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offsite link Alternative Copy of thesaker.is site is available Thu May 25, 2023 14:38 | Ice-Saker-V6bKu3nz
Alternative site: https://thesaker.si/saker-a... Site was created using the downloads provided Regards Herb

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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offsite link DOGE Fires 9,000 USAID Employees ? Leaving Just 600 ? as Trump Pledges to ?Close Down? the Entire Ag... Sat Feb 08, 2025 17:00 | Will Jones
President?Donald Trump?will fire about 9,400 workers from USAID, deeming only 611 as essential employees, as he pledges to "close down" the entire Government agency.
The post DOGE Fires 9,000 USAID Employees ? Leaving Just 600 ? as Trump Pledges to “Close Down” the Entire Agency appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Great Climate Fear Factory Sat Feb 08, 2025 15:00 | Laura Dodsworth
The war for our dinner plate and the war on our children's minds are one and the same, says Laura Dodsworth. From mealworm powder in bread to terrifying and indoctrinating children, the climate scare is behind it all.
The post The Great Climate Fear Factory appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Declined: Chapter 7: Skate Park Chill Sat Feb 08, 2025 13:00 | Molly Kingsley
Chapter seven of Declined is here ? a dystopian satire about the emergence of a social credit system in the UK, serialised in?the Daily Sceptic. This week: will Ella allow Poppy to walk home via the Complex by herself?
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offsite link Jamie Michael, Ex-Royal Marine Put on Trial for Southport Video, Speaks Out After Being Found ?Not G... Sat Feb 08, 2025 11:00 | Toby Young
A former Royal Marine was put on trial for ?stirring up racial hatred? after a Facebook post in which he urged people to protest peacefully about illegal immigration. It took a jury 17 minutes to find him not guilty.
The post Jamie Michael, Ex-Royal Marine Put on Trial for Southport Video, Speaks Out After Being Found ?Not Guilty? in 17 Minutes appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link EXCLUSIVE: Sensational Findings Point to Hunga Tonga Eruption as Prime Suspect Behind Recent Tempera... Sat Feb 08, 2025 09:00 | Chris Morrison
Sensational new scientific findings point to the Hunga Tonga eruption as the prime suspect in the recent spike in global temperatures. No wonder you haven't heard about this in the mainstream media, says Chris Morrison.
The post EXCLUSIVE: Sensational Findings Point to Hunga Tonga Eruption as Prime Suspect Behind Recent Temperature Spike appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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national / crime and justice / news report Monday February 23, 2004 11:34 by Fear faire   text 28 comments (last - friday february 27, 2004 19:33)
Belfast dissidnet Tohill gives interview to La claiming that he was not kidnapped by IRA read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday February 23, 2004 10:19 by DMAN   text 2 comments (last - tuesday february 24, 2004 00:09)
And your telling me Ireland does not support the war in Iraq Bertie !!! Yeah right.

"In comments to reporters during a refueling stop in Shannon, Ireland, Rumsfeld signaled US concern over attempts by extremists to drive wedges between the country's Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish communities ahead of a planned handover of sovereignty in June." read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday February 23, 2004 04:21 by anonymous   text 1 comment (last - monday february 23, 2004 06:42)
Never were Nicaraguans' chances better to get what the International Court ruled the US owed to them. A new initiative at the United Nations Security Council may be worthwhile given the current member situation. read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism / news report Sunday February 22, 2004 02:36 by John Cunningham   text 3 comments (last - tuesday february 24, 2004 14:00)
158 admission tickets were issued at An Taibhdhearc for tonight's public meeting with Dr Stephen Cleghorn and Denis Halliday. (The organisers were delighted that anybody would turn up at a meeting on a Saturday night). read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Sunday February 22, 2004 01:11 by Watchdog   text 21 comments (last - tuesday june 15, 2004 02:33)
All fraudulent laws are created, as they were in the time of Mussolini and elsewhere, to be "for our protection".
How many know of Hitler's "concerned" and "wholesome" anti-smoking" policies? read full story / add a comment
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
limerick / crime and justice / event notice Friday February 20, 2004 15:54 by Mama
Owen Rice is still on hunger strike in Limerick Prison where he is be unjustly held.

Owen is not receiving his full privileges and is being threatened that his visiting rights will be removed if he stays on hunger strike. read full story / add a comment
louth / environment / event notice Friday February 20, 2004 15:30 by Sean Crudden
The routine February meeting of Cooley Environmental and Health Group will be many faceted and will probably set a busy and full agenda for this small but innovative group for the rest of 2004 and beyond. read full story / add a comment
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)
international / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Friday February 20, 2004 14:03 by Colm Breathnach
A demonstration will be held outside the department of Taoiseach, Merrion Square on Monday 23rd Feb 2004 between 12 - 2 pm to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the deportation of the entire Chechen nation to Siberia on the orders of Stalin. The protest will highlight the massive human rights violations being perpetrated by Russian occupation forces in Chechnya, under the cover of 'the war on terror'. read full story / add a comment
galway / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday February 19, 2004 23:55 by John Cunningham
Denis Halliday and Stephen Cleghorn are the speakers at a major public meeting in An Taibhdhearc on Saturday night, 8 pm to 10 pm. The meeting is a joint initiative of the Galway Alliance Against War and of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign branch. 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
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
limerick / crime and justice / event notice Thursday February 19, 2004 17:13 by Joe Sheehan
Owen Rice is still on hunger strike in Limerick Prison where he is be unjustly held.

Owen is not receiving his full privileges and is being threatened that his visiting rights will be removed if he stays on hunger strike. 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
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
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday February 18, 2004 18:18 by Seán
12 a Chloig – Front Square,
Coláiste na Tríonóide, ag mairseáil ar
An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtra

Thursday 19th Feb.

12 o’clock – Front Square,
Trinity College, marching on to Dept. of Foreign Affairs read full story / add a comment
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