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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

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The Daily Sceptic

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.

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.
The post Starmer Hands Prisoners 6.6% Pay Rise at Cost of ?4.4 Million appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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.
The post EU Plans to Let States Deport Failed Asylum Seekers and Criminals in Reform to Refugee Convention appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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.
The post How Afraid Should we be About the Government?s Plan to Come up With a Legal Definition of ?Islamophobia?? Very Afraid appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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galway / history and heritage / event notice Monday November 14, 2005 01:24 by Anna Prior
Nuig will this week play host to an exhibition, celebrating 100 years of Sinn Féin. The exhibition will give a historical account of our struggle from 1905 to present day. The official opening will take place in Aras na Mac Léinn at eight o'clock. All are welcome to attend! read full story / add a comment
meath / environment / event notice Monday November 14, 2005 00:22 by Muireann Ni Bhrolchain
The Save TaraSkryne Valley Campaign is hosting a public meeting in the Ashbourne House Hotel in Ashbourne, Co Meath, Tuesday 29^th November 2005 at 8 pm. This will be another presentation of the successful showcase event held in Kilmessan in September - an alternative transport and heritage vision for Meath, a constructive and imaginative choice instead of the proposed twice-tolled M3.
There will also be an exhibition relating to the projects as well as the wider work of the Save TaraSkryne Valley Campaign.
All are welcome to what promises to be a most interesting and positive evening. read full story / add a comment
sligo / politics / elections / news report Sunday November 13, 2005 23:46 by Pat   text 39 comments (last - sunday november 20, 2005 22:14)
Following his decision not to seek a nomination for the Labour Party for the forthcoming General Election, speculation is now rife that Clr. Declan Bree may run as an Independent candidate. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Sunday November 13, 2005 23:00 by rory
France’s state of emergency—Sarkozy threatens mass deportations
By Antoine Lerougetel
12 November 2005

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French Minister of the Interior Nicolas Sarkozy has given a clear racist coloration to the state of emergency, which was imposed at midnight on November 8. The following day, he explained to the National Assembly his instructions to the préfets (regional central government officials), whose task it is to carry out the police repression of the suburban youth revolt that has been raging in France’s council estates for over two weeks

“I have told the préfets that foreigners, who are legal or illegal immigrants, who have been indicted, are to be expelled immediately from our territory, including those who have a residence permit,” Sarkozy said. “When one has the honour of possessing a residence permit, the least that you can say is that you won’t get yourself a read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Sunday November 13, 2005 22:58 by rory hearne   text 2 comments (last - wednesday november 16, 2005 15:38)
upstairs, Chaplins pub, hawkins st La Haine Film showing Urban Intafada In France read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Sunday November 13, 2005 12:58 by Sean   text 19 comments (last - thursday november 24, 2005 19:58)
The recent cutbacks in education in the north and
privatisation in education through PFIs and PPP's is
an attack not only on workers conditions but affects
everyone in the community from the children to the
kitchen workers read full story / add a comment
antrim / miscellaneous / event notice Sunday November 13, 2005 12:56 by Sean   text 2 comments (last - saturday november 19, 2005 23:13)
The recent cutbacks in education in the north and
privatisation in education through PFIs and PPP's is
an attack not only on workers conditions but affects
everyone in the community from the children to the
kitchen workers and more than ever there is a greater
need to establish a education workers network that is
run by all and committed to building solidarity amongst workers and fighting the aggressive assault on education. read full story / add a comment
meath / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Sunday November 13, 2005 01:16 by Con Connor
The next “Ritual of Protection” for and on Tara will be on the Full Moon, Wednesday, 16th of November, five days before the Sun enters Sagittarius. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Saturday November 12, 2005 22:45 by Dr. Coilín Oscar ÓhAiseadha   text 20 comments (last - saturday december 17, 2005 16:38)
According to the Dáil Report in The Irish Times on Friday 11 November, the Taoiseach said: “Human Rights Watch went on to say that it was highly unlikely that this type of clandestine activity [i.e. the CIA's extraordinary renditions] would operate out of a major civilian airport.”

On this basis, we are to be reassured that we do not need to search US aircraft landing at Shannon.

In a letter to the Taoiseach, I quote reports from mainstream media sources of CIA aircraft operating its extraordinary abuses out of the following major civilian airports: Bromma (aka Stockholm City Airport), Dulles (Washington), Prestwick (Glasgow), Queen Alia (Amman) and Kastrup (Copenhagen).

If all of these airports have been used and abused, then why not Shannon? read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Saturday November 12, 2005 16:56 by Scott O'Leary   text 5 comments (last - monday november 14, 2005 11:56)
I read the text of the this speech firstly with amusement and scorn but then with growing concern followed by shock then revulsion and finally REAL fear and terror. I cannot empahise how disturbed and sick I feel now.
This man is not just an idiot - He is evil incarnate and brimming with the most poisonous self-righteousness imaginable.
He is not pretending - he actually believes what he is saying. Anybody who is concerned about the future of the world must read this monstrous speech - It is even worse than the infamous "Axis of Evil" State of the Union address of 2002.
It does not auger well for Palestine or Iran or Syria or the human rights in the Middle East.
I have encluded the entire text. Read it closely and with awe at how far gone this guy and his country really are.

Bulk of text removed by editor. This speech is widely available on the internet. I have added the link
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louth / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Saturday November 12, 2005 14:21 by Sean Crudden
Is health service administratrion in Ireland properly engaged in gear? Or is the clutch slipping? read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Saturday November 12, 2005 13:06 by peptide
When forced to produce, what do we get? The same fanatic imbeciles that were paraded on the local media after the London bombings and some others armed with PVC pipe, ‘sticky-tape and chewing gum’! Compare these outcomes with real bombings in George St. Sydney, in the seventies. Most Australians are aware that, like all other nations, we have always had our share of extremist fanatics, they can be easily located in mosques, churches and synagogues around the nation. There is nothing new in this regard; the existence of social misfits does not warrant the implementation of draconian policies on a national level. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Saturday November 12, 2005 02:47 by anon
A bishops' letter in the fall of 2002 against war and a 2004 statement urging United Nations' involvement in finding peace in Iraq were not enough, 95 bishops of the United Methodist Church said in a "Statement of Conscience" released Wednesday. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Friday November 11, 2005 20:55 by martin O'Sullivan   text 1 comment (last - sunday november 13, 2005 23:47)
Monday 14th November 8pm, The Temple Pub, Doreset St
Speaker on the French riots followed by screening of film “La Haine” - a film that exposes the alienation, social
tensions and racism under the surface of French society read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech / other press Friday November 11, 2005 19:54 by seedot   text 1 comment (last - saturday november 12, 2005 13:42)
According to a study from MIT, Tin Foil Hats actually increase the ability of mind control rays to work. So...who encouraged everybody to use them???? read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Friday November 11, 2005 19:38 by rikki
a video of the anti-shell actions in london in solidarity with the rossport struggle read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / event notice Friday November 11, 2005 18:08 by Lara Hill
To finish off a great year in the garden, we plan to meet at Dolphin's Barn Community Garden in the early afternoon of Sunday 20 November 2005. We will plant some trees and move some other trees to a better position. Please see the attached link to news stories about the garden if you want to find out more about it and how to get there. Also check out the event notice for the social gathering on the previous afternoon (Saturday 19/11/05). read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / event notice Friday November 11, 2005 17:59 by Lara Hill
Anyone involved in or interested in Dolphin's Barn Community Garden is welcome to join us for a Social Gathering on Saturday 19th November. We plan to meet at the gates of the Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin (19 Bus) at 2:30p.m. After a visit around the gardens, we'll head to the Grave Diggers pub nearby for a couple of drinks. It'll be a good chance to talk about the year in the garden and plans for the future. With the reduction in daylight hours we haven't had much of a chance to meet in the garden for the last few weeks so it'll be a good opportunity to get together. See the follow up tree plant event separately described in the event notice for Sunday 20th November. read full story / add a comment
international / housing / other press Friday November 11, 2005 17:59 by Jon Glackin
Thousands of poor occupying land in Taboão da Serra, São Paulo, under eviction threat
Solidarity appeal from Movement of Workers without Land (Movimento dos Trabalhadores Sem Teto) read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Friday November 11, 2005 17:00 by Trinity Anarchist Society   text 2 comments (last - tuesday november 15, 2005 01:19)
A Talk by Ramor Ryan
Tuesday
15th of Nov.
Rm 4050a
7pm

The Arts Block in Trinity read full story / add a comment
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