on sale now at the Galway Amnesty Shop, 2-3 Middle Street.

For more information see http://www.amnesty.ie/content/view/full/3266/ read full story / add a comment
galway / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday December 07, 2004 13:21 by Martin O'Sullivan
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IN GALWAY
Venue: Town Hall, Galway

Date: Friday 17th December to Saturday 18th December

Tickets €5/€3on sale now at the Galway Amnesty Shop, 2-3 Middle Street.

For more information see http://www.amnesty.ie/content/view/full/3266/ read full story / add a comment
international / eu / other press Tuesday December 07, 2004 13:18 by thinking if i have no number have i a name?   text 4 comments (last - wednesday december 08, 2004 22:48)
Tony Blair and Jose Maria Aznar have enjoyed a private breakfast at 10 Downing Street London.

according to today's print edition of La Vanguardia.

Tony Blair is the Privy Lord Councilor of HMG of the UK and Northern Ireland.

Jose Maria is life president of the PP of España and ex prime minister of HMG of Spain. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday December 07, 2004 13:16 by Martin O'Sullivan   text 1 comment (last - tuesday december 07, 2004 17:39)
On Wednesday 8th December at 11am Amnesty will launch a mobile phone
texting campaign where the public can take part in an Amnesty initiative to
take action on the case of Kavira Maraulu, a woman in the eastern
Democratic Republic of the Congo. The case will be the focus of an Amnesty
campaign supported by The Body Shop. Come along to support the campaign and
to take action in this new exciting way!

Launch of Amnesty International’s new report and texting action
campaign. Visuals include gigantic posters of women in war, and hundreds of
Amnesty supporters lined up in Grafton St holding up mobile phones to take
texting action.

Speakers: Jim Loughran, Campaign Manager of Amnesty International’s Irish
Section and Alwiye Xuseyn of AkiDwA (African Women's Network).

Outside The Body Shop, Grafton Street, Dublin

11am Wednesday December 8th 2005

For more information contact Lina by emailing [email protected]
or call 01 677 6361. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday December 07, 2004 13:11 by cleaves   text 1 comment (last - tuesday december 07, 2004 13:59)
This situation is amusing to some analysts who know that the ‘winner’ of the Iraq intervention is Israel. Unlike the public, analysts do not have short memories or suffer from bias induced blindness. It was clear that following the missile attacks on Israel by Saddam Hussein, Jewish interests were compelled to remove this dictator from power and eliminate any further threat from Iraq. It was relatively easy to lure the ‘avaricious pig’ to the trough of Oil – a brilliant incentive to invade an eliminate Saddam. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Tuesday December 07, 2004 12:10 by righteous pragmatist   text 22 comments (last - tuesday december 14, 2004 11:35)
The figures simply do not add up for an war for oil. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / other press Tuesday December 07, 2004 11:35 by ENCOD
On Thursday 2 December, the Civil Liberties Committee of the European Parliament approved the report to the Council on the European strategy on fighting drugs (2005-2012). The report will have to be voted by the plenary session of the European Parliament on 15 december, in Strasbourg. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Tuesday December 07, 2004 11:31 by Harry Boland   text 25 comments (last - wednesday february 09, 2005 23:13)
The 32 CSM totally condemns the harassment of a Derryman by MI5 in Spain earlier this week. This man worked tirelessly with the Irish Republican Prisoners Welfare Association ( http://32csm.netfirms.com/irpwa.html ) on behalf of Republican prisoners before going to Spain to work. He was approached by two armed MI5 agents in a bar in a small village in the mountains of Catalonia last Wednesday. They were backed-up by a further five armed agents. Their purpose was to try to get this man to work for them as an agent on his return to Derry. read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / other press Tuesday December 07, 2004 11:27 by Liam   text 9 comments (last - friday december 10, 2004 14:33)
Garda Paul Daly was found guilty by an 11-1 majority by a jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of assaulting Mr Emmet Bunting (28), of Collins Avenue, Dublin, on May 6th, 2002, but acquitted him and his colleague, Garda Fergus Hogan, on charges of assault causing harm to Mr Bunting.

Both officers are attached to Pearse Street Garda station and had pleaded not guilty.

The jury of seven men and five women returned its verdicts after deliberating for almost three hours. It was the sixth day of the trial.

Judge Yvonne Murphy remanded Garda Daly on continuing bail for sentence on January 13th, 2005, and discharged Garda Hogan from the court. read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / news report Tuesday December 07, 2004 02:56 by Darren Ó Ceallaigh   text 3 comments (last - tuesday february 01, 2005 17:10)
Ni bheidh Lá ar fáil ach ó Dé Luain go dtí Dé Déardaoin ón tseachtain seo chugainn/ Lá will only be available from Monday to Thursday from next week. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Monday December 06, 2004 21:21 by Paul Kinsella   text 2 comments (last - wednesday december 08, 2004 00:56)
Following a recent overwhelming vote of 91 in favour of industrial action in a ballot organised by the Communication Workers Union (CWU) over very serious breaches of industrial relations procedures including the closure of the SDS and the continued non payment of the last 2 phases of the Sustaining Progress Pay Agreement now worth 5% the CWU have started their campaign off with a nationwide day of action on Wednesday, December 8th involving a 1 day strike at An Post and a March in Dublin on the 8th. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Monday December 06, 2004 20:42 by Paul Kinsella   text 14 comments (last - friday december 10, 2004 18:00)
Statement from the Civil & Public Service Union (CPSU) An Post Branch Committee in support of the 1 day strike & March in An Post organised for this Wednesday, December 8th by the Communication Workers Union (CWU). We won't be able to organise a ballot for industrial action until the New Year now what with Christmas coming up otherwise we would have been outside in full support of our CWU colleagues on Wednesday, but we are supporting them in any way that we can in the meantime. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Monday December 06, 2004 18:48 by pc   text 4 comments (last - friday december 10, 2004 16:14)
Meeting at the EENGO offices on Camdem Street. at 7pm the Thursday 9th of December... its opposite the Palace above the Bounty Store. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / news report Monday December 06, 2004 17:13 by Driven to Dissent!
Calling all Bands, musicians, artists and performers and those of you that can provide a venue and support a benefit gig. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / event notice Monday December 06, 2004 16:13 by Nancy L. Serrano
Eco-Unesco has extended the registration date of its annual Young Environmentalist Awards to Dec. 22nd. They are hoping to encourage schools and youth groups, not familiar with the awards, to register by Christmas. read full story / add a comment
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