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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
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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

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offsite link Is DeepSeek a Subsidised Ploy by the Chinese Government to Disrupt the Market? Wed Feb 12, 2025 19:00 | Andrea Monti and Raymond Wacks
Is DeepSeek subsidised by the Chinese Government? Is it as cheap as is claimed or is it a ploy to disrupt the market? Andrea Monti and Raymond Wacks look at these and other questions surrounding the arrival of Chinese AI.
The post Is DeepSeek a Subsidised Ploy by the Chinese Government to Disrupt the Market? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Christian School Worker Sacked for Sharing Social Media Posts Criticising LGBT Teaching Wins in Cour... Wed Feb 12, 2025 17:50 | Will Jones
A Christian school worker who was dismissed after sharing social media posts criticising LGBT teaching at her son's school has won a key Court of Appeal battle related to her dismissal.
The post Christian School Worker Sacked for Sharing Social Media Posts Criticising LGBT Teaching Wins in Court of Appeal appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Moderna Fined for Luring Children into Covid Vaccine Trials With Teddy Bears Wed Feb 12, 2025 16:24 | Will Jones
Moderna?has been found to have discredited the pharmaceutical industry and ordered to pay almost ?44,000 after 12 year-olds were lured to join Covid vaccine trials with the promise of teddy bears.
The post Moderna Fined for Luring Children into Covid Vaccine Trials With Teddy Bears appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Labour?s Demand to Spy on Apple Users Undermines the Security and Privacy of Us All Wed Feb 12, 2025 13:42 | Dr R P
Labour's busybodies have demanded that Apple allows them to spy on the data of users around the world. If Apple complies with this extraordinary request the security and privacy of all of us will be undermined.
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offsite link Reeves Replaces Portraits of Male Former Prime Ministers with Art Commemorating Lockdown and Social ... Wed Feb 12, 2025 11:23 | Will Jones
Rachel Reeves has introduced artworks commemorating lockdown and social distancing in No 11 to replace portraits of her male predecessors and British monarchs as part of her clampdown on male art.
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dublin / environment / event notice Wednesday October 25, 2006 13:48 by Martin Giannini   text 3 comments (last - wednesday october 25, 2006 15:53)
Thurs 30th Nov | 7.30 - 9.30pm | €12 | Cultivate Centre | 15-19 Essex St. West | Temple Bar | Dublin 8 read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / event notice Wednesday October 25, 2006 13:43 by Martin
Sat 2nd Dec | 7.30 - 9.30pm | €8 | Cultivate Centre | 15 - 19 Essex St West | Temple Bar | Dublin 8
The new Peak Oil film by James Jandak Wood (97 min.).
A powerful and timely exploration of the interconnection between human domination of the planet and the discovery and use of oil, CRUDE IMPACT exposes our deep-rooted dependency on the availability of fossil fuel energy and examines the dire implications of the pending threat of global peak oil. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Wednesday October 25, 2006 12:02 by C Murray   text 4 comments (last - friday april 13, 2007 19:50)
The Cabinet decided to disallow Romanian and Bulgarian workers to work in this economy
for seven years after the accession of these two states to the EU on January first 2007.
At the same time John Reid in Britain has severely restricted the influx of workers from those
states to: A small grpoup of skilled people, 20,000 agricultural workers and the self-employed.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/cartoons/0,,337484,00.html read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday October 25, 2006 11:05 by Antje   text 5 comments (last - tuesday october 25, 2016 14:56)
hi all,
Invitation to...
THE FRIGHT FEST
with DJ Jackson Pollock and
acoustic set by Mesa Street Exit
Thurs, 2nd Nov, 7 pm
NEALONS, Capel Street, D 1
Admission €10
(in aid of www.infonepal.org)

Prizes for Fancy Dress!!

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dublin / environment / event notice Wednesday October 25, 2006 00:18 by Arise
There will be a blockade of the Shell Station this Wednesday at 6pm to continue the pressure on Shell and in solidarity with the people of rossport. read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality / other press Tuesday October 24, 2006 21:53 by C Murray
2-4 May 2007 . Conference at the University of Albaerta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

In 1929 Virginia Woolf predicted that women in another century or so if given the opportunity
and rooms of their own, will have the habit of freedom and the courage to write exactly
what we think, seeing human beings in relation to each other and in relation to reality.
Our knowledge based economy and society have made such an opportunity more
tangible for some and more elusive for others. Rooms of their own Considers the
situation of women in and beyond the academy. By heightening awareness , extending
the knowledge base and forming practical recommendations, the conference assesses the
challenges and conditions for women to participate in this new reality. read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / event notice Tuesday October 24, 2006 18:36 by Manager
As part of their programme in the County of Galway, the Western Writers' Centre is bringing playwright and novelist Billy Roche to read in Loughrea in December. read full story / add a comment
galway / miscellaneous / event notice Tuesday October 24, 2006 18:24 by Shaolin
There will be a Critical Mass bike ride to promote green transport and cyclists' rights this Friday (October 27th), gathering in Eyre Square around 6pm. Everyone is invited to participate using any type of non-motorised transport. read full story / add a comment
derry / anti-war / imperialism / news report Tuesday October 24, 2006 18:08 by Derry Anti War Coalition   text 5 comments (last - sunday october 29, 2006 19:51)
This morning, Tues 24th Oct, a tenth person was arrested in connection with the occupation and decommissioning of Derry's Raytheon facility read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Tuesday October 24, 2006 16:30 by Women   text 4 comments (last - tuesday october 24, 2006 20:12)
"Golshan Al Bayati, Iraqi woman writer/Journalist and AL Hayat newspaper Correspondent
(Arabic London Newspaper) In Iraq, was First arrested on 11/09/06 by Iraqi forces in the
city of Tikrit. She was released after signing an undertaking on 15th Sept 06, only to be arrested
again.

The news from Iraq , this morning(8/10/06): it is very likely that she is currently being
mistreated in detention. Golshan was re-arrested after attempting to retrieve her computer
that was consfiscated during the first raid on her house by the local Iraqi security services.
Golshan had written an article criticising the security forces in Tikrit. This is believed to be the
reason behind her arrest. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Tuesday October 24, 2006 14:13 by FF
Here are the details of a once off performance piece by acclaimed actor Dylan Tighe read full story / add a comment
kildare / arts and media / event notice Tuesday October 24, 2006 12:26 by Global Awareness NUIM
On Thursday October 26th, the NUI Maynooth Global Awareness Society will host an evening of readings and conversation marking the release of expatriate Irish author Ramor Ryan’s debut publication, Clandestines: The Pirate Journals of an Irish Exile. read full story / add a comment
sligo / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Tuesday October 24, 2006 10:39 by J. Dunne   text 2 comments (last - saturday october 28, 2006 17:05)
Two former U.S. Central Intelligence Agency operatives, Kathleen Christison and Bill Christison will address a public meeting in the City Hotel, Quay Street, Sligo, on this Friday evening (27th October) at 8.30.p.m.

The Public Meeting is being held under the auspices of the Connolly Forum and the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign, and Sligo’s former Mayor, Councillor Declan Bree, will preside at the event. read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / other press Tuesday October 24, 2006 06:32 by peptide
The Australian Minister for Communications, Helen Coonan, buoyed by her recent success in eliminating media diversity in Oz is now targeting the most diverse (content) medium on the planet – the internet. Her latest comments (news radio) veil her real intentions (information control!) The only effective means of controlling the flow of information on the internet is filtering at backbone or provider level. Conservatives are entirely predictable and Coonan is no exception, her intentions to target the internet were anticipated, a quote from an article dated July 5, follows: read full story / add a comment
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday October 23, 2006 23:34 by Graham Ó Maonaigh
Labour Youth have condemned the smear campaign underway in certain
sections of the media against the Shell2Sea campaign and demonstrations
against the construction of an onshore gas pipeline from the Corrib
field. read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights / other press Monday October 23, 2006 22:39 by Elephant Man
The Captive Animals' Protection Society have again exposed the conditions animals in Irish circuses are forced to endure. They have called for a ban on using animals in circuses.

CAPS have released a new report and video. See their website
http://www.captiveanimals.org/irishcircuses/index.html read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Monday October 23, 2006 19:29 by Waster?   text 13 comments (last - thursday february 15, 2007 19:39)
'Get a job' is always the first criticism labelled at activists- should we go out and join the workforce or not? Are most activists on the dole? If so, why? read full story / add a comment
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Monday October 23, 2006 18:44 by Dublin Shell to Sea   text 1 comment (last - monday october 23, 2006 20:34)
The regular fortnightly meeting of the Dublin Shell to Sea campaign group will take place on Tuesday, 24th October 2006, at 8 p.m. in the Seomra Sproai. read full story / add a comment
armagh / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Monday October 23, 2006 15:58 by me
White line Protest and meeting

There will be a white line protest organised by the Armagh R.P.A.G followed by a public information meeting on 28th of October at 1.30pm. The protest will be held on the Armagh-Keady Road. Everyone welcome. Contact the Armagh R.P.A.G for more info at [email protected]

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national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday October 23, 2006 02:28 by Brian Wardlow
Established to facilitate dialog on issues pertaining to the ongoing British occupation of Ireland read full story / add a comment
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